THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

This week in Neurology®: Highlights of the July 28 issue
Neurology 2009 73: 253. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

James C. Torner, Nicholas C. Bambakidis, Robert W. Tarr, and Warren R. Selman

Choosing a treatment for unruptured aneurysms
Neurology 2009 73: 254-255. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicolaas I. Bohnen and Roger L. Albin

Cholinergic denervation occurs early in Parkinson disease
Neurology 2009 73: 256-257. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

Jacoba P. Greving, Gabriël J.E. Rinkel, Erik Buskens, and Ale Algra

Cost-effectiveness of preventive treatment of intracranial aneurysms: New data and uncertainties
Neurology 2009 73: 258-265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Xiaohua Chen, Wei Wen, Kaarin J. Anstey, and Perminder S. Sachdev

Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors of lacunar infarcts in a community sample
Neurology 2009 73: 266-272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

H. Shimada, S. Hirano, H. Shinotoh, A. Aotsuka, K. Sato, N. Tanaka, T. Ota, M. Asahina, K. Fukushi, S. Kuwabara, T. Hattori, T. Suhara, and T. Irie

Mapping of brain acetylcholinesterase alterations in Lewy body disease by PET
Neurology 2009 73: 273-278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement] [Japanese Translation]  

N. Pankratz, D. K. Kissell, M. W. Pauciulo, C. A. Halter, A. Rudolph, R. F. Pfeiffer, K. S. Marder, T. Foroud, W. C. Nichols For the Parkinson Study Group–PROGENI Investigators

Parkin dosage mutations have greater pathogenicity in familial PD than simple sequence mutations
Neurology 2009 73: 279-286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

P. Vemuri, H. J. Wiste, S. D. Weigand, L. M. Shaw, J. Q. Trojanowski, M. W. Weiner, D. S. Knopman, R. C. Petersen, C. R. Jack, Jr On behalf of the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

MRI and CSF biomarkers in normal, MCI, and AD subjects: Diagnostic discrimination and cognitive correlations
Neurology 2009 73: 287-293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Podcast] [Data Supplement]  

P. Vemuri, H. J. Wiste, S. D. Weigand, L. M. Shaw, J. Q. Trojanowski, M. W. Weiner, D. S. Knopman, R. C. Petersen, C. R. Jack, Jr On behalf of the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

MRI and CSF biomarkers in normal, MCI, and AD subjects: Predicting future clinical change
Neurology 2009 73: 294-301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Podcast] [Data Supplement]  

J. N. Ratchford, M. E. Quigg, A. Conger, T. Frohman, E. Frohman, L. J. Balcer, P. A. Calabresi, and D. A. Kerr

Optical coherence tomography helps differentiate neuromyelitis optica and MS optic neuropathies
Neurology 2009 73: 302-308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. B. Clifford, M. Smurzynski, L. S. Park, T-m Yeh, Y. Zhao, L. Blair, M. Arens, and S. R. Evans

Effects of active HCV replication on neurologic status in HIV RNA virally suppressed patients
Neurology 2009 73: 309-314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. L. Cherry, J. S. Affandi, D. Imran, E. Yunihastuti, K. Smyth, S. Vanar, A. Kamarulzaman, and P. Price

Age and height predict neuropathy risk in patients with HIV prescribed stavudine
Neurology 2009 73: 315-320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Gerald Pfeffer, Alister Prout, John Hooge, and John Maguire

BIOPSY-PROVEN IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION SYNDROME IN A PATIENT WITH AIDS AND CEREBRAL TOXOPLASMOSIS
Neurology 2009 73: 321-322. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Lipton, J. T. Megerian, S. V. Kothare, Y-J Cho, T. Shanahan, H. Chart, R. Ferber, L. Adler-Golden, L. E. Cohen, C. A. Czeisler, and S. L. Pomeroy

MELATONIN DEFICIENCY AND DISRUPTED CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN PEDIATRIC SURVIVORS OF CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA
Neurology 2009 73: 323-325. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Adrian Haene and Mathias Tröger

Diffuse hyperintense brainstem lesions in neuroborreliosis
Neurology 2009 73: 326. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION:

John J. Millichap and Leon G. Epstein

Emerging Subspecialties in Neurology: Neuroinfectious diseases
Neurology 2009 73: e14-e15. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yen C. Wang, Jui H. Fu, and Ping H. Lai

Teaching NeuroImages: Hypodense artery sign in acute cerebral infarction by contrast-enhanced CT
Neurology 2009 73: e16. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PATIENT PAGES:

Jake L. Kaufman and Steven Karceski

Risk factors and prevention of lacunar infarcts in 60- to 64-year-olds
Neurology 2009 73: e17-e19. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Erwin B. Montgomery, Jr and Ruediger Hilker

STN-DBS ACTIVATES THE TARGET AREA IN PARKINSON DISEASE
Neurology 2009 73: 327-328. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bradley J. Robottom, William J. Weiner, Friedrich Asmus, Heiko Huber, Thomas Gasser, and Ludger Schöls

KICK AND RUSH: PARADOXICAL KINESIA IN PARKINSON DISEASE
Neurology 2009 73: 328-329. [Full Text] [PDF]  

AAN ANNUAL MEETING ABSTRACTS:

2009 Late-breaking science abstracts
Neurology 2009 73: 330-333. [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Thomas O. Obisesan

CLINICAL NEUROLOGY OF THE OLDER ADULT, 2ND EDITION
Neurology 2009 73: 334. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CALENDAR:

Calendar
Neurology 2009 73: 335. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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