IN THIS ISSUE:

February 1 Highlights
Neurology 2000 54: 541. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Brian G. Weinshenker and Orhun H. Kantarci

Seeking genes for MS: Big risks for big gains
Neurology 2000 54: 542. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitchell B. Max and Neil A. Hagen

Do changes in brain sodium channels cause central pain?
Neurology 2000 54: 544. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

F. Stögbauer, P. Young, G. Kuhlenbäumer, P. De Jonghe, and V. Timmerman

Hereditary recurrent focal neuropathies: Clinical and molecular features
Neurology 2000 54: 546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

C. L. A. Mann, M. B. Davies, M. D. Boggild, J. Alldersea, A. A. Fryer, P. W. Jones, C. Ko Ko, C. Young, R. C. Strange, and C. P. Hawkins

Glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms in MS: Their relationship to disability
Neurology 2000 54: 552. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Blinkenberg, K. Rune, C. V. Jensen, M. Ravnborg, S. Kyllingsbæk, S. Holm, O. B. Paulson, and P. S. Sørensen

Cortical cerebral metabolism correlates with MRI lesion load and cognitive dysfunction in MS
Neurology 2000 54: 558. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

N. Attal, V. Gaudé, L. Brasseur, M. Dupuy, F. Guirimand, F. Parker, and D. Bouhassira

Intravenous lidocaine in central pain: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, psychophysical study
Neurology 2000 54: 564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Z. Rapcsak, S. R. Galper, J. F. Comer, S. L. Reminger, L. Nielsen, A. W. Kaszniak, M. Verfaellie, J. F. Laguna, D. M. Labiner, and R. A. Cohen

Fear recognition deficits after focal brain damage: A cautionary note
Neurology 2000 54: 575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. C. Petersen, C. R. Jack, Jr., Y.-C. Xu, S. C. Waring, P. C. O’Brien, G. E. Smith, R. J. Ivnik, E. G. Tangalos, Bradley F. Boeve, and E. Kokmen

Memory and MRI-based hippocampal volumes in aging and AD
Neurology 2000 54: 581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. S. Aisen, K. L. Davis, J. D. Berg, K. Schafer, K. Campbell, R. G. Thomas, M. F. Weiner, M. R. Farlow, M. Sano, M. Grundman, and L. J. Thal

A randomized controlled trial of prednisone in Alzheimer’s disease
Neurology 2000 54: 588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. C. Steffens, B. L. Plassman, M. J. Helms, K. A. Welsh–Bohmer, T. T. Newman, and J. C. S. Breitner

APOE and AD concordance in twin pairs as predictors of AD in first-degree relatives
Neurology 2000 54: 593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. B. Drake, V. W. Henderson, F. Z. Stanczyk, C. A. McCleary, W. S. Brown, C. A. Smith, A. A. Rizzo, G. A. Murdock, and J. G. Buckwalter

Associations between circulating sex steroid hormones and cognition in normal elderly women
Neurology 2000 54: 599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donald B. Sanders, Janice M. Massey, Linda L. Sanders, and Lloyd J. Edwards

A randomized trial of 3,4-diaminopyridine in Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
Neurology 2000 54: 603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Mirabella, G. Silvestri, G. de Rosa, S. Di Giovanni, A. Di Muzio, A. Uncini, P. Tonali, and S. Servidei

GCG genetic expansions in Italian patients with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
Neurology 2000 54: 608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. S. Katz, D. S. Saperstein, G. Gronseth, A. A. Amato, and R. J. Barohn

Distal acquired demyelinating symmetric neuropathy
Neurology 2000 54: 615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Van Koningsveld, P. A. Van Doorn, P. I. M. Schmitz, C. W. Ang, and F. G. A. Van der Meché

Mild forms of Guillain-Barré syndrome in an epidemiologic survey in the Netherlands
Neurology 2000 54: 620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. T. Berg, B. G. Vickrey, M. R. Sperling, J. T. Langfitt, C. W. Bazil, S. Shinnar, T. S. Walczak, S. Pacia, and S. S. Spencer

Driving in adults with refractory localization-related epilepsy
Neurology 2000 54: 625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. Foldvary, B. Nashold, E. Mascha, E. A. Thompson, N. Lee, J. O. McNamara, D. V. Lewis, J. S. Luther, A. H. Friedman, and R. A. Radtke

Seizure outcome after temporal lobectomy for temporal lobe epilepsy: A Kaplan-Meier survival analysis
Neurology 2000 54: 630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Donald L. Gilbert and C. Ralph Buncher

An EEG should not be obtained routinely after first unprovoked seizure in childhood
Neurology 2000 54: 635. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. M. Paolicchi, P. Jayakar, P. Dean, I. Yaylali, G. Morrison, A. Prats, T. Resnik, L. Alvarez, and M. Duchowny

Predictors of outcome in pediatric epilepsy surgery
Neurology 2000 54: 642. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. S. Levin, D. A. Benavidez, K. Verger-Maestre, N. Perachio, J. Song, D. B. Mendelsohn, and J. M. Fletcher

Reduction of corpus callosum growth after severe traumatic brain injury in children
Neurology 2000 54: 647. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Guilleminault, K. M. Yuen, M. G. Gulevich, D. Karadeniz, D. Leger, and P. Philip

Hypersomnia after head–neck trauma: A medicolegal dilemma
Neurology 2000 54: 653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Inzitari, M. Eliasziw, B. L. Sharpe, A. J. Fox, and H. J. M. Barnett

Risk factors and outcome of patients with carotid artery stenosis presenting with lacunar stroke
Neurology 2000 54: 660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Trouillas, L. Derex, N. Nighoghossian, J. Honnorat, W. Li, P. Neuschwander, G. Riche, J. C. Getenet, Y. Berthezene, F. Turjman, and J. C. Froment

rtPA intravenous thrombolysis in anterior choroidal artery territory stroke
Neurology 2000 54: 666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. E. Baird, K. O. Lövblad, G. Schlaug, R. R. Edelman, and S. Warach

Multiple acute stroke syndrome: Marker of embolic disease?
Neurology 2000 54: 674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. M. Buchan, P. A. Barber, N. Newcommon, H. G. Karbalai, A. M. Demchuk, K. M. Hoyte, G. M. Klein, and T. E. Feasby

Effectiveness of t-PA in acute ischemic stroke: Outcome relates to appropriateness
Neurology 2000 54: 679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. Toni, F. Iweins, R. von Kummer, O. Busse, J. Bogousslavsky, A. Falcou, E. Lesaffre, and G. L. Lenzi

Identification of lacunar infarcts before thrombolysis in the ECASS I study
Neurology 2000 54: 684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fuhai Li, Matthew D. Silva, Christopher H. Sotak, and Marc Fisher

Temporal evolution of ischemic injury evaluated with diffusion-, perfusion-, and T2-weighted MRI
Neurology 2000 54: 689. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Schrag, C. D. Good, K. Miszkiel, H. R. Morris, C. J. Mathias, A. J. Lees, and N. P. Quinn

Differentiation of atypical parkinsonian syndromes with routine MRI
Neurology 2000 54: 697. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. K. Simon, R. Mayeux, K. Marder, N. W. Kowall, M. F. Beal, and D. R. Johns

Mitochondrial DNA mutations in complex I and tRNA genes in Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 2000 54: 703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data suppl] [Data Supplement]  

Christopher G. Goetz, Sue Leurgans, Rema Raman, and Glenn T. Stebbins

Objective changes in motor function during placebo treatment in PD
Neurology 2000 54: 710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Horská, S. Naidu, E. H. Herskovits, P. Y. Wang, W. E. Kaufmann, and P. B. Barker

Quantitative ¹H MR spectroscopic imaging in early Rett syndrome
Neurology 2000 54: 715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Shaun R. D. Watson, G. Michael Halmagyi, and James G. Colebatch

Vestibular hypersensitivity to sound (Tullio phenomenon): Structural and functional assessment
Neurology 2000 54: 722. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

J. L. Steckley, D. A. Dyment, A. D. Sadovnick, N. Risch, C. Hayes, and G. C. Ebers

Genetic analysis of vitamin D related genes in Canadian multiple sclerosis patients
Neurology 2000 54: 729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ian R. A. Mackenzie

Anti-inflammatory drugs and Alzheimer-type pathology in aging
Neurology 2000 54: 732. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Lucilla Parnetti, GianPaolo Reboldi, and Virgilio Gallai

Cerebrospinal fluid pyruvate levels in Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia
Neurology 2000 54: 735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dominick J. H. McCabe, Teresa Burke, Sean Connolly, and Michael Hutchinson

Amnesic syndrome with bilateral mesial temporal lobe involvement in Hashimoto’s encephalopathy
Neurology 2000 54: 737. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. Fillenbaum, A. Heyman, B. Peterson, C. Pieper, and A. L. Weiman

Frequency and duration of hospitalization of patients with AD based on Medicare data: CERAD XX
Neurology 2000 54: 740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Power, J. G. Brown Gladden, W. Halliday, M. R. Del Bigio, A. Nath, W. Ni, E. O. Major, J. Blanchard, and M. Mowat

AIDS- and non–AIDS-related PML association with distinct p53 polymorphism
Neurology 2000 54: 743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. S. McDermott, P. F. McDermott, J. Skare, M. Glantz, T. W. Smith, N. S. Litofsky, and L. D. Recht

Positive CSF HSV PCR in patients with GBM: A note of caution
Neurology 2000 54: 746. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Anthony Geraci and Jesse Weinberger

Natural history of aortic arch atherosclerotic plaque
Neurology 2000 54: 749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. J. Murray, R. Llinas, L. R. Caplan, T. Scammell, and A. Pascual-Leone

Cerebral deep venous thrombosis presenting as acute micrographia and hypophonia
Neurology 2000 54: 751. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. L. K. Van Hove, P. S. Kishnani, P. Demaerel, S. G. Kahler, C. Miller, J. Jaeken, and S. L. Rutledge

Acute hydrocephalus in nonketotic hyperglycinemia
Neurology 2000 54: 754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kazuo Iwasa, Masaharu Takamori, Kiyonobu Komai, and Yasuo Mori

Recombinant calcium channel is recognized by Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome antibodies
Neurology 2000 54: 757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Richard Bernstein, Stephan A. Mayer, and Anthony Magnano

Neurogenic stunned myocardium in Guillain–Barré syndrome
Neurology 2000 54: 759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Kuwabara, K. Mizobuchi, S. Toma, Y. Nakajima, K. Ogawara, and T. Hattori

"Tactile" sensory nerve potentials elicited by air-puff stimulation: A microneurographic study
Neurology 2000 54: 762. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. Bilecen, E. Seifritz, E. W. Radü, N. Schmid, S. Wetzel, R. Probst, and K. Scheffler

Cortical reorganization after acute unilateral hearing loss traced by fMRI
Neurology 2000 54: 765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Frank Thömke, Annette Mika-Grüttner, Anke Visbeck, and Klaus Brühl

The risk of abducens palsy after diagnostic lumbar puncture
Neurology 2000 54: 768. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K. W. Nolte, A. Unbehaun, H. Sieker, T. M. Kloss, and W. Paulus

Hashimoto encephalopathy: A brainstem vasculitis?
Neurology 2000 54: 769. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dianna Quan, Mark M. Rich, and Shawn J. Bird

Acute idiopathic dysautonomia: Electrophysiology and response to intravenous immunoglobulin
Neurology 2000 54: 770. [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. A. Barber, N. E. Anderson, and A. Vincent

Morvan’s syndrome associated with voltage-gated K channel antibodies
Neurology 2000 54: 771. [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Shibata, T. Yamada, N. Tanahashi, A. Koto, S. Kuramochi, S. Fukushima, and Y. Fukuuchi

POEMS syndrome with necrotizing vasculitis: A novel feature of vascular abnormalities
Neurology 2000 54: 772. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Gregory Youngnam Chang, Victor W. Mark, and Anthony E. Lang

Arm levitation in progressive supranuclear palsy
Neurology 2000 54: 774. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas J. Lanska, Ronald P. Lesser, and W. O. Tatum, IV

Ventricular asystole during vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy in humans
Neurology 2000 54: 775. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. P. Panayiotopoulos, Frank Gilliam, Blanca Vasquez, J. Chris Sackellares, Gregory Y. Chang, John Messenheimer, J. Nyberg, Marc E. Riser, and G. David Rudd

An active-control trial of lamotrigine monotherapy for partial seizures
Neurology 2000 54: 777. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jack E. Riggs and Carol Merchant

The influence of smoking on the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Neurology 2000 54: 777. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory Youngnam Chang, David Y. Ko, Georg Hagemann, Otto W. Witte, and Bruno Gottstein

Isolated Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cyst in the CNS with severe reaction to treatment
Neurology 2000 54: 778. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Neurology 2000 54: 19. [Full Text]  

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