IN THIS ISSUE:

June 10 Highlights
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EDITORIALS:

Craig Evinger and Joel S. Perlmutter

Blind men and blinking elephants
Neurology 2003 60: 1732-1733. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Beversdorf and Kenneth M. Heilman

Prism adaptation treatment of neglect: Conflicting results?
Neurology 2003 60: 1734-1735. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marinos C. Dalakas and Wayne M. Clark

Strokes, thromboembolic events, and IVIg: Rare incidents blemish an excellent safety record
Neurology 2003 60: 1736-1737. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

Kerstin E. Schmidt, David E.J. Linden, Rainer Goebel, Friedhelm E. Zanella, H. Lanfermann, and Alina A. Zubcov

Striatal activation during blepharospasm revealed by fMRI
Neurology 2003 60: 1738-1743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

A. Feigin, M. F. Ghilardi, M. Carbon, C. Edwards, M. Fukuda, V. Dhawan, C. Margouleff, C. Ghez, and D. Eidelberg

Effects of levodopa on motor sequence learning in Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 2003 60: 1744-1749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Kaiser, A. Hofer, A. Grapengiesser, T. Gasser, A. Kupsch, I. Roots, and J. Brockmöller

L -Dopa-induced adverse effects in PD and dopamine transporter gene polymorphism
Neurology 2003 60: 1750-1755. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

S. A. Factor, P. J. Feustel, J. H. Friedman, C. L. Comella, C. G. Goetz, R. Kurlan, M. Parsa, R. Pfeiffer, and the Parkinson Study Group

Longitudinal outcome of Parkinson’s disease patients with psychosis
Neurology 2003 60: 1756-1761. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K.M. Powers, T. Smith-Weller, G.M. Franklin, W.T. Longstreth, Jr., P.D. Swanson, and H. Checkoway

Parkinson’s disease risks associated with dietary iron, manganese, and other nutrient intakes
Neurology 2003 60: 1761-1766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. Tsuboi, J. Slowinski, K. A. Josephs, W. G. Honer, Z. K. Wszolek, and D. W. Dickson

Atrophy of superior cerebellar peduncle in progressive supranuclear palsy
Neurology 2003 60: 1766-1769. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

C. H. Schick, K. Fronek, A. Held, F. Birklein, W. Hohenberger, and M. Schmelz

Differential effects of surgical sympathetic block on sudomotor and vasoconstrictor function
Neurology 2003 60: 1770-1776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L.L. Barnes, R.S. Wilson, J.A. Schneider, J.L. Bienias, D.A. Evans, and D.A. Bennett

Gender, cognitive decline, and risk of AD in older persons
Neurology 2003 60: 1777-1781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. S. Wilson, L. A. Beckett, J. L. Bienias, D. A. Evans, and D. A. Bennett

Terminal decline in cognitive function
Neurology 2003 60: 1782-1787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

D.S. Sabsevitz, S.J. Swanson, T. A. Hammeke, M. V. Spanaki, E. T. Possing, G. L. Morris, III, W. M. Mueller, and J. R. Binder

Use of preoperative functional neuroimaging to predict language deficits from epilepsy surgery
Neurology 2003 60: 1788-1792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Christodoulou, L. B. Krupp, Z. Liang, W. Huang, P. Melville, C. Roque, W. F. Scherl, T. Morgan, W. S. MacAllister, L. Li, L. A. Tudorica, X. Li, P. Roche, and R. Peyster

Cognitive performance and MR markers of cerebral injury in cognitively impaired MS patients
Neurology 2003 60: 1793-1798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. Takahashi, M. Aoki, M. Tateyama, E. Kondo, T. Mizuno, Y. Onodera, R. Takano, H. Kawai, K. Kamakura, H. Mochizuki, M. Shizuka-Ikeda, M. Nakagawa, Y. Yoshida, J. Akanuma, K. Hoshino, H. Saito, M. Nishizawa, S. Kato, K. Saito, T. Miyachi, H. Yamashita, M. Kawai, T. Matsumura, S. Kuzuhara, T. Ibi, K. Sahashi, H. Nakai, T. Kohnosu, I. Nonaka, K. Arahata, R.H. Brown, Jr., H. Saito, and Y. Itoyama

Dysferlin mutations in Japanese Miyoshi myopathy: Relationship to phenotype
Neurology 2003 60: 1799-1804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

J. S. Müller, G. Mildner, W. Müller–Felber, U. Schara, K. Krampfl, B. Petersen, S. Petrova, R. Stucka, W. Mortier, J. Bufler, G. Kurlemann, A. Huebner, L. Merlini, H. Lochmüller, and A. Abicht

Rapsyn N88K is a frequent cause of congenital myasthenic syndromes in European patients
Neurology 2003 60: 1805-1810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. R. Donaldson, J. L. Jensen, M. Tristani–Firouzi, R. Tawil, S. Bendahhou, W. A. Suarez, A. M. Cobo, J. J. Poza, E. Behr, J. Wagstaff, P. Szepetowski, S. Pereira, T. Mozaffar, D. M. Escolar, Y.-H. Fu, and L. J. Ptácek

PIP₂ binding residues of Kir2.1 are common targets of mutations causing Andersen syndrome
Neurology 2003 60: 1811-1816. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

I. Eisensehr, R. Linke, K. Tatsch, H. von Lindeiner, B. Kharraz, F. J. Gildehaus, R. Eberle, T. Pollmacher, A. Schuld, and S. Noachtar

Alteration of the striatal dopaminergic system in human narcolepsy
Neurology 2003 60: 1817-1819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Leuraud, L. Aguirre-Cruz, K. Hoang-Xuan, E. Crinière, M-L. Tanguy, J-L. Golmard, M. Kujas, J-Y. Delattre, and M. Sanson

Telomerase reactivation in malignant gliomas and loss of heterozygosity on 10p15.1
Neurology 2003 60: 1820-1822. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

James B. Caress, Michael S. Cartwright, Peter D. Donofrio, and James E. Peacock, Jr.

The clinical features of 16 cases of stroke associated with administration of IVIg
Neurology 2003 60: 1822-1824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Darin Okuda, Murray Flaster, James Frey, and Kumaraswamy Sivakumar

Arterial thrombosis induced by IVIg and its treatment with tPA
Neurology 2003 60: 1825-1826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Ferber, J. Danckert, M. Joanisse, H. C. Goltz, and M. A. Goodale

Eye movements tell only half the story
Neurology 2003 60: 1826-1829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Maravita, J. McNeil, P. Malhotra, R. Greenwood, M. Husain, and J. Driver

Prism adaptation can improve contralesional tactile perception in neglect
Neurology 2003 60: 1829-1831. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Wade S. Smith, Robert E. Mindelzun, and Bruce Miller

Simultanagnosia through the eyes of an artist
Neurology 2003 60: 1832-1834. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Mai, L. Tassi, M. Cossu, S. Francione, G. Lo Russo, R. Garbelli, A. Ferrario, C. Galli, F. Taroni, A. Citterio, and R. Spreafico

A neuropathological, stereo-EEG, and MRI study of subcortical band heterotopia
Neurology 2003 60: 1834-1838. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Seyed M. Mirsattari, Donald H. Lee, Michael W. Jones, and Warren T. Blume

Transient lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum in an epileptic patient
Neurology 2003 60: 1838-1841. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. B. Boivin, F. O. James, J. B. Santo, O. Caliyurt, and C. Chalk

Non-24-hour sleep–wake syndrome following a car accident
Neurology 2003 60: 1841-1843. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Giacomo Koch, Massimiliano Oliveri, Sara Torriero, and Carlo Caltagirone

Underestimation of time perception after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
Neurology 2003 60: 1844-1846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Ota, T. Fujii, M. Tabuchi, K. Sato, J. Saito, and A. Yamadori

Different spatial processing for stimulus-centered and body-centered representations
Neurology 2003 60: 1846-1848. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Markovic–Plese, B. Bielekova, N. Kadom, T. P. Leist, R. Martin, J. A. Frank, and H. F. McFarland

Longitudinal MRI study: The effects of azathioprine in MS patients refractory to interferon ß-1b
Neurology 2003 60: 1849-1851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Elaine Perry, Ian McKeith, and Clive Ballard

Butyrylcholinesterase and progression of cognitive deficits in dementia with Lewy bodies
Neurology 2003 60: 1852-1853. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Vihola, G. Bassez, G. Meola, S. Zhang, H. Haapasalo, A. Paetau, E. Mancinelli, A. Rouche, J.Y. Hogrel, P. Laforêt, T. Maisonobe, J.F. Pellissier, R. Krahe, B. Eymard, and B. Udd

Histopathological differences of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and PROMM/DM2
Neurology 2003 60: 1854-1857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Marco Crimi, Sara Galbiati, Isabella Moroni, Andreina Bordoni, Maria Paola Perini, Eleonora Lamantea, Monica Sciacco, Massimo Zeviani, Ida Biunno, Maurizio Moggio, Guglielmo Scarlato, and Giacomo Pietro Comi

A missense mutation in the mitochondrial ND5 gene associated with a Leigh-MELAS overlap syndrome
Neurology 2003 60: 1857-1861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Michael Dobbs and Joseph R. Berger

Cervical myelopathy secondary to violent tics of Tourette’s syndrome
Neurology 2003 60: 1862-1866. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hiroyuki Nodera, Masataka Nishimura, Eric L. Logigian, David N. Herrmann, and Ryuji Kaji

HNPP due to a novel missense mutation of the PMP22 gene
Neurology 2003 60: 1863-1864. [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Schuh-Hofer, A. Meisel, U. Reuter, and G. Arnold

Monozygotic twin sisters suffering from cluster headache and migraine without aura
Neurology 2003 60: 1864-1865. [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Weisman, F.M. Hisama, S.G. Waxman, and H. Blumenfeld

Going deep to cut the link: Cortical disconnection syndrome caused by a thalamic lesion
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NISUS: NEUROLOGY AND THE HUMANITIES:

Dawn McGuire

Poem VA nights
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NEUROIMAGES:

Anne Mai, John Karis, and Kumaraswamy Sivakumar

Meningioma with pneumosinus dilatans
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J. I. Sirven, R. S. Zimmerman, J. L. Carter, J. F. Drazkowski, and J. S. Larson

MRI changes in status epilepticus
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CORRESPONDENCE:

William M. Landau, Sandra Schneider, Calixto Machado, W.T. Longstreth, Jr., C.E. Fahrenbruch, M. Olsufka, T.R. Walsh, M.K. Copass, and L.A. Cobb

Randomized clinical trial of magnesium, diazepam, or both after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Neurology 2003 60: 1868-1869. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert G. Hart, Lesly A. Pearce, Silvia Di Legge, J. David Spence, Arturo Tamayo, Vladimir Hachinski, Deborah M. Green, Allan H. Ropper, Richard A. Kronmal, Bruce M. Psaty, and Gregory L. Burke

Serum potassium level and dietary potassium intake as risk factors for stroke
Neurology 2003 60: 1869-1871. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey L. Saver and S. Claiborne Johnston

A comparison of risk factors for recurrent TIA and stroke in patients diagnosed with TIA
Neurology 2003 60: 1871. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heinrich Brinkmeier, Frank Weber, Peter Aulkemeyer, Kurt H. Wollinsky, Reinhardt Rüdel, T. R. Cummins, M. Renganathan, R.I. Herzog, S.D. Dib-Hajj, S.G. Waxman, P.K. Stys, and R. Horn

The pentapeptide QYNAD does not block voltage-gated sodium channels
Neurology 2003 60: 1871-1872. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward Byrne, Hillel Panitch, Patricia Coyle, Douglas Goodin, Paul O’Connor, Brian Weinshenker, David Li, Gordon Francis, Peter Chang, Edward Monaghan, Fred D. Lublin, Karl Kieburtz, Mike McDermott, and Robert C. Griggs

Randomized, comparative study of interferon beta-1a treatment regimens in MS: the EVIDENCE trial
Neurology 2003 60: 1872-1873. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Albert C. Cutter, Larry E. Davis, Jorge Burneo, Ambar Chakravarty, W. Allen Hauser, and Arturo Carpio

Prognosis for seizure recurrence in patients with newly diagnosed neurocysticercosis
Neurology 2003 60: 1873-1874. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

Randomized, comparative study of interferon ß-1a treatment regimens in MS: The EVIDENCE Trial
Neurology 2003 60: 1875. [Full Text] [PDF]  

FKRP gene mutations cause congenital muscular dystrophy, mental retardation and cerebellar cysts
Neurology 2003 60: 1875. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
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