THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

Highlights of the October 14 issue
Neurology 2008 71: 1215. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Murray Grossman

Is the glass half empty or half full?: Genetically determined disease in frontotemporal dementia
Neurology 2008 71: 1216-1217. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Argye E. Hillis

Lost for words
Neurology 2008 71: 1218-1219. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

Mark Hallett, Craig Evinger, Joseph Jankovic, and Mark Stacy

Update on blepharospasm: Report from the BEBRF International Workshop
Neurology 2008 71: 1275-1282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLE: PROFESSIONALISM:

Dan Larriviere and H. Richard Beresford

Invited Article: Professionalism in neurology: The role of law
Neurology 2008 71: 1283-1288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Podcast]  

ARTICLES:

H. Seelaar, W. Kamphorst, S. M. Rosso, A. Azmani, R. Masdjedi, I. de Koning, J. A. Maat-Kievit, B. Anar, L. Donker Kaat, G. J. Breedveld, D. Dooijes, J. M. Rozemuller, I. F. Bronner, P. Rizzu, and J. C. van Swieten

Distinct genetic forms of frontotemporal dementia
Neurology 2008 71: 1220-1226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. L. Gorno-Tempini, S. M. Brambati, V. Ginex, J. Ogar, N. F. Dronkers, A. Marcone, D. Perani, V. Garibotto, S. F. Cappa, and B. L. Miller

The logopenic/phonological variant of primary progressive aphasia
Neurology 2008 71: 1227-1234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

R. Ghidoni, L. Benussi, M. Glionna, M. Franzoni, and G. Binetti

Low plasma progranulin levels predict progranulin mutations in frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Neurology 2008 71: 1235-1239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Edward M. Manno, and John D. Atkinson

Pronouncing brain death: Contemporary practice and safety of the apnea test
Neurology 2008 71: 1240-1244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. Merlini, E. Martoni, P. Grumati, P. Sabatelli, S. Squarzoni, A. Urciuolo, A. Ferlini, F. Gualandi, and P. Bonaldo

Autosomal recessive myosclerosis myopathy is a collagen VI disorder
Neurology 2008 71: 1245-1253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

A. J. Videler, J. P. van Dijk, A. Beelen, M. de Visser, F. Nollet, and I. N. van Schaik

Motor axon loss is associated with hand dysfunction in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 1a
Neurology 2008 71: 1254-1260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

M. Mehling, V. Brinkmann, J. Antel, A. Bar-Or, N. Goebels, C. Vedrine, C. Kristofic, J. Kuhle, R.L.P. Lindberg, and L. Kappos

FTY720 therapy exerts differential effects on T cell subsets in multiple sclerosis
Neurology 2008 71: 1261-1267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

T. Vandercam, R. Q. Hintzen, J. H. de Boer, and A. Van der Lelij

Herpetic encephalitis is a risk factor for acute retinal necrosis
Neurology 2008 71: 1268-1274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

T. Uchiyama, T. Ikeuchi, Y. Ouchi, M. Sakamoto, K. Kasuga, A. Shiga, M. Suzuki, M. Ito, T. Atsumi, T. Shimizu, and T. Ohashi

PROMINENT PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS AND GLUCOSE HYPOMETABOLISM IN A FAMILY WITH A SNCA DUPLICATION
Neurology 2008 71: 1289-1291. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

M. Hutchinson, P. Waters, J. McHugh, G. Gorman, S. O’Riordan, S. Connolly, H. Hager, P. Yu, C. -M. Becker, and A. Vincent

PROGRESSIVE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, RIGIDITY, AND MYOCLONUS: A NOVEL GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTIBODY
Neurology 2008 71: 1291-1292. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

M. I. Vargas, S. Vulliemoz, A. Rosset, M. Seeck, and J. Delavelle

Temporal anterior encephalocele
Neurology 2008 71: 1293. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION:

Yasser Aladdin, James Scozzafava, Taim Muayqil, and Maher Saqqur

Pearls & Oy-sters: Oculopalatal tremor with one-and-a-half syndrome after pontine hemorrhage
Neurology 2008 71: e39-e41. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Podcast]  

Bruno Barroso

Teaching NeuroImage: Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula and top of the basilar infarction
Neurology 2008 71: e42. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

N. Brueggemann, P. Odin, A. Gruenewald, V. Tadic, J. Hagenah, G. Seidel, K. Lohmann, C. Klein, A. Djarmati, Beom S. Jeon, Tae-Beom Ahn, and Sung S. Park

-Synuclein gene duplication is present in sporadic Parkinson disease
Neurology 2008 71: 1294. [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

A. R. Troiano, C. Cazeneuve, I. Le Ber, A. -M. Bonnet, S. Lesage, A. Brice, Beom S. Jeon, Tae B. Ahn, and Sung S. Park

-Synuclein gene duplication is present in sporadic Parkinson disease
Neurology 2008 71: 1295. [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
Neurology 2008 71: 1296-1297. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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