THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

This week in Neurology®: Highlights of the May 12 issue
Neurology 2009 72: 1625. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Ari J. Green

Understanding pseudo: The symptoms are real, the cause is unclear
Neurology 2009 72: 1626-1627. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carmel Armon

SOD1 A4V familial ALS in North America: Can understanding the past lead to a better future?
Neurology 2009 72: 1628-1629. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS AND REVIEWS:

M. Rovaris, F. Barkhof, M. Calabrese, N. De Stefano, F. Fazekas, D. H. Miller, X. Montalban, C. Polman, M. A. Rocca, A. J. Thompson, T. A. Yousry, and M. Filippi

MRI features of benign multiple sclerosis: Toward a new definition of this disease phenotype
Neurology 2009 72: 1693-1701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

P. Villoslada, G. Arrondo, J. Sepulcre, M. Alegre, and J. Artieda

Memantine induces reversible neurologic impairment in patients with MS
Neurology 2009 72: 1630-1633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Saeed, Y. Yang, H-X Deng, W-Y Hung, N. Siddique, L. Dellefave, C. Gellera, P. M. Andersen, and T. Siddique

Age and founder effect of SOD1 A4V mutation causing ALS
Neurology 2009 72: 1634-1639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

T. Zaldivar, J. Gutierrez, G. Lara, M. Carbonara, G. Logroscino, and O. Hardiman

Reduced frequency of ALS in an ethnically mixed population: A population-based mortality study
Neurology 2009 72: 1640-1645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

T. U. Syed, A. M. Arozullah, K. L. Loparo, R. Jamasebi, G. P. Suciu, C. Griffin, R. Mani, I. Syed, T. Loddenkemper, and A. V. Alexopoulos

A self-administered screening instrument for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
Neurology 2009 72: 1646-1652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

J.M.S. Pereira, G. B. Williams, J. Acosta-Cabronero, G. Pengas, M. G. Spillantini, J. H. Xuereb, J. R. Hodges, and P. J. Nestor

Atrophy patterns in histologic vs clinical groupings of frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Neurology 2009 72: 1653-1660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

P. M. Maki, M. H. Cohen, K. Weber, D. M. Little, D. Fornelli, L. H. Rubin, P. Perschler, F. Gould, and E. Martin

Impairments in memory and hippocampal function in HIV-positive vs HIV-negative women: A preliminary study
Neurology 2009 72: 1661-1668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

I. Le Ber, A. Camuzat, E. Berger, D. Hannequin, A. Laquerrière, V. Golfier, D. Seilhean, G. Viennet, P. Couratier, P. Verpillat, S. Heath, W. Camu, O. Martinaud, L. Lacomblez, M. Vercelletto, F. Salachas, F. Sellal, M. Didic, C. Thomas-Anterion, M. Puel, B-F Michel, C. Besse, C. Duyckaerts, V. Meininger, D. Campion, B. Dubois, A. Brice For the French Research Network on FTD/FTD-MND

Chromosome 9p-linked families with frontotemporal dementia associated with motor neuron disease
Neurology 2009 72: 1669-1676. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

L. Silveira-Moriyama, C. Mathias, L. Mason, C. Best, N. P. Quinn, and A. J. Lees

Hyposmia in pure autonomic failure
Neurology 2009 72: 1677-1681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Podcast]  

S. E. Kasner, A. Del Giudice, S. Rosenberg, M. Sheen, J. M. Luciano, B. L. Cucchiara, S. R. Messé, L. H. Sansing, and J. M. Baren

Who will participate in acute stroke trials?
Neurology 2009 72: 1682-1688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

A. Zwergal, N. Rettinger, C. Frenzel, M. Dieterich, T. Brandt, and M. Strupp

A bucket of static vestibular function
Neurology 2009 72: 1689-1692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

P. S. Espinosa, J. W. Lee, U. B. Tedrow, E. B. Bromfield, and B. A. Dworetzky

SUDDEN UNEXPECTED NEAR DEATH IN EPILEPSY: MALIGNANT ARRHYTHMIA FROM A PARTIAL SEIZURE
Neurology 2009 72: 1702-1703. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

N. L. Khan, M. A. Jeffree, C. Good, W. Macleod, and S. Al-Sarraj

HISTOPATHOLOGY OF VGKC ANTIBODY–ASSOCIATED LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS
Neurology 2009 72: 1703-1705. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

REFLECTIONS: NEUROLOGY AND THE HUMANITIES:

Mitchell S.V. Elkind

If I had time
Neurology 2009 72: 1706. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Joseph D. Burns, Terry K. Schiefer, and Eelco F.M. Wijdicks

Large and small: A telltale sign of acute pontomesencephalic injury
Neurology 2009 72: 1707. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION:

Sashank Prasad, Nicholas J. Volpe, and Madhura A. Tamhankar

Clinical Reasoning: A 36-year-old man with vertical diplopia
Neurology 2009 72: e93-e99. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Bernhard Suter and Lisa Michael El-Hakam

Child Neurology: Stroke due to nontraumatic intracranial dissection in a child
Neurology 2009 72: e100. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Krzysztof Selmaj, Anna Jurewicz, Mariola Matysiak, Cedric S. Raine, and J. William Lindsey

SOLUBLE NOGO-A IN CSF IS NOT A USEFUL BIOMARKER FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Neurology 2009 72: 1708-1709. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick M. Pullicino, William J. Burke, Debra J.H. Mathews, Jeremy Sugarman, and Ruth Faden

CELL-BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR NEUROLOGIC CONDITIONS: ETHICAL CHALLENGES FOR EARLY HUMAN TRIALS
Neurology 2009 72: 1709. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David S. Whitcomb and Natalia Pérez de la Ossa

INFLUENCE OF THE STROKE CODE ACTIVATION SOURCE ON THE OUTCOME OF ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE PATIENTS
Neurology 2009 72: 1709-1710. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Jennifer Molano

FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA SYNDROMES
Neurology 2009 72: 1711. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Calendar
Neurology 2009 72: 1712-1713. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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