IN THIS ISSUE:

April 12 Highlights
Neurology 1999 52: 1113. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Philip B. Gorelick

Can we save the brain from the ravages of midlife cardiovascular risk factors?
Neurology 1999 52: 1114. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alvin I. Mushlin

Disease, drugs, decisions, and dollars
Neurology 1999 52: 1115. [Full Text]  

Ronald P. Lesser

Unexpected places
Neurology 1999 52: 1117. [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

D. Carmelli, G. E. Swan, T. Reed, P. A. Wolf, B. L. Miller, and C. DeCarli

Midlife cardiovascular risk factors and brain morphology in identical older male twins
Neurology 1999 52: 1119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. A. Barber, S. M. Davis, D. G. Darby, P. M. Desmond, R. P. Gerraty, Q. Yang, D. Jolley, G. A. Donnan, and B. M. Tress

Absent middle cerebral artery flow predicts the presence and evolution of the ischemic penumbra
Neurology 1999 52: 1125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. Gerriets, G. Seidel, I. Fiss, B. Modrau, and M. Kaps

Contrast-enhanced transcranial color-coded duplex sonography: Efficiency and validity
Neurology 1999 52: 1133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. J. Neumann, R. C. Hermann, K. M. Kuntz, S. S. Araki, S. B. Duff, J. Leon, P. A. Berenbaum, P. A. Goldman, L. W. Williams, and M. C. Weinstein

Cost-effectiveness of donepezil in the treatment of mild or moderate Alzheimer’s disease
Neurology 1999 52: 1138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. J. Thal, J. M. Ferguson, J. Mintzer, A. Raskin, and S. D. Targum

A 24-week randomized trial of controlled-release physostigmine in patients with Alzheimer’s disease
Neurology 1999 52: 1146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Barber, A. Gholkar, P. Scheltens, C. Ballard, I. G. McKeith, and J. T. O’Brien

Medial temporal lobe atrophy on MRI in dementia with Lewy bodies
Neurology 1999 52: 1153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

A. Delacourte, J. P. David, N. Sergeant, L. Buée, A. Wattez, P. Vermersch, F. Ghozali, C. Fallet-Bianco, F. Pasquier, F. Lebert, H. Petit, and C. Di Menza

The biochemical pathway of neurofibrillary degeneration in aging and Alzheimer’s disease
Neurology 1999 52: 1158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

T. R. Henry, J. R. Votaw, P. B. Pennell, C. M. Epstein, R. A. E. Bakay, T. L. Faber, S. T. Grafton, and J. M. Hoffman

Acute blood flow changes and efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation in partial epilepsy
Neurology 1999 52: 1166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Thomas, B. Zifkin, O. Migneco, C. Lebrun, J. Darcourt, and F. Andermann

Nonconvulsive status epilepticus of frontal origin
Neurology 1999 52: 1174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

Kimford J. Meador, Juan M. De Lecuona, Sandra W. Helman, and David W. Loring

Differential immunologic effects of language-dominant and nondominant cerebral resections
Neurology 1999 52: 1183. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. Leutmezer, W. Serles, J. Bacher, G. Gröppel, E. Pataraia, S. Aull, A. Olbrich, T. Czech, and C. Baumgartner

Genital automatisms in complex partial seizures
Neurology 1999 52: 1188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cesare T. Lombroso

Lamotrigine-induced tourettism
Neurology 1999 52: 1191. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Maurice M. Ohayon, Jürgen Zulley, Christian Guilleminault, and Salvatore Smirne

Prevalence and pathologic associations of sleep paralysis in the general population
Neurology 1999 52: 1194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

C. F. Arndt, P. Derambure, S. Defoort-Dhellemmes, and J. C. Hache

Outer retinal dysfunction in patients treated with vigabatrin
Neurology 1999 52: 1201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Ichise, Y. J. Kim, J. R. Ballinger, D. Vines, S. S. Erami, F. Tanaka, and A. E. Lang

SPECT imaging of pre- and postsynaptic dopaminergic alterations in L-dopa–untreated PD
Neurology 1999 52: 1206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

James H. Bower, Demetrius M. Maraganore, Shannon K. McDonnell, and Walter A. Rocca

Incidence and distribution of parkinsonism in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1976–1990
Neurology 1999 52: 1214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

N. Ilgin, J. Zubieta, S. G. Reich, R. F. Dannals, H. T. Ravert, and J. J. Frost

PET imaging of the dopamine transporter in progressive supranuclear palsy and Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 1999 52: 1221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christopher G. Goetz, Lucy Blasucci, and Glenn T. Stebbins

Switching dopamine agonists in advanced Parkinson’s disease: Is rapid titration preferable to slow?
Neurology 1999 52: 1227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Kim, S. M. Liva, M. A. Dalal, M. A. Verity, and R. R. Voskuhl

Estriol ameliorates autoimmune demyelinating disease: Implications for multiple sclerosis
Neurology 1999 52: 1230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

F. Deisenhammer, M. Reindl, J. Harvey, T. Gasse, E. Dilitz, and T. Berger

Bioavailability of interferon beta 1b in MS patients with and without neutralizing antibodies
Neurology 1999 52: 1239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Tranchant, L. Geranton, C. Guiraud–Chaumeil, M. Mohr, and J. M. Warter

Basis of phenotypic variability in sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Neurology 1999 52: 1244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. J. C. Scott, J. W. Griffin, C. Luciano, N. W. Barton, T. Banerjee, T. Crawford, J. C. McArthur, A. Tournay, and R. Schiffmann

Quantitative analysis of epidermal innervation in Fabry disease
Neurology 1999 52: 1249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

D. M. Kirby, M. Crawford, M. A. Cleary, H.-H. M. Dahl, X. Dennett, and D. R. Thorburn

Respiratory chain complex I deficiency: An underdiagnosed energy generation disorder
Neurology 1999 52: 1255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Elinor Ben-Menachem, Karina Hellström, Christer Waldton, and Lars Erik Augustinsson

Evaluation of refractory epilepsy treated with vagus nerve stimulation for up to 5 years
Neurology 1999 52: 1265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

W. O. Tatum, IV, D. B. Moore, M. M. Stecker, G. H. Baltuch, J. A. French, J. A. Ferreira, P. M. Carney, D. R. Labar, and F. L. Vale

Ventricular asystole during vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy in humans
Neurology 1999 52: 1267. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

K. Iwanaga, K. Wakabayashi, M. Yoshimoto, I. Tomita, H. Satoh, H. Takashima, A. Satoh, M. Seto, M. Tsujihata, and H. Takahashi

Lewy body–type degeneration in cardiac plexus in Parkinson’s and incidental Lewy body diseases
Neurology 1999 52: 1269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

M. Nakagawa, M. Suehara, A. Saito, H. Takashima, F. Umehara, M. Saito, N. Kanzato, T. Matsuzaki, S. Takenaga, S. Sakoda, S. Izumo, and M. Osame

A novel MPZ gene mutation in dominantly inherited neuropathy with focally folded myelin sheaths
Neurology 1999 52: 1271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

O. J. M. Vogels, W. J. G. Oyen, B. G. M. van Engelen, G. W. A. M. Padberg, and M. W. I. M. Horstink

Decreased striatal dopamine-receptor binding in sporadic ALS: Glutamate hyperactivity?
Neurology 1999 52: 1275. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. P. A. Rice, B. Paszner, J. Oger, J. Lesaux, D. Paty, and G. Ebers

The evolution of neutralizing antibodies in multiple sclerosis patients treated with interferon ß-1b
Neurology 1999 52: 1277. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christoffer Johansen, Nils Koch-Henriksen, Søren Rasmussen, and Jøorgen H. Olsen

Multiple sclerosis among utility workers
Neurology 1999 52: 1279. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Mori, S. Kuwabara, M. Miyake, M. Dezawa, E. Adachi-Usami, H. Kuroki, M. Noda, and T. Hattori

Haemophilus influenzae has a GM1 ganglioside-like structure and elicits Guillain–Barré syndrome
Neurology 1999 52: 1282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

Rohit Bakshi, Zubair A. Shaikh, Vernice E. Bates, and Peter R. Kinkel

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: Brain CT and MRI findings in 12 patients
Neurology 1999 52: 1285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

M. K. Sharief, A. Green, J. P. R. Dick, J. Gawler, and E. J. Thompson

Heightened intrathecal release of proinflammatory cytokines in Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Neurology 1999 52: 1289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

Norbert Dahmen, Kerstin Querings, Barbara Grün, and Jürgen Bierbrauer

Increased frequency of migraine in narcoleptic patients
Neurology 1999 52: 1291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

C.-I. Sze, R. Mahalingam, M. Wellish, A. S. Levy, E. Wu, S. J. Pfister, D. H. Gilden, and B. K. Kleinschmidt–DeMasters

Attempts to identify herpes simplex virus DNA in normal and diseased human peripheral nerve
Neurology 1999 52: 1293. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Wendy Waldman and Robert Laureno

Precautions for lumbar puncture: A survey of neurologic educators
Neurology 1999 52: 1296. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eelco F. M. Wijdicks and Gary M. Miller

Transient locked-in syndrome after uncal herniation
Neurology 1999 52: 1296. [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

K. M. Haslbeck, K. E. W. Eberhardt, U. Nissen, B. F. Tomandl, H. Stefan, B. Neundörfer, and F. Erbguth

Intracranial hypertension as a clinical manifestation of cauda equina paraganglioma
Neurology 1999 52: 1297. [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

Carola Auer, Hartwig Roman Siebner, Juergen Dressnandt, and Bastian Conrad

Intrathecal baclofen increases corticospinal output to hand muscles in multiple sclerosis
Neurology 1999 52: 1298. [Full Text]  

NEUROIMAGES:

The suspension apparatus for tabes dorsalis
Neurology 1999 52: 1295. [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Peer Tfelt-Hansen, Peter J. Goadsby, Ninan T. Mathew, Mahnaz Asgharnejad, Margaret Peykamian, and Antonio Laurenza

Naratriptan is effective and well tolerated in the acute treatment of migraine
Neurology 1999 52: 1300. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dwight Moulin and Y. Harati

Tramadol for the treatment of the pain of diabetic neuropathy
Neurology 1999 52: 1300. [Full Text]  

Gordon J. Gilbert and Lawrence C. Newman

A pilot study of oral sumatriptan as intermittent prophylaxis of menstruation-related migraine
Neurology 1999 52: 1300. [Full Text]  

Larry B. Goldstein, Charleen T. Chu, Linda Gray, Christine M. Hulette, Leonard H. Calabrese, Andrew R. Woolfenden, David C. Tong, and Gregory W. Albers

Angiographically defined primary angiitis of the CNS: Is it really benign?
Neurology 1999 52: 1300. [Full Text]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Neurology 1999 52: 27A. [Full Text]  

Alex Tselis and Kathleen M. Shannon

Neurological Complications of HIV and AIDS
Neurology 1999 52: 1304. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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