IN THIS ISSUE:

May 23 Highlights
Neurology 2000 54: 1881. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Martha J. Morrell and Timothy A. Pedley

"The Scarlet E": Epilepsy is still a burden
Neurology 2000 54: 1882-1883. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John G. Nutt

Response to L-dopa in PD: The long and the short of it
Neurology 2000 54: 1884-1885. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

M. J. Glantz, B. F. Cole, P. A. Forsyth, L. D. Recht, P. Y. Wen, M. C. Chamberlain, S. A. Grossman, and J. G. Cairncross

Practice parameter: Anticonvulsant prophylaxis in patients with newly diagnosed brain tumors: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology
Neurology 2000 54: 1886-1893. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

G. L. Krauss, S. Gondek, A. Krumholz, S. Paul, and F. Shen

"The Scarlet E": The presentation of epilepsy in the English language print media
Neurology 2000 54: 1894-1898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert G. Holloway, Curtis Benesch, and Steven R. Rush

Stroke prevention: Narrowing the evidence–practice gap
Neurology 2000 54: 1899-1906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

EXPEDITED PUBLICATION:

F. Baskin, R. N. Rosenberg, L. Iyer, L. Hynan, and C. M. Cullum

Platelet APP isoform ratios correlate with declining cognition in AD
Neurology 2000 54: 1907-1909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

M. Zappia, R. L. Oliveri, D. Bosco, G. Nicoletti, D. Branca, M. Caracciolo, I. D. Napoli, A. Gambardella, and A. Quattrone

The long-duration response to L-dopa in the treatment of early PD
Neurology 2000 54: 1910-1915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. I. Hurtig, J. Q. Trojanowski, J. Galvin, D. Ewbank, M. L. Schmidt, V. M.- Y. Lee, C. M. Clark, G. Glosser, M. B. Stern, S. M. Gollomp, and S. E. Arnold

Alpha-synuclein cortical Lewy bodies correlate with dementia in Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 2000 54: 1916-1921. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keizo Hirayama and Yukio Tokumaru

Cervical dural sac and spinal cord in juvenile muscular atrophy of distal upper extremity
Neurology 2000 54: 1922-1926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kevin J. Felice, Will A. North, Steven A. Moore, and Katherine D. Mathews

FSH dystrophy 4q35 deletion in patients presenting with facial-sparing scapular myopathy
Neurology 2000 54: 1927-1931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Suzuki, I. Ozaki, M. Tanosaki, T. Suda, M. Baba, and M. Matsunaga

Peripheral and central conduction abnormalities in diabetes mellitus
Neurology 2000 54: 1932-1937. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. T. Volpe, H. I. Krebs, N. Hogan, L. Edelstein, C. Diels, and M. Aisen

A novel approach to stroke rehabilitation: Robot-aided sensorimotor stimulation
Neurology 2000 54: 1938-1944. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Vauthey, G. R. de Freitas, G. van Melle, G. Devuyst, and J. Bogousslavsky

Better outcome after stroke with higher serum cholesterol levels
Neurology 2000 54: 1944-1949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Yaffe, M. Haan, A. Byers, C. Tangen, and L. Kuller

Estrogen use, APOE, and cognitive decline: Evidence of gene–environment interaction
Neurology 2000 54: 1949-1954. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Rizzo, S. W. Anderson, J. Dawson, R. Myers, and K. Ball

Visual attention impairments in Alzheimer’s disease
Neurology 2000 54: 1954-1959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Sjögren, L. Rosengren, L. Minthon, P. Davidsson, K. Blennow, and A. Wallin

Cytoskeleton proteins in CSF distinguish frontotemporal dementia from AD
Neurology 2000 54: 1960-1964. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. S. Paulsen, D. P. Salmon, L. J. Thal, R. Romero, C. Weisstein–Jenkins, D. Galasko, C. R. Hofstetter, R. Thomas, I. Grant, and D. V. Jeste

Incidence of and risk factors for hallucinations and delusions in patients with probable AD
Neurology 2000 54: 1965-1971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

U. Nagaoka, M. Takashima, K. Ishikawa, K. Yoshizawa, T. Yoshizawa, M. Ishikawa, T. Yamawaki, S. Shoji, and H. Mizusawa

A gene on SCA4 locus causes dominantly inherited pure cerebellar ataxia
Neurology 2000 54: 1971-1975. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. Asano, D. C. Chugani, O. Muzik, C. Shen, C. Juhász, J. Janisse, J. Ager, A. Canady, J. R. Shah, A. K. Shah, C. Watson, and H. T. Chugani

Multimodality imaging for improved detection of epileptogenic foci in tuberous sclerosis complex
Neurology 2000 54: 1976-1984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Additional Information]  

MEDICAL HYPOTHESIS:

Roongroj Bhidayasiri, Gordon T. Plant, and R. John Leigh

A hypothetical scheme for the brainstem control of vertical gaze
Neurology 2000 54: 1985-1993. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

W. Van Paesschen, P. Dupont, B. Van Heerden, H. Vanbilloen, L. Mesotten, A. Maes, G. Van Driel, and L. Mortelmans

Self-injection ictal SPECT during partial seizures
Neurology 2000 54: 1994-1997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gerald Wiest, Reinhold Mallek, and Christoph Baumgartner

Selective loss of vergence control secondary to bilateral paramedian thalamic infarction
Neurology 2000 54: 1997-1999. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. B. Morgenstern, T. H. Wein, M. A. Smith, L. A. Moyé, D. K. Pandey, and D. R. Labarthe

Comparison of stroke hospitalization rates among Mexican-Americans and non-Hispanic whites
Neurology 2000 54: 2000-2002. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kyung Y. Lee, Young H. Sohn, Seo H. Kim, and Il-Nam Sunwoo

Basilar artery vasospasm in postpartum cerebral angiopathy
Neurology 2000 54: 2003-2005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

U. Finckh, A. Alberici, M. Antoniazzi, L. Benussi, V. Fedi, C. Giannini, A. Gal, R. M. Nitsch, and G. Binetti

Variable expression of familial Alzheimer disease associated with presenilin 2 mutation M239I
Neurology 2000 54: 2006-2008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Hock, K. Heese, F. Müller-Spahn, P. Huber, W. Riesen, R. M. Nitsch, and U. Otten

Increased CSF levels of nerve growth factor in patients with Alzheimer’s disease
Neurology 2000 54: 2009-2011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Kadhim, P. Guzmán Proaño, C. Saint Martin, D. Boscherini, P. Clapuyt, C. Godfraind, T. Duprez, C. Raftopoulos, and G. Sébire

Spinal neurenteric cyst presenting in infancy with chronic fever and acute myelopathy
Neurology 2000 54: 2011-2015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. D. Cremer, A. A. Migliaccio, D. V. Pohl, I. S. Curthoys, L. Davies, R. A. Yavor, and G. M. Halmagyi

Posterior semicircular canal nystagmus is conjugate and its axis is parallel to that of the canal
Neurology 2000 54: 2016-2020. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

R. Walz, L. V. C. Portela, A. B. L. Tort, E. C. Neto, L. N. T. Fernandes, C. A. Gonçalves, and D. O. Souza

Serum S100B levels in patients with HTLV-I–associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis
Neurology 2000 54: 2021-2022. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

F. Mícheli, M. G. Cersósimo, M. C. Scorticati, M. Velez, and S. Gonzalez

Myoclonus secondary to albuterol (salbutamol) instillation
Neurology 2000 54: 2022-2023. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Davinder S. Jassal, Mallory D. Fast, and Gregory McGinn

Multifocal brain MRI hypointensities secondary to cardiac catheterization
Neurology 2000 54: 2023-2024. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Susan V. Wiseman, James W. McAuley, Gary R. Freidenberg, and Donald L. Freidenberg

Hypersexuality in patients with dementia: Possible response to cimetidine
Neurology 2000 54: 2024. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars Timmermann, Markus Ploner, Hans-Joachim Freund, and Alfons Schnitzler

Separate representations of static and dynamic touch in human somatosensory thalamus
Neurology 2000 54: 2024-2026. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Cardiac arrest during partial seizure
Neurology 2000 54: 2026. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Dennis E. Wilkins, Robert S. Fisher, and Adrian Handforth

Reassessment: Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy
Neurology 2000 54: 2027. [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. M. Dasheiff and Bassel Abou-Khalil

Brief antiepileptic drug withdrawal prolongs interval to next seizure
Neurology 2000 54: 2027. [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Tessa Hedley–Whyte, A. R. Kriegstein, D. C. Shungu, W. S. Millar, B. A. Armitage, J. C. Brust, S. Chillrud, J. Goldman, and T. Lynch

Leukoencephalopathy and raised brain lactate from heroin vapor inhalation
Neurology 2000 54: 2027-2028. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zbigniew K. Wszolek, Ryan J. Uitti, Michael Hutton, Minoru Yasuda, Chikako Tanaka, Osamu Komure, and Sadako Kuno

A mutation in the microtubule-associated protein tau in pallido-nigro-luysian degeneration
Neurology 2000 54: 2028-2030. [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. R. Leker, I. Steiner, Valérie Biousse, and Marie-Germaine Bousser

Isolated intracranial hypertension as the only sign of cerebral venous thrombosis
Neurology 2000 54: 2030. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Karen Bissiri, Rabi Tawil, Berislav V. Zlokovic, and Barrett Katz

Book Reviews
Neurology 2000 54: 2031-2032. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CALENDAR:

Neurology 2000 54: 17A. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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