IN THIS ISSUE:

September 25 Highlights
Neurology 2001 57: 941-942. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Marta S. Mendiondo, Richard J. Kryscio, and Frederick A. Schmitt

Models of progression in AD: Predicting disability and costs
Neurology 2001 57: 943-944. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Burk Jubelt and Joseph R. Berger

Does viral disease underlie ALS?: Lessons from the AIDS pandemic
Neurology 2001 57: 945-946. [Full Text] [PDF]  

IN MEMORIAM:

Jack Greenberg

In Memoriam Ilydio Polachini, MD (1953–2001)
Neurology 2001 57: 947. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

M. F. P. Peres, S. D. Silberstein, S. Nahmias, A. L. Shechter, I. Youssef, T. D. Rozen, and W. B. Young

Hemicrania continua is not that rare
Neurology 2001 57: 948-951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental data]  

EXPEDITED PUBLICATION:

K. Yasojima, W. W. Tourtellotte, E. G. McGeer, and P. L. McGeer

Marked increase in cyclooxygenase-2 in ALS spinal cord: Implications for therapy
Neurology 2001 57: 952-956. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

P. J. Neumann, S. S. Araki, A. Arcelus, A. Longo, G. Papadopoulos, K. S. Kosik, K. M. Kuntz, and A. Bhattacharjya

Measuring Alzheimer’s disease progression with transition probabilities: Estimates from CERAD
Neurology 2001 57: 957-964. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. J. Caro, D. Getsios, K. Migliaccio–Walle, G. Raggio, and A. Ward

Assessment of health economics in Alzheimer’s disease (AHEAD) based on need for full-time care
Neurology 2001 57: 964-971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. Getsios, J. J. Caro, G. Caro, and K. Ishak

Assessment of health economics in Alzheimer’s disease (AHEAD): Galantamine treatment in Canada
Neurology 2001 57: 972-978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental data]  

N. Schupf, D. Kapell, B. Nightingale, J. H. Lee, J. Mohlenhoff, S. Bewley, R. Ottman, and R. Mayeux

Specificity of the fivefold increase in AD in mothers of adults with Down syndrome
Neurology 2001 57: 979-984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

V. Chandra, R. Pandav, H.H. Dodge, J.M. Johnston, S.H. Belle, S.T. DeKosky, and M. Ganguli

Incidence of Alzheimer’s disease in a rural community in India: The Indo–US Study
Neurology 2001 57: 985-989. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. T. Whitman, T. Tang, A. Lin, and R. W. Baloh

A prospective study of cerebral white matter abnormalities in older people with gait dysfunction
Neurology 2001 57: 990-994. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Antoine Moulignier, Antoine Moulonguet, Gilles Pialoux, and Willy Rozenbaum

Reversible ALS-like disorder in HIV infection
Neurology 2001 57: 995-1001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Chang, O. Speck, E. N. Miller, J. Braun, J. Jovicich, C. Koch, L. Itti, and T. Ernst

Neural correlates of attention and working memory deficits in HIV patients
Neurology 2001 57: 1001-1007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David H. Weinberg, Drasko Simovic, Jeffrey Isner, and Allan H. Ropper

Chronic ischemic monomelic neuropathy from critical limb ischemia
Neurology 2001 57: 1008-1012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Viorika Tozlovanu, Robert Forget, Andreea Iancu, and Dan Boghen

Prolonged orbicularis oculi activity: A major factor in apraxia of lid opening
Neurology 2001 57: 1013-1018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Flöel, S. Knecht, H. Lohmann, M. Deppe, J. Sommer, B. Dräger, E.-B. Ringelstein, and H. Henningsen

Language and spatial attention can lateralize to the same hemisphere in healthy humans
Neurology 2001 57: 1018-1024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. D. Rosas, J. Goodman, Y. I. Chen, B. G. Jenkins, D. N. Kennedy, N. Makris, M. Patti, L. J. Seidman, M. F. Beal, and W. J. Koroshetz

Striatal volume loss in HD as measured by MRI and the influence of CAG repeat
Neurology 2001 57: 1025-1028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. Diehl, I. Najm, A. Mohamed, E. Wyllie, T. Babb, Z. Ying, A. Hilbig, W. Bingaman, H. O. Lüders, and P. Ruggieri

Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery: Correlations of hippocampal cell densities with signal abnormalities
Neurology 2001 57: 1029-1032. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Vieregge, M. Sieberer, H. Jacobs, J. M. Hagenah, and P. Vieregge

Transdermal nicotine in PD: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
Neurology 2001 57: 1032-1035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Claassen, L. J. Hirsch, R. G. Emerson, J. E. Bates, T. B. Thompson, and S. A. Mayer

Continuous EEG monitoring and midazolam infusion for refractory nonconvulsive status epilepticus
Neurology 2001 57: 1036-1042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Rantamäki, R. Krahe, A. Paetau, B. Cormand, I. Mononen, and B. Udd

Adult-onset autosomal recessive ataxia with thalamic lesions in a Finnish family
Neurology 2001 57: 1043-1049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Mazarib, L. Xiong, M.Y. Neufeld, M. Birnbaum, A.D. Korczyn, M. Pandolfo, and S.F. Berkovic

Unverricht–Lundborg disease in a five-generation Arab family: Instability of dodecamer repeats
Neurology 2001 57: 1050-1054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Lehéricy, S. Grand, P. Pollak, F. Poupon, J.-F. Le Bas, P. Limousin, P. Jedynak, C. Marsault, Y. Agid, and M. Vidailhet

Clinical characteristics and topography of lesions in movement disorders due to thalamic lesions
Neurology 2001 57: 1055-1066. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

S. A. J. Lesnik Oberstein, R. van den Boom, M. A. van Buchem, H. C. van Houwelingen, E. Bakker, E. Vollebregt, M. D. Ferrari, M. H. Breuning, and J. Haan

Cerebral microbleeds in CADASIL
Neurology 2001 57: 1066-1070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Massa, A. de Saint–Martin, R. Carcangiu, G. Rudolf, C. Seegmuller, C. Kleitz, M. N. Metz–Lutz, E. Hirsch, and C. Marescaux

EEG criteria predictive of complicated evolution in idiopathic rolandic epilepsy
Neurology 2001 57: 1071-1079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental data]  

S. D. Cook, J. R. Quinless, A. Jotkowitz, and P. Beaton

Serum IFN neutralizing antibodies and neopterin levels in a cross-section of MS patients
Neurology 2001 57: 1080-1084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alexandre R. Bisdorff and Damien Debatisse

Localizing signs in positional vertigo due to lateral canal cupulolithiasis
Neurology 2001 57: 1085-1088. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

Mikael Simons, Patrick Keller, Johannes Dichgans, and Jörg B. Schulz

Cholesterol and Alzheimer’s disease: Is there a link?
Neurology 2001 57: 1089-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

D.J.L. MacGowan, S.N. Scelsa, and M. Waldron

An ALS-like syndrome with new HIV infection and complete response to antiretroviral therapy
Neurology 2001 57: 1094-1097. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. J. Weir, M. O. McCarron, K. W. Muir, A. G. Dyker, I. Bone, K. R. Lees, and J. A. R. Nicoll

Apolipoprotein E genotype, coagulation, and survival following acute stroke
Neurology 2001 57: 1097-1100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D.L. Tirschwell, W.M. Coplin, K.J. Becker, P. Vogelzang, J. Eskridge, D. Haynor, W. Cohen, D. Newell, H.R. Winn, and W.T. Longstreth, Jr.

Intra-arterial urokinase for acute ischemic stroke: Factors associated with complications
Neurology 2001 57: 1100-1103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gail Ishiyama, Akira Ishiyama, Kathleen Jacobson, and Robert W. Baloh

Drop attacks in older patients secondary to an otologic cause
Neurology 2001 57: 1103-1106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

S. R. Messé, R. K. Shin, G. T. Liu, S. L. Galetta, and N. J. Volpe

Oculomotor synkinesis following a midbrain stroke
Neurology 2001 57: 1106-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. B. Augustijn, J. Parra, C. H. Wouters, P. Joosten, D. Lindhout, and W. van Emde Boas

Ring chromosome 20 epilepsy syndrome in children: Electroclinical features
Neurology 2001 57: 1108-1111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Steven J. Frucht, Elan D. Louis, Cathy Chuang, and Stanley Fahn

A pilot tolerability and efficacy study of levetiracetam in patients with chronic myoclonus
Neurology 2001 57: 1112-1114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Mañeru, C. Junqué, N. Bargalló, M. Olondo, F. Botet, M. Tallada, J. Guardia, and J. M. Mercader

¹H-MR spectroscopy is sensitive to subtle effects of perinatal asphyxia
Neurology 2001 57: 1115-1118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. A. Suarez, C. H. Chalk, J. W. Russell, S. M. Kim, P. C. O’Brien, and P. J. Dyck

Diagnostic accuracy and certainty from sequential evaluations in peripheral neuropathy
Neurology 2001 57: 1118-1120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Chi-Keung Kong, Chun-Hung Ko, Sui Fan Tong, and Ching-Wan Lam

Atypical presentation of dopa-responsive dystonia: Generalized hypotonia and proximal weakness
Neurology 2001 57: 1121-1124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. L. DeStefano, L. I. Golbe, M. H. Mark, A. M. Lazzarini, N. E. Maher, M. Saint–Hilaire, R. G. Feldman, M. Guttman, R. L. Watts, O. Suchowersky, A. L. Lafontaine, N. Labelle, M. F. Lew, C. H. Waters, J. H. Growdon, C. Singer, L. J. Currie, G. F. Wooten, P. Vieregge, P. P. Pramstaller, C. Klein, J. P. Hubble, M. Stacy, E. Montgomery, M. E. MacDonald, J. F. Gusella, and R. H. Myers

Genome-wide scan for Parkinson's disease: The Gene PD Study
Neurology 2001 57: 1124-1126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. Antonini, S. Morino, F. Giubilei, A. Paolillo, V. Ceschin, F. Gragnani, E. Bucci, and C. Pozzilli

Satellite potentials on EMG: Neurophysiologic evidence of axonal transection in MS?
Neurology 2001 57: 1126-1128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Killestein, N. F. Kalkers, J. F. Meilof, F. Barkhof, R. A. W. van Lier, and C. H. Polman

TNF production by CD4⁺ T cells predicts long-term increase in lesion load on MRI in MS
Neurology 2001 57: 1129-1131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. D. Lünemann, O. Aktas, P. Gniadek, R. Zschenderlein, and F. Zipp

Downregulation of transforming growth factor-ß1 in interferon-ß1a-treated MS patients
Neurology 2001 57: 1132-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Bozzali, M. Franceschi, A. Falini, S. Pontesilli, M. Cercignani, G. Magnani, G. Scotti, G. Comi, and M. Filippi

Quantification of tissue damage in AD using diffusion tensor and magnetization transfer MRI
Neurology 2001 57: 1135-1137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

John N. Fink and David L. McAuley

Safety of anticoagulation for cerebral venous thrombosis associated with intracerebral hematoma
Neurology 2001 57: 1138-1139. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Grosso, M. A. Farnetani, R. Berardi, R. Di Bartolo, L. Magi, G. Morgese, and P. Balestri

Dexfenfluramine effective in drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy
Neurology 2001 57: 1139-1140. [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Orimo, E. Ozawa, T. Oka, S. Nakade, K. Tsuchiya, M. Yoshimoto, K. Wakabayashi, and H. Takahashi

Different histopathology accounting for a decrease in myocardial MIBG uptake in PD and MSA
Neurology 2001 57: 1140-1141. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Th. Bodner, C. Jenner, Th. Benke, A. Ober, K. Seppi, and W. W. Fleischhacker

Intoxication with riluzole in Huntington’s disease
Neurology 2001 57: 1141-1143. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Rafael Allende, Sandeep Teja, and Cargill H. Alleyne, Jr.

Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia
Neurology 2001 57: 1093. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Tobias Back and Mathias Mrowka

Infarction of the "hand knob" area
Neurology 2001 57: 1143. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

P. P. Devriese and L. A. Devriese

Historical aspects of botulinum toxin
Neurology 2001 57: 1144. [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Pullicino, C. Henry, W. J. Burke, and James L. Bernat

Areas of consensus in withdrawing life-sustaining treatment in the neurointensive care unit
Neurology 2001 57: 1144. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pierre Genton, Philippe Gelisse, G. L. Krauss, A. Bergin, Y.-W. Cho, S. G. Reich, and R. E. Kramer

Suppression of post-hypoxic and post-encephalitic myoclonus with levetiracetam
Neurology 2001 57: 1144-1145. [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Howard Jaster, Sabine Fitzek, Clemens Fitzek, Thomas W. Smith, and Tibor Becske

Myocardial injury after hemorrhage into the lateral medulla oblongata
Neurology 2001 57: 1145. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

To:A SOD1 gene mutation in a patient with slowlyprogressing ALS
Neurology 2001 57: 1146. [Full Text] [PDF]  

To:PRISMS-4: Long-term efficacy of interferon-ß-1a in relapsing MS
Neurology 2001 57: 1146. [Full Text] [PDF]  

To: ADEM: Distinct disease or part of the MS spectrum?
Neurology 2001 57: 1146. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CALENDAR:

Calendar
Neurology 2001 57: 23A. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANGES, PEOPLE, COMMENTS:

Robert J. Joynt

Changes • People • Comments
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