IN THIS ISSUE:

October 10 Highlight and Commentary: Triptan and ergotamine overuse in patients with headache at risk for vasoconstrictive complications
Neurology 2006 67: 1111. [Full Text] [PDF]  

October 10 Highlights
Neurology 2006 67: 1112-1113. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Vincent Timmerman and David N. Herrmann

A "nerve" ending story in the identification of mutations in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy
Neurology 2006 67: 1114-1115. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John D. Markman

Gabapentin in the operating room: Clear for discharge?
Neurology 2006 67: 1116-1117. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin J. Black and Joseph H. Friedman

Repetitive and impulsive behaviors in treated Parkinson disease
Neurology 2006 67: 1118-1119. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

E. A. Wammes-van der Heijden, H. Rahimtoola, H.G.M. Leufkens, C. C. Tijssen, and A. C.G. Egberts

Risk of ischemic complications related to the intensity of triptan and ergotamine use
Neurology 2006 67: 1128-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] CME  

K. Ahonen, M. L. Hämäläinen, M. Eerola, and K. Hoppu

A randomized trial of rizatriptan in migraine attacks in children
Neurology 2006 67: 1135-1140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Sabet, J. Li, K. Ghandour, Q. Pu, X. Wu, J. Kamholz, M. E. Shy, and F. Cambi

Skin biopsies demonstrate MPZ splicing abnormalities in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy 1B
Neurology 2006 67: 1141-1146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Corcia, W. Camu, J. -M. Halimi, P. Vourc'h, C. Antar, S. Vedrine, B. Giraudeau, B. de Toffol, C. R. Andres for The French ALS Study Group

SMN1 gene, but not SMN2, is a risk factor for sporadic ALS
Neurology 2006 67: 1147-1150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Korean Translation]  

M. -A. Weber, S. Nielles-Vallespin, M. Essig, K. Jurkat-Rott, H. -U. Kauczor, and F. Lehmann-Horn

Muscle Na⁺ channelopathies: MRI detects intracellular ²³Na accumulation during episodic weakness
Neurology 2006 67: 1151-1158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

J. S. Müller, S. K. Baumeister, V. M. Rasic, S. Krause, S. Todorovic, K. Kugler, W. Müller-Felber, A. Abicht, and H. Lochmüller

Impaired receptor clustering in congenital myasthenic syndrome with novel RAPSN mutations
Neurology 2006 67: 1159-1164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Marino, R. Gasparotti, L. Pinelli, D. Manzoni, P. Gritti, D. Mardighian, and N. Latronico

Posttraumatic cerebral infarction in patients with moderate or severe head trauma
Neurology 2006 67: 1165-1171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Rodríguez-Yáñez, M. Castellanos, M. Blanco, M. Millán, F. Nombela, T. Sobrino, I. Lizasoain, R. Leira, J. Serena, A. Dávalos, and J. Castillo

Micro- and macroalbuminuria predict hemorrhagic transformation in acute ischemic stroke
Neurology 2006 67: 1172-1177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Spanish Translation]  

H. Lee, S. -I. Sohn, Y. -W. Cho, S. -R. Lee, B. -H. Ahn, B. -R. Park, and R. W. Baloh

Cerebellar infarction presenting isolated vertigo: Frequency and vascular topographical patterns
Neurology 2006 67: 1178-1183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

H. S. Nam, S. W. Han, J. Y. Lee, S. H. Ahn, J. W. Ha, S. J. Rim, B. I. Lee, and J. H. Heo

Association of aortic plaque with intracranial atherosclerosis in patients with stroke
Neurology 2006 67: 1184-1188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. Uswatte, E. Taub, D. Morris, K. Light, and P. A. Thompson

The Motor Activity Log-28: Assessing daily use of the hemiparetic arm after stroke
Neurology 2006 67: 1189-1194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Ian J. Deary, Lawrence J. Whalley, G. David Batty, and John M. Starr

Physical fitness and lifetime cognitive change
Neurology 2006 67: 1195-1200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pieter Jelle Visser, Arnold Kester, Jellemer Jolles, and Frans Verhey

Ten-year risk of dementia in subjects with mild cognitive impairment
Neurology 2006 67: 1201-1207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [JapaneseTranslation] [Data Supplement]  

M. Cournot, J. C. Marquié, D. Ansiau, C. Martinaud, H. Fonds, J. Ferrières, and J. B. Ruidavets

Relation between body mass index and cognitive function in healthy middle-aged men and women
Neurology 2006 67: 1208-1214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. T. Du, G. H. Jahng, S. Hayasaka, J. H. Kramer, H. J. Rosen, M. L. Gorno-Tempini, K. P. Rankin, B. L. Miller, M. W. Weiner, and N. Schuff

Hypoperfusion in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer disease by arterial spin labeling MRI
Neurology 2006 67: 1215-1220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. A. Wishart, A. J. Saykin, T. W. McAllister, L. A. Rabin, B. C. McDonald, L. A. Flashman, R. M. Roth, A. C. Mamourian, G. J. Tsongalis, and C. H. Rhodes

Regional brain atrophy in cognitively intact adults with a single APOE 4 allele
Neurology 2006 67: 1221-1224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mitsutoshi Yamamoto, Tadahisa Uesugi, and Takeo Nakayama

Dopamine agonists and cardiac valvulopathy in Parkinson disease: A case–control study
Neurology 2006 67: 1225-1229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Turkish Translation] [JapaneseTranslation]  

F. Madia, P. Striano, E. Gennaro, M. Malacarne, R. Paravidino, R. Biancheri, M. Budetta, M. R. Cilio, R. Gaggero, M. Pierluigi, C. Minetti, and F. Zara

Cryptic chromosome deletions involving SCN1A in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy
Neurology 2006 67: 1230-1235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

S. Miura, H. Shibata, H. Furuya, Y. Ohyagi, M. Osoegawa, Y. Miyoshi, H. Matsunaga, A. Shibata, N. Matsumoto, A. Iwaki, T. Taniwaki, H. Kikuchi, J. Kira, and Y. Fukumaki

The contactin 4 gene locus at 3p26 is a candidate gene of SCA16
Neurology 2006 67: 1236-1241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. Kappos, C. H. Polman, M. S. Freedman, G. Edan, H. P. Hartung, D. H. Miller, X. Montalban, F. Barkhof, L. Bauer, P. Jakobs, C. Pohl, R. Sandbrink for the BENEFIT Study Group

Treatment with interferon beta-1b delays conversion to clinically definite and McDonald MS in patients with clinically isolated syndromes
Neurology 2006 67: 1242-1249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Turkish Translation]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

J. M. Leung, L. P. Sands, M. Rico, K. L. Petersen, M. C. Rowbotham, J. B. Dahl, C. Ames, D. Chou, and P. Weinstein

Pilot clinical trial of gabapentin to decrease postoperative delirium in older patients
Neurology 2006 67: 1251-1253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

V. Voon, K. Hassan, M. Zurowski, M. de Souza, T. Thomsen, S. Fox, A. E. Lang, and J. Miyasaki

Prevalence of repetitive and reward-seeking behaviors in Parkinson disease
Neurology 2006 67: 1254-1257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Turkish Translation]  

Gregory Pontone, James R. Williams, Susan Spear Bassett, and Laur Marsh

Clinical features associated with impulse control disorders in Parkinson disease
Neurology 2006 67: 1258-1261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] CME  

A. Bender, W. Koch, M. Elstner, Y. Schombacher, J. Bender, M. Moeschl, F. Gekeler, B. Müller-Myhsok, T. Gasser, K. Tatsch, and T. Klopstock

Creatine supplementation in Parkinson disease: A placebo-controlled randomized pilot trial
Neurology 2006 67: 1262-1264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. Yoon, J. Kramer, A. Zanko, M. Guzijan, S. Lin, A. Foster-Barber, and A. L. Boxer

Speech and language delay are early manifestations of juvenile-onset Huntington disease
Neurology 2006 67: 1265-1267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Videos]  

E. Cubo, K. M. Shannon, D. Tracy, J. A. Jaglin, B. A. Bernard, J. Wuu, and S. E. Leurgans

Effect of donepezil on motor and cognitive function in Huntington disease
Neurology 2006 67: 1268-1271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sung B. Lee, Edward M. Manno, Kennith F. Layton, and Eelco F.M. Wijdicks

Progression of warfarin-associated intracerebral hemorrhage after INR normalization with FFP
Neurology 2006 67: 1272-1274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement] CME  

S. E. Kasner, M. J. Lynn, M. I. Chimowitz, M. R. Frankel, H. Howlett-Smith, V. S. Hertzberg, S. Chaturvedi, S. R. Levine, B. J. Stern, C. G. Benesch, T. G. Jovin, C. A. Sila, J. G. Romano for the Warfarin Aspirin Symptomatic Intracranial Disease (WASID) Trial Investigators

Warfarin vs aspirin for symptomatic intracranial stenosis: Subgroup analyses from WASID
Neurology 2006 67: 1275-1278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Turkish Translation]  

M. W. Russell, A. V. Joshi, P. J. Neumann, L. Boulanger, and J. Menzin

Predictors of hospital length of stay and cost in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage
Neurology 2006 67: 1279-1281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Y. Chong, H. S. Lee, B. Boden-Albala, M. C. Paik, and R. L. Sacco

Gender differences in self-report of recovery after stroke: The Northern Manhattan Study
Neurology 2006 67: 1282-1284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

V. Drago, P. S. Foster, D. Trifiletti, D. B. FitzGerald, B. M. Kluger, G. P. Crucian, and K. M. Heilman

What’s inside the art? The influence of frontotemporal dementia in art production
Neurology 2006 67: 1285-1287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

John R. Rinker, II, Kathryn Trinkaus, and Anne H. Cross

Elevated CSF free kappa light chains correlate with disability prognosis in multiple sclerosis
Neurology 2006 67: 1288-1290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Tremlett, S. Seemüller, Y. Zhao, E. M. Yoshida, J. Oger, and J. Petkau

Liver test abnormalities in multiple sclerosis: Findings from placebo-treated patients
Neurology 2006 67: 1291-1293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

J. Montes, G. Levy, S. Albert, P. Kaufmann, R. Buchsbaum, P. H. Gordon, and H. Mitsumoto

Development and evaluation of a self-administered version of the ALSFRS-R
Neurology 2006 67: 1294-1296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

T. Tomson, G. Luef, A. Sabers, S. Pittschieler, and I. Öhman

Valproate effects on kinetics of lamotrigine in pregnancy and treatment with oral contraceptives
Neurology 2006 67: 1297-1299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Y. Onodera, M. Aoki, H. Mizuno, H. Warita, Y. Shiga, and Y. Itoyama

Clinical features of chromosome 16q22.1 linked autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia in Japanese
Neurology 2006 67: 1300-1302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Andrew B. Lassman, Jeffrey N. Bruce, and Michael R. Fetell

Metastases to the pineal gland
Neurology 2006 67: 1303-1304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

M. Oishi, K. Suzuki, O. Sasaki, S. Nakazato, K. Kitazawa, T. Takao, and T. Koike

Crossed aphasia elicited by direct cortical stimulation
Neurology 2006 67: 1306-1307. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Femke K. Aarsen, Erica L.T. van den Akker, Stenvert L.S. Drop, and Coriene E. Catsman-Berrevoets

Effect of topiramate on cognition in obese children
Neurology 2006 67: 1307-1308. [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Nikolaus R. McFarland, Ivan S. Login, Samuel Vernon, and Ted M. Burns

Improvement with corticosteroids and azathioprine in GAD65-associated cerebellar ataxia
Neurology 2006 67: 1308-1309. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Video]  

M. He, T. Ohrui, M. Maruyama, N. Tomita, K. Nakayama, M. Higuchi, K. Furukawa, and H. Arai

ACE activity in CSF of patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease
Neurology 2006 67: 1309-1310. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

L. Vadlamudi, D. F. Vears, A. Hughes, E. Pedagogus, and S. F. Berkovic

Action myoclonus–renal failure syndrome: A cause for worsening tremor in young adults
Neurology 2006 67: 1310-1311. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Video]  

REFLECTIONS: NEUROLOGY AND THE HUMANITIES:

David B. Rosenfield

Lillian wants to be a neurologist
Neurology 2006 67: 1312. [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Alberto J. Espay and Fredy J. Revilla

Cerebellar limb tremor and inferior olivary hypertrophy
Neurology 2006 67: 1250. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Video]  

Patricio S. Espinosa, Charles D. Smith, and Joseph R. Berger

Homonymous hemianopsia complicating treatment of postoperative epistaxis
Neurology 2006 67: 1305. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Irina A. Anselm, Basil T. Darras, Petra Kaufmann, and Darryl De Vivo

Dichloroacetate causes toxic neuropathy in MELAS: A randomized, controlled clinical trial
Neurology 2006 67: 1313. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas S. Goodin, Nils Koch-Henriksen, and Per Soelberg Sorensen

A randomized study of two interferon-beta treatments in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
Neurology 2006 67: 1313-1314. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul H. Gordon, Ying Kuen Cheung, and Fumiharu Kimura

Progression rate of ALSFRS-R at time of diagnosis predicts survival time in ALS
Neurology 2006 67: 1314-1315. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

Dissociating apathy and depression in Parkinson disease
Neurology 2006 67: 1315. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Estrogen therapy and cognition: A 6-year single-blind follow-up study in postmenopausal women
Neurology 2006 67: 1315. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence about Brief Communication "Is protracted low-dose temozolomide feasible in glioma patients?"
Neurology 2006 67: 1315. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
Neurology 2006 67: 1109-1110. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter H. King

Electrodiagnosis in Clinical Neurophysiology, Fifth Edition
Neurology 2006 67: 1316. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, Fourth Edition
Neurology 2006 67: 1316. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lynn Liu

Atlas of Sleep Medicine
Neurology 2006 67: 1316. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Garrett Riggs

Merritt’s Neurology, Eleventh Edition
Neurology 2006 67: 1316-1317. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Gordon Smith

Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders Clinical-Electrophysiologic Correlations
Neurology 2006 67: 1317. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

T. E. Nash, G. Singh, A. C. White, V. Rajshekhar, J. A. Loeb, J. V. Proaño, O. M. Takayanagui, A. E. Gonzalez, J. A. Butman, C. DeGiorgio, O. H. Del Brutto, A. Delgado-Escueta, C.A.W. Evans, R. H. Gilman, S. M. Martinez, M. T. Medina, E. J. Pretell, J. Teale, and H. H. Garcia

Treatment of neurocysticercosis: Current status and future research needs
Neurology 2006 67: 1120-1127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

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