THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

This week in Neurology: Highlights of the January 20 issue
Neurology 2009 72: 205. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Gary W. Mathern

Epilepsy surgery patients with cortical dysplasia: Present and future therapeutic challenges
Neurology 2009 72: 206-207. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jill V. Hunter and Arthur J. Moss

Seizures and arrhythmias: Differing phenotypes of a common channelopathy?
Neurology 2009 72: 208-209. [Full Text] [PDF]  

IN MEMORIAM:

Ludwig Gutmann and Jack E. Riggs

Sydney S. Schochet, Jr., MD (1937–2008)
Neurology 2009 72: 210. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS AND REVIEWS:

Liesbet Deprez, An Jansen, and Peter De Jonghe

Genetics of epilepsy syndromes starting in the first year of life
Neurology 2009 72: 273-281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Polish Translation]  

ARTICLES:

D. W. Kim, S. K. Lee, K. Chu, K. I. Park, S. Y. Lee, C. H. Lee, C. K. Chung, G. Choe, and J. Y. Kim

Predictors of surgical outcome and pathologic considerations in focal cortical dysplasia
Neurology 2009 72: 211-216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Krsek, B. Maton, P. Jayakar, P. Dean, B. Korman, G. Rey, C. Dunoyer, E. Pacheco-Jacome, G. Morrison, J. Ragheb, H. V. Vinters, T. Resnick, and M. Duchowny

Incomplete resection of focal cortical dysplasia is the main predictor of poor postsurgical outcome
Neurology 2009 72: 217-223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. N. Johnson, N. Hofman, C. M. Haglund, G. D. Cascino, A.A.M. Wilde, and M. J. Ackerman

Identification of a possible pathogenic link between congenital long QT syndrome and epilepsy
Neurology 2009 72: 224-231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Japanese Translation]  

B. Banwell, J. Kennedy, D. Sadovnick, D. L. Arnold, S. Magalhaes, K. Wambera, M. B. Connolly, J. Yager, J. K. Mah, N. Shah, G. Sebire, B. Meaney, M-E Dilenge, A. Lortie, S. Whiting, A. Doja, S. Levin, E. A. MacDonald, D. Meek, E. Wood, N. Lowry, D. Buckley, C. Yim, M. Awuku, C. Guimond, P. Cooper, F. Grand’Maison, J. B. Baird, V. Bhan, and A. Bar-Or

Incidence of acquired demyelination of the CNS in Canadian children
Neurology 2009 72: 232-239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Di Fonzo, M.C.J. Dekker, P. Montagna, A. Baruzzi, E. H. Yonova, L. Correia Guedes, A. Szczerbinska, T. Zhao, L. O.M. Dubbel-Hulsman, C. H. Wouters, E. de Graaff, W. J.G. Oyen, E. J. Simons, G. J. Breedveld, B. A. Oostra, M. W. Horstink, and V. Bonifati

FBXO7 mutations cause autosomal recessive, early-onset parkinsonian-pyramidal syndrome
Neurology 2009 72: 240-245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

M. Kennerson, G. Nicholson, B. Kowalski, K. Krajewski, D. El-Khechen, S. Feely, S. Chu, M. Shy, and J. Garbern

X-linked distal hereditary motor neuropathy maps to the DSMAX locus on chromosome Xq13.1-q21
Neurology 2009 72: 246-252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

H. -X. Wang, A. Karp, A. Herlitz, M. Crowe, I. Kåreholt, B. Winblad, and L. Fratiglioni

Personality and lifestyle in relation to dementia incidence
Neurology 2009 72: 253-259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. H. Swerdlow, B. B. Miller, M.B.S. Lopes, J. W. Mandell, G. F. Wooten, P. Damgaard, C. Manning, M. Fowler, and H. R. Brashear

Autosomal dominant subcortical gliosis presenting as frontotemporal dementia
Neurology 2009 72: 260-267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Podcast]  

A. Viswanathan, S. Raj, S. M. Greenberg, M. Stampfer, S. Campbell, B. T. Hyman, and M. C. Irizarry

Plasma Aβ, homocysteine, and cognition: The Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) trial
Neurology 2009 72: 268-272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH:

Eduardo E. Benarroch

-Hydroxybutyric acid and its relevance in neurology
Neurology 2009 72: 282-286. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

M. A. van Es, F. P. Diekstra, J. H. Veldink, F. Baas, P. R. Bourque, H. J. Schelhaas, E. Strengman, E.A.M. Hennekam, D. Lindhout, R. A. Ophoff, and L. H. van den Berg

A CASE OF ALS-FTD IN A LARGE FALS PEDIGREE WITH A K17I ANG MUTATION
Neurology 2009 72: 287-288. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

A. Gonzalez-Duarte, S. Sullivan, G. J. Sips, T. Naidich, G. Kleinman, J. Murray, S. Morgello, I. Germano, M. Mullen, and D. Simpson

INFLAMMATORY PSEUDOTUMOR ASSOCIATED WITH HIV, JCV, AND IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION SYNDROME
Neurology 2009 72: 289-290. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

RETRACTION:

Voluntary partial retraction of: Recessive inheritance and variable penetrance of slow-channel congenital myasthenic syndromes
Neurology 2009 72: 294. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIDEO NEUROIMAGES:

Jesper Gyllenborg and Dan Milea

Ocular flutter as the first manifestation of Lyme disease
Neurology 2009 72: 291. [Full Text] [PDF]  

RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION:

G. Gorman, M. Hutchinson, and N. Tubridy

Clinical Reasoning: A case of Wegener granulomatosis complicated by seizures and headaches: Curiouser and curiouser
Neurology 2009 72: e11-e14. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Chinese Translation]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Steven R. Brenner and Paul W. Brown

TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY IN THE 21st CENTURY: NEUROSCIENCE FOR THE CLINICAL NEUROLOGIST
Neurology 2009 72: 292. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mandip S. Dhamoon, James M. Noble, and Suzanne Craft

INTRANASAL INSULIN IMPROVES COGNITION AND MODULATES β-AMYLOID IN EARLY AD
Neurology 2009 72: 292-294. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Daryl R. Gress

PLUM AND POSNER’S DIAGNOSIS OF STUPOR AND COMA, 4TH EDITION
Neurology 2009 72: 295. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Calendar
Neurology 2009 72: 296-297. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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