THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

This week in Neurology®: Highlights of the October 27 issue
Neurology 2009 73: 1343. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Helmar C. Lehmann and Bernd C. Kieseier

Predicting treatment responses to IV immunoglobulins: Can we already ask the genes?
Neurology 2009 73: 1344-1345. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olaf Stüve and Heinz Wiendl

Iatrogenic immunosuppression with biologics in MS: Expecting the unexpected?
Neurology 2009 73: 1346-1347. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLE:

Dan Larriviere, Michael A. Williams, Matt Rizzo, Richard J. Bonnie On behalf of the AAN Ethics, Law and Humanities Committee

Responding to requests from adult patients for neuroenhancements: Guidance of the Ethics, Law and Humanities Committee
Neurology 2009 73: 1406-1412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement] [Podcast]  

ARTICLES:

M. Iijima, M. Tomita, S. Morozumi, Y. Kawagashira, T. Nakamura, H. Koike, M. Katsuno, N. Hattori, F. Tanaka, M. Yamamoto, and G. Sobue

Single nucleotide polymorphism of TAG-1 influences IVIg responsiveness of Japanese patients with CIDP
Neurology 2009 73: 1348-1352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

M. I. Kester, A. E. van der Vlies, M. A. Blankenstein, Y.A.L. Pijnenburg, E. J. van Elk, P. Scheltens, and W. M. van der Flier

CSF biomarkers predict rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease
Neurology 2009 73: 1353-1358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Sanz, S. Andrieu, A. Sinclair, H. Hanaire, B. Vellas For the REAL.FR Study Group

Diabetes is associated with a slower rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease
Neurology 2009 73: 1359-1366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

F. Moreno, B. Indakoetxea, M. Barandiaran, A. Alzualde, A. Gabilondo, A. Estanga, J. Ruiz, M. Ruibal, A. Bergareche, J. F. Martí-Massó, and A. López de Munain

"Frontotemporoparietal" dementia: Clinical phenotype associated with the c.709-1G>A PGRN mutation
Neurology 2009 73: 1367-1374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Porta, A. Brambilla, A. E. Cavanna, D. Servello, M. Sassi, H. Rickards, and M. M. Robertson

Thalamic deep brain stimulation for treatment-refractory Tourette syndrome: Two-year outcome
Neurology 2009 73: 1375-1380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Savica, B. R. Grossardt, J. M. Carlin, M. Icen, J. H. Bower, J. E. Ahlskog, D. M. Maraganore, D. P. Steensma, and W. A. Rocca

Anemia or low hemoglobin levels preceding Parkinson disease: A case-control study
Neurology 2009 73: 1381-1387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ilse Wegner, Peter M. Edelbroek, Saskia Bulk, and Dick Lindhout

Lamotrigine kinetics within the menstrual cycle, after menopause, and with oral contraceptives
Neurology 2009 73: 1388-1393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ruth Ann Marrie, Gary Cutter, Tuula Tyry, and Timothy Vollmer

A cross-sectional study of bone health in multiple sclerosis
Neurology 2009 73: 1394-1398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEDICAL HYPOTHESIS:

M. Puccioni-Sohler, C. N. Soares, R. Papaiz-Alvarenga, M.J.C. Castro, L. C. Faria, and J. M. Peralta

Neurologic dengue manifestations associated with intrathecal specific immune response
Neurology 2009 73: 1413-1417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROLOGY CLINICAL PATHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE:

Andrew Kertesz, Robert D. Fealey, B. Mark Keegan, and Joseph E. Parisi

A 74-year-old woman with progressive right-hand tremor and inability to use her right side
Neurology 2009 73: 1399-1405. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Chiara Zecca, Fabio Nessi, Enos Bernasconi, and Claudio Gobbi

OCULAR TOXOPLASMOSIS DURING NATALIZUMAB TREATMENT
Neurology 2009 73: 1418-1419. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Scheid, B. Bader, D. V. Ott, A. Merkenschlager, and A. Danek

DEVELOPMENT OF MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY IN CHOREA-ACANTHOCYTOSIS
Neurology 2009 73: 1419-1422. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Na Young Shin, Hyo Suk Nam, and Seung-Koo Lee

Hemorrhagic Wernicke encephalopathy in a patient with liver transplantation
Neurology 2009 73: 1423. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION:

D. Renard, C. Campello, O. Beraru, P. Bouillot, and P. Labauge

Teaching NeuroImages: Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the cranial vault
Neurology 2009 73: e84-e85. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. L. Adamovich, G. Gualberto, T. Roberts, M. W. Haut, and L. Gutmann

Teaching NeuroImages: Amnesia due to fornix infarction
Neurology 2009 73: e86. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PATIENT PAGES:

Kevin J. Black

Deep brain stimulation for Tourette syndrome
Neurology 2009 73: e87-e90. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Matthew Menken, John H. Noseworthy FAAN, and Robert A. Gross

CITATION AND READERSHIP METRICS: HOW DOES NEUROLOGY® MEASURE UP?
Neurology 2009 73: 1424. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ellen Sidransky, Ted Samaddar, Nahid Tayebi, William C. Nichols, Nathan Pankratz, and Tatiana Foroud

MUTATIONS IN GBA ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FAMILIAL PARKINSON DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY AND AGE AT ONSET
Neurology 2009 73: 1424-1426. [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Lièvre, Members of the Epidemiology Working Group of the French Pharmacovigilance Commission, D. Costagliola, S. Evans, A. Fourrier, J. -L. Imbs, D. Levy-Bruhl, L. Merle, J. Micallef, and E. Oger

HEPATITIS B VACCINE AND THE RISK OF CNS INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATION IN CHILDHOOD
Neurology 2009 73: 1426-1427. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cornelis J.J. Westermann, Johannes J. Mager, Henk W. Mauser, Tim T.C. Overtoom, and Igor Sibon

STROKE FOLLOWING PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA EMBOLIZATION IN A PATIENT WITH HHT
Neurology 2009 73: 1427. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Phyllis L. Faust, Jean-Paul G. Vonsattel, Elan D. Louis, Ali H. Rajput, Kinza Maxood, and Alex Rajput

CLASSIC ESSENTIAL TREMOR CHANGES FOLLOWING CEREBELLAR HEMORRHAGE
Neurology 2009 73: 1427-1428. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

Weather and air pollution as triggers of severe headaches
Neurology 2009 73: 1428. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Peter Todd

PRACTICAL GUIDE TO NEUROGENETICS
Neurology 2009 73: 1429. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Calendar
Neurology 2009 73: 1430. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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