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Dementia

  • Can we afford to develop treatments for dementia?

    • S Lovestone
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 685 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.685

Parkinson's disease

  • “Nature versus nurture” and incompletely penetrant mutations

    • DK Simon,
    • MT Lin,
    • A Pascual-Leone
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 686-689 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.686

Behavioural disorders

  • Behavioural disorders, Parkinson's disease, and subthalamic stimulation

    • R G Brown
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 689 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.689

Impaired cognition

  • Hypertension+MRI changes=impaired cognition

    • S Tuhrim,
    • S R Levine
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 690 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.690

Advances in neuropsychiatry

  • Presenile dementia syndromes: an update on taxonomy and diagnosis

    • M D Greicius,
    • M D Geschwind,
    • B L Miller
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 691-700 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.691

Papers

  • Behavioural disorders, Parkinson's disease and subthalamic stimulation

    • J L Houeto,
    • V Mesnage,
    • L Mallet,
    • B Pillon,
    • M Gargiulo,
    • S Tezenas du Moncel,
    • A M Bonnet,
    • B Pidoux,
    • D Dormont,
    • P Cornu,
    • Y Agid
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 701-707 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.701

  • Donepezil for cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease: a randomised controlled study

    • D Aarsland,
    • K Laake,
    • J P Larsen,
    • C Janvin
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 708-712 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.708

  • Pramipexole in patients with Parkinson's disease and marked drug resistant tremor: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled multicentre study

    • O Pogarell,
    • T Gasser,
    • J J van Hilten,
    • S Spieker,
    • S Pollentier,
    • D Meier,
    • W H Oertel
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 713-720 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.713

  • Incidence and prediction of falls in Parkinson's disease: a prospective multidisciplinary study

    • B H Wood,
    • J A Bilclough,
    • A Bowron,
    • R W Walker
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 721-725 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.721

  • Autonomic nervous system function in Huntington's disease

    • J Andrich,
    • T Schmitz,
    • C Saft,
    • T Postert,
    • P Kraus,
    • J T Epplen,
    • H Przuntek,
    • M W Agelink
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 726-731 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.726

  • Lipoprotein(a), apolipoprotein E genotype, and risk of Alzheimer's disease

    • V Solfrizzi,
    • F Panza,
    • A D'Introno,
    • A M Colacicco,
    • C Capurso,
    • A M Basile,
    • A Capurso
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 732-736 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.732

  • Quantitative MRI findings and cognitive impairment among community dwelling elderly subjects

    • H Koga,
    • T Yuzuriha,
    • H Yao,
    • K Endo,
    • S Hiejima,
    • Y Takashima,
    • F Sadanaga,
    • T Matsumoto,
    • A Uchino,
    • K Ogomori,
    • A Ichimiya,
    • H Uchimura,
    • N Tashiro
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 737-741 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.737

  • White matter damage in Alzheimer's disease assessed in vivo using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging

    • M Bozzali,
    • A Falini,
    • M Franceschi,
    • M Cercignani,
    • M Zuffi,
    • G Scotti,
    • G Comi,
    • M Filippi
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 742-746 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.742

  • Patients with vascular dementia due to microvascular pathology have significant hippocampal neuronal loss

    • J J Kril,
    • S Patel,
    • A J Harding,
    • G M Halliday
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 747-751 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.747

  • Outcome of ventilatory support for acute respiratory failure in motor neurone disease

    • M D Bradley,
    • R W Orrell,
    • J Clarke,
    • A C Davidson,
    • A J Williams,
    • D M Kullmann,
    • N Hirsch,
    • R S Howard
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 752-756 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.752

  • Abnormalities of the corpus callosum in first episode, treatment naive schizophrenia

    • M S Keshavan,
    • V A Diwadkar,
    • K Harenski,
    • D R Rosenberg,
    • J A Sweeney,
    • J W Pettegrew
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 757-760 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.757

  • Multifocal motor neuropathy: clinical and immunological features and response to IVIg in relation to the presence and degree of motor conduction block

    • E Nobile-Orazio,
    • A Cappellari,
    • N Meucci,
    • M Carpo,
    • F Terenghi,
    • A Bersano,
    • A Priori,
    • S Barbieri,
    • G Scarlato
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 761-766 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.761

  • Anti-GT1a IgG in Guillain-Barré syndrome

    • M Koga,
    • H Yoshino,
    • M Morimatsu,
    • N Yuki
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 767-771 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.767

  • Psychosocial outcomes at three and nine months after good neurological recovery from aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: predictors and prognosis

    • J Powell,
    • N Kitchen,
    • J Heslin,
    • R Greenwood
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 772-781 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.772

  • Prognostic value of platelet derived growth factor α receptor expression in grade 2 astrocytomas and oligoastrocytomas

    • D Ribom,
    • J Andræ,
    • M Frielingsdorf,
    • M Hartman,
    • M Nistér,
    • A Smits
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 782-787 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.782

Historical note

  • Hughlings Jackson's “imperception” and anosognosia

    • JMS Pearce
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 736 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.736

Neurological stamp

  • Luis Morquio (1867–1935)

    • L F Haas
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 787 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.787

Short reports

  • Rapidly progressive dementia syndrome associated with a novel four extra repeat mutation in the prion protein gene

    • C Yanagihara,
    • M Yasuda,
    • K Maeda,
    • K Miyoshi,
    • Y Nishimura
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 788-791 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.788

  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 38 years after diagnostic use of human growth hormone

    • E A Croes,
    • G Roks,
    • G H Jansen,
    • P C G Nijssen,
    • C M van Duijn
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 792-793 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.792

  • Longitudinal analysis of the effect of apolipoprotein E ε4 and education on cognitive performance in elderly subjects: the PAQUID study

    • M Winnock,
    • L Letenneur,
    • H Jacqmin-Gadda,
    • J Dallongeville,
    • P Amouyel,
    • J F Dartigues
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 794-797 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.794

  • Sleep disorders and their determinants in multiple system atrophy

    • I Ghorayeb,
    • F Yekhlef,
    • V Chrysostome,
    • E Balestre,
    • B Bioulac,
    • F Tison
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 798-800 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.798

  • Phenocopies in a large GCH1 mutation positive family with dopa responsive dystonia: confusing the picture?

    • D A Grimes,
    • C L Barclay,
    • J Duff,
    • Y Furukawa,
    • A E Lang
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 801-804 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.801

  • Phosphorus MR spectroscopy shows a tissue specific in vivo distribution of biochemical expression of the G3460A mutation in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

    • R Lodi,
    • V Carelli,
    • P Cortelli,
    • S Iotti,
    • M L Valentino,
    • P Barboni,
    • F Pallotti,
    • P Montagna,
    • B Barbiroli
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 805-807 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.805

  • Role of anterior and occipital white matter lesions for smooth eye tracking in myotonic dystrophy

    • H Kimmig,
    • M Petrick,
    • M Orszagh,
    • T Mergner
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 808-811 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.808

  • Alteration of the cortical motor map in a patient with intractable focal seizures

    • F A Lado,
    • A D Legatt,
    • P A LaSala,
    • S Shinnar
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 812-815 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.812

Lesson of the month

  • Myelopathy from intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula

    • G P Kalamangalam,
    • J Bhattacharya,
    • E Teasdale,
    • M Thomas
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 816-818 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.816

Neurological picture

  • Gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging demonstration of a mycotic aneurysm

    • DS Liebeskind,
    • BL Cucchiara
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 818 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.818

Letters

  • Anticipation in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with SOD1-G93S mutation

    • K Iwai,
    • M Yamamoto,
    • T Yoshihara,
    • G Sobue
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 819-820 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.819

  • Apolipoprotein E4 in the temporal variant of frontotemporal dementia

    • S M Rosso,
    • J C van Swieten,
    • G Roks,
    • C M van Duijn,
    • P Heutink,
    • M Cruts,
    • C van Broeckhoven
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 820 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.820

  • Transferrin C2 allele, haemochromatosis gene mutations, and risk for Alzheimer's disease

    • A Lleó,
    • R Blesa,
    • C Angelopoulos,
    • P Pastor-Rubio,
    • M Villa,
    • R Oliva,
    • E Bufill
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 820-821 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.820-a

  • REM sleep behaviour disorder associated with a neurinoma of the left pontocerebellar angle

    • T Zambelis,
    • T Paparrigopoulos,
    • C R Soldatos
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 821-822 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.821

Correspondence

  • Experiential phenomenon on cortical stimulation

    • R M Lehman
    1. Commentator:
      • F A Lenz,
      • J L Moriarity,
      • P B Storm,
      • G L Krauss,
      • and D Boatman
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 823 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.823

Book review

  • Neuroanatomical basis of clinical neurology: By Orhan Arslan (Pp 432, £33.99). Published by Parthenon Publishing, Lancaster, 2001. ISBN 1 85070 578

    • Jan Van Gijn
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 823 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.823-a

Proceedings

  • Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the British Neuropsychiatry Association, the Institute of Child Health, central London, 21–22 February 2002

    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6 824-828 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.824

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