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October 2002, Volume 73, Issue 4

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  1. Vegetative state
  2. Brain rehabilitation
  3. Dementia
  4. Multiple sclerosis
  5. Review: Physical signs
  6. Review
  7. Papers
  8. Historical note
  9. Neurological picture
  10. Short reports
  11. Neurological stamp
  12. Letters
  13. Correspondence
  14. Book reviews
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Vegetative state

  • The vegetative state

    • B Jennett
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 355-357 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.355

Brain rehabilitation

  • Cognitive neuroscience and brain rehabilitation: a promise kept

    • I H Robertson
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 357 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.357

Dementia

  • We are how we eat?

    • C Mummery
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 358 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.358

Multiple sclerosis

  • Infection and multiple sclerosis—a new hypothesis?

    • G J Stewart
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 358-359 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.358-a

Review: Physical signs

  • The Babinski sign

    • J W Lance
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 360-362 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.360

Review

  • The genetic basis of Parkinson's disease

    • T Foltynie,
    • S Sawcer,
    • C Brayne,
    • R A Barker
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 363-370 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.363

Papers

  • Changes in appetite, food preference, and eating habits in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

    • M Ikeda,
    • J Brown,
    • A J Holland,
    • R Fukuhara,
    • J R Hodges
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 371-376 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.371

  • Abnormal verbal event related potentials in mild cognitive impairment and incipient Alzheimer's disease

    • J M Olichney,
    • S K Morris,
    • C Ochoa,
    • D P Salmon,
    • L J Thal,
    • M Kutas,
    • V J Iragui
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 377-384 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.377

  • Testing cognitive function in elderly populations: the PROSPER study

    • P J Houx,
    • J Shepherd,
    • G-J Blauw,
    • M B Murphy,
    • I Ford,
    • E L Bollen,
    • B Buckley,
    • D J Stott,
    • W Jukema,
    • M Hyland,
    • A Gaw,
    • J Norrie,
    • A M Kamper,
    • I J Perry,
    • P W MacFarlane,
    • A Edo Meinders,
    • B J Sweeney,
    • C J Packard,
    • C Twomey,
    • S M Cobbe,
    • R G Westendorp
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 385-389 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.385

  • Potentially reversible conditions in 1000 consecutive memory clinic patients

    • A Hejl,
    • P Høgh,
    • G Waldemar
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 390-394 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.390

  • Effect of chronic pallidal deep brain stimulation on off period dystonia and sensory symptoms in advanced Parkinson’s disease

    • T J Loher,
    • J-M Burgunder,
    • S Weber,
    • R Sommerhalder,
    • J K Krauss
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 395-399 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.395

  • Essential tremor and cerebellar dysfunction: abnormal ballistic movements

    • B Köster,
    • G Deuschl,
    • M Lauk,
    • J Timmer,
    • B Guschlbauer,
    • C H Lücking
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 400-405 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.400

  • Oropharyngeal swallowing in craniocervical dystonia

    • C Ertekin,
    • I Aydogdu,
    • Y Seçil,
    • N Kiylioglu,
    • S Tarlaci,
    • T Ozdemirkiran
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 406-411 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.406

  • Neck muscle vibration induces lasting recovery in spatial neglect

    • I Schindler,
    • G Kerkhoff,
    • H-O Karnath,
    • I Keller,
    • G Goldenberg
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 412-419 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.412

  • Myopathy with antibodies to the signal recognition particle: clinical and pathological features

    • T Miller,
    • M T Al-Lozi,
    • G Lopate,
    • A Pestronk
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 420-428 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.420

  • Optic neuromyelitis syndrome in Brazilian patients

    • R M Papais-Alvarenga,
    • C M Miranda-Santos,
    • M Puccioni-Sohler,
    • A M V de Almeida,
    • S Oliveira,
    • C A Basilio De Oliveira,
    • H Alvarenga,
    • C M Poser
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 429-435 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.429

Historical note

  • Pituitary tumours and acromegaly (Pierre Marie’s disease)

    • J M S Pearce
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 394 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.394

Neurological picture

  • Periodic limb movement syndrome

    • A Knoblauch,
    • JD Leuppi
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 428 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.428

Short reports

  • Tuberous sclerosis presenting in late adult life

    • M Zarei,
    • V P Collins,
    • S Chandran,
    • D Valler,
    • J N P Higgins,
    • D A S Compston,
    • J R W Yates
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 436-438 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.436

  • Is multiple sclerosis a sexually transmitted infection?

    • C H Hawkes
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 439-443 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.439

  • Neuropsychological sequelae of bilateral posteroventral pallidotomy

    • K R Turner,
    • W G Reid,
    • J Homewood,
    • R J Cook
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 444-446 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.444

  • Posterior alien hand syndrome after a right thalamic infarct

    • J Marey-Lopez,
    • E Rubio-Nazabal,
    • L Alonso-Magdalena,
    • S Lopez-Facal
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 447-449 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.447

  • Paradoxical absence of nuclear inclusion in cerebellar Purkinje cells of hereditary ataxias linked to CAG expansion

    • S Koyano,
    • K Iwabuchi,
    • S Yagishita,
    • Y Kuroiwa,
    • T Uchihara
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 450-452 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.450

  • Vim thalamotomy for Holmes' tremor secondary to midbrain tumour

    • M-C Kim,
    • B C Son,
    • Y Miyagi,
    • J-K Kang
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 453-455 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.453

Neurological stamp

  • Nikolai Nilovich Burdenko (1876–1946)

    • L F Haas
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 438 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.438

Letters

  • Increased serum concentrations of tissue plasminogen activator correlate with an adverse clinical outcome in patients with bacterial meningitis

    • F Winkler,
    • S Kastenbauer,
    • U Koedel,
    • H W Pfister
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 456 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.456

  • Amelioration of spinal myoclonus with levetiracetam

    • S C Keswani,
    • E H Kossoff,
    • G L Krauss,
    • C Hagerty
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 457-458 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.457

  • Hyperthyroidism with increased factor VIII procoagulant protein as a predisposing factor for cerebral venous thrombosis

    • J Maes,
    • A Michotte,
    • B Velkeniers,
    • T Stadnik,
    • K Jochmans
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 458 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.458

  • Coma with focal neurological signs caused by Datura stramonium intoxication in a young man

    • S Oberndorfer,
    • W Grisold,
    • G Hinterholzer,
    • M Rosner
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 458-459 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.458-a

Correspondence

  • Neuropsychological and psychiatric complications in endoscopic third ventriculostomy

    • J van Aalst,
    • E A M Beuls,
    • G J Luijckx
    1. Commentator:
      • A Benabarre,
      • T Boget,
      • E Vieta,
      • and A Martínez-Aràn
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 460 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.460

  • Neuropathological findings in multiple system atrophy with dystonia

    • K A Jellinger
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 460-461 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.460-a

  • Social phobia in spasmodic torticollis: some conceptual issues

    • P Sharma,
    • N Gupta
    1. Commentator:
      • H Gündel and
      • A O Ceballos-Baumann
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 461-462 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.461

  • Executive dysfunction and depressive symptoms in cerebrovascular disease

    • G Bellelli,
    • E Lucchi,
    • G Cipriani,
    • G B Frisoni,
    • M Trabucchi
    1. Commentator:
      • J Kramer
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 462-463 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.462

Book reviews

  • Clinical neurology: By David Greenberg, Michael Aminof, and Roger Simon (Pp 390 $39.95). McGraw-Hill Professional, New York, 2002. ISBN 0-07-137543-0

    • Ian Bone
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 463 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.463

  • Clinical trials in neurology: Edited by Roberto J Guiloff (Pp 542, EUR178,00). Published by Springer, London, 2001. ISBN 1-85233-239-5

    • Michael Swash
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 463 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.463-a

  • Differential diagnosis in neuro-oncology: Edited by Jerzy Hildebrand and Michael Brada (Pp 298, £59.50). Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001. ISBN 0-19-263213-2

    • Ian Whittle
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 463 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.463-b

  • Interventional and endovascular therapy of the nervous system. A practical guide: By Pearse Morris (Pp 318, £94.00). Published by Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. ISBN 0-387-95193-8

    • Paul Butler
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 463-464 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.463-c

  • Principles of neuroepidemiology: Edited by Tracy Batchelor and Merit E Cudkowicz (Pp 374, £65.00). Published by Butterworth Heinemann, Boston, 2001. ISBN 0750670428

    • Peter Rothwell
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:4 464 doi:10.1136/jnnp.73.4.464

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