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February 2003, Volume 74, Issue 2

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  1. Parkinson's disease
  2. Epilepsy
  3. Dementia
  4. Neurological picture
  5. Review: Physical signs
  6. Review
  7. Papers
  8. Historical note
  9. Neurological stamp
  10. Short reports
  11. Letters
  12. Correspondence
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Parkinson's disease

  • Measuring motor complications in clinical trials for early Parkinson’s disease

    • C Marras,
    • A E Lang
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 143-146 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.143

  • Multidisciplinary rehabilitation for people with Parkinson’s disease

    • E D Playford
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 148-149 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.148

Epilepsy

  • Idiopathic generalised epilepsies: not only for the paediatrician

    • J W Sander
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 147 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.147

Dementia

  • Dipoles and dementia

    • C M Epstein
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 147-148 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.147-a

Neurological picture

  • Vasospastic amaurosis fugax

    • Josef G Heckmann,
    • Charly Gaul,
    • Bernhard Neundörfer,
    • Joanna Harazny,
    • Georg Michelson
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 149 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.149

Review: Physical signs

  • The deep tendon and the abdominal reflexes

    • J P R Dick
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 150-153 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.150

Review

  • Internet resources for neurosurgeons and neuropathologists

    • S Thomson,
    • N Phillips
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 154-157 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.154

Papers

  • Multidisciplinary rehabilitation for people with Parkinson’s disease: a randomised controlled study

    • D T Wade,
    • H Gage,
    • C Owen,
    • P Trend,
    • C Grossmith,
    • J Kaye
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 158-162 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.158

  • The relative health related quality of life of veterans with Parkinson’s disease

    • H Gage,
    • A Hendricks,
    • S Zhang,
    • L Kazis
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 163-169 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.163

  • Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus: effectiveness in advanced Parkinson’s disease patients previously reliant on apomorphine

    • T R K Varma,
    • S H Fox,
    • P R Eldridge,
    • P Littlechild,
    • P Byrne,
    • A Forster,
    • A Marshall,
    • H Cameron,
    • K McIver,
    • N Fletcher,
    • M Steiger
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 170-174 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.170

  • Cognitive and behavioural effects of chronic stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in patients with Parkinson’s disease

    • A Daniele,
    • A Albanese,
    • M F Contarino,
    • P Zinzi,
    • A Barbier,
    • F Gasparini,
    • L M A Romito,
    • A R Bentivoglio,
    • M Scerrati
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 175-182 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.175

  • Outcome of epilepsy surgery in focal cortical dysplasia

    • T Kral,
    • H Clusmann,
    • I Blümcke,
    • R Fimmers,
    • B Ostertun,
    • M Kurthen,
    • J Schramm
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 183-188 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.183

  • Non-convulsive status epilepticus: usefulness of clinical features in selecting patients for urgent EEG

    • A M Husain,
    • G J Horn,
    • M P Jacobson
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 189-191 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.189

  • Idiopathic generalised epilepsy of adult onset: clinical syndromes and genetics

    • C Marini,
    • M A King,
    • J S Archer,
    • M R Newton,
    • S F Berkovic
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 192-196 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.192

  • Expression of β2 adrenoreceptors on peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with primary and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: a longitudinal six month study

    • Y Zoukos,
    • T N Thomaides,
    • D Kidd,
    • M L Cuzner,
    • A Thompson
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 197-202 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.197

  • Pyramidal tract mapping by diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging in multiple sclerosis: improving correlations with disability

    • M Wilson,
    • C R Tench,
    • P S Morgan,
    • L D Blumhardt
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 203-207 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.203

  • Do cognitive patterns of brain magnetic activity correlate with hippocampal atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease?

    • F Maestú,
    • J Arrazola,
    • A Fernández,
    • P G Simos,
    • C Amo,
    • P Gil-Gregorio,
    • S Fernandez,
    • A Papanicolaou,
    • T Ortiz
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 208-212 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.208

  • Transient ischaemic attacks are associated with increased rates of global cerebral atrophy

    • R J L Walters,
    • N C Fox,
    • J M Schott,
    • W R Crum,
    • J M Stevens,
    • M N Rossor,
    • D J Thomas
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 213-216 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.213

  • Intracerebral microdialysis and CSF hydrodynamics in idiopathic adult hydrocephalus syndrome

    • A Ågren-Wilsson,
    • M Roslin,
    • A Eklund,
    • L-O D Koskinen,
    • A T Bergenheim,
    • J Malm
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 217-221 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.217

  • Effect of endoscopic third ventriculostomy on neuropsychological outcome in late onset idiopathic aqueduct stenosis: a prospective study

    • J Burtscher,
    • L Bartha,
    • K Twerdy,
    • W Eisner,
    • T Benke
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 222-225 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.222

  • Complications after gamma knife radiosurgery for benign meningiomas

    • J H Chang,
    • J W Chang,
    • J Y Choi,
    • Y G Park,
    • S S Chung
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 226-230 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.226

  • Quantitative analysis of continuous intracranial pressure recordings in symptomatic patients with extracranial shunts

    • P K Eide
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 231-237 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.231

  • Lay versus expert interviewers for the diagnosis of migraine in a large sample of elderly people

    • C Tzourio,
    • B Gagnière,
    • M El Amrani,
    • M-G Bousser,
    • A Alpérovitch
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 238-241 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.238

  • Deriving summary indices of health status from the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assessment Questionnaires (ALSAQ-40 and ALSAQ-5)

    • C Jenkinson,
    • J M Norquist,
    • R Fitzpatrick
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 242-245 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.242

Historical note

  • Pick’s disease

    • J M S Pearce
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 169 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.169

  • Look before you leap if liable to pressure palsies

    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 182 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.182

  • Sham surgery can be ethical and safe

    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 202 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.202

  • Equal use of heath services does not mean equal care for stroke victims of low socioeconomic status

    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 267 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.267

Neurological stamp

  • Georges Marinescu (1864–1938)

    • L F Haas
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 207 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.207

Short reports

  • Visual prognosis after indirect traumatic optic neuropathy

    • A Carta,
    • L Ferrigno,
    • M Salvo,
    • S Bianchi-Marzoli,
    • A Boschi,
    • F Carta
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 246-248 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.246

  • “CADASIL coma”: an underdiagnosed acute encephalopathy

    • F Schon,
    • R J Martin,
    • M Prevett,
    • C Clough,
    • T P Enevoldson,
    • H S Markus
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 249-252 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.249

  • Dissociation of affective modulation of recollective and perceptual experience following amygdala damage

    • B P Papps,
    • A J Calder,
    • A W Young,
    • R E O’Carroll
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 253-254 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.253

  • Development of selective verbal memory impairment secondary to a left thalamic infarct: a longitudinal case study

    • J M Schott,
    • S J Crutch,
    • N C Fox,
    • E K Warrington
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 255-257 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.255

  • Ataxic arm movements after thalamotomy for Parkinsonian tremor

    • T E Kimber,
    • B P Brophy,
    • P D Thompson
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 258-259 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.258

  • Lack of chromosomal imbalances in adamantinomatous and papillary craniopharyngiomas

    • C H Rickert,
    • W Paulus
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 260-261 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.260

  • Relapsing herpes simplex encephalitis: pathological confirmation of viral reactivation

    • S Yamada,
    • T Kameyama,
    • S Nagaya,
    • Y Hashizume,
    • M Yoshida
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 262-264 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.262

  • Does sex influence age at onset in cranial-cervical and upper limb dystonia?

    • G Defazio,
    • G Abbruzzese,
    • P Girlanda,
    • L Vacca,
    • A Currà,
    • R Marchese,
    • D Martino,
    • G Masi,
    • G Majorana,
    • L Mazzella,
    • P Livrea,
    • A Berardelli
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 265-267 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.265

  • Colonic transit time and rectoanal videomanometry in Parkinson’s disease

    • R Sakakibara,
    • T Odaka,
    • T Uchiyama,
    • M Asahina,
    • K Yamaguchi,
    • T Yamaguchi,
    • T Yamanishi,
    • T Hattori
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 268-272 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.268

  • Two cases of quadriparesis following anterior cervical discectomy, with normal perioperative somatosensory evoked potentials

    • S J Jones,
    • S Buonamassa,
    • H A Crockard
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 273-276 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.273

Letters

  • Cerebral salt wasting syndrome in meningoencephalitis: a case report

    • M J Brookes,
    • T H Gould
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 277 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.277

  • A case of familial inverse Marcus Gunn phenomenon

    • J Y Oh,
    • J E Kim,
    • Y J Kim,
    • K D Park,
    • K G Choi
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 278-277 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.278

  • Moderate hypoglycaemia obliterates working memory in humans with and without insulin treated diabetes

    • I J Deary,
    • A J Sommerfield,
    • V McAulay,
    • B M Frier
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 278-279 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.278-a

  • Parainfectious opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome: high dose intravenous immunoglobulins are effective

    • K Glatz,
    • H-M Meinck,
    • B Wildemann
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 279-280 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.279

  • Central and peripheral fusiform aneurysms six years after left atrial myxoma resection

    • M T Walker,
    • R K Kilani,
    • L R Toye,
    • C R Bird
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 281-282 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.281

  • Anti-titin antibodies are not associated with a specific thymoma histology

    • R Voltz,
    • W Albrich,
    • R Hohlfeld,
    • D Nagel,
    • M Wick,
    • T Kirchner,
    • N Sommer,
    • I Illa,
    • H Kaminski,
    • F Schumm
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 282 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.282

Correspondence

  • Velocity dependent passive muscle stiffness

    • J W Dunne,
    • B J Singer,
    • G T Allison
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 283 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.283

  • Transoesophageal echocardiography: which stroke patients benefit most from this investigation?

    • C Stöllberger,
    • J Finsterer
    1. Commentator:
      • M Strandberg,
      • J Hartiala,
      • R J Marttila,
      • and H Helenius
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 283-284 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.283-a

  • “Sentinel” or “early warning” bleed

    • N H Horwitz
    1. Commentator:
      • R J Davenport
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:2 284 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.2.284

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