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August 2004, Volume 75, Issue 8

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  1. Multiple sclerosis
  2. Editorial commentary
  3. Editorial commentary
  4. Lesson of the month
  5. Papers
  6. Historical notes
  7. Short reports
  8. Neurological picture
  9. Short report
  10. Letters
  11. Correspondence
  12. Book reviews
  13. Proceedings
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Multiple sclerosis

  • Cortical reorganisation in patients with MS

    • M Filippi,
    • M A Rocca
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1087-1089 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.036020

Editorial commentary

  • Recommended diagnostic criteria for paraneoplastic neurological syndromes

    • J E Greenlee
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1090 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.038489

Editorial commentary

  • Recommended diagnostic criteria for paraneoplastic neurological syndromes

    • J E Greenlee
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1090 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.038489

Lesson of the month

  • Misdiagnosis of seizures: insulinoma presenting as adult-onset seizure disorder

    • T D Graves,
    • S Gandhi,
    • S J M Smith,
    • S M Sisodiya,
    • G S Conway
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1091-1092 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.029249

Papers

  • Dietary niacin and the risk of incident Alzheimer’s disease and of cognitive decline

    • M C Morris,
    • D A Evans,
    • J L Bienias,
    • P A Scherr,
    • C C Tangney,
    • L E Hebert,
    • D A Bennett,
    • R S Wilson,
    • N Aggarwal
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1093-1099 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.025858

  • Premorbid cognitive testing predicts the onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease better than and independently of APOE genotype

    • J Cervilla,
    • M Prince,
    • S Joels,
    • S Lovestone,
    • A Mann
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1100-1106 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.028076

  • Increased intrathecal inflammatory activity in frontotemporal dementia: pathophysiological implications

    • M Sjögren,
    • S Folkesson,
    • K Blennow,
    • E Tarkowski
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1107-1111 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.019422

  • Neuropsychological profile of young adults with spina bifida with or without hydrocephalus

    • J L Iddon,
    • D J R Morgan,
    • C Loveday,
    • B J Sahakian,
    • J D Pickard
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1112-1118 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.029058

  • Psychosocial outcomes at 18 months after good neurological recovery from aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage

    • J Powell,
    • N Kitchen,
    • J Heslin,
    • R Greenwood
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1119-1124 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2002.000414

  • Two families with autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia

    • S Kiechl,
    • R Horváth,
    • P Luoma,
    • U Kiechl-Kohlendorfer,
    • B Wallacher-Scholz,
    • R Stucka,
    • C Thaler,
    • J Wanschitz,
    • A Suomalainen,
    • M Jaksch,
    • J Willeit
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1125-1128 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.025890

  • Population based study of late onset cerebellar ataxia in south east Wales

    • M B Muzaimi,
    • J Thomas,
    • S Palmer-Smith,
    • L Rosser,
    • P S Harper,
    • C M Wiles,
    • D Ravine,
    • N P Robertson
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1129-1134 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.014662

  • Recommended diagnostic criteria for paraneoplastic neurological syndromes

    • F Graus,
    • J Y Delattre,
    • J C Antoine,
    • J Dalmau,
    • B Giometto,
    • W Grisold,
    • J Honnorat,
    • P Sillevis Smitt,
    • Ch Vedeler,
    • J J G M Verschuuren,
    • A Vincent,
    • R Voltz
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1135-1140 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.034447

  • Magnetic resonance spectroscopic determination of a neuronal and axonal marker in white matter predicts reversibility of deficits in secondary normal pressure hydrocephalus

    • A Shiino,
    • Y Nishida,
    • H Yasuda,
    • M Suzuki,
    • M Matsuda,
    • T Inubushi
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1141-1148 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.019943

  • Self injurious behaviour in Tourette syndrome: correlates with impulsivity and impulse control

    • C A Mathews,
    • J Waller,
    • D Glidden,
    • T L Lowe,
    • L D Herrera,
    • C L Budman,
    • G Erenberg,
    • A Naarden,
    • R D Bruun,
    • N B Freimer,
    • V I Reus
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1149-1155 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.020693

  • Features of the Sinushunt® and its influence on the cerebrospinal fluid system

    • A Eklund,
    • L-O D Koskinen,
    • J Malm
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1156-1159 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.023168

Historical notes

  • William John Adie (1886–1935)

    • J M S Pearce
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1111 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.020321

  • Positive and negative cerebral symptoms: the roles of Russell Reynolds and Hughlings Jackson

    • J M S Pearce
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1148 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.038422

Short reports

  • Profiles of brain magnetic activity during a memory task in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and in non-demented elderly subjects, with or without depression

    • F Maestú,
    • A Fernandez,
    • P G Simos,
    • M I López-Ibor,
    • P Campo,
    • J Criado,
    • A Rodriguez-Palancas,
    • F Ferre,
    • C Amo,
    • T Ortiz
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1160-1162 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.022376

  • Subacute dementia and imaging correlates in a case of Fahr’s disease

    • T Benke,
    • E Karner,
    • K Seppi,
    • M Delazer,
    • J Marksteiner,
    • E Donnemiller
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1163-1165 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.019547

  • Octapeptide repeat insertions in the prion protein gene and early onset dementia

    • E A Croes,
    • J Theuns,
    • J J Houwing-Duistermaat,
    • B Dermaut,
    • K Sleegers,
    • G Roks,
    • M Van den Broeck,
    • B van Harten,
    • J C van Swieten,
    • M Cruts,
    • C Van Broeckhoven,
    • C M van Duijn
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1166-1170 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.020198

  • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is as effective as fluoxetine in the treatment of depression in patients with Parkinson’s disease

    • F Fregni,
    • C M Santos,
    • M L Myczkowski,
    • R Rigolino,
    • J Gallucci-Neto,
    • E R Barbosa,
    • K D Valente,
    • A Pascual-Leone,
    • M A Marcolin
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1171-1174 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.027060

  • Psychological characteristics of patients with newly developed psychogenic seizures

    • T van Merode,
    • M Twellaar,
    • I A W Kotsopoulos,
    • A G H Kessels,
    • H Merckelbach,
    • M C T F M de Krom,
    • J A Knottnerus
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1175-1177 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.016923

  • Axonal degeneration and inflammation in acute optic neuritis

    • A Petzold,
    • K Rejdak,
    • G T Plant
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1178-1180 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.017236

  • Genetic heterogeneity in ten families with myoclonus-dystonia

    • B Schüle,
    • N Kock,
    • M Svetel,
    • N Dragasevic,
    • K Hedrich,
    • P de Carvalho Aguiar,
    • L Liu,
    • K Kabakci,
    • J Garrels,
    • E-M Meyer,
    • I Berisavac,
    • E Schwinger,
    • P L Kramer,
    • L J Ozelius,
    • C Klein,
    • V Kostic
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1181-1185 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.027177

  • Familial ALS in Germany: origin of the R115G SOD1 mutation by a founder effect

    • S Niemann,
    • H Joos,
    • T Meyer,
    • S Vielhaber,
    • U Reuner,
    • M Gleichmann,
    • R Dengler,
    • U Müller
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1186-1188 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.028324

  • Raised intracranial pressure presenting with spontaneous periorbital bruising: two case reports

    • S Hadjikoutis,
    • C Carroll,
    • G T Plant
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1192-1193 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.016006

  • Dissection of the brain supplying arteries over the life span

    • B Ahl,
    • M Bokemeyer,
    • J C Ennen,
    • C Kohlmetz,
    • H Becker,
    • K Weissenborn
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1194-1196 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.013326

  • Is the common carotid artery intima–media thickness associated with functional outcome after acute ischaemic stroke?

    • J Ellul,
    • P Talelli,
    • G Terzis,
    • A Chrysanthopoulou,
    • G Gioldasis,
    • T Papapetropoulos
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1197-1199 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.017558

Neurological picture

  • Unusual differential diagnosis of leptomeningeal enhancement: moyamoya disease

    • J Gaa,
    • S Weidauer
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1170 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.031393

Short report

  • Magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities with septic encephalopathy

    • P F Finelli,
    • D F Uphoff
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1189-1191 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.030833

Letters

  • White matter abnormalities on MRI in neuroacanthocytosis

    • D J Nicholl,
    • I Sutton,
    • M T Dotti,
    • S G Supple,
    • A Danek,
    • M Lawden
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1200-1201 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.026781

  • Disruption of facial affect processing in word deafness

    • K W Greve,
    • M T Heinly,
    • C L Joffe,
    • K J Bianchini
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1201-1202 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.021790

  • A case of acute urinary retention caused by periaqueductal grey lesion

    • H Yaguchi,
    • H Soma,
    • Y Miyazaki,
    • J Tashiro,
    • I Yabe,
    • S Kikuchi,
    • H Sasaki,
    • H Kakizaki,
    • F Moriwaka,
    • K Tashiro
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1202-1203 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.027516

  • Combination of thalamic Vim stimulation and GPi pallidotomy synergistically abolishes Holmes’ tremor

    • S Goto,
    • K Yamada
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1203-1204 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.023077

  • No association of the mitochondrial DNA A12308G polymorphism with increased risk of stroke in patients with the A3243G mutation

    • M Deschauer,
    • P F Chinnery,
    • A M Schaefer,
    • D M Turnbull,
    • R W Taylor,
    • S Zierz,
    • S Shanske,
    • S DiMauro,
    • K Majamaa,
    • E Wilichowski,
    • D R Thorburn
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1204-1205 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.026278

  • Early symptoms of brain tumours

    • E Davies,
    • C Clarke
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1205-1206 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.033308

  • Five year follow up of a patient with spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy treated with leuprorelin

    • T Shimohata,
    • T Kimura,
    • M Nishizawa,
    • O Onodera,
    • S Tsuji
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1206-1207 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.030064

  • Cessation of migraine following central retinal vein occlusion

    • S P Meredith,
    • D K Newman
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1207 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.024869

Correspondence

  • Transition from paediatric to adult neurological services

    • R M Kent,
    • M A Chamberlain
    1. Commentator:
      • C Tuffrey and
      • A Pearce
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1208 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.033076

  • Effect of a multidisciplinary clinic on survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    • M Hutchinson,
    • R Galvin,
    • B Sweeney,
    • T Lynch,
    • R Murphy,
    • J Redmond
    1. Commentator:
      • B J Traynor and
      • O Hardiman
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1208-1209

  • Outcome of contemporary surgery for chronic subdural haematoma: evidence based review

    • A Brodbelt,
    • P Warnke
    1. Commentator:
      • R Weigel and
      • J K Krauss
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1209-1210

  • Mesodiencephalic targeting of stimulating electrodes in patients with tremor caused by multiple sclerosis

    • I R Whittle,
    • Y H Yau,
    • J Hooper
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1210

  • Assessing tremor reduction and quality of life following thalamic deep brain stimulation for the treatment of tremor in multiple sclerosis

    • C Berk,
    • J Carr,
    • M Sinden,
    • J Martzke,
    • C R Honey
    1. Commentator:
      • H A Wishart,
      • D W Roberts,
      • and A J Saykin
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1210-1211

Book reviews

  • The Oxford dictionary of medical quotations

    • A Compston
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1211

  • Mild cognitive impairment: aging to Alzheimer’s disease

    • J R Hodges
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1211

  • Neuroscience at a glance, 2nd edn

    • O C Cockerell
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1211

  • Behavioral neurology & neuropsychology, 2nd edn

    • M Husain
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1211-1212

  • Neurologic emergencies. A symptom orientated approach, 2nd edn

    • D J Dick
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1212

  • Quick cognitive screening for clinicians. Mini mental, clock drawing and other brief tests

    • M Husain
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1212

  • Disorders of body image

    • B Toone
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1212

Proceedings

  • Association of British Neurologists’ Spring Meeting, Church House Conference Centre, Westminster, London, 14–16 April 2004.

    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:8 1213-1228

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