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August 2007, Volume 78, Issue 8

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  1. Sex and Parkinson's disease
  2. Multiple sclerosis
  3. Hemiplegic shoulder pain
  4. Review
  5. Viewpoint
  6. Papers
  7. Neurological pictures
  8. Historical note
  9. Short reports
  10. Letters
  11. Book review
  12. Notice
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Sex and Parkinson's disease

  • Sex and Parkinson’s disease: a world of difference?

    • David J Burn
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 787 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.109991

Multiple sclerosis

  • The clock keeps ticking for intravenous methylprednisolone

    • Florian Then Bergh
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 788 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.109272

Hemiplegic shoulder pain

  • Hemiplegic shoulder pain

    • Anthony B Ward
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 789 Published Online First: 14 December 2006 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.108803

Review

  • A review of screening tests for cognitive impairment

    • Breda Cullen,
    • Brian O’Neill,
    • Jonathan J Evans,
    • Robert F Coen,
    • Brian A Lawlor
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 790-799 Published Online First: 18 December 2006 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.095414

Viewpoint

  • Towards an integrative approach to the management of myotonic dystrophy type 1

    • Cynthia Gagnon,
    • Luc Noreau,
    • Richard T Moxley,
    • Luc Laberge,
    • Stéphane Jean,
    • Louis Richer,
    • Michel Perron,
    • Suzanne Veillette,
    • Jean Mathieu
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 800-806 Published Online First: 20 April 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.107185

Papers

  • Interleukin 18 gene polymorphisms predict risk and outcome of Alzheimer’s disease

    • Paola Bossù,
    • Antonio Ciaramella,
    • Maria Luisa Moro,
    • Lorenza Bellincampi,
    • Sergio Bernardini,
    • Giorgio Federici,
    • Alberto Trequattrini,
    • Fabio Macciardi,
    • Ilaria Spoletini,
    • Fulvia Di Iulio,
    • Carlo Caltagirone,
    • Gianfranco Spalletta
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 807-811 Published Online First: 13 February 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.103242

  • Hippocampal activation in patients with mild cognitive impairment is necessary for successful memory encoding

    • Tilo T Kircher,
    • Susanne Weis,
    • Katrin Freymann,
    • Michael Erb,
    • Frank Jessen,
    • Wolfgang Grodd,
    • Reinhard Heun,
    • Dirk T Leube
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 812-818 Published Online First: 7 February 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.104877

  • Gender differences in Parkinson’s disease

    • Charlotte A Haaxma,
    • Bastiaan R Bloem,
    • George F Borm,
    • Wim J G Oyen,
    • Klaus L Leenders,
    • Silvia Eshuis,
    • Jan Booij,
    • Dean E Dluzen,
    • Martin W I M Horstink
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 819-824 Published Online First: 10 November 2006 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.103788

  • Carotid body autotransplantation in Parkinson disease: a clinical and positron emission tomography study

    • Adolfo Mínguez-Castellanos,
    • Francisco Escamilla-Sevilla,
    • Gary R Hotton,
    • Juan J Toledo-Aral,
    • Ángel Ortega-Moreno,
    • Simón Méndez-Ferrer,
    • José M Martín-Linares,
    • Majed J Katati,
    • Pablo Mir,
    • Javier Villadiego,
    • Miguel Meersmans,
    • Miguel Pérez-García,
    • David J Brooks,
    • Ventura Arjona,
    • José López-Barneo
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 825-831 Published Online First: 12 January 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.106021

  • Limb ataxia and proximal intracranial territory brain infarcts: clinical and topographical correlations

    • Cristina Deluca,
    • Michele Tinazzi,
    • Paolo Bovi,
    • Nicolò Rizzuto,
    • Giuseppe Moretto
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 832-835 Published Online First: 8 January 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.105908

  • The risk of recurrent stroke after intracerebral haemorrhage

    • H C Hanger,
    • T J Wilkinson,
    • N Fayez-Iskander,
    • R Sainsbury
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 836-840 Published Online First: 12 January 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.106500

  • The patient knows best: significant change in the physical component of the Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS-29 physical)

    • Lisa Costelloe,
    • Killian O’Rourke,
    • Hugh Kearney,
    • Christopher McGuigan,
    • Lisa Gribbin,
    • Marguerite Duggan,
    • Leslie Daly,
    • Niall Tubridy,
    • Michael Hutchinson
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 841-844 Published Online First: 1 March 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.105759

  • Treatment of shoulder pain in spastic hemiplegia by reducing spasticity of the subscapular muscle: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled study of botulinum toxin A

    • Alain P Yelnik,
    • Florence M Colle,
    • Isabelle V Bonan,
    • Eric Vicaut
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 845-848 Published Online First: 6 November 2006 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.103341

  • Abnormalities in cortical and peripheral excitability in flail arm variant amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    • Steve Vucic,
    • Matthew C Kiernan
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 849-852 Published Online First: 8 January 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.105056

  • Focal cortical dysplasia: long term seizure outcome after surgical treatment

    • T Kral,
    • M von Lehe,
    • M Podlogar,
    • H Clusmann,
    • P Süßmann,
    • M Kurthen,
    • A Becker,
    • H Urbach,
    • J Schramm
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 853-856 Published Online First: 7 February 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.105361

  • Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on chronic tinnitus: a randomised, crossover, double blind, placebo controlled study

    • Simone Rossi,
    • Alberto De Capua,
    • Monica Ulivelli,
    • Sabina Bartalini,
    • Vincenzo Falzarano,
    • Giovanni Filippone,
    • Stefano Passero
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 857-863 Published Online First: 21 February 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.105007

  • Treatment related morbidity of unruptured intracranial aneurysms: results of a prospective single centre series with an interdisciplinary approach over a 6 year period (1999–2005)

    • Rüdiger Gerlach,
    • Jürgen Beck,
    • Matthias Setzer,
    • Hartmut Vatter,
    • Joachim Berkefeld,
    • Richard Du Mesnil de Rochemont,
    • Andreas Raabe,
    • Volker Seifert
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 864-871 Published Online First: 8 January 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.106823

  • Prospective comparison of acute confusion severity with duration of post-traumatic amnesia in predicting employment outcome after traumatic brain injury

    • Risa Nakase-Richardson,
    • Stuart A Yablon,
    • Mark Sherer
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 872-876 Published Online First: 18 December 2006 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.104190

Neurological pictures

  • Herpes zoster duplex bilateralis

    • Asaf Peretz,
    • Johannes Nowatzky,
    • Israel Steiner
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 818 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.114116

  • Cerebral air emboli on T2-weighted gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging

    • Sang-Beom Jeon,
    • Dong-Wha Kang
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 871 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.102954

Historical note

  • Marie Jean Pierre Flourens (1794–1867): an extraordinary scientist of his time

    • Fatos Belgin Yildirim,
    • Levent Sarikcioglu
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 852 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.118380

Short reports

  • Influence of coffee drinking and cigarette smoking on the risk of primary late onset blepharospasm: evidence from a multicentre case control study

    • G Defazio,
    • D Martino,
    • G Abbruzzese,
    • P Girlanda,
    • M Tinazzi,
    • G Fabbrini,
    • C Colosimo,
    • M S Aniello,
    • L Avanzino,
    • M Buccafusca,
    • G Majorana,
    • C Trompetto,
    • P Livrea,
    • A Berardelli
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 877-879 Published Online First: 19 June 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.119891

  • Thalamic chronotaraxis: isolated time disorientation

    • Emre Kumral,
    • Halil Gulluoglu,
    • Banu Dramali
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 880-882 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.113654

  • Absence of paraneoplastic antineuronal antibodies in sera of 145 patients with motor neuron disease

    • Oliver Stich,
    • Barbara Kleer,
    • Sebastian Rauer
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 883-885 Published Online First: 21 February 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.097774

  • Chronotherapy using corticosteroids for multiple sclerosis relapses

    • Lea Glass-Marmor,
    • Tamar Paperna,
    • Yaara Ben-Yosef,
    • Ariel Miller
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 886-888 Published Online First: 20 October 2006 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.104000

  • Diffusion tensor imaging and voxel based morphometry study in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: relationships with motor disability

    • Lionel Thivard,
    • Pierre-François Pradat,
    • Stéphane Lehéricy,
    • Lucette Lacomblez,
    • Didier Dormont,
    • Jacques Chiras,
    • Habib Benali,
    • Vincent Meininger
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 889-892 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.101758

  • Assessing “occult” cervical cord damage in patients with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus using diffusion tensor MRI

    • Beatrice Benedetti,
    • Marco Rovaris,
    • Elda Judica,
    • Giovanni Donadoni,
    • Gianfranco Ciboddo,
    • Massimo Filippi
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 893-895 Published Online First: 19 March 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.110262

  • A patient with cerebral Whipple disease with gastric involvement but no gastrointestinal symptoms: a consequence of local protective immunity?

    • Harald Prüss,
    • Juri Katchanov,
    • Rolf Zschenderlein,
    • Christoph Loddenkemper,
    • Thomas Schneider,
    • Verena Moos
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 896-898 Published Online First: 19 March 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.110908

  • Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy markedly ameliorates muscle weakness and severe pain in proximal diabetic neuropathy

    • Y Kawagashira,
    • H Watanabe,
    • Y Oki,
    • M Iijima,
    • H Koike,
    • N Hattori,
    • M Katsuno,
    • F Tanaka,
    • G Sobue
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 899-901 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.111302

  • Anti-MAG/SGPG associated neuropathy does not commonly cause distal nerve temporal dispersion

    • F A A Gondim,
    • E A De Sousa,
    • N Latov,
    • H W Sander,
    • R L Chin,
    • T H Brannagan
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 902-904 Published Online First: 12 March 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.111930

Letters

  • Heterogeneity in male to female risk for Parkinson’s disease

    • K S M Taylor,
    • J A Cook,
    • C E Counsell
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 905-906 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.104695

  • An unusual presentation of optic neuritis and the Pulfrich phenomenon

    • M O’Doherty,
    • D I Flitcroft
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 906-907 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.094771

  • Braille alexia: an apperceptive tactile agnosia?

    • Andrew J Larner
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 907-908 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.106922

  • Acute myelopathy selectively involving lumbar anterior horns following intranasal insufflation of ecstasy and heroin

    • N Riva,
    • P Morana,
    • F Cerri,
    • S Gerevini,
    • S Amadio,
    • F Formaglio,
    • G Comi,
    • M Comola,
    • U Del Carro
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 908-909 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.109207

  • Unusual case of tick borne encephalitis with isolated myeloradiculitis

    • Susanne Fauser,
    • Oliver Stich,
    • Sebastian Rauer
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 909-910 Published Online First: 19 January 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.110882

  • Mild clinical expression of Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome in a patient with HIV infection

    • André Truffert,
    • Gilles Allali,
    • Natalia Vokatch,
    • Patrice H Lalive
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 910-911 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.115089

  • Resolution of transverse sinus stenoses immediately after CSF withdrawal in idiopathic intracranial hypertension

    • Daniel J Scoffings,
    • John D Pickard,
    • J Nicholas P Higgins
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 911-912 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.111765

Book review

  • Neuromuscular disease. Evidence and analysis in clinical neurology

    • Carolyn Gabriel
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:8 912 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.111823

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