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April 2008, Volume 79, Issue 4

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  1. Editorial commentaries
  2. Neurological pictures
  3. Cochrane neurological network corner
  4. Review
  5. Research papers
  6. Short reports
  7. Historical note
  8. Letters
  9. Book reviews
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Editorial commentaries

  • Bringing cognitive testing into the real world

    • Elizabeth Coulthard,
    • Masud Husain
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 363 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.139832

  • Current to the brain improves word-finding difficulties in aphasic patients

    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 364 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.142356

  • The apolipoprotein-ε4 gene: always harmful?

    • Thomas W Teasdale
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 364-365 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.138081

Neurological pictures

  • Extensive cerebral calcification in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

    • R H Andres,
    • G Schroth,
    • L Remonda
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 365 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.125393

  • “Hand Knob” infarction

    • J Hall,
    • A C Flint
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 406 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.127167

  • Spontaneous intracranial hypotension, hygromata and haematomata

    • D G Healy,
    • P J Goadsby,
    • N D Kitchen,
    • T Yousry,
    • M G Hanna
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 442 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.132019

Cochrane neurological network corner

  • Creatine treatment in muscle disorders: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

    • R A Kley,
    • M A Tarnopolsky,
    • M Vorgerd
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 366-367 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.127571

Review

  • Parkinson’s disease: clinical features and diagnosis

    • J Jankovic
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 368-376 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.131045

Research papers

  • The use of EEG in the diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies

    • G Roks,
    • E S C Korf,
    • W M van der Flier,
    • P Scheltens,
    • C J Stam
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 377-380 Published Online First: 6 August 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.125385

  • Cognitive maturation in preterm and term born adolescents

    • M Allin,
    • M Walshe,
    • A Fern,
    • C Nosarti,
    • M Cuddy,
    • L Rifkin,
    • R Murray,
    • T Rushe,
    • J Wyatt
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 381-386 Published Online First: 6 August 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.110858

  • Occurrence and clinical correlates of REM sleep behaviour disorder in patients with Parkinson’s disease over time

    • M D Gjerstad,
    • B Boeve,
    • T Wentzel-Larsen,
    • D Aarsland,
    • J P Larsen
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 387-391 Published Online First: 8 June 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.116830

  • Long-term assessment of the risk of spread in primary late-onset focal dystonia

    • G Abbruzzese,
    • A Berardelli,
    • P Girlanda,
    • R Marchese,
    • D Martino,
    • F Morgante,
    • L Avanzino,
    • C Colosimo,
    • G Defazio
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 392-396 Published Online First: 17 July 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.124594

  • Predicting outcome in hyper-acute stroke: validation of a prognostic model in the Third International Stroke Trial (IST3)

    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 397-400 Published Online First: 31 August 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.126045

  • Ipsilateral motor dysfunction from unilateral stroke: implications for the functional neuroanatomy of hemiparesis

    • O Noskin,
    • J W Krakauer,
    • R M Lazar,
    • J R Festa,
    • C Handy,
    • K A O’Brien,
    • R S Marshall
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 401-406 Published Online First: 17 July 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.118463

  • Evolution of different MRI measures in patients with active relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis over 2 and 5 years: a case–control study

    • D Horakova,
    • J L Cox,
    • E Havrdova,
    • S Hussein,
    • O Dolezal,
    • D Cookfair,
    • M G Dwyer,
    • Z Seidl,
    • N Bergsland,
    • M Vaneckova,
    • R Zivadinov
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 407-414 Published Online First: 5 June 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.120378

  • Greater occipital nerve block using local anaesthetics alone or with triamcinolone for transformed migraine: a randomised comparative study

    • A Ashkenazi,
    • R Matro,
    • J W Shaw,
    • M A Abbas,
    • S D Silberstein
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 415-417 Published Online First: 6 August 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.124420

  • The usefulness of clinical findings in localising lesions in Bell’s palsy: comparison with MRI

    • J I Seok,
    • D-K Lee,
    • K J Kim
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 418-420 Published Online First: 5 June 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.118489

  • Neurological care and risk of hospital mortality for patients with myasthenia gravis in England

    • M Hill,
    • Y Ben-Shlomo
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 421-425 Published Online First: 13 August 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.118950

  • Association between apolipoprotein-ε4 and long-term outcome after traumatic brain injury

    • A H P Willemse-van Son,
    • G M Ribbers,
    • W C J Hop,
    • C M van Duijn,
    • H J Stam
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 426-430 Published Online First: 30 October 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.129460

  • Evaluation of tumour response after gamma knife radiosurgery for residual vestibular schwannomas based on MRI morphological features

    • S-Y Yang,
    • D G Kim,
    • H-T Chung,
    • S-H Park,
    • S H Paek,
    • H-W Jung
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 431-436 Published Online First: 2 August 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.119602

  • Use of combined conventional and quantitative MRI to quantify pathology related to cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis

    • X Lin,
    • C R Tench,
    • P S Morgan,
    • C S Constantinescu
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 437-441 Published Online First: 2 August 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.112177

Short reports

  • A case report on fixation instability in Parkinson’s disease with bilateral deep brain stimulation implants

    • H A C Wark,
    • P C Garell,
    • A L Walker,
    • M A Basso
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 443-447 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.117192

  • Relapsing encephalopathy in a patient with α-methylacyl-CoA racemase deficiency

    • S A Thompson,
    • J Calvin,
    • S Hogg,
    • S Ferdinandusse,
    • R J A Wanders,
    • R A Barker
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 448-450 Published Online First: 21 November 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.129478

  • Improved naming after transcranial direct current stimulation in aphasia

    • A Monti,
    • F Cogiamanian,
    • S Marceglia,
    • R Ferrucci,
    • F Mameli,
    • S Mrakic-Sposta,
    • M Vergari,
    • S Zago,
    • A Priori
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 451-453 Published Online First: 20 December 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.135277

  • A longitudinal study of variations in and predictors of fatigue in multiple sclerosis

    • S Johansson,
    • C Ytterberg,
    • J Hillert,
    • L Widén Holmqvist,
    • L von Koch
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 454-457 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.121129

  • Bedside differentiation of vestibular neuritis from central “vestibular pseudoneuritis”

    • C D Cnyrim,
    • D Newman-Toker,
    • C Karch,
    • T Brandt,
    • Michael Strupp
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 458-460 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.123596

  • Asymmetrical late onset motor neuropathy associated with a novel mutation in the small heat shock protein HSPB1 (HSP27)

    • P A James,
    • J Rankin,
    • K Talbot
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 461-463 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.125179

  • From both sides now: crossover effects influence navigation in patients with unilateral neglect

    • T D Punt,
    • K Kitadono,
    • J Hulleman,
    • G W Humphreys,
    • M J Riddoch
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 464-466 Published Online First: 21 November 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.129205

  • Aceruloplasminaemia with progressive atrophy without brain iron overload: treatment with oral chelation

    • F M Skidmore,
    • V Drago,
    • P Foster,
    • I M Schmalfuss,
    • K M Heilman,
    • R R Streiff
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 467-470 Published Online First: 2 October 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.120568

  • Interleukin 6 gene polymorphisms are not associated with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in an Italian population

    • M Fontanella,
    • I Rainero,
    • S Gallone,
    • E Rubino,
    • P Fenoglio,
    • W Valfrè,
    • D Garbossa,
    • C Benevello,
    • A Ducati,
    • L Pinessi
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 471-473 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.131565

  • Loss of exploratory vertical saccades after unilateral frontal eye field damage

    • T Pflugshaupt,
    • T Nyffeler,
    • R von Wartburg,
    • C W Hess,
    • R M Müri
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 474-477 Published Online First: 19 October 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.132290

Historical note

  • Kinnier Wilson and Sherrington

    • E H Reynolds
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 478-479 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.133298

Letters

  • Bilateral vertebral artery dissection and infratentorial stroke complicated by stress-induced cardiomyopathy

    • T Seifert,
    • E Klein,
    • S Legat-Wallner,
    • U Krenn,
    • H Brussee,
    • A Lueger,
    • K Niederkorn,
    • F Fazekas
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 480-481 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.133975

  • Disappearance of “phantom limb” and amputated arm usage during dreaming in REM sleep behaviour disorder

    • R Vetrugno,
    • I Arnulf,
    • P Montagna
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 481-483 Published Online First: 26 November 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.129783

  • Bilateral mesial temporal polymicrogyria: a case report

    • Giorgi Kuchukhidze,
    • Raimund Helbok,
    • Iris Unterberger,
    • Florian Koppelstaetter,
    • Thomas Bodner,
    • Eugen Trinka
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 483-484 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.138792

  • Sub-acute demyelinating neuropathy associated with an NK/T cell lymphoma

    • A J Wills,
    • S O’Connor,
    • A McMillan
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 484-485 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.133694

  • The effects of donepezil on nicotinic receptor status in dementia: a 123I-5IA-85380 SPECT study

    • S J Colloby,
    • S Pakrasi,
    • E K Perry,
    • S L Pimlott,
    • D J Wyper,
    • E D Williams,
    • I G McKeith,
    • J T O’Brien
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 485-487 Published Online First: 12 December 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.121780

Book reviews

  • The soul in the brain: the cerebral basis of language, art, and belief

    • Bruce L Miller
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 487-488 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.132233

  • Understanding neurology: a problem-orientated approach

    • B J Sweeney
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:4 488 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.134866

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