Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry: 89 (4)

Editorial Commentary

Research paper: A standardised frankincense extract reduces disease activity in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (the SABA phase IIa trial) (16 December, 2017) Free
Klarissa Hanja Stürner, Jan-Patrick Stellmann, Jan Dörr, Friedemann Paul, Tim Friede, Sven Schammler, Stefanie Reinhardt, Susanne Gellissen, Gainet Weissflog, Tobias Djamsched Faizy, Oliver Werz, Sabine Fleischer, Lea A I Vaas, Frank Herrmann, Ole Pless, Roland Martin, Christoph Heesen

Research paper: Peripheral inflammation in prodromal Alzheimer’s and Lewy body dementias (16 December, 2017)
Eleanor King, John Tiernan O’Brien, Paul Donaghy, Christopher Morris, Nicola Barnett, Kirsty Olsen, Carmen Martin-Ruiz, John-Paul Taylor, Alan J Thomas
Research paper: Short delay to initiate plasma exchange is the strongest predictor of outcome in severe attacks of NMO spectrum disorders (13 October, 2017)
Mickael Bonnan, Rudy Valentino, Stéphane Debeugny, Harold Merle, Jean-Louis Fergé, Hossein Mehdaoui, Philippe Cabre

Research paper: CSF β-amyloid and white matter damage: a new perspective on Alzheimer’s disease (20 October, 2017)
Anna M Pietroboni, Marta Scarioni, Tiziana Carandini, Paola Basilico, Marcello Cadioli, Giovanni Giulietti, Andrea Arighi, Michela Caprioli, Laura Serra, Clara Sina, Chiara Fenoglio, Laura Ghezzi, Giorgio G Fumagalli, Milena A De Riz, Alberto Calvi, Fabio Triulzi, Marco Bozzali, Elio Scarpini, Daniela Galimberti
Research paper: Accuracy of clinical diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies: a systematic review and meta-analysis (13 October, 2017)
Giovanni Rizzo, Simona Arcuti, Massimiliano Copetti, Maria Alessandria, Rodolfo Savica, Andrea Fontana, Rocco Liguori, Giancarlo Logroscino
Research paper: Comparison of elevated phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chains in serum and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (20 October, 2017)
Maxim De Schaepdryver, Andreas Jeromin, Benjamin Gille, Kristl G Claeys, Victor Herbst, Britta Brix, Philip Van Damme, Koen Poesen
Research paper: Imaging the pathoanatomy of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in vivo: targeting a propagation-based biological marker (3 November, 2017)
Jan Kassubek, Hans-Peter Müller, Kelly Del Tredici, Dorothée Lulé, Martin Gorges, Heiko Braak, Albert C Ludolph

Research paper: Acute convexity subarachnoid haemorrhage and cortical superficial siderosis in probable cerebral amyloid angiopathy without lobar haemorrhage (20 October, 2017)
Andreas Charidimou, Grégoire Boulouis, Panagiotis Fotiadis, Li Xiong, Alison M Ayres, Kristin M Schwab, Mahmut Edip Gurol, Jonathan Rosand, Steve M Greenberg, Anand Viswanathan
Research paper: New biomarker for acute ischaemic stroke: plasma glycogen phosphorylase isoenzyme BB (13 October, 2017)
Kwang-Yeol Park, Ilknur Ay, Ross Avery, Juan Alfredo Caceres, Matthew S Siket, Octavio M Pontes-Neto, Hui Zheng, Natalia S Rost, Karen L Furie, Alma Gregory Sorensen, Walter J Koroshetz, Hakan Ay
Research paper: Amyloid-PET burden and regional distribution in cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of biomarker performance (25 October, 2017)
Andreas Charidimou, Karim Farid, Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Li-Kai Tsai, Rouh-Fang Yen, Jean-Claude Baron

Review: Curative and palliative MRI-guided laser ablation for drug-resistant epilepsy (30 October, 2017)
Mesha-Gay Brown, Cornelia Drees, Lidia M Nagae, John A Thompson, Steven Ojemann, Aviva Abosch

Letter: Tumefactive lesions in retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leucoencephalopathy and systemic manifestations (RVCL-S): a role for neuroinflammation? (9 August, 2017)
Todd A. Hardy, Stephanie Young, Joanne S. Sy, Alison F. Colley, Gisela M. Terwindt, Michel D. Ferrari, Michael W. Hayes, Suzanne Hodgkinson
Letter: Acute demyelinating polyneuropathy induced by nivolumab (26 August, 2017)
Yuta Fukumoto, Motoi Kuwahara, Shigeru Kawai, Kenji Nakahama, Susumu Kusunoki
Letter: Abnormal BAEP and internal auditory canal MRI in intracranial hypotension (17 August, 2017)
Marco Onofrj, Raffaella Franciotti, Vincenzo Di Stefano, Ettore Cioffi, Massimo Caulo, Laura Bonanni
Letter: Autophagy and mitophagy elements are increased in body fluids of multiple sclerosis-affected individuals (2 September, 2017)
Simone Patergnani, Massimiliano Castellazzi, Massimo Bonora, Saverio Marchi, Ilaria Casetta, Maura Pugliatti, Carlotta Giorgi, Enrico Granieri, Paolo Pinton
Letter:
Intrathecal rituximab for IgG₄-related hypertrophic pachymeningitis
(17 August, 2017)
Emanuel Della-Torre, Corrado Campochiaro, Emanuele Bozzalla Cassione, Luigi Albano, Simonetta Gerevini, Stefania Bianchi-Marzoli, Enrica Bozzolo, Gabriella Passerini, Marco Lanzillotta, Mariarosa Terreni, Marcella Callea, Matteo Trimarchi, Pietro Mortini, Moreno Tresoldi, Stefania Acerno, Lorenzo Dagna