Editorials

	Antiepileptic drugs in psychiatry F Ovsiew J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1655-1661. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.036863 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorial commentaries

	Clear indications of emotion depend on vivid stimuli J Zihl J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1658-1659. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.048009 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Using PET to identify carotid occlusion patients at high risk of subsequent stroke: further insights J-C Baron J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1659-1660. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.048728 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Variations in care and outcome in the first year after stroke: a Western and Central European perspective H Markus J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1660-1661. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.048157 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers

	Does the risk of developing dementia increase with the number of episodes in patients with depressive disorder and in patients with bipolar disorder? L V Kessing and P K Andersen J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1662-1666. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.031773 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Recognition of emotion from moving facial and prosodic stimuli in depressed patients Y Kan, M Mimura, K Kamijima, and M Kawamura J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1667-1671. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.036079 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Mucuna pruriens in Parkinson’s disease: a double blind clinical and pharmacological study R Katzenschlager, A Evans, A Manson, P N Patsalos, N Ratnaraj, H Watt, L Timmermann, R Van der Giessen, and A J Lees J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1672-1677. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.028761 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Greater syntactic impairments in native language in bilingual Parkinsonian patients S Zanini, A Tavano, L Vorano, F Schiavo, G L Gigli, S M Aglioti, and F Fabbro J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1678-1681. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.018507 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Repetitive training of compensatory steps: a therapeutic approach for postural instability in Parkinson’s disease M Jöbges, G Heuschkel, C Pretzel, C Illhardt, C Renner, and H Hummelsheim J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1682-1687. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.016550 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Factors predicting improvement in motor disability in writer’s cramp treated with botulinum toxin R Djebbari, S T du Montcel, S Sangla, J S Vidal, G Gallouedec, and M Vidailhet J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1688-1691. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.032227 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Apolipoprotein E genotypes do not influence the age of onset in Huntington’s disease C Saft, J E Andrich, N Brune, M Gencik, P H Kraus, H Przuntek, and J T Epplen J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1692-1696. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.022756 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Pattern of collaterals, type of infarcts, and haemodynamic impairment in carotid artery occlusion H Yamauchi, T Kudoh, K Sugimoto, M Takahashi, Y Kishibe, and H Okazawa J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1697-1701. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.040261 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Variations in care and outcome in the first year after stroke: a Western and Central European perspective C D A Wolfe, K Tilling, A Rudd, M Giroud, and D Inzitari J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1702-1706. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.039438 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Personality change after stroke: some preliminary observations J Stone, E Townend, J Kwan, K Haga, M S Dennis, and M Sharpe J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1708-1713. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.037887 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Temporal evolution of water diffusion parameters is different in grey and white matter in human ischaemic stroke S Muñoz Maniega, M E Bastin, P A Armitage, A J Farrall, T K Carpenter, P J Hand, V Cvoro, C S Rivers, and J M Wardlaw J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1714-1718. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.033852 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Deficient saccadic inhibition in Asperger’s disorder and the social-emotional processing disorder D S Manoach, K A Lindgren, and J J S Barton J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1719-1726. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.025981 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Neurosyphilis in the modern era M Timmermans and J Carr J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1727-1730. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.031922 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Cell response to oxidative stress induced apoptosis in patients with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy C Battisti, P Formichi, E Cardaioli, S Bianchi, P Mangiavacchi, S A Tripodi, P Tosi, and A Federico J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1731-1736. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.024372 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	The effects of water ingestion on orthostatic hypotension in two groups of chronic autonomic failure: multiple system atrophy and pure autonomic failure T M Young and C J Mathias J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1737-1741. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.038471 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Short reports

	Similar early clinical presentations in familial and non-familial frontotemporal dementia O Piguet, W S Brooks, G M Halliday, P R Schofield, P M Stanford, J B J Kwok, M-G Spillantini, D Yancopoulou, P J Nestor, G A Broe, and J R Hodges J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1743-1745. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.031948 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Polymorphisms in neprilysin gene affect the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in Finnish patients S Helisalmi, M Hiltunen, S Vepsäläinen, S Iivonen, A Mannermaa, M Lehtovirta, A M Koivisto, I Alafuzoff, and H Soininen J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1746-1748. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.036574 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Olfactory function distinguishes vascular parkinsonism from Parkinson’s disease R Katzenschlager, J Zijlmans, A Evans, H Watt, and A J Lees J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1749-1752. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.035287 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Unexpected decline in survival from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neurone disease R B Forbes, S Colville, G W Cran, and R J Swingler J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1753-1755. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.024364 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Predictive value of death certification in the case ascertainment of epilepsy G S Bell, A Gaitatzis, A L Johnson, and J W Sander J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1756-1758. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.029918 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Effect of body size on operative risk of carotid endarterectomy S R Messé, S E Kasner, Z Mehta, C P Warlow, P M Rothwell for the European Carotid Surgery Trialists J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1759-1761. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.030486 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Phenotypic variability in siblings with type III spinal muscular atrophy M M K Muqit, J Moss, C Sewry, and R J M Lane J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1762-1764. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.018614 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Antiganglioside antibodies in paraneoplastic peripheral neuropathies J-C Antoine, J-P Camdessanché, K Ferraud, and C Caudie J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1765-1767. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.032193 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Primary lateral sclerosis presenting parkinsonian symptoms without nigrostriatal involvement N Mabuchi, H Watanabe, N Atsuta, M Hirayama, H Ito, H Fukatsu, T Kato, K Ito, and G Sobue J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1768-1771. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.035212 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Pathological substrate for regional distribution of increased atrophy rates in progressive supranuclear palsy D C Paviour, J M Schott, J M Stevens, T Revesz, J L Holton, M N Rossor, A J Lees, and N C Fox J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1772-1775. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.033472 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Patients whom neurologists find difficult to help A J Carson, J Stone, C Warlow, and M Sharpe J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1776-1778. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.032169 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Tissue at risk concept for endovascular treatment of severe vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage J Beck, A Raabe, H Lanfermann, V Seifert, and S Weidauer J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1779-1781. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.036921 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	Delayed early morning turn "ON" in response to a single dose of levodopa in advanced Parkinson’s disease: pharmacokinetics should be considered P Chaná, C Kuntsmann, M Reyes-Parada, and P Sáez-Briones J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1782-1783. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.034553 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Lethal encephalopathy in a patient with isolated nervous system vasculitis Y Sumitomo, M Kunishige, N Satake, K Shinno, M Kawashima, T Matsumoto, and T Mitsui J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1783-1784. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.031997 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Acute combined central and peripheral inflammatory demyelination J Katchanov, J D Lünemann, F Masuhr, D Becker, M Ahmadi, J Bösel, R Zschenderlein, S Bamborschke, and R Klingebiel J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1784-1786. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.037572 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Miller Fisher syndrome associated with Pasteurella multocida infection L P Bennetto and P Lyons J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1786-1787. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.044032 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Coagulopathy and NICE recommendations for patients with mild head injury A Fabbri, A Vandelli, F Servadei, and G Marchesini J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1787-1788. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.041384 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Neurogenic T wave inversion in pure left insular stroke associated with hyperhomocysteinaemia J Mandrioli, A Zini, M Cavazzuti, and P Panzetti J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1788-1789. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.035295 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Prion disease at a regional neuroscience centre: retrospective audit A J Larner and M Doran J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1789-1790. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.035345 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book reviews

	Myopathies in clinical practice R J M Lane J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1790. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	The central nervous system structure and function—third edition S Debette J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1790. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Historical notes

	From orthostatic hypotension to Shy-Drager syndrome J M S Pearce J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1666. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.029009 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Samuel Hahnemann’s doctoral dissertation of 1779 C J G Lang J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1742. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.028886 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Neurological pictures

	Circumscribed unilateral lower pontine lesion K M Gormley and N J Gutowski J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1707. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.040105 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	CORRECTION J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1790. doi:10.1136/jmg.2003.034827corr1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Echo

	New management guideline for MHI will be a headache for UK hospitals J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1687. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]