December 15, 2008

Reviews

Pessin Award Lecture 2008: Lessons from the Stroke PROTECT program
• Bruce Ovbiagele
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p1-6

The implications of immunogenicity for protein-based multiple sclerosis therapies
• Bruce A. Cohen,
• Joel Oger,
• Alison Gagnon,
• Gavin Giovannoni
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p7-17

Original Articles

Effects of admission glucose level on mortality after subarachnoid hemorrhage: A comparison between short-term and long-term mortality
• Seung-Hoon Lee,
• Jae-Sung Lim,
• Nami Kim,
• Byung-Woo Yoon
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p18-21

T-cells expressing natural killer (NK) receptors are altered in multiple sclerosis and responses to α-galactosylceramide are impaired
• Joan O'Keeffe,
• Carol M. Gately,
• Timothy Counihan,
• ...
• Teresa Leahy,
• Anthony P. Moran,
• Edward L. Hogan
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p22-28
Management of neural tube defects in a Sub-Saharan African country: The situation in Yaounde, Cameroon
• Vincent de Paul Djientcheu,
• Alfred Kongnyu Njamnshi,
• Ambroise Wonkam,
• ...
• Innocent Kago,
• Ekoe Tetanye,
• Felix Tietche
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p29-32

Hypothesis of double polarization
• Jun Li
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p33-36

Prenatal cerebral magnetic resonance imaging
• Mariana Bendersky,
• Inés Tamer,
• Juan Van Der Velde,
• ...
• Gustavo Schuster,
• Carlos Rugilo,
• Roberto E.P. Sica
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p37-41

VZV vasculopathy associated with myelo-radiculoganglio-meningo-encephalitis: An autopsy case of an immunocompetent 66-year-old male
• Yu Miyazaki,
• Yuichi Riku,
• Yoji Goto,
• Kazuo Mano,
• Mari Yoshida,
• Yoshio Hashizume
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p42-45
Cardiac evaluation in children and adults with Pompe disease sharing the common c.−32-13T>G genotype rarely reveals abnormalities
• N.A.M.E. van der Beek,
• O.I.I. Soliman,
• C.I. van Capelle,
• ...
• I.M.E. Frohn-Mulder,
• P.A. van Doorn,
• A.T. van der Ploeg
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p46-50

Long-term effects on motor cortical excitability induced by repeated muscle vibration during contraction in healthy subjects
• Barbara Marconi,
• Guido M. Filippi,
• Giacomo Koch,
• ...
• Filippo Camerota,
• Vincenzo M. Saraceni,
• Carlo Caltagirone
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p51-59
Autonomic nervous system abnormalities in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2: A cardiovascular neurophysiologic study
• G. De Joanna,
• A. De Rosa,
• E. Salvatore,
• ...
• V. Manzo,
• A. Filla,
• G. De Michele
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p60-63

Atorvastatin enhances hypothermia-induced neuroprotection after stroke
• Seung-Hoon Lee,
• Yoon-Hee Kim,
• Young-Ju Kim,
• Byung-Woo Yoon
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p64-68

ALSFRS-R score and its ratio: A useful predictor for ALS-progression
• Katja Kollewe,
• Ulrike Mauss,
• Klaus Krampfl,
• Susanne Petri,
• Reinhard Dengler,
• Bahram Mohammadi
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p69-73

Intrathecal upregulation of IFN-γ and MIP-1β in juvenile muscular atrophy of the distal upper extremity
• Masahito Tanaka,
• Takaaki Ishizu,
• Hirofumi Ochi,
• Yuji Kawano,
• Yasumasa Ohyagi,
• Jun-ichi Kira
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p74-77

DTI derived indices correlate with immunohistochemistry obtained matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-9) expression in cellular fraction of brain tuberculoma
• Rakesh K. Gupta,
• Mohammad Haris,
• Nuzhat Husain,
• Sona Saksena,
• Mazhar Husain,
• Ram K.S. Rathore
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p78-85

Participation in medical decision-making: Attitudes of Italians with multiple sclerosis
• Andrea Giordano,
• Katia Mattarozzi,
• Eugenio Pucci,
• ...
• Federica Casini,
• Laura Collimedaglia,
• Alessandra Solari
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p86-91

Novel mutations of the SPG11 gene in hereditary spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum
• Shu-sheng Liao,
• Lu Shen,
• Juan Du,
• ...
• Xiao-yun Mo,
• Kun Xia,
• Bei-sha Tang
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p92-99

Demyelinating polyneuropathy with focally folded myelin sheaths in a family of Miniature Schnauzer dogs
• An E. Vanhaesebrouck,
• Jérôme Couturier,
• Laurent Cauzinille,
• Andrew P. Mizisin,
• G. Diane Shelton,
• Nicolas Granger
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p100-105

Cerebrospinal fluid evidence of increased extra-mitochondrial glucose metabolism implicates mitochondrial dysfunction in multiple sclerosis disease progression
• William T. Regenold,
• Pornima Phatak,
• Michael J. Makley,
• Roger D. Stone,
• Mitchel A. Kling
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p106-112

Long-term follow-up of patients with adult-onset subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
• Erdal Eroglu,
• Zeki Gokcil,
• Semai Bek,
• Umit H. Ulas,
• Mehmet F. Ozdag,
• Zeki Odabasi
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p113-116

Induction of the cytokine TWEAK and its receptor Fn14 in ischemic stroke
• Ioana Inta,
• Katrin Frauenknecht,
• Henrike Dörr,
• ...
• Kyungmin Hahm,
• Clemens Sommer,
• Markus Schwaninger
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p117-120

Cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale: Clinical clues to paradoxical embolism
• A. Ozcan Ozdemir,
• Arturo Tamayo,
• Claudio Munoz,
• Bryan Dias,
• J. David Spence
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p121-127

Neonatal mitochondrial encephaloneuromyopathy due to a defect of mitochondrial protein synthesis
• Claudia C. Ferreiro-Barros,
• Célia H. Tengan,
• Mário H. Barros,
• ...
• Darryl C. De Vivo,
• Salvatore DiMauro,
• Michio Hirano
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p128-132

Hemispatial neglect in cerebellar stroke
• E.J. Kim,
• K.D. Choi,
• M.K. Han,
• ...
• S.Y. Moon,
• K.M. Heilman,
• D.L. Na
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p133-138

Motor alterations are reduced in mice lacking the PARK2 gene in the presence of a human FTDP-17 mutant form of four-repeat tau
• P. Navarro,
• R. Guerrero,
• E. Gallego,
• ...
• R. Luquin,
• P.J. Garcia Ruiz,
• M.P. Sanchez
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p139-144

Short Communications

Atypical presentation of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease: The first Italian case associated with E196K mutation in the PRNP gene
• F. Clerici,
• A. Elia,
• F. Girotti,
• ...
• C. Mariani,
• F. Tagliavini,
• G. Di Fede
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p145-147

NMO-IgG positive neuromyelitis optica in a patient with myasthenia gravis but no thymectomy
• Cláudia S.K. Kay,
• Rosana H. Scola,
• Paulo J. Lorenzoni,
• Sven Jarius,
• Walter O. Arruda,
• Lineu C. Werneck
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p148-150

Intravenous thrombolysis followed by intra-arterial thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of pediatric ischemic stroke
• Georgios Tsivgoulis,
• Joseph A. Horton,
• Jayne M. Ness,
• ...
• Mary Brethour,
• Juan Carlos Abanses,
• Andrei V. Alexandrov
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p151-153

Levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone-induced acute Pisa syndrome in a Parkinson’s disease patient
• Paolo Solla,
• Antonino Cannas,
• Socrate Congia,
• ...
• Rosa Aste,
• Paolo Tacconi,
• Maria Giovanna Marrosu
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p154-156

Facial onset sensory and motor neuronopathy (FOSMN) syndrome responding to immunotherapies
• Toshihiro Hokonohara,
• Hiroshi Shigeto,
• Yuji Kawano,
• Yasumasa Ohyagi,
• Michiya Uehara,
• Jun-ichi Kira
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p157-158

Colocalization of ribonuclear inclusions with muscle blind like-proteins in a family with myotonic dystrophy type 2 associated with a short CCTG expansion
• S. Lucchiari,
• S. Pagliarani,
• S. Corti,
• ...
• N. Bresolin,
• G.P. Comi,
• G. Meola
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p159-163
Significant clinical improvement in radiation-induced lumbosacral polyradiculopathy by a treatment combining pentoxifylline, tocopherol, and clodronate (Pentoclo)
• Sylvie Delanian,
• Jean-Louis Lefaix,
• Thierry Maisonobe,
• François Salachas,
• Pierre-François Pradat
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p164-166

Subacute brainstem angioencephalopathy: Favorable outcome with anticoagulation therapy
• Mario Habek,
• Svjetlana Šupe,
• Zdravka Poljaković,
• ...
• François Alesch,
• David Ozretić,
• Vesna V. Brinar
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p167-169

An autopsy case of chronic active Epstein–Barr virus infection (CAEBV): Distribution of central nervous system (CNS) lesions
• Zen Kobayashi,
• Kuniaki Tsuchiya,
• Makoto Takahashi,
• ...
• Masaharu Kamoshita,
• Minoru Kotera,
• Hidehiro Mizusawa
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p170-177

Reversible extensive leukoencephalopathy in Sweet disease: A case report
• Kazuhiro Fukushima,
• Akiyo Hineno,
• Minori Kodaira,
• ...
• Hiroshi Morita,
• Kunihiro Yoshida,
• Shu-ich Ikeda
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p178-180

Middle cerebral artery fenestration in patients with cerebral ischemia
• Seul-Ki Jeong,
• Hyo-Sung Kwak,
• Young-Il Cho
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p181-184

Development of Isaacs' syndrome following complete recovery of voltage-gated potassium channel antibody-associated limbic encephalitis
• Hirokatsu Takahashi,
• Masahiro Mori,
• Yukari Sekiguchi,
• ...
• Setsu Sawai,
• Takamichi Hattori,
• Satoshi Kuwabara
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p185-187
A rare cause of reversible unilateral third nerve palsy
• Nai-Lee Lui,
• Siew-Ju See,
• Julian Thumboo
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p188-190

Book Reviews

The glutamate receptors
• Julia E. Kline,
• Jack W. Tsao
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p191-192
• Alex C. Tselis
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p192
Sex Differences in the Brain: From Genes to Behavior
• Victoria Anderson-Barnes,
• Jack W. Tsao
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p192-193
• Caitlin L. McAuliffe,
• Jack W. Tsao
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p193-194
• Katherine M. Boothe,
• Jack W. Tsao
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p194
Speed, Ecstasy, Ritalin: The Science of Amphetamines
• Alicia L. Janos,
• Jack W. Tsao
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p195

Errata

Erratum to “Oxidative stress in neurodegeneration in dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy” [J Neurol Sci 264(2008)133–139]
• Rie Miyata,
• Masaharu Hayashi,
• Naoyuki Tanuma,
• Kei Shioda,
• Ryou Fukatsu,
• Shuki Mizutani
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p196-197
Erratum to “Bacterial toxins and Multiple Sclerosis” [J Neurol Sci 262 (2007) 105–112]
• Frederick Gay
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p198
Erratum to “Utility of the HIV Dementia Scale (HDS) in identifying HIV dementia in a South African sample” [J Neurol Sci 269 (2008) 62–64]
• K.A. Ganasen,
• D. Fincham,
• J. Smit,
• D.J. Stein,
• S. Seedat
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p199
Erratum to “Peripheral and central neurologic complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus: No association in individual patients” [J Neurol Sci 264 (2008) 157–162]
• S.M. Manschot,
• G.J. Biessels,
• G.E.H.M. Rutten,
• ...
• W.H. Gispen,
• L.J. Kappelle
• on behalf of the Utrecht Diabetic Encephalopathy Study Group
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p200

Cumulative Author Index, Volumes 264–275 (2008)
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p201-226

Cumulative Subject Index, Volumes 264–275 (2008)
Published in issue: December 15, 2008
p227-237