February 15, 2013

Original Articles

Myasthenia gravis in the elderly
• Mark A. Hellmann,
• Ronit Mosberg-Galili,
• Israel Steiner
Published online: December 06, 2012
p1-5

Autonomic dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus with and without vascular dementia
• Daniela Matei,
• C.D. Popescu,
• B. Ignat,
• R. Matei
Published online: December 06, 2012
p6-9

Changes in superficial temporal artery blood flow and cerebral hemodynamics after extracranial–intracranial bypass surgery in moyamoya disease and atherothrombotic carotid occlusion
• Shigeru Fujimoto,
• Kazunori Toyoda,
• Tooru Inoue,
• Juro Jinnouchi,
• Takanari Kitazono,
• Yasushi Okada
Published online: December 10, 2012
p10-14

Clinical and radiological spectrum of Japanese encephalitis
• Lakshya J. Basumatary,
• D. Raja,
• Dipu Bhuyan,
• Marami Das,
• Munindra Goswami,
• Ashok K. Kayal
Published online: December 20, 2012
p15-21

Adenosine A1 receptor agonist, N6-cyclohexyladenosine, protects myelin and induces remyelination in an experimental model of rat optic chiasm demyelination; electrophysiological and histopathological studies
• Ali Akbar Asghari,
• Mahnaz Azarnia,
• Javad Mirnajafi-Zadeh,
• Mohammad Javan
Published online: December 20, 2012
p22-28

Topographical differences of brain iron deposition between progressive supranuclear palsy and parkinsonian variant multiple system atrophy
• Yong-Hee Han,
• Jae-Hyeok Lee,
• Bok-Man Kang,
• ...
• Seung-Kug Baik,
• Yong-il Shin,
• Kyu-Hyun Park
Published online: December 20, 2012
p29-35
Jamar hand-held grip dynamometry in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
• Yusuf A. Rajabally,
• Manisha Narasimhan
Published online: December 13, 2012
p36-38

Transient neurological attack before vertebrobasilar stroke
• Takao Hoshino,
• Takehiko Nagao,
• Satoko Mizuno,
• Satoru Shimizu,
• Shinichiro Uchiyama
Published online: December 11, 2012
p39-42

Cognitive impairment and hypothymia in post stroke patients
• L. Pustokhanova,
• E. Morozova
Published online: December 11, 2012
p43-45
Early blood-based microbiological testing is ineffective in severe stroke patients
• Christoph Gumbinger,
• Andreas Hug,
• Bettina Mürle,
• ...
• Stefan Zimmermann,
• Alexander H. Dalpke,
• Roland Veltkamp
Published in issue: February 15, 2013
p46-50
Risk factors for stroke among patients with hypertension: A case–control study
• M.O. Owolabi,
• A.M. Agunloye
Published online: December 20, 2012
p51-56
Event related potentials in patients with transient global amnesia—A prospective controlled study
• Johanna Buhr,
• Stefan Evers,
• Ingo W. Husstedt,
• Achim Frese
Published online: December 20, 2012
p57-60

Autonomic dysfunction in patients with orthostatic dizziness: Validation of orthostatic grading scale and comparison of Valsalva maneuver and head-up tilt testing results
• Hyun-Ah Kim,
• Hyung Lee,
• Ki-Jong Park,
• Jeong-Geun Lim
Published online: January 07, 2013
p61-66

Experience of pediatric stroke from a tertiary medical center in North India
• Jayantee Kalita,
• Gourav Goyal,
• Usha Kant Misra
Published online: December 26, 2012
p67-73
Validity, reliability and minimum detectable change of the maximum step length test in people with stroke
• Vicky Pardo,
• Dale Knuth,
• Bridget McDermott,
• Joseph Powell,
• Allon Goldberg
Published online: December 26, 2012
p74-78

Longitudinal interferon-β effects in multiple sclerosis: Differential regulation of IL-10 and IL-17A, while no sustained effects on IFN-γ, IL-4 or IL-13
• M. Kvarnström,
• J. Ydrefors,
• C. Ekerfelt,
• M. Vrethem,
• J. Ernerudh
Published in issue: February 15, 2013
p79-85

Association of Epstein–Barr virus infection with multiple sclerosis in India
• Lekha Pandit,
• Chaitra Malli,
• Anita D'Cunha,
• Rajesh Shetty,
• Bhim Singhal
Published online: January 10, 2013
p86-89

Increased circulating endothelial progenitor cells in patients with haemorrhagic and ischaemic stroke: The role of Endothelin-1
• E. Paczkowska,
• M. Gołąb-Janowska,
• A. Bajer-Czajkowska,
• ...
• K. Safranow,
• P. Nowacki,
• B. Machaliński
Published online: January 07, 2013
p90-99
Intravenous Alteplase for acute ischemic stroke in patients with current malignant neoplasm
• Manuel Cappellari,
• Monica Carletti,
• Nicola Micheletti,
• ...
• Domenico Ajena,
• Giuseppe Moretto,
• Paolo Bovi
Published online: January 14, 2013
p100-102

TNF-α upregulates macroautophagic processing of APP/β-amyloid in a human rhabdomyosarcoma cell line
• Christian W. Keller,
• Matthias Schmitz,
• Christian Münz,
• Jan D. Lünemann,
• Jens Schmidt
Published online: January 07, 2013
p103-107

Comparison of the immunoreactivities of NMDA receptors between the young and adult hippocampal CA1 region induced by experimentally transient cerebral ischemia
• Jeong Yeol Seo,
• Bing Chun Yan,
• Joon Ha Park,
• ...
• Young-Myeong Kim,
• Jun Hwi Cho,
• Moo-Ho Won
Published in issue: February 15, 2013
p108-114
Polymorphic Ala-allele carriers at residue 1170 of HER2 associated with Parkinson's disease
• Vinchi Wang,
• Tzu-Chao Chuang,
• Ming-Ching Kao,
• Din-E Shan,
• Bing-Wen Soong,
• Tzong-Ming Shieh
Published online: January 17, 2013
p115-119
Self-reported health promotion and disability progression in multiple sclerosis
• Marie Beatrice D'hooghe,
• Guy Nagels,
• Jacques De Keyser,
• Patrick Haentjens
Published online: January 07, 2013
p120-126

Acellular spinal cord scaffold seeded with mesenchymal stem cells promotes long-distance axon regeneration and functional recovery in spinal cord injured rats
• Jia Liu,
• Jian Chen,
• Bin Liu,
• ...
• Zhongmin Zhang,
• Xiaochun Bai,
• Dadi Jin
Published online: January 14, 2013
p127-136

Deep cerebral microbleeds are negatively associated with HDL-C in elderly first-time ischemic stroke patients
• Michiya Igase,
• Katsuhiko Kohara,
• Keiji Igase,
• ...
• Mutsuo Fujisawa,
• Ryosuke Katagi,
• Tetsuro Miki
Published online: January 14, 2013
p137-141

Decreased skeletal muscle mitochondrial DNA in patients with statin-induced myopathy
• Henry A.J. Stringer,
• Gurmeet K. Sohi,
• John A. Maguire,
• Hélène C.F. Côté
Published online: January 14, 2013
p142-147

Correction of post-stroke cognitive impairments using computer programs
• S.V. Prokopenko,
• E.Y. Mozheyko,
• M.M. Petrova,
• ...
• T.V. Chernykh,
• I.N. Shvetzova,
• A.F. Bezdenezhnih
Published online: January 11, 2013
p148-153

Short Communications

The floccular syndrome in herpes simplex type 1 encephalitis
• Aasef G. Shaikh,
• Pichet Termsarasab,
• David E. Riley,
• Bashar Katirji
Published online: December 06, 2012
p154-155

Marked improvement in opsoclonus and cerebellar ataxia after the surgical removal of a squamous cell carcinoma of the thymus: A case report
• Yoshitaka Yamaguchi,
• Manabu Wada,
• Haruko Tanji,
• ...
• Toru Kawanami,
• Hiroya Ohtake,
• Takeo Kato
Published online: December 11, 2012
p156-159

Avellis syndrome as presenting manifestation of ulcerative colitis
• Bo-Lin Ho,
• Fang-Jung Yu,
• Chiou-Lian Lai,
• Hsin-Hsin Lin
Published online: January 21, 2013
p160-161

Embolism and impaired washout: A possible explanation of border zone strokes in hypereosinophilic syndrome
• Lago A.,
• Vera Parkhutik,
• Jose Ignacio Tembl,
• Nuria Martín,
• Marina Frasquet,
• Luis Bataller
Published online: January 07, 2013
p162-164

The m.3291T>C mt-tRNA^Leu(UUR) mutation is definitely pathogenic and causes multisystem mitochondrial disease
• John W. Yarham,
• Emma L. Blakely,
• Charlotte L. Alston,
• ...
• Douglass M. Turnbull,
• Robert McFarland,
• Robert W. Taylor
Published in issue: February 15, 2013
p165-169
Open Access

Lafora disease: Severe phenotype associated with homozygous deletion of the NHLRC1 gene
• Miljana Kecmanović,
• Nebojša Jović,
• Mirjana Čukić,
• ...
• Dušan Keckarević,
• Galina Stevanović,
• Stanka Romac
Published online: January 14, 2013
p170-173

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a HIV/HTLV co-infected patient
• Edwiges Motta Santos,
• Marcus Tulius T. Silva,
• Marco Antonio Lima
Published online: January 07, 2013
p174-175

A case of exacerbated multiphasic disseminated encephalomyelitis after interferon beta treatment
• Suqin Chen,
• Aimin Wu,
• Bingjun Zhang,
• ...
• Yinyao Lin,
• Xueqiang Hu,
• Zhengqi Lu
Published online: January 10, 2013
p176-179

VZV multifocal vasculopathy with ischemic optic neuropathy, acute retinal necrosis and temporal artery infection in the absence of zoster rash
• Marc Mathias,
• Maria A. Nagel,
• Nelly Khmeleva,
• ...
• Jeffrey L. Bennett,
• Naresh Mandava,
• Don Gilden
Published online: January 14, 2013
p180-182

Multiple cerebral infarcts and intravascular central nervous system lymphoma: A rare but potentially treatable association
• Catarina Cruto,
• Ricardo Taipa,
• Cecília Monteiro,
• Isabel Moreira,
• Manuel Melo-Pires,
• Manuel Correia
Published online: December 14, 2012
p183-185

Letter to the Editor

Lack of association between serum uric acid levels and outcome in acute ischemic stroke
• Chunkui Zhou,
• Jing Bai,
• Jiang Wu,
• Shaokuan Fang,
• Lijun Zhu
Published online: January 07, 2013
p186

Book Reviews

• Briana N. Perry,
• Jack W. Tsao
Published online: December 26, 2012
p187
Central pain syndrome: pathophysiology, diagnosis and management
• Aimee L. Alphonso,
• Jack W. Tsao
Published online: January 14, 2013
p187-188
• Mark Iscoe,
• Jack W. Tsao
Published online: January 14, 2013
p188-189

Corrigenda

Corrigendum to “Improvement of hematoma absorption and neurological function in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage treated with Xueshuantong” [J Neurol Sci 323 (2012) 236–240]
• Li Gao,
• Haiping Zhao,
• Qian Liu,
• ...
• Rongliang Wang,
• Ke Jian Liu,
• Yumin Luo
Published in issue: February 15, 2013
p190
Corrigendum to “Thrombin promotes the expression of thrombospondin-1 and -2 in a rat model of intracerebral hemorrhage” [J Neurol Sci 323 (2012) 141–146]
• A-Li Yang,
• Hua-Jun Zhou,
• Yuan Lin,
• ...
• Han-Jin Cui,
• Tao Tang,
• Qi-Dong Yang
Published online: January 14, 2013
p191

Calendar of Events
Published in issue: February 15, 2013
p192

Frontmatter

Editorial Board
Published in issue: February 15, 2013
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