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Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 122 (1993) 252-253 Elsevier Science B.V. Contents of Volume 122 Number 1 — March 1994 Platelet morphology in Parkinson’s disease: an electron micro- scopic study Research articles S.A. Factor, E. Ortof, M.P. Dentinger, R. Mankes and Blood markers in Alzheimer disease: subnormal acetyl- K.D. Barron (USA) cholinesterase and butyryicholinesterase in lymphocytes Astrocytes in Alzheimer’s disease express immunoreactivity to and erythrocytes the vaso-constrictor endothelin-1 N.C. Inestrosa, R. Alarc6én, J. Arriagada, A. Donoso, J. W.W. Zhang, T. Badonic, A. H6dg, M.H. Jiang, K.-C. Ma, Alvarez and E.O. Campos (Chile) X.J. Nie and Y. Olsson (Sweden) Magnetic resonance imaging in monitoring the treatment of Cerebrovascular and neurological disorders associated with multiple sclerosis patients: statistical power of parallel- antiphospolipid antibodies in CSF and serum groups and crossover designs P. Gallo, S. Sivieri, A.M. Ferrarini, B. Giometto, A. Ruf- J.J.P. Nauta, A.J. Thompson, F. Barkhof and D.H. Miller fatti, E. Ritter, C. Chizzolini and B. Tavolato (Italy) (Netherlands, UK) Magnetic resonance imaging in cerebrotendinous xantho- Auditory effects on the motor responses after magnetic corti- matosis: a prospective clinical and neuroradiological study cal stimulation and on the H-reflexes in patients with V.M. Berginer, J. Berginer, A.D. Korczyn and R. Tadmor Parkinson's disease (Israel) K. Nakashima, Y. Wang, M. Shimoda, R. Shimoyama, Y. Detection of autoantibodies to neural antigens in the CSF of Yokoyama and K. Takahashi (Japan) Japanese encephalitis patients and correlation of findings Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy with myelin out- with the outcome folding: clinical, genetic and neuropathological study of A. Desai, V. Ravi, S.C. Guru, $.K. Shankar, V.G. Kaliape- three cases rumal, A. Chandramuki and M. Gourie-Devi (India) A. Schenone, M. Abbruzzese, A. Uccelli, R. Mandich, R. Detection of circulating cerebral emboli using Doppler ultra- James, E. Bellone, M. Giunchedi, S. Rolando, E. Capello sound in a sheep model and G.L. Mancardi (Italy) H. Markus, A. Loh and M.M. Brown (UK) The therapeutic effects of 4-methylcatechol, a stimulator of endogenous nerve growth factor synthesis, on experimental diabetic neuropathy in rats Book review Y. Hanaoka, T. Ohi, S. Furukawa, Y. Furukawa, K. Hayashi and S. Matsukura (Japan) News and Notes Familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis. Clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects T.P. Links, A.J. Smit, W.M. Molenaar, M.J. Zwarts and H.J.G.H. Oosterhuis (The Netherlands) Number 2 - April 1994 A role for mast cells in the progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy? Correlations in dystrophin-deficient humans, Research articles dogs, and mice Multicatalytic proteinase is associated with characteristic oval J.R.M. Gorospe, M.D. Tharp, J. Hinckley, J.N. Kornegay structures in cortical Lewy bodies: an immunocytochemi- and E.P. Hoffman (USA) cal study with light and electron microscopy Synthesis and secretion of transcobalamin II by cultured as- T. Masaki, S. Ishiura, H. Sugita and S. Kwak (Japan) trocytes derived from human brain tissue Proinflammatory cytokines in serum of patients with acute J.A. Begley, P.D. Colligan and R.C. Chu (USA) cerebral ischemia: kinetics of secretion and relation to the Lipophilicity at pH 7.4 and molecular size govern the entry of extent of brain damage and outcome of disease not actively transported drugs into the cerebrospinal fluid K. Fassbender, S. Rossol, T. Kammer, M. Daffertshofer, in humans with uninflamed meninges S. Wirth, M. Dollman and M. Hennerici (Germany) R. Nau, F. Sérgel and H.W. Prange (Germany) Ultra-high dose methylcobalamin promotes nerve regenera- Immunohistochemical localization of glutathione peroxidase tion in experimental acrylamide neuropathy in infarcted human brain T. Watanabe, R. Kaji, N. Oka, W. Bara and J. Kimura S. Takizawa, K. Matsushima, Y. Shinohara, S. Ogawa, N. (Japan) Komatsu, H. Utsunomiya and K. Watanabe (Japan) Hypernatremic myopathy Exonic trinucleotide repeats and expression of androgen re- K. Hiromatsu, T. Kobayashi, N. Fujii, Y. Itoyama, I. Goto ceptor gene in spinal cord from X-linked spinal and bulbar and J. Murakami (Japan) muscular atrophy Longitudinal analysis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mortal- M. Nakamura, S. Mita, T. Murakami, M. Uchino, S. ity in Norway, 1966-1989: evidence for a susceptible sub- Watanabe, M. Tokunaga, T. Kumamoto and M. Ando population (Japan) S. Neilson, I. Robinson and E.H. Nymoen (UK, Norway) Platelet mitochondrial function in Leber’s hereditary optic Successful immunosuppressive therapy for HTLV-I associated neuropathy myelopathy P.R. Smith, J.M. Cooper, G.G. Govan, A.E. Harding and A.K. Misra, S.K. Mishra, A.C. Eigen and W.W. Tourtel- A.H.V. Schapira (UK) lotte (USA) Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 122 (1993) 252-253 Elsevier Science B.V. Contents of Volume 122 Number 1 — March 1994 Platelet morphology in Parkinson’s disease: an electron micro- scopic study Research articles S.A. Factor, E. Ortof, M.P. Dentinger, R. Mankes and Blood markers in Alzheimer disease: subnormal acetyl- K.D. Barron (USA) cholinesterase and butyryicholinesterase in lymphocytes Astrocytes in Alzheimer’s disease express immunoreactivity to and erythrocytes the vaso-constrictor endothelin-1 N.C. Inestrosa, R. Alarc6én, J. Arriagada, A. Donoso, J. W.W. Zhang, T. Badonic, A. H6dg, M.H. Jiang, K.-C. Ma, Alvarez and E.O. Campos (Chile) X.J. Nie and Y. Olsson (Sweden) Magnetic resonance imaging in monitoring the treatment of Cerebrovascular and neurological disorders associated with multiple sclerosis patients: statistical power of parallel- antiphospolipid antibodies in CSF and serum groups and crossover designs P. Gallo, S. Sivieri, A.M. Ferrarini, B. Giometto, A. Ruf- J.J.P. Nauta, A.J. Thompson, F. Barkhof and D.H. Miller fatti, E. Ritter, C. Chizzolini and B. Tavolato (Italy) (Netherlands, UK) Magnetic resonance imaging in cerebrotendinous xantho- Auditory effects on the motor responses after magnetic corti- matosis: a prospective clinical and neuroradiological study cal stimulation and on the H-reflexes in patients with V.M. Berginer, J. Berginer, A.D. Korczyn and R. Tadmor Parkinson's disease (Israel) K. Nakashima, Y. Wang, M. Shimoda, R. Shimoyama, Y. Detection of autoantibodies to neural antigens in the CSF of Yokoyama and K. Takahashi (Japan) Japanese encephalitis patients and correlation of findings Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy with myelin out- with the outcome folding: clinical, genetic and neuropathological study of A. Desai, V. Ravi, S.C. Guru, $.K. Shankar, V.G. Kaliape- three cases rumal, A. Chandramuki and M. Gourie-Devi (India) A. Schenone, M. Abbruzzese, A. Uccelli, R. Mandich, R. Detection of circulating cerebral emboli using Doppler ultra- James, E. Bellone, M. Giunchedi, S. Rolando, E. Capello sound in a sheep model and G.L. Mancardi (Italy) H. Markus, A. Loh and M.M. Brown (UK) The therapeutic effects of 4-methylcatechol, a stimulator of endogenous nerve growth factor synthesis, on experimental diabetic neuropathy in rats Book review Y. Hanaoka, T. Ohi, S. Furukawa, Y. Furukawa, K. Hayashi and S. Matsukura (Japan) News and Notes Familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis. Clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects T.P. Links, A.J. Smit, W.M. Molenaar, M.J. Zwarts and H.J.G.H. Oosterhuis (The Netherlands) Number 2 - April 1994 A role for mast cells in the progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy? Correlations in dystrophin-deficient humans, Research articles dogs, and mice Multicatalytic proteinase is associated with characteristic oval J.R.M. Gorospe, M.D. Tharp, J. Hinckley, J.N. Kornegay structures in cortical Lewy bodies: an immunocytochemi- and E.P. Hoffman (USA) cal study with light and electron microscopy Synthesis and secretion of transcobalamin II by cultured as- T. Masaki, S. Ishiura, H. Sugita and S. Kwak (Japan) trocytes derived from human brain tissue Proinflammatory cytokines in serum of patients with acute J.A. Begley, P.D. Colligan and R.C. Chu (USA) cerebral ischemia: kinetics of secretion and relation to the Lipophilicity at pH 7.4 and molecular size govern the entry of extent of brain damage and outcome of disease not actively transported drugs into the cerebrospinal fluid K. Fassbender, S. Rossol, T. Kammer, M. Daffertshofer, in humans with uninflamed meninges S. Wirth, M. Dollman and M. Hennerici (Germany) R. Nau, F. Sérgel and H.W. Prange (Germany) Ultra-high dose methylcobalamin promotes nerve regenera- Immunohistochemical localization of glutathione peroxidase tion in experimental acrylamide neuropathy in infarcted human brain T. Watanabe, R. Kaji, N. Oka, W. Bara and J. Kimura S. Takizawa, K. Matsushima, Y. Shinohara, S. Ogawa, N. (Japan) Komatsu, H. Utsunomiya and K. Watanabe (Japan) Hypernatremic myopathy Exonic trinucleotide repeats and expression of androgen re- K. Hiromatsu, T. Kobayashi, N. Fujii, Y. Itoyama, I. Goto ceptor gene in spinal cord from X-linked spinal and bulbar and J. Murakami (Japan) muscular atrophy Longitudinal analysis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mortal- M. Nakamura, S. Mita, T. Murakami, M. Uchino, S. ity in Norway, 1966-1989: evidence for a susceptible sub- Watanabe, M. Tokunaga, T. Kumamoto and M. Ando population (Japan) S. Neilson, I. Robinson and E.H. Nymoen (UK, Norway) Platelet mitochondrial function in Leber’s hereditary optic Successful immunosuppressive therapy for HTLV-I associated neuropathy myelopathy P.R. Smith, J.M. Cooper, G.G. Govan, A.E. Harding and A.K. Misra, S.K. Mishra, A.C. Eigen and W.W. Tourtel- A.H.V. Schapira (UK) lotte (USA) Efficacy of hydroquinine in preventing frequent ordinary mus- Pattern of nervous tissue immunostaining by human anti-gly- cle cramp outlasts actual administration colipid antibodies P.H.P. Jansen, K.C.W. Veenhuizen, A.L.M. Verbeek and E. Nardelli, P. Anzini, G. Moretto, N. Rizzuto and A.J. H. Straatman (Netherlands) Steck (Italy, Switzerland) Does utrophin expression in muscles of mdx mice during postnatal development functionally compensate for dystrophin deficiency? World Federation of Neurology Information F. Pons, A. Robert, J.F. Marini and J.J. Léger (France) WEN Finance Committee Abnormalities in T-lymphocyte populations in blood from Minutes of the Meeting of the Finance Committee, Van- patients with demyelinating polyneuropathy associated couver, Canada, 4 September 1993 with monoclonal gammopathy WEN Publications Committee M. Vrethem, C. Dahle, C. Ekerfeldt, J. Nilsson, B. Ekstedt Minutes of the Meeting of the Publications Committee, and J. Ernerudh (Sweden) Vancouver, Canada, 4 September 1993 Copper-zinc superoxide dismutase activity in red blood cells WFN Committee on Constitution and By-laws in probable Alzheimer’s patients and their first-degree Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee on Constitution relatives and By-laws, Vancouver, Canada, 4 September 1993 J.A. Serra, A.L. Famulari, S. Kohan, E.R. Marschoff, R.O. WEN Steering Committee Dominguez and E.S. De Lustig (Argentina) Minutes of the Meeting of the WFN Steering Committee, Flow rate of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) — a concept common to Vancouver, Canada, 4 September 1993 normal blood-CSF barrier function and to dysfunction in WEN Nominating Committee neurological diseases WEN Research Committee H. Reiber (Germany) Minutes of the Meeting of the Research Committee, Van- Characterization of adherent T cells to human endothelial couver, Canada, 4 September 1993 cells in patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy WEN Council of Delegates K. Ichinose, T. Nakamura, Y. Nishiura, K. Nagasato, K. Minutes of the Meeting of the Council of Delegates, Ohishi, H. Watanabe, A. Fujita, K.-i. Kurouji, M. Tsuji- Vancouver, Canada, 5 September 1993 hata and S. Nagataki (Japan) WEN Research Group on Neuromuscular Diseases Mast cells in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis: charac- Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee, terization, distribution in the CNS and in vitro activation Vancouver, Canada, 7 September 1993 by myelin basic protein and neuropeptides T. Brenner, D. Soffer, M. Shalit and F. Levi-Schaffer Book reviews (Israel) Antiproliferative factor against the human glioblastoma cell Author Index (Vol. 122) line T98G identified in culture supernatants of CD4~* cells from patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy Subject Index (Vol. 122) Y. Nishiura, T. Nakamura, K. Ichinose, K. Nagasato, K. Ohishi, H. Watanabe, S. Shirabe, M. Tsujihata and S. Nagataki (Japan)