Neurology Today June 2012 Volume 12 Issue 11

June 2012 Volume 12 Issue 11
Features
largest imaging study identifies genes that affect brain size, hippocampal volume. - Talan, Jamie
newer antiepileptic drugs found safer for fetal development, study says. - Rukovets, Olga
csf biomarkers correlated with ad changes in brain biopsies. - Samson, Kurt
c miller fisher, md, leading stroke neurologist, dies at 98. - Rukovets, Olga
connection patterns in the healthy brain match atrophy patterns in diseased brain. - Robinson, Richard
hand function restored in paralyzed monkeys through brain-machine interface. - Hurley, Dan
news from the aan annual meeting: common inflammatory pathways identified for als animal model and humans with disease, suggesting new therapeutic targets. - Talan, Jamie
robert wartenberg lecturer: ralph l. sacco, md: on stroke prevention - an unfinished story with new perspectives. - Shaw, Gina
news from the aan annual meeting: the role of exercise in animal models of parkinson's disease and clinical trials. - Robinson, Richard
Departments
news from the aan annual meeting: novel agent reduces ms. lesions in early trial. - Goodman, Alice
letters to the editor: conflicts of interest: is the aan policy reflective of member preferences? the aan responds.
in the field: the dreifuss-penry epilepsy award: tobias loddenkemper, md: on detecting diurnal and nocturnal patterns for seizures. - Fallik, Dawn
up & coming: thalia field, md: from geology to stroke neurology. - Rukovets, Olga
new cms initiative to afffect physician pay in 2015: what you can do now. - Butcher, Lola
bookshelf: bridging the gap between science and art. - Filley, Christopher
in practice: are neurologists happy? spiritual? answers to these and other findings from the 2012 medscape physician survey. - Avitzur, Orly, MD, MBA