JOURNAL OF THE
NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES ELSEVIER
Journal of the Neurological Sciences 127 (1994) 245-246
Contents of Volume 127 Number
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Editor's note Abstracts Review article An epidemic in Cuba of optic neuropathy, sensorineural deafness, peripheral sensory neuropathy and dorsolateral myeloneuropathy G.C. Romfin (USA) Basic Section Research articles Severe radicular pathology in rats with longstanding diabetes E. Tamura and G.J. Parry (USA) Dorsal root ganglia microenvironment of female BB Wistar diabetic rats with mild neuropathy D.W. Zochodne, L.T. Ho and J.A. Allison (Canada) Clinical Section Research articles Androgen receptor mRNA with increased size of tandem CAG repeat is widely expressed in the neural and nonneural tissues of X-linked recessive bulbospinal neuronopathy M. Doyu, G. Sobue, K. Kimata, K. Yamamoto and T. Mitsuma (Japan) Huntington's disease: the neuroexcitotoxin aspartate is increased in platelets and decreased in plasma R. Reilmann, L.H. Rolf and H.W. Lange (Germany) Morphologic findings in biopsied skeletal muscle and cultured fibroblasts from a female patient with Danon's disease (lysosomal glycogen storage disease without acid maltase deficiency) F. Usuki, S. Takenaga, I. Higuchi, N. Kashio, M. Nakagawa and M. Osame (Japan) Decrease in Cu/Zn- and Mn-superoxide dismutase activities in brain and spinal cord of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis M. Uchino, Y. Ando, Y. Tanaka, T. Nakamura, E.-i. Uyama, S. Mita, T. Murakami and M. Ando (Japan) Epidemic neuropathy in Cuba: morphological characterization of peripheral nerve lesions in sural nerve biopsies I. Borrajero, J.L. P6rez, C. Domlnguez, A. Chong, R.M. Coro, H. Rodrlguez, N. G6mez, G.C. Romfin and L. Navarro-Romfin (Cuba, USA) A variant of Gerstmann-Str~iussler-Scheinker disease carrying codon 105 mutation with codon 129 polymorphism of the prion protein gene: A clinicopathological study Y. Itoh, M. Yamada, M. Hayakawa, T. Shozawa, J.-i. Tanaka, M. Matsushita, T. Kitamoto, J. Tateishi and E. Otomo (Japan) Plasma levels of nitrates in patients with Parkinson's disease J.A. Molina, F.J. Jim6nez-Jim6nez, J.A. Navarro, E. Ruiz, J. Arenas, F. Cabrera-Valdivia, A. Vfizquez, P. Fern~indez-Calle, L. Ayuso-Peralta, M. Rabasa and F. Bermejo (Spain)
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Soluble amyloid /3-protein in the cerebrospinal fluid from patients with Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and controls T. PirttilS., K.S. Kim, P.D. Mehta, H. Frey and H.M. Wisniewski (USA, Finland) Cognitive declines correlate with decreased cortical volume and perfusion in dementia of Alzheimer type K. Obara, J.S. Meyer, K.F. Mortel and K. Muramatsu (USA) Features of the Guillain-Barr6 syndrome in mice following intraperitoneal injection of patient serum L.H. Van den Berg, P.L. Oey, J.H.J. Wokke, H. Veldman, G.H. Wieneke and S.H.W. Notermans (The Netherlands) Response of fast muscle innervation to hypothyroidism R. Cuppini, S. Sartini, P. Ambrogini and G. Gallo (Italy) Persistent neuroleptic-induced rigidity and dystonia in AIDS dementia complex: a clinico-pathological case report S.A. Factor, G.D. Podskalny and K.D. Barron (USA) Red blood cell C u / Z n superoxide dismutase activity in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis J. Puymirat, L. Cossette, F. Gosselin and J.-P. Bouchard (Canada)
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Basic Section Research articles Human wild type p53 inhibits cell proliferation and elicits dramatic morphological changes in human glioma cell lines in vitro A. Merzak, S. Raynal, J.P. Rogers, D. Lawrence and G.J. Pilkington (UK, France) The relationship of the subarachnoid injection of blood and blood fractions with cardiac rate change and arrhythmias N.Y. Lorenzo, A.M. Earle, L.L. Peterson, G.L. Todd and L.G. Leibrock (USA) A morphological study of experimental mononeuropathy in the rat: early ischemic changes J.M. Jacobs and L.-S. Ro (UK) Passive transfer and active immunization with the recombinant leucine-zipper (Yo) protein as an attempt to establish an animal model of paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration K. Tanaka, M. Tanaka, O. Onodera, S. Igarashi, T. Miyatake and S. Tsuji (Japan) Herpes simplex virus encephalitis in a mouse model: PCR evidence for CNS latency following acute infection C.W.E. Drummond, R.P. Eglin and M.M. Esiri (UK) Clinical Section Research articles Quantitative assessment of thermal and pain sensitivity D. Meh and M. Deni~li~ (Slovenia)
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Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: histological and immunopathological studies on biopsied sural nerves K. Matsumuro, S. Izumo, F. Umehara and M. Osame (Japan) Involvement of the central nervous system in myotonic dystrophy K. Abe, H. Fujimura, K. Toyooka, S. Yorifuji, Y. Nishikawa, T. Hazama and T. Yanagihara (Japan) Corticonigral degeneration with neuronal achromasia presenting with primary progressive aphasia: ultrastructural and immunocytochemical studies K. Arima, H. Uesugi, I. Fujita, Y. Sakurai, S. Oyanagi, S. Andoh, Y. Izumiyama and T. Inose (Japan) Bioenergetics of skeletal muscle in mitochondrial myopathy D.J. Taylor, G.J. Kemp and G.K. Radda (UK) Alterations in serum thrombospondin in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis I.V. Smirnova and B.W. Festoff (USA) Length of hospital stay for cerebrovascular disease in the United States: Professional Activity Study, 1963-1991 D.J. Lanska (USA) Carpal tunnel syndrome in 100 patients: sensitivity, specificity of multi-neurophysiological procedures and estimation of axonal loss of motor, sensory and sympathetic median nerve fibers T. Kuntzer (Switzerland)
N-Acetylaspartate and N-acetylaspartylglutamate levels in Alzheimer's disease post-mortem brain tissue D. Jaarsma, L. Veenma-van der Duin and J. Korf (Netherlands)
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Letters to the Editor Immunoglobulins in epidemic neuropathy in Cuba I. Alfaro, A. Gonzfilez-Quevedo, M. Del Pino, C. Serrano, R. Lara, H. Gonzfilez, M. De la Portilla, S. Luis and R. Santiesteban (Cuba) A T-to-C substitution at nucleotide 12311 in tRNA txuCCUN) gene may be a mtDNA polymorphism W. Sato and K. Hayasaka (Japan)
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Author Index (Vol. 127)
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