1. Message from the editor

   EditorialNotes 01 April 2008 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Permutation entropy to detect vigilance changes and preictal states from scalp EEG in epileptic patients. A preliminary study

   • Angela A. Bruzzo
   • Benno Gesierich
   • Guido Rubboli

   Original Article 01 April 2008 Pages: 3 - 9

3. Viliuisk encephalomyelitis in Northeastern Siberia is not caused by Borrelia burgdorferi infection

   • Alexander Storch
   • Vsevolod A. Vladimirtsev
   • Albert Christian Ludolph

   Original Article 01 April 2008 Pages: 11 - 14

4. Autonomic nervous system and risk factors for vascular disease. Effects of autonomic unbalance in schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease

   • Giulio Scigliano
   • Gabriele Ronchetti
   • Floriano Girotti

   Original Article 01 April 2008 Pages: 15 - 21

5. Density and cross-sectional areas of axons in the olfactory tract in control subjects and Alzheimer’s disease: an image analysis study

   • Richard A. Armstrong
   • Anila B. Syed
   • Christopher U. M. Smith

   Original Article 01 April 2008 Pages: 23 - 27

6. A case of multiple sclerosis with atypical onset associated with autoimmune hepatitis and silent coeliac disease

   • Maria Teresa Ferrò
   • Diego Franciotta
   • Alessandro Montanelli

   Case Report 01 April 2008 Pages: 29 - 31

7. Sarcoidosis as risk factor for cryptococcal meningitis in an apparently immunocompetent patient

   • Iacopo Cancelli
   • Giovanni Merlino
   • Gian Luigi Gigli

   Case Report 01 April 2008 Pages: 33 - 35

8. Infratentorial progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient treated with fludarabine and rituximab

   • Simona Bonavita
   • Renata Conforti
   • Gioacchino Tedeschi

   Case Report 01 April 2008 Pages: 37 - 39

9. Cerebral venous thrombosis mimicking acute unilateral vestibulopathy

   • Hyun-Ah Kim
   • Sung-Il Sohn
   • Hyung Lee

   Case Report 01 April 2008 Pages: 41 - 43

10. Severe dysphagia as the presenting symptom of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome in a non-alcoholic man

    • Ilias Karaiskos
    • Ioannis Katsarolis
    • Leonidas Stefanis

    Case Report 01 April 2008 Pages: 45 - 46

11. Motoneuron disease after electric injury: a case report

    • Stefano Zoccolella
    • Gianluca Masi
    • Luigi Serlenga

    Case Report 01 April 2008 Pages: 47 - 49

12. Vertebral artery dissection complicated by basilar artery occlusion successfully treated with intra-arterial thrombolysis: three case reports

    • Paolo Cerrato
    • Maurizio Berardino
    • Mauro Bergui

    Case Report 01 April 2008 Pages: 51 - 55