1. Message from the new editor-in-chief

   News 31 January 2012 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Acknowledgements to Referees (article type)

   Acknowledgements to Referees 26 January 2012 Pages: 3 - 5

3. Highlights of the Issue 1, 2012

   Highlights 09 February 2012 Pages: 7 - 8

4. Exercise and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

   • J. P. Lopes de Almeida
   • R. Silvestre
   • M. de Carvalho

   Review Article 07 January 2012 Pages: 9 - 15

5. Sacculocolic reflex in patients with dementia: is it possible to use it for early diagnosis?

   • Leman Birdane
   • Armagan Incesulu
   • Demet Ozbabalik

   Original Article 11 May 2011 Pages: 17 - 21

6. Memantine effects on behaviour in moderately severe to severe Alzheimer’s disease: a post-marketing surveillance study

   • Francesca Clerici
   • Nicola Vanacore
   • The Memantine Lombardy Study Group

   Original Article 17 May 2011 Pages: 23 - 31

7. High APOE epsilon 4 allele frequencies associated with Alzheimer disease in a Tunisian population

   • Afef Achouri Rassas
   • Hela Mrabet Khiari
   • Amel Mrabet

   Original Article 28 June 2011 Pages: 33 - 37

8. Cognitive and neurochemical alterations in hyperhomocysteinemic rat

   • Lin Gao
   • Xiao-Ning Zeng
   • Ying Wu

   Original Article 07 June 2011 Pages: 39 - 43

   

9. Age-dependent association between cigarette smoking on white matter hyperintensities

   • Sung Hun Kim
   • Chang-Ho Yun
   • Hee-Kwon Park

   Original Article 12 May 2011 Pages: 45 - 51

   

10. Incidence and prognosis of stroke in young adults: a population-based study in Ferrara, Italy

    • Elisabetta Groppo
    • Riccardo De Gennaro
    • Ilaria Casetta

    Original Article 22 June 2011 Pages: 53 - 58

    

11. Evidence of diffuse damage in frontal and occipital cortex in the brain of patients with post-traumatic stress disorder

    • Maricla Tavanti
    • Marco Battaglini
    • Nicola De Stefano

    Original Article 28 June 2011 Pages: 59 - 68

    

12. Effects of inducible nitric oxide synthase blockade within the periaqueductal gray on cardiovascular responses during mechanical, heat, and cold nociception

    • Kevin A. Chaitoff
    • Francis Toner
    • Ahmmed Ally

    Original Article 28 June 2011 Pages: 69 - 78

    

13. Cannabinoid WIN 55,212-2 inhibits TRPV1 in trigeminal ganglion neurons via PKA and PKC pathways

    • Wei Wang
    • Xuehong Cao
    • Lieju Liu

    Original Article 17 May 2011 Pages: 79 - 85

    

14. Two cases of dementias with motor neuron disease evaluated by Pittsburgh compound B-positron emission tomography

    • Yoshihiro Yamakawa
    • Hiroyuki Shimada
    • Takami Miki

    Case Report 05 February 2011 Pages: 87 - 92

    

15. A progranulin mutation associated with cortico-basal syndrome in an Italian family expressing different phenotypes of fronto-temporal lobar degeneration

    • Cinzia Coppola
    • Giacomina Rossi
    • Roberto Cotrufo

    Case Report 22 June 2011 Pages: 93 - 97

    

16. Neurosyphilis presenting with psychotic symptoms and status epilepticus

    • Yuanrong Yao
    • Enqiang Huang
    • Yan Cheng

    Case Report 06 April 2011 Pages: 99 - 102

    

17. Headache secondary to an unusual Valsalva manoeuvre in a migrainous patient with cacosmia

    • Ferdinando Maggioni
    • Claudio Baracchini
    • Giorgio Zanchin

    Case Report 16 March 2011 Pages: 103 - 105

18. Stroke secondary to aortic dissection treated with a thrombolytic: a successful case

    • Amélia Mendes
    • Teresa Mendonça
    • Marta Carvalho

    Case Report 26 May 2011 Pages: 107 - 110

    

19. Chronic fusiform aneurysm evolving into giant aneurysm in the basilar artery

    • Manuel Cappellari
    • Giampaolo Tomelleri
    • Giosuè Gulli

    Case Report 24 May 2011 Pages: 111 - 115

    

20. Can interaction between atrial septal abnormalities and genetic prothrombotic polymorphisms play a role in cryptogenic ischemic stroke? Description of a family

    • Rocco Salvatore Calabrò
    • Giuseppe Gervasi
    • Placido Bramanti

    Case Report 26 May 2011 Pages: 117 - 119

    

21. A small pontine infarct on DWI as a lesion responsible for wall-eyed bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia syndrome

    • Yuki Sakamoto
    • Kazumi Kimura
    • Atsushi Miki

    Case Report 08 June 2011 Pages: 121 - 123

    

22. Basilar artery occlusion in migraine-like headache: a possible triggering effect of sumatriptan

    • Sibel Gazioglu
    • Cavit Boz
    • Mehmet Ozmenoglu

    Case Report 17 June 2011 Pages: 125 - 128

    

23. Lateral medullary infarction presenting as isolated vertigo and unilateral loss of visual suppression

    • Masahiko Kishi
    • Ryuji Sakakibara
    • Fuyuki Tateno

    Case Report 09 April 2011 Pages: 129 - 132

    

24. Neurological complications in hyperemesis gravidarum

    • Gabriella Zara
    • Valentina Codemo
    • Renzo Manara

    Case Report 01 July 2011 Pages: 133 - 135

    

25. Solitary olfactory schwannoma without olfactory dysfunction: a new case report and literature review

    • Y. P. Li
    • S. Jiang
    • Y. B. Ni

    Case Report Open access 12 April 2011 Pages: 137 - 142

    

26. Atypical meningioma of sylvian fissure with a 20-year history: a rare case report

    • Lu Ma
    • Shi-yin Xiao
    • Yue-kang Zhang

    Case Report 27 May 2011 Pages: 143 - 145

    

27. Pituitary tumor apoplexy presenting as infective meningoencephalitis

    • Annachiara Cagnin
    • Andrea Marcante
    • Renzo Manara

    Case Report 01 June 2011 Pages: 147 - 149

    

28. Intracranial extraaxial ependymoma in children: a rare case report and review of the literature

    • Lu Ma
    • Shi-yin Xiao
    • Yue-kang Zhang

    Case Report 28 June 2011 Pages: 151 - 154

    

29. Acute encephalopathy associated with Campylobacter jejuni enteritis

    • Dragan Lepur
    • Vjerislav Peterković
    • Marko Kutleša

    Case Report 10 May 2011 Pages: 155 - 158

30. Septo-optic dysplasia-plus and dyskinetic cerebral palsy in a child

    • Antonio Trabacca
    • Marta De Rinaldis
    • Luciana Losito

    Case Report 30 April 2011 Pages: 159 - 163

    

31. Intractable focal epilepsy contralateral to the side of facial atrophy in Parry–Romberg syndrome

    • Yosuke Kakisaka
    • Norman K. So
    • Richard C. Burgess

    Case Report 07 June 2011 Pages: 165 - 168

    

32. Sleep paralysis in narcolepsy: more than just a motor dissociative phenomenon?

    • Michele Terzaghi
    • Pietro Luca Ratti
    • Raffaele Manni

    Case Report 07 June 2011 Pages: 169 - 172

    

33. The Lombrosian prejudice in medicine. The case of Epilepsy. Epileptic psychosis. Epilepsy and aggressiveness

    • Enrico Granieri
    • Patrik Fazio

    History of Neurology 03 May 2011 Pages: 173 - 192

    

34. Commentary on “Lombrosian Prejudice in Medicine”

    • Giuliano Avanzini

    News and Views 24 May 2011 Pages: 193 - 194

35. Oral administration of coenzyme Q₁₀ reduces MPTP-induced loss of dopaminergic nerve terminals in the striatum in mice

    • Shota Kobayashi
    • Akiko Muroyama
    • Yasuhide Mitsumoto

    Brief Communication 20 May 2011 Pages: 195 - 199

    

36. Position paper of the Italian Society for the study of Dementias (Sindem) on the proposal of a new Lexicon on Alzheimer disease

    • Massimo Musicco
    • Alessandro Padovani
    • Claudio Mariani

    SIN DOCUMENT 05 November 2011 Pages: 201 - 208

37. MELAS/SANDO overlap syndrome associated with POLG1 mutations

    • Niels Hansen
    • Thomas Zwarg
    • Marcus Deschauer

    Letter to the Editor 07 June 2011 Pages: 209 - 212

    

38. Basilar migraine mistaken for encephalitis

    • Sandro Zambito Marsala
    • Manuela Gioulis

    Letter to the Editor 16 June 2011 Pages: 213 - 214

39. Multimodal CT imaging of a posterior fossa stroke

    • Daniel J. Boulter
    • Marco Luigetti
    • Alessandro Cianfoni

    Letter to the Editor 22 June 2011 Pages: 215 - 216

    

40. Erratum to: Solitary olfactory schwannoma without olfactory dysfunction: a new case report and literature review

    • Y. P. Li
    • S. Jiang
    • Y. B. Ni

    Erratum Open access 15 July 2011 Pages: 217 - 217