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January 2016, Vol 73, No. 1, Pages 5-132

In This Issue of JAMA Neurology

Highlights

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):5. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.2431
Viewpoint

Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability and Gadolinium: Benefits and Potential Pitfalls in Research

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):13-14. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.2960

This Viewpoint discusses the benefits and risks of gadolinium-based contrast agents used in magnetic resonance imaging in relation to blood-brain barrier permeability.

The McDonaldization of Medicine

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):15-16. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3449

This Viewpoint discusses the consequences of applying the principles of the fast-food restaurant—efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control—to medicine.

Editorial

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Loss of Consciousness

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):17-18. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3485

The Effect of Small Artery Disease on the Occurrence and Management of Large Artery Disease

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):19-20. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3535

Exome Variant Mining in Familial Parkinson Disease: Will Replication Find the Gold?

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):21-22. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3536
Original Investigation

Loss of Consciousness at Onset of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage as an Important Marker of Early Brain Injury

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):28-35. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3188

This retrospective analysis reports that loss of consciousness at onset of subarachnoid hemorrhage is associated with death or severe disability at 12 months.

Frequency, Risk Factors, and Outcome of Coexistent Small Vessel Disease and Intracranial Arterial Stenosis: Results From the Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing Recurrent Stroke in Intracranial Stenosis (SAMMPRIS) Trial

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):36-42. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3145

This post hoc analysis of a clinical trial evaluated the risk of ischemic stroke in patients with large artery atherosclerosis and coexistent small vessel disease.

Endovascular Stroke Treatment Outcomes After Patient Selection Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Clinical Criteria

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):43-49. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3000

This cohort study of patients with anterior circulation ischemic stroke compared outcomes after thrombectomy of patients classified as likely vs unlikely to benefit from the procedure based on clinical criteria and MRI findings.

Risks and Benefits Associated With Prestroke Antiplatelet Therapy Among Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Treated With Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):50-59. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3106

This observational study using data from the Get With the Guidelines–Stroke registry investigates the risks and benefits associated with long-term antiplatelet therapy among adult patients with ischemic stroke who receive intravenous tissue plasminogen activator.

Association of Cerebrospinal Fluid Neurofilament Light Concentration With Alzheimer Disease Progression

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):60-67. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3037

This cross-sectional study compares cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light concentrations in patients with Alzheimer disease, mild cognitive impairment, and normal cognition, and associations with cognitive deterioration and structural brain changes.

Whole-Exome Sequencing in Familial Parkinson Disease

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):68-75. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3266

Using a 2-stage exome sequencing design, this study identifies genetic variants contributing to disease risk in familial Parkinson disease.

Evolution of Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Signal Abnormality in Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, With Histopathological Correlation

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):76-84. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3159

This study assesses gray matter involvement on diffusion-weighted imaging in patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and investigates the potential of these images as a biomarker of disease progression.

Association of Elevated Amyloid Levels With Cognition and Biomarkers in Cognitively Normal People From the Community

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):85-92. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3098

This population-based, longitudinal study of cognitively normal individuals reports that elevated amyloid levels are associated with worse cognition and imaging biomarkers and greater clinical decline and neurodegeneration.

Association Between Olfactory Dysfunction and Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease Dementia

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):93-101. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.2952

This study measured olfactory impairment and its association with mild cognitive impairment or dementia due to Alzheimer disease.

Clinical-Genetic Associations in the Prospective Huntington at Risk Observational Study (PHAROS): Implications for Clinical Trials

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):102-110. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.2736

This cohort study evaluates the use of measures associated with cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG) expansion that can be determined to identify individuals with CAG expansion before the diagnosis of Huntington disease.

Review

Identifying Non–Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy–Positive and False Negative Results in Prior Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Newborn Screening Programs: A Review

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):111-116. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3537

This review examines reports from 10 newborn screening programs that screened more than 1.8 million newborns for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and identifies other neuromuscular disorders and false-negative findings.

Images in Neurology

Isolated Right Vein of Labbe Thrombosis

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):120-121. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3194

This case report describes a man in his 30s with a history of sickle cell disease and tonic-clonic seizures.

Dancing Jaw and Dancing Eyes

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):122. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.2299

This case report describes a man in his 30s who experienced infratentorial bleeding followed by rhythmic horizontal jaw and eye movements and later by pendular nystagmus and soft-palate oscillations.

JAMA Neurology Clinical Challenge

Acute-Onset Sleepiness and Decrease in Consciousness

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):117-118. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.2823

A woman in her 30s presented with acute-onset sleepiness and decrease in consciousness, no history of neurologic disease or substance use, and laboratory findings within reference ranges. What is your diagnosis?

Research Letter

Globular Glial Tauopathy Presenting as Semantic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):123-125. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.2711

This case report describes a woman in her 60s who presented with progressive anomia with loss of word knowledge, prosopagnosia, and surface dyslexia.

Genetic Correlation Between Schizophrenia and Epilepsy

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):125-126. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3480

This retrospective case-control analysis used a technique called linkage disequilibrium score regression to estimate the genetic correlation between schizophrenia and epilepsy.

Observation

A Case of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder in Parkinson Disease Treated With Sodium Oxybate

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):126-127. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.2904

This case report describes a man in his late 60s with sleep behavior disorder and worsening dream enactment behavior.

Comment & Response

Computer-aided Therapeutics in Treating Autoimmune Encephalitis

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):127-128. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3516

Computer-aided Therapeutics in Treating Autoimmune Encephalitis—Reply

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):128. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3519
Book and Media Review

Review of Neurocinema: When Film Meets Neurology

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):129. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.2418
Peer Reviewers List

JAMA Neurology Peer Reviewers in 2015

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):130-132. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3934
JAMA Neurology Masthead

JAMA Neurology

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JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(1):6. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.2432
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