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This Viewpoint contributes to the topical debate on the therapeutic benefits of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease (PD). The authors argue that there is more to this treatment approach than just providing symptomatic benefits, and suggest that it may actually become the first therapy proven to slow the progression of PD.
In spite of recent advances in surgical and medical therapies, the prognosis for patients diagnosed with the high-grade glioma glioblastoma multiforme remains poor. In this Review, Das et al. present evidence that the resistance of these tumors to current therapies is attributable to a small subpopulation of cancer stem cells, and they consider potential new therapeutic strategies that specifically target this cell population.
Desynchronization of circadian rhythms is a common occurrence in individuals presenting with sleep disorders. In this Review, Pandi-Perumal et al. highlight the roles of light and endogenous melatonin in the synchronization of sleep–wake rhythms and rest–activity cycles with the light–dark cycle, and they discuss how light therapy and exogenous melatonin might be used to treat circadian rhythm sleep disorders.
This Case Study describes a 54-year-old man who developed anarthria and quadriplegia in the context of a brainstem stroke. Normal performance on neuropsychological measures administered nonverbally and failure to activate auditory cortices on functional MRI led to a diagnosis of locked-in-syndrome complicated by central deafness.
This Case Study describes in detail a case of progranulin-associated frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). The patient was initially asymptomatic, but developed progressive brain atrophy and deficits on neuropsychological testing before the clinical onset of cognitive impairment. The authors use this case as a springboard to discuss advances in the genetics of FTLD with an emphasis on the importance of serial cognitive testing and neuroimaging.
Medical students tend to perceive neurology as one of the most difficult medical specialties, and practicing doctors often feel ill-prepared to handle disorders of the nervous system. Lim and Seet believe that the key to solving this problem is to simplify the subject at medical school. In this Training Matters article, they outline neurology teaching approaches that have been adopted at the National University of Singapore.
