The Year in Neurology 2008, Volume 1142

Richard T. Johnson was a physician and scientist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johnson was a faculty member in the Department of Neurology since its inception in 1969 and was the former head of the department.

Preface: Richard T. Johnson. 1. Repair and Neurorehabilitation Strategies for Spinal Cord Injury: Robert L. Ruff, Lisa McKerracher, and Michael Selzer. 2. Spatial Neglect: Clinical and Neuroscience Review. A Wealth of Information on the Poverty of Spatial Attention: John C. Adair and Anna M. Barrett. 3. Neurological Aspects of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Meredith Broderick and Christian Guilleminault. 4. Neuromyelitis Optica and Asian Phenotype of Multiple Sclerosis: Jun-ichi Kira. 5. Drug-induced Movement Disorders in Children: Don Gilbert. 6. Impulse Control and Related Disorders in Parkinson Disease: Review: Shen-Yang Lim, Andrew H. Evans, and Janis M. Miyasaki. 7. Designer Therapies for Glioblastoma Multiforme: Sith Sathornsumetee and Jeremy N. Rich. 8. Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Strokelike Episodes: Basic Concepts, Clinical Phenotype, and Therapeutic Management of MELAS Syndrome: Douglas M. Sproule and Petra Kaufmann. 9. Stroke Treatment: Beyond the Three-Hour Window and in the Pregnant Patient: C.A. Cronin, C.J. Weisman, and Rafael H. Llinas. 10. Task-specific Dystonias: A Review: Diego Torres-Russotto and Joel S. Perlmutter. 11. Cervical Arterial Dissection: Current Concepts: Ranjith K. Menon and John W. Norris. 12. Prospects of Cell Therapy for Disorders of Myelin: Tamir Ben-Hur and Steven A. Goldman. 13. Hereditary Episodic Ataxias: Joanna Jen. 14. Hashimoto's Encephalopathy: Nicoline Schiess and Carlos A. Pardo. 15. Cerebral White Matter: Neuroanatomy, Clinical Neurology, and Neurobehavioral Correlates: Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Eric E. Smith, Florian S. Eichler, and Christopher M. Filley. Index of contributors