1. Nova et vetera

   • J. van Gijn

   Editorial announcement Pages: 1 - 2

2. A note from the review editor

   • Neil Scolding

   Editorial Pages: 3 - 3

3. Early diagnosis of dementia

   • M. N. Rossor

   ENS review Pages: 4 - 5

4. Early diagnosis of dementia: neuropsychology

   • Florence Pasquier

   ENS Review Pages: 6 - 15

5. Early diagnosis of dementia: neuroimaging

   • Philip Scheltens

   ENS Review Pages: 16 - 20

6. Impairment of callosal and corticospinal system function in adolescents with early-treated phenylketonuria: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study

   • S. Röricht
   • B.-U. Meyer
   • A. C. Ludolph

   Original communication Pages: 21 - 30

7. Chemotherapy is effective as early treatment for primary central nervous system lymphoma

   • A. Boiardi
   • Antonio Silvani
   • Andrea Salmaggi

   Original communication Pages: 31 - 37

8. Specificity of ω-conotoxin MVIIC-binding and -blocking calcium channel antibodies in Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome

   • Yoko K. Nakao
   • Masakatsu Motomura
   • Shigenobu Nagataki

   Original communication Pages: 38 - 44

9. Variable number tandem repeat dopamine transporter gene polymorphism and Parkinson’s disease: no association found

   • G. Mercier
   • J. C. Turpin
   • G. Lucotte

   Original communication Pages: 45 - 47

10. High incidence of a survival motor neuron gene/ ^c BCD541 gene ratio of 2 in Japanese parents of spinal muscular atrophy patients: a characteristic background of spinal muscular atrophy in Japan?

    • H. Nishio
    • Yukitoshi Ishikawa
    • Kimiaki Sumino

    Original communication Pages: 48 - 52

11. Precipitating factors of transient global amnesia

    • A. Rösler
    • G. J. Mrass
    • F. Schnorpfeil

    Letter to the editors Pages: 53 - 54

12. Macular preservation with bilateral visual field defect caused by embolic occlusion of the posterior cerebral arteries

    • V. Silani
    • Stefano Zago
    • Guglielmo Scarlato

    Letter to the editors Pages: 55 - 57

13. Increased coagulatory activity in subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy (Binswanger’s disease)

    • I. Akiguchi
    • Hidekazu Tomimoto
    • Yasumasa Yamamoto

    Letter to the editors Pages: 58 - 60

14. No transneuronal degeneration between human cortical motor neurons and spinal motor neurons

    • S. Terao
    • M. Li
    • Gen Sobue

    Letter to the editors Pages: 61 - 62