1. Preface

   • Sadako Kuno
   • Nobuo Yanagisawa

   PREFACE Pages: iv - iv

2. A new approach to understand the pathophysiology of Parkinson’s disease

   • Atsushi Nambu

   OriginalPaper Pages: iv1 - iv4

3. The pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus and experimental parkinsonism

   • Masaru Matsumura

   OriginalPaper Pages: iv5 - iv12

4. Abnormal sensory gating in basal ganglia disorders

   • Ryuji Kaji
   • Ryou Urushihara
   • Satoshi Goto

   OriginalPaper Pages: iv13 - iv16

5. Difference in surgical strategies between thalamotomy and thalamic deep brain stimulation for tremor control

   • Yoichi Katayama
   • Toshikazu Kano
   • Takamitsu Yamamoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: iv17 - iv22

6. L-DOPA treatment from the viewpoint of neuroprotection

   • Norio Ogawa
   • Masato Asanuma
   • Ko Miyoshi

   OriginalPaper Pages: iv23 - iv31

7. Levodopa therapy from the neuroprotection viewpoint

   • Tomoyoshi Kondo

   OriginalPaper Pages: iv32 - iv36

8. Does levodopa slow or hasten the rate of progression of Parkinson’s disease?

   • Stanley Fahn
   • and the Parkinson Study Group

   OriginalPaper Pages: iv37 - iv42

9. Optimising levodopa therapy for the management of Parkinson’s disease

   • Fabrizio Stocchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: iv43 - iv48