Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry: first published as on 1 October 1984. Downloaded from October 1984 Vol. 47 No. 10 Contents Herpes simplex virus and Alzheimere s disease: a search for virus DNA by spot hybridisation GR TAYLOR, TJ CROW. DA MARKAKIS, R LOFTHOUSE, S NEELEY, GI CARTER page 1061 A suprasellar subarachnoid pouch; aetiological considerations 0 BINITIE, BERNARD WILLIAMS, CP CASE page 1066 Behavioural manifestations of third ventricular colloid cysts JEFFREY M LOBOSKY, JOHN C VANGILDER, ANTONIO R DAMASIO page 1075 Cortisol production during high dose dexamethasone therapy in neurological and neurosurgical patients TR OR BROPHY, JB CHALK, K RIDGEWAY, JH TYRER, MJ EADIE page 1081 Phenytoin impairs the bioavailability of dexamethasone in neurological and neurosurgical patients JB CHALK, K RIDGEWAY, TR OR BROPHY, JDN YELL, MJ EADIE page 1087 Paucity of secondary synaptic clefts in a case of congenital myasthenia with multiple contractures LME SMIT, FGI JENNEKENS, H VELDMAN, PG BARTH page 1091 The H-reflex of the flexor carpi radialis muscle; study in controls and radiation induced brachial plexus lesions BW ONGERBOER DE VISSER, RJ SCHIMSHEIMER, AAM HART page 1098 Neurophysiological changes following traumatic spinal lesions in man S TAYLOR, P ASHBY, M VERRIER page 1102 Action of tizanidine on responses of forearm flexors and extensors to torque disturbances R MACKEL, EE BRINK, Y NAKAJIMA page 1109 Evidence of motor neuron involvement in chronic respiratory insufficiency GIORGIO VALLI, SERGIO BARBIERI, PAOLA SERGI, ZIAD FAYOUMI, PASQUALE BERARDINELLI page 11 17 SHORT REPORTS The effects of reflex path length on clonus frequency in spastic muscles ROBERT IANSEK page 1 122 Lack of correlation between delayed traumatic intracerebral haematoma and disseminated intravascular coagulation YUSUKE SAWADA, DAIKAI SADAMITSU, TOSHIHISA SAKAMOTO, KATSUMI IKEMURA, TOSHIHARU YOSHIOKA, TSUYOSHI SUGIMOTO page 1125 copyright. Continuous wave Doppler ultrasonography in the detection of carotid stenosis and occlusion PRD HUMPHREY, PG BRADBURYpage 1128 Anticonvulsant drugs alter plasma tryptophan concentrations in epileptic patients: implications for antiepileptic action and mental function JA PRAIT, P JENNER, AL JOHNSON, SD SHORVON, EH REYNOLDS page 1131 Cognitive deficits and their relationship to other neurological complications in chronic alcoholic patients

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