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Robert J. Joynt, MD, PhD
JAMA. 1991;265(23):3134-3135. doi:10.1001/jama.1991.03460230084022
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The role of neurologists in diagnosing and treating diseases of the nervous system also affords an opportunity to learn about the function of the nervous system. The advent of new imaging techniques has greatly expanded this opportunity. Precise localization of lesions by magnetic resonance imaging and delineation of disturbed function of certain brain areas by positron emission tomography have led to new ideas on brain-behavior linkages and to novel hypotheses about neural organization. One group of investigators using some of these techniques, along with extensive neuropsychological testing, has shown that specific types of memory may have quite diverse localization in the brain.1 This alters the traditional view that memory is largely stored in one neural system. They also propose that neural processing takes place in convergence zones. Thus, there are a series of regions with information moving forward and backward so that final representation in the convergence zone is

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Elizan TS, Moros DA, Yahr MD.  Early combination of selegiline and low-dose levodopa as initial symptomatic therapy in Parkinson's disease . Arch Neurol. 1991;;48:31-34.
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Freed CR, Breeze RE, Rosenberg ML, et al.  Transplantation of human fetal dopamine cells for Parkinson's disease . Arch Neurol. 1990;;47:505-512.
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Pomeroy SL, Holmes SJ, Dodge PR, Feigin RD.  Seizures and other neurologic sequelae of bacterial meningitis in children . N Engl J Med. 1990;;323:1651-1657.
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Damasio K, Damasio AR.  The neural basis of memory, language and behavioral guidance: advances with the lesion method in humans . Semin Neurosci. 1990;;2:277-286.
Barinaga M.  Neuroscience models the brain . Science . 1990;;247:524-526.
 Epilepsy and disorders of neuronal migration . Lancet . 1990;;336:1033-1035. Editorial.
Perry TL, Krieger C, Hansen S, Eisen A.  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: amino acid levels in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid . Ann Neurol. 1990;:28:12-17.
Rothstein JD, Tsai G, Kuncl RW, et al.  Abnormal excitatory amino acid metabolism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis . Ann Neurol. 1990;;28:18-25.
Young AB.  What's the excitement about excitatory amino acids in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? Ann Neurol. 1990;;28:9-10.
Lilienfeld DE, Chan E, Ehland J, et al.  Two decades of increasing mortality from Parkinson's disease among the US elderly . Arch Neurol. 1990;;47:731-734.
Elizan TS, Moros DA, Yahr MD.  Early combination of selegiline and low-dose levodopa as initial symptomatic therapy in Parkinson's disease . Arch Neurol. 1991;;48:31-34.
Rinne UK.  Lisuride, a dopamine agonist in the treatment of early Parkinson's disease . Neurology . 1989;;39:336-339.
Freed CR, Breeze RE, Rosenberg ML, et al.  Transplantation of human fetal dopamine cells for Parkinson's disease . Arch Neurol. 1990;;47:505-512.
Selkoe DJ.  Deciphering Alzheimer's disease: the amyloid precursor protein yields new clue[ill] Science . 1990;;248:1058-1060.
Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.  Assessment: the clinical usefulness of botulinum toxin-A in treating neurologic disorders . Neurology . 1990;;40:1332-1336.
Pomeroy SL, Holmes SJ, Dodge PR, Feigin RD.  Seizures and other neurologic sequelae of bacterial meningitis in children . N Engl J Med. 1990;;323:1651-1657.
House A, Dennis M, Mogridge L, Hawton K, Warlow C.  Life events and difficulties preceding stroke . J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1990;:53:1024-1028.
Tinetti ME, Liu WL, Marottoli RA, Ginter SF.  Mechanical restraint use among residents of skilled nursing facilities . JAMA . 1991;;265:468-471.
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