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JNNP is published by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, typeset by The Charlesworth Group and printed in the UK on acid-free paper from sustainable forests by Cambrian Printers Limited, Aberystwyth, UK. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (ISSN No: 0017-5749) is published monthly by BMJ Publishing Group and distributed in the USA by Mercury International Ltd. as mailing agent. Periodicals postage paid at Rahway, NJ. POSTMASTER: send address changes to Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Mercury International Ltd, 365 Blair Road, Avenel, NJ, 07001, USA. Editorial commentaries 1301 Sporadic inclusion body myositis: evidence of a link between inflammation, cell stress and b-amyloid deposition F Mastaglia 1302 Drain associated meningitis and ventriculitis remains a pivotal problem in neurointensive care: to understand their causes we need better surveillance data E M Kasper 1303 Can mutations of prion protein shed light on its normal function? G R Mallucci Review 1304 Diagnosis and new treatments in genetic neuropathies M M Reilly, M E Shy Research papers 1315 Somatosensory temporal discrimination in patients with primary focal dystonia A Scontrini, A Conte, G Defazio, M Fiorio, G Fabbrini, A Suppa, M Tinazzi, A Berardelli 1320 Functional magnetic resonance imaging study on dysphagia after unilateral hemispheric stroke: a preliminary study S Li, C Luo, B Yu, B Yan, Q Gong, C He, L He, X Huang, D Yao, S Lui, H Tang, Q Chen, Y Zeng, D Zhou 1330 MR spectroscopy indicates diffuse multiple sclerosis activity during remission I I Kirov, V Patil, J S Babb, H Rusinek, J Herbert, O Gonen 1337 New acute and chronic black holes in patients with multiple sclerosis randomised to interferon beta-1b or glatiramer acetate D Cadavid, J Cheriyan, J Skurnick, J A Lincoln, L J Wolansky, S D Cook 1344 Proinflammatory cell stress in sporadic inclusion body myositis muscle: overexpression of aB-crystallin is associated with amyloid precursor protein and accumulation of b-amyloid I E Muth, K Barthel, M Ba¨hr, M C Dalakas, J Schmidt 1350 Assessment of spinal somatosensory systems with diffusion tensor imaging in syringomyelia S M Hatem, N Attal, D Ducreux, M Gautron, F Parker, L Plaghki, D Bouhassira 1357 Epidemiology and pathophysiology of falls in facioscapulohumeral disease C G C Horlings, M Munneke, A Bickerstaffe, L Laverman, J H J Allum, G W A M Padberg, B R Bloem, B G M van Engelen 1364 Validity of diagnostic criteria for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a multicentre European study Y A Rajabally, G Nicolas, F Pie ´ret, P Bouche, P Y K Van den Bergh 1369 The diagnostic value of provocative clinical tests in ulnar neuropathy at the elbow is marginal R Beekman, A H C M L Schreuder, C A M Rozeman, P J Koehler, B M J Uitdehaag 1375 A reappraisal of the value of lateral spread response monitoring in the treatment of hemifacial spasm by microvascular decompression D O Neves, J-P Lefaucheur, D Ciampi de Andrade, M Hattou, R Ahdab, S S Ayache, C Le Guerinel, Y Keravel 1381 Prospective surveillance of drain associated meningitis/ventriculitis in a neurosurgery and neurological intensive care unit S Scheithauer, U Bu¨rgel, Y-M Ryang, G Haase, J Schiefer, S Koch, H Ha¨fner, S Lemmen Short reports 1386 Inherited Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in a Dutch patient with a novel five octapeptide repeat insertion and unusual cerebellar morphology C Jansen, J C van Swieten, S Capellari, R Strammiello, P Parchi, A J M Rozemuller 1390 Impact of posterior communicating artery on basilar artery steno-occlusive disease J M Hong, J Y Choi, J H Lee, S W Yong, O Y Bang, I S Joo, K Huh This article has been chosen by the Editor to be of specialist interest or importance and is freely available online. 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