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SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Subjectively Poor Sleep Correlates with Postpartum Depression

In a questionnaire study, this association held true even after adjustments for other known risk factors for depression.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Quality of Life with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

Psychiatric symptoms affect quality of life more than seizure frequency does.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Genetic Causes of Dopa-Responsive Dystonia

Parkinsonism is not the only clinical syndrome associated with abnormal dopamine levels.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Preventative Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms

A new cost-effectiveness analysis addresses some clinically important questions.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Psychological Health in Central Hypersomnias: The French Harmony Study

An ambitious and impressive study of central hypersomnias — including cataplectic narcolepsy, narcolepsy without cataplexy, and idiopathic hypersomnia — helps to clarify the associations of these entities with each other, with depressive symptomatology, and with treatment response.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

VECTORS Study: Are We Going in the Right Direction?

Contrary to expectation, high-intensity constraint-induced therapy produced worse outcomes than lower-intensity constraint-induced therapy or conventional therapy when used early after stroke.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Neurological Comorbidity and Epilepsy Treatment

A review highlights the dearth of class 1 evidence regarding optimal epilepsy treatment and drug–drug interactions in the setting of comorbid disease.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Link Found Between Sleep Loss and Colitis

In mice, sleep deprivation worsens colonic inflammation.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

FOUR Score Coma Scale in Medical Intensive CareFree

This relatively new coma assessment scale performed well in predicting outcome in medical intensive care, but it needs further validation.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Patent Foramen Ovale and Risk for Stroke Recurrence

A meta-analysis finds a low risk but does not provide a definitive answer on whether PFO closure can reduce the risk in selected patients.

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