Physician Editor
Matthew Fink, MD
Vice Chairman, Professor of Clinical Neurology
Weill Medical College
Chief of Division of Stroke and Critical Care Neurology
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital

Executive Editor
Leslie Coplin

Managing Editor
Neill Kimball

Peer Reviewer
M. Flint Beal, MD
Professor and Chairman,
Department of Neurology and Neuroscience

Assistant Editors
Alan Z. Segal, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Specialty area, Stroke and Critical Care

Michael Rubin, MD, FRCP(C)
Professor of Clinical Neurology;
Specialty area, Neuromuscular Disorders

Claire Henchcliffe, MD, DPhil
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Specialty area, Movement Disorders

Dara G. Jamieson, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Specialty area, Headache

Authors
Michael Lin, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosciences
Weill Cornell Medical College

Joseph E. Safdieh, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Weill Cornell Medical College

• Is Insulin a Potential Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease?
• REM Behavior Disorder as a Predictor of Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Differentiating Necrotizing Myositis from Polymyositis
• When is Brain Biopsy Indicated?
• Rasagiline for Motor Fluctuations in the Elderly with Parkinson's Disease
• Stroke Alert: A Review of Current Clinical Stroke Literature

• Present current scientific data regarding diagnosis and treatment of neurologic disease, including stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, transient ischemic attack, and coma
• Discuss the pathogenesis and treatment of pain
• Present basic science lessons in brain function
• Discuss information regarding new drugs for commonly diagnosed diseases and new uses for traditional drugs
• Discuss nonclinical issues of importance to neurologists, such as the right to die and the physician’s legal obligation to patients with terminal illness

Neurology Alert's editor in chief, Matthew Fink, MD, is a retained consultant for MAQUET. Assistant editors Alan Z. Segal, MD, Michael Rubin, MD, FRCP(C), authors Michael Lin, MD, PhD, Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, peer reviewer M. Flint Beal, MD; executive editor Leslie Coplin; and managing editor Neill Kimball report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study. Assistant editor Claire Henchcliffe, MD, DPhil reports she is on the speakers bureau and advisory board for Allergan and Teva; speakers bureau for Boehringer-Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, and Novartis; advisory board for Merz; and is a consultant for Gerson Lehman Group and Guidepoint Global. Assistant editor Dara G. Jamieson, MD reports she is a retained consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim, Merck, and Ortho-McNeil, and is on the speakers bureau for Boehringer Ingelheim.

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