In each issue of Practical Neurology we aim to provide a mixture of topics to pique the interest of the weary neurologist in the hope that they will tear the journal out of its plastic wrapper and open it. And not just open it, but read it too. And find it useful. And even recall something an article said when seeing a patient in clinic. And maybe check the article again….

But neurologists are heterogeneous, with different skills and interests. Some focus on higher function, others on the peripheral nerves and some even peep beneath the ectoderm to focus upon mesodermal muscle. Practical Neurology covers the spectrum of neurology, supporting the general neurology of the specialist and the specialist knowledge of the generalist.

To address this …