JAMA Neurology

Mission Statement: The mission of JAMA Neurology is to publish scientific information primarily important for those physicians caring for people with neurologic disorders but also for those interested in the structure and function of the normal and diseased nervous system. These specific aims are (1) to make timely publication of original research of the nervous system, (2) to record observations of single patients or groups of patients that will provide new information and insights, (3) to report more basic research that is pertinent to the understanding of disease, (4) to introduce topics of practice, ethics, teaching, and history that are useful, (5) to provide a forum for discussion on topics that may be controversial in this field. This information will be published only after extensive peer review so that originality, clarity, and precision are ensured.

• Editor Roger N. Rosenberg, MD

• Hassan M. Fathallah-Shaykh, MD, PhD, Birmingham, Alabama

• Benjamin M. Greenberg, MD, Dallas, Texas

• Lawrence S. Honig, MD, PhD, New York, New York

• Matthew Menken, MD, Princeton, New Jersey

• David E. Pleasure, MD, Sacramento, California

• Ira Shoulson, MD, Washington, DC

• Olaf Stüve, MD, PhD, Dallas, Texas

• Steven Vernino, MD, PhD, Dallas, Texas

• Yeong-Hee Shin, Dallas, Texas

• Department of Neurology

• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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• David E. Pleasure, MD, Sacramento, California

• Hassan M. Fathallah-Shaykh, MD, PhD, Birmingham, Alabama

• Ira Shoulson, MD, Washington, DC

• Olaf Stüve, MD, PhD, Dallas, Texas

• Lawrence S. Honig, MD, PhD, New York, New York

• Matthew Menken, MD,Princeton, New Jersey

• Steven Vernino, MD, PhD, Dallas, Texas

• Benjamin M. Greenberg, MD, Dallas, Texas

• Carl W. Bazil, MD, PhD, New York, New York

• Louis R. Caplan, MD, Boston, Massachusetts

• Helena C. Chui, MD, Los Angeles, California

• Merit E. Cudkowicz MD, MSc, Boston, Massachusetts

• Steven T. DeKosky, MD, Charlottesville, Virginia

• Eva L. Feldman, MD, PhD, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• John H. Growdon, MD, Boston, Massachusetts

• Vladimir Hachinski, MD, DSc, London, Ontario

• Randolph S. Marshall, MD, MS, New York, New York

• Stanley B. Prusiner, MD,San Francisco, California

• Michael K. Racke, MD, Columbus, Ohio

• Mya C. Schiess, MD, Houston, Texas

• Thomas R. Swift, MD, Augusta, Georgia

• Kenneth L. Tyler, MD, Denver, Colorado

• Paul C. Van Ness, MD, Dallas, Texas

• Johan A. Aarli, MD, Bergen, Norway

• Oded Abramsky, MD, PhD, Jerusalem, Israel

• Samir F. Atweh, MD, Beirut, Lebanon

• Paula Coutinho, MD, PhD, Porto, Portugal

• Alexandra Dürr, MD, Paris, France

• Bruno Estanol, MD, Mexico City, Mexico

• Cesare Fieschi, MDN, Rome, Italy

• Wang Guo-Xiang, MD, Beijing, China

• Bernhard Hemmer, MD, Munich, Germany

• Sang-Bok Lee, MD, PhD, Seoul, Korea

• Olle Lindvall, MD, PhD, Lund, Sweden

• Colin Masters, MD, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Sergio Novis, MD, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Michael Piradov, MD, Moscow, Russia

• Niphon Poungvarin, MD, FRCP, Bangkok, Thailand

• Anthony H. V. Schapira, DSc, MD, FRCP, London, England

• Bhim S. Singhal, MD, Bombay, India

• Eduardo Tolosa, MD, Barcelona, Spain

• Shoji Tsuji, MD, PhD, Tokyo, Japan

• Harold G. Wolff, MD, 1959-1963

• H. Houston Merritt, MD, 1963-1972

• Fred Plum, MD, 1972-1976

• Maurice Van Allen, MD, 1976-1981

• Robert J. Joynt, MD, PhD, 1982-1997

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• Editor in Chief, The JAMA Network Howard Bauchner, MD

• Executive Editor Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA

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