Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery is devoted to publishing papers and reports on the clinical aspects of neurology and neurosurgery. It is an international forum for papers of high scientific standard that are of interest to Neurologists and Neurosurgeons world-wide. The journal complements the renowned Handbook of Clinical Neurology and used to be edited by late Professor George W. Bruyn, one of the series editors of the Handbook. Professor Peter Paul de Deyn has agreed to become the new Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery per 1 April 2003.