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We welcome the following distinguished neurologists to the Neurology Editorial Board effective January 1, 2006: Gregory Cascino, MD, Rochester, MN; Murray Grossman, MD, Philadelphia, PA; Michael Hill, MD, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Steven R. Levine, MD, New York, NY; Hanns Lochmuller, MD, Munich, Germany; Ruth Nass, MD, New York, NY; and Samuel Wiebe, MD, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We thank our retiring Editorial Board members who have devoted enormous time and energy to Neurology and have helped to make the Journal the premier source of information in clinical neuroscience. Retiring Editorial Board members include Harry Chugani, MD; Thomas Feasby, MD; J. Timothy Greenamyre, MD, PhD; S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, PhD; Marc Patterson, MD; and William Powers, MD. The number of manuscripts we receive continues to increase every year. Neurology received 2,520 papers from January to August 2005. In 2004, we received 2,373 in that same time period. We are on a pace of receiving over 4,100 manuscripts this year. International submissions continue to constitute 65–70% of submissions. Web access of www.neurology.org has also increased; compared to September 2004, access to abstracts has risen 42%, access to full-text …