Skip Navigation

Receive this page by email each issue: [Sign up for eTOCs]

Cover Image
[Cover Caption] 
Other Issues:
Previous Next
Contents: Volume 131, Number 11, November 2008   [Index by Author] 

Down Editorial
Down From The Archives
Down Scientific Commentary
Down Review Article
Down Original Articles
Down Book Review


[Search ALL Issues]


Front Matter (PDF) | Back Matter (PDF) | Table of Contents (PDF)

To see an article, click its [Full Text] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.

Editorial Back

Alastair Compston
Editorial
Brain 2008 131: 2803-2804; doi:10.1093/brain/awn284 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

From The Archives Back

Alastair Compston
A mitochondrial myopathy characterised by a deficiency in reducible cytochrome b. By JA Morgan-Hughes, P Darveniza, SN Kahn, DN Langdon, RM Sherratt, JM Land and JB Clark (From the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1 and the Biochemistry Department, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London EC1) Brain 1977; 100: 617–640.
Brain 2008 131: 2805-2808; doi:10.1093/brain/awn286 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific Commentary Back

Massimo Zeviani
Train, train, train! No pain, just gain
Brain Advance Access published on October 29, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2809-2811; doi:10.1093/brain/awn264 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Article Back

Barry S. Oken
Placebo effects: clinical aspects and neurobiology
Brain Advance Access published on June 21, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2812-2823; doi:10.1093/brain/awn116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles Back

Marie Louise Sveen, Tina D. Jeppesen, Simon Hauerslev, Lars Køber, Thomas O. Krag, and John Vissing
Endurance training improves fitness and strength in patients with Becker muscular dystrophy
Brain Advance Access published on September 6, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2824-2831; doi:10.1093/brain/awn189 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julie L. Murphy, Emma L. Blakely, Andrew M. Schaefer, Langping He, Phil Wyrick, Ronald G. Haller, Robert W. Taylor, Douglass M. Turnbull, and Tanja Taivassalo
Resistance training in patients with single, large-scale deletions of mitochondrial DNA
Brain 2008 131: 2832-2840; doi:10.1093/brain/awn252 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexandra Götz, Pirjo Isohanni, Helena Pihko, Anders Paetau, Riitta Herva, Outi Saarenpää-Heikkilä, Leena Valanne, Sanna Marjavaara, and Anu Suomalainen
Thymidine kinase 2 defects can cause multi-tissue mtDNA depletion syndrome
Brain Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2841-2850; doi:10.1093/brain/awn236 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Valerio Leoni, Caterina Mariotti, Sarah J. Tabrizi, Marta Valenza, Edward J. Wild, Susie M. D. Henley, Nicola Z. Hobbs, Maria Luisa Mandelli, Marina Grisoli, Ingemar Björkhem, Elena Cattaneo, and Stefano Di Donato
Plasma 24S-hydroxycholesterol and caudate MRI in pre-manifest and early Huntington's disease
Brain Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2851-2859; doi:10.1093/brain/awn212 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Marios Politis, Nicola Pavese, Yen F. Tai, Sarah J. Tabrizi, Roger A. Barker, and Paola Piccini
Hypothalamic involvement in Huntington's disease: an in vivo PET study
Brain Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2860-2869; doi:10.1093/brain/awn244 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. De Diego-Balaguer, M. Couette, G. Dolbeau, A. Dürr, K. Youssov, and A.-C. Bachoud-Lévi
Striatal degeneration impairs language learning: evidence from Huntington's disease
Brain Advance Access published on October 7, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2870-2881; doi:10.1093/brain/awn242 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sigurros Davidsdottir, Robert Wagenaar, Daniel Young, and Alice Cronin-Golomb
Impact of optic flow perception and egocentric coordinates on veering in Parkinson's disease
Brain Advance Access published on October 28, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2882-2893; doi:10.1093/brain/awn237 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer C. Gidley Larson, Amy J. Bastian, Opher Donchin, Reza Shadmehr, and Stewart H. Mostofsky
Acquisition of internal models of motor tasks in children with autism
Brain Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2894-2903; doi:10.1093/brain/awn226 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Niklas Lenfeldt, Anne Larsson, Lars Nyberg, Micael Andersson, Richard Birgander, Anders Eklund, and Jan Malm
Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: increased supplementary motor activity accounts for improvement after CSF drainage
Brain Advance Access published on October 18, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2904-2912; doi:10.1093/brain/awn232 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W. Ilg, M. A. Giese, E. R. Gizewski, B. Schoch, and D. Timmann
The influence of focal cerebellar lesions on the control and adaptation of gait
Brain Advance Access published on October 3, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2913-2927; doi:10.1093/brain/awn246 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Andreas Zwergal, Jean Büttner-Ennever, Thomas Brandt, and Michael Strupp
An ipsilateral vestibulothalamic tract adjacent to the medial lemniscus in humans
Brain Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2928-2935; doi:10.1093/brain/awn201 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maartje M. L. de Win, Gerry Jager, Jan Booij, Liesbeth Reneman, Thelma Schilt, Cristina Lavini, Sílvia D. Olabarriaga, Gerard J. den Heeten, and Wim van den Brink
Sustained effects of ecstasy on the human brain: a prospective neuroimaging study in novel users
Brain Advance Access published on October 7, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2936-2945; doi:10.1093/brain/awn255 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

María-Salud García-Ayllón, Omar Cauli, María-Ximena Silveyra, Regina Rodrigo, Asunción Candela, Antonio Compañ, Rodrigo Jover, Miguel Pérez-Mateo, Salvador Martínez, Vicente Felipo, and Javier Sáez-Valero
Brain cholinergic impairment in liver failure
Brain Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2946-2956; doi:10.1093/brain/awn209 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

David S. Knopman, Joel H. Kramer, Bradley F. Boeve, Richard J. Caselli, Neill R. Graff-Radford, Mario F. Mendez, Bruce L. Miller, and Nathaniel Mercaldo
Development of methodology for conducting clinical trials in frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Brain Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2957-2968; doi:10.1093/brain/awn234 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefan Klöppel, Cynthia M. Stonnington, Josephine Barnes, Frederick Chen, Carlton Chu, Catriona D. Good, Irina Mader, L. Anne Mitchell, Ameet C. Patel, Catherine C. Roberts, Nick C. Fox, Clifford R. Jack, Jr, John Ashburner, and Richard S. J. Frackowiak
Accuracy of dementia diagnosis—a direct comparison between radiologists and a computerized method
Brain Advance Access published on October 3, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2969-2974; doi:10.1093/brain/awn239 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Angela O. Ballantyne, Amy M. Spilkin, John Hesselink, and Doris A. Trauner
Plasticity in the developing brain: intellectual, language and academic functions in children with ischaemic perinatal stroke
Brain Advance Access published on August 12, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2975-2985; doi:10.1093/brain/awn176 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miriam H. Beauchamp, Deanne K. Thompson, Kelly Howard, Lex W. Doyle, Gary F. Egan, Terrie E. Inder, and Peter J. Anderson
Preterm infant hippocampal volumes correlate with later working memory deficits
Brain Advance Access published on September 17, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2986-2994; doi:10.1093/brain/awn227 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Madeleine Fortin, Patrice Voss, Catherine Lord, Maryse Lassonde, Jens Pruessner, Dave Saint-Amour, Constant Rainville, and Franco Lepore
Wayfinding in the blind: larger hippocampal volume and supranormal spatial navigation
Brain Advance Access published on October 14, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2995-3005; doi:10.1093/brain/awn250 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yifat Glikmann-Johnston, Michael M. Saling, Jian Chen, Kimberlea A. Cooper, Richard J. Beare, and David C. Reutens
Structural and functional correlates of unilateral mesial temporal lobe spatial memory impairment
Brain Advance Access published on September 12, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3006-3018; doi:10.1093/brain/awn213 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ik-Hyun Cho, Jinpyo Hong, Eun Cheng Suh, Jae Hwan Kim, Hyunkyoung Lee, Jong Eun Lee, Soojin Lee, Chong-Hyun Kim, Dong Woon Kim, Eun-Kyeong Jo, Kyung Eun Lee, Michael Karin, and Sung Joong Lee
Role of microglial IKKβ in kainic acid-induced hippocampal neuronal cell death
Brain Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3019-3033; doi:10.1093/brain/awn230 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Jana Fassunke, Michael Majores, Achim Tresch, Pitt Niehusmann, Alexander Grote, Susanne Schoch, and Albert J. Becker
Array analysis of epilepsy-associated gangliogliomas reveals expression patterns related to aberrant development of neuronal precursors
Brain Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3034-3050; doi:10.1093/brain/awn233 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Teresa Sevilla, Teresa Jaijo, Dolores Nauffal, Diego Collado, María José Chumillas, Juan J. Vilchez, Nuria Muelas, Luis Bataller, Rosalía Domenech, Carmen Espinós, and Francesc Palau
Vocal cord paresis and diaphragmatic dysfunction are severe and frequent symptoms of GDAP1-associated neuropathy
Brain Advance Access published on September 23, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3051-3061; doi:10.1093/brain/awn228 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karl Ng, James Howells, John D. Pollard, and David Burke
Up-regulation of slow K+ channels in peripheral motor axons: a transcriptional channelopathy in multiple sclerosis
Brain Advance Access published on August 12, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3062-3071; doi:10.1093/brain/awn180 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Jarius, F. Aboul-Enein, P. Waters, B. Kuenz, A. Hauser, T. Berger, W. Lang, M. Reindl, A. Vincent, and W. Kristoferitsch
Antibody to aquaporin-4 in the long-term course of neuromyelitis optica
Brain Advance Access published on October 22, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3072-3080; doi:10.1093/brain/awn240 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Laura Piccio, Cecilia Buonsanti, Marina Cella, Ilaria Tassi, Robert E. Schmidt, Chiara Fenoglio, John Rinker, II, Robert T. Naismith, Paola Panina-Bordignon, Nadia Passini, Daniela Galimberti, Elio Scarpini, Marco Colonna, and Anne H. Cross
Identification of soluble TREM-2 in the cerebrospinal fluid and its association with multiple sclerosis and CNS inflammation
Brain Advance Access published on September 12, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3081-3091; doi:10.1093/brain/awn217 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Wheeler, Veera Venkata Ratnam Bandaru, Peter A. Calabresi, Avindra Nath, and Norman J. Haughey
A defect of sphingolipid metabolism modifies the properties of normal appearing white matter in multiple sclerosis
Brain Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3092-3102; doi:10.1093/brain/awn190 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Book Review Back

Raymond Tallis
A foxed mirror
Brain Advance Access published on October 5, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3103-3107; doi:10.1093/brain/awn205 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

To see an article, click its [Full Text] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.