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Editorial Back

Alastair Compston
Editorial
Brain 2008 131: 3109-3110; doi:10.1093/brain/awn319 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

From The Archives Back

Alastair Compston
A clinical lecture on shaking palsy. By Thomas Buzzard, MD, FRCP. (Physician to the National Hospital for the Paralyzed and Epileptic). Brain 1882; 4: 473–492 and On-off fluctuations in Parkinson's disease. A clinical and neuropharmacological study. By RJ Hardie, AJ Lees and GM Stern. (From the Department of Neurology, University College Hospital, London WC1). Brain 1984; 107: 487–506.
Brain 2008 131: 3111-3114; doi:10.1093/brain/awn315 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific Commentary Back

Joe Herbert
Who do we think we are? The brain and gender identity
Brain Advance Access published on October 24, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3115-3117; doi:10.1093/brain/awn257 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Article Back

Stephen Sawcer
The complex genetics of multiple sclerosis: pitfalls and prospects
Brain Advance Access published on May 18, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3118-3131; doi:10.1093/brain/awn081 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Original Articles Back

Alicia Garcia-Falgueras and Dick F. Swaab
A sex difference in the hypothalamic uncinate nucleus: relationship to gender identity
Brain Advance Access published on November 2, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3132-3146; doi:10.1093/brain/awn276 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giacomo Koch, Massimiliano Oliveri, Binith Cheeran, Diane Ruge, Emanuele Lo Gerfo, Silvia Salerno, Sara Torriero, Barbara Marconi, Francesco Mori, Jon Driver, John C. Rothwell, and Carlo Caltagirone
Hyperexcitability of parietal-motor functional connections in the intact left-hemisphere of patients with neglect
Brain Advance Access published on October 22, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3147-3155; doi:10.1093/brain/awn273 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Susanne Schuett, Charles A. Heywood, Robert W. Kentridge, and Josef Zihl
Rehabilitation of hemianopic dyslexia: are words necessary for re-learning oculomotor control?
Brain Advance Access published on November 3, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3156-3168; doi:10.1093/brain/awn285 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iris E. C. Sommer, Kelly M. J. Diederen, Jan-Dirk Blom, Anne Willems, Leila Kushan, Karin Slotema, Marco P. M. Boks, Kirstin Daalman, Hans W. Hoek, Sebastiaan F. W. Neggers, and René S. Kahn
Auditory verbal hallucinations predominantly activate the right inferior frontal area
Brain Advance Access published on October 13, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3169-3177; doi:10.1093/brain/awn251 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steven A. Chance, Manuel F. Casanova, Andy E. Switala, and Timothy J. Crow
Auditory cortex asymmetry, altered minicolumn spacing and absence of ageing effects in schizophrenia
Brain Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3178-3192; doi:10.1093/brain/awn211 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew J. O. Whitehouse and Dorothy V. M. Bishop
Cerebral dominance for language function in adults with specific language impairment or autism
Brain Advance Access published on October 25, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3193-3200; doi:10.1093/brain/awn266 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Serena J. Counsell, A. David Edwards, Andrew T. M. Chew, Mustafa Anjari, Leigh E. Dyet, Latha Srinivasan, James P. Boardman, Joanna M. Allsop, Joseph V. Hajnal, Mary A. Rutherford, and Frances M. Cowan
Specific relations between neurodevelopmental abilities and white matter microstructure in children born preterm
Brain Advance Access published on October 24, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3201-3208; doi:10.1093/brain/awn268 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sumit N. Niogi, Pratik Mukherjee, Jamshid Ghajar, Carl E. Johnson, Rachel Kolster, Hana Lee, Minah Suh, Robert D. Zimmerman, Geoffrey T. Manley, and Bruce D. McCandliss
Structural dissociation of attentional control and memory in adults with and without mild traumatic brain injury
Brain Advance Access published on October 24, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3209-3221; doi:10.1093/brain/awn247 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Luerding, T. Weigand, U. Bogdahn, and T. Schmidt-Wilcke
Working memory performance is correlated with local brain morphology in the medial frontal and anterior cingulate cortex in fibromyalgia patients: structural correlates of pain–cognition interaction
Brain Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3222-3231; doi:10.1093/brain/awn229 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

L. Buchgreitz, L.L. Egsgaard, R. Jensen, L. Arendt-Nielsen, and L. Bendtsen
Abnormal pain processing in chronic tension-type headache: a high-density EEG brain mapping study
Brain Advance Access published on August 30, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3232-3238; doi:10.1093/brain/awn199 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lisa M. Bateman, Chin-Shang Li, and Masud Seyal
Ictal hypoxemia in localization-related epilepsy: analysis of incidence, severity and risk factors
Brain Advance Access published on October 24, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3239-3245; doi:10.1093/brain/awn277 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pierre Besson, Frederick Andermann, Francois Dubeau, and Andrea Bernasconi
Small focal cortical dysplasia lesions are located at the bottom of a deep sulcus
Brain Advance Access published on September 23, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3246-3255; doi:10.1093/brain/awn224 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Silvia Balosso, Mattia Maroso, Manuel Sanchez-Alavez, Teresa Ravizza, Angelisa Frasca, Tamas Bartfai, and Annamaria Vezzani
A novel non-transcriptional pathway mediates the proconvulsive effects of interleukin-1β
Brain Advance Access published on October 24, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3256-3265; doi:10.1093/brain/awn271 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giovanni B. Frisoni, Rossana Ganzola, Elisa Canu, Udo Rüb, Francesca B. Pizzini, Franco Alessandrini, Giada Zoccatelli, Alberto Beltramello, Carlo Caltagirone, and Paul M. Thompson
Mapping local hippocampal changes in Alzheimer's disease and normal ageing with MRI at 3 Tesla
Brain Advance Access published on November 6, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3266-3276; doi:10.1093/brain/awn280 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. W. de Jong, K. van der Hiele, I. M. Veer, J. J. Houwing, R. G. J. Westendorp, E. L. E. M. Bollen, P. W. de Bruin, H. A. M. Middelkoop, M. A. van Buchem, and J. van der Grond
Strongly reduced volumes of putamen and thalamus in Alzheimer's disease: an MRI study
Brain Advance Access published on November 20, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3277-3285; doi:10.1093/brain/awn278 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

A. A. Gouw, A. Seewann, H. Vrenken, W. M. van der Flier, J. M. Rozemuller, F. Barkhof, P. Scheltens, and J. J. G. Geurts
Heterogeneity of white matter hyperintensities in Alzheimer's disease: post-mortem quantitative MRI and neuropathology
Brain Advance Access published on October 16, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3286-3298; doi:10.1093/brain/awn265 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Boche, E. Zotova, R. O. Weller, S. Love, J. W. Neal, R. M. Pickering, D. Wilkinson, C. Holmes, and J. A. R. Nicoll
Consequence of Aβ immunization on the vasculature of human Alzheimer's disease brain
Brain Advance Access published on October 25, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3299-3310; doi:10.1093/brain/awn261 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George J. Francis, Jose A. Martinez, Wei Q. Liu, Kevin Xu, Amit Ayer, Jared Fine, Ursula I. Tuor, Gordon Glazner, Leah R. Hanson, William H. Frey, II, and Cory Toth
Intranasal insulin prevents cognitive decline, cerebral atrophy and white matter changes in murine type I diabetic encephalopathy
Brain Advance Access published on November 16, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3311-3334; doi:10.1093/brain/awn288 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Claudia Pitzer, Carola Krüger, Christian Plaas, Friederike Kirsch, Tanjew Dittgen, Ralph Müller, Rico Laage, Stefan Kastner, Stefanie Suess, Robert Spoelgen, Alexandre Henriques, Hannelore Ehrenreich, Wolf-Rüdiger Schäbitz, Alfred Bach, and Armin Schneider
Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor improves outcome in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Brain Advance Access published on October 3, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3335-3347; doi:10.1093/brain/awn243 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Jay L. Alberts, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage, Katie Hallahan, Megan Vitek, Rashi Bamzai, and Jerrold L. Vitek
Bilateral subthalamic stimulation impairs cognitive–motor performance in Parkinson's disease patients
Brain Advance Access published on October 7, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3348-3360; doi:10.1093/brain/awn238 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

A. Vinuela, P. J. Hallett, C. Reske-Nielsen, M. Patterson, T. D. Sotnikova, M. G. Caron, R. R. Gainetdinov, and O. Isacson
Implanted reuptake-deficient or wild-type dopaminergic neurons improve ON L-dopa dyskinesias without OFF-dyskinesias in a rat model of Parkinson's disease
Brain Advance Access published on November 6, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3361-3379; doi:10.1093/brain/awn192 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Ana Muñoz, Qin Li, Fabrizio Gardoni, Elena Marcello, Chuan Qin, Thomas Carlsson, Deniz Kirik, Monica Di Luca, Anders Björklund, Erwan Bezard, and Manolo Carta
Combined 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B receptor agonists for the treatment of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia
Brain Advance Access published on October 24, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3380-3394; doi:10.1093/brain/awn235 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Moran, H. Bergman, Z. Israel, and I. Bar-Gad
Subthalamic nucleus functional organization revealed by parkinsonian neuronal oscillations and synchrony
Brain Advance Access published on November 4, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3395-3409; doi:10.1093/brain/awn270 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

P. Crenna, I. Carpinella, L. Lopiano, A. Marzegan, M. Rabuffetti, M. Rizzone, M. Lanotte, and M. Ferrarin
Influence of basal ganglia on upper limb locomotor synergies. Evidence from deep brain stimulation and L-DOPA treatment in Parkinson's disease
Brain Advance Access published on October 24, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3410-3420; doi:10.1093/brain/awn272 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. Dietz and J. Michel
Locomotion in Parkinson's disease: neuronal coupling of upper and lower limbs
Brain Advance Access published on October 17, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3421-3431; doi:10.1093/brain/awn263 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aikaterini Fotopoulou, Manos Tsakiris, Patrick Haggard, Angelique Vagopoulou, Anthony Rudd, and Michael Kopelman
The role of motor intention in motor awareness: an experimental study on anosognosia for hemiplegia
Brain Advance Access published on September 23, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3432-3442; doi:10.1093/brain/awn225 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Henrik Ehrsson, Birgitta Rosén, Anita Stockselius, Christina Ragnö, Peter Köhler, and Göran Lundborg
Upper limb amputees can be induced to experience a rubber hand as their own
Brain Advance Access published on December 11, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3443-3452; doi:10.1093/brain/awn297 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Book Review Back

Michael Swash
Henry Head and the development of clinical neuroscience
Brain Advance Access published on October 17, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 3453-3456; doi:10.1093/brain/awn258 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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