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Contents: Volume 131, Number 2, February 2008   [Index by Author] 

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Editorial Back

Alastair Compston
Editorial
Brain 2008 131: 309-310; doi:10.1093/brain/awn001 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

From The Archives Back

Alastair Compston
Progressive dystrophy of the external ocular muscles (ocular myopathy). By L. G. Kiloh and S. Nevin (From the Neurological Department, King's College Hospital.) Brain 1951: 74; 115–143.
Brain 2008 131: 311-313; doi:10.1093/brain/awn002 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific Commentary Back

Massimo Zeviani
OPA1 mutations and mitochondrial DNA damage: keeping the magic circle in shape
Brain 2008 131: 314-317; doi:10.1093/brain/awm339 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Article Back

Claire L. Gibson, Laura J. Gray, Philip M. W. Bath, and Sean P. Murphy
Progesterone for the treatment of experimental brain injury; a systematic review
Brain Advance Access published on August 21, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 318-328; doi:10.1093/brain/awm183 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles Back

Gavin Hudson, Patrizia Amati-Bonneau, Emma L. Blakely, Joanna D. Stewart, Langping He, Andrew M. Schaefer, Philip G. Griffiths, Kati Ahlqvist, Anu Suomalainen, Pascal Reynier, Robert McFarland, Douglass M. Turnbull, Patrick F. Chinnery, and Robert W. Taylor
Mutation of OPA1 causes dominant optic atrophy with external ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, deafness and multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions: a novel disorder of mtDNA maintenance
Brain Advance Access published on December 7, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 329-337; doi:10.1093/brain/awm272 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Patrizia Amati-Bonneau, Maria Lucia Valentino, Pascal Reynier, Maria Esther Gallardo, Belén Bornstein, Anne Boissière, Yolanda Campos, Henry Rivera, Jesús González de la Aleja, Rosanna Carroccia, Luisa Iommarini, Pierre Labauge, Dominique Figarella-Branger, Pascale Marcorelles, Alain Furby, Katell Beauvais, Franck Letournel, Rocco Liguori, Chiara La Morgia, Pasquale Montagna, Maria Liguori, Claudia Zanna, Michela Rugolo, Andrea Cossarizza, Bernd Wissinger, Christophe Verny, Robert Schwarzenbacher, Miguel Ángel Martín, Joaqu{iota}n Arenas, Carmen Ayuso, Rafael Garesse, Guy Lenaers, Dominique Bonneau, and Valerio Carelli
OPA1 mutations induce mitochondrial DNA instability and optic atrophy ‘plus’ phenotypes
Brain Advance Access published on December 24, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 338-351; doi:10.1093/brain/awm298 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Claudia Zanna, Anna Ghelli, Anna Maria Porcelli, Mariusz Karbowski, Richard J. Youle, Simone Schimpf, Bernd Wissinger, Marcello Pinti, Andrea Cossarizza, Sara Vidoni, Maria Lucia Valentino, Michela Rugolo, and Valerio Carelli
OPA1 mutations associated with dominant optic atrophy impair oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial fusion
Brain 2008 131: 352-367; doi:10.1093/brain/awm335 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Vanessa J. Davies, Kate A. Powell, Kathryn E. White, Wanfen Yip, Vanessa Hogan, Andrew J. Hollins, Jennifer R. Davies, Malgorzata Piechota, David G. Brownstein, Stuart J. Moat, Philip P. Nichols, Michael A. Wride, Michael E. Boulton, and Marcela Votruba
A missense mutation in the murine Opa3 gene models human Costeff syndrome
Brain 2008 131: 368-380; doi:10.1093/brain/awm333 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander N. Anderson, Federico Roncaroli, Angela Hodges, Manuel Deprez, and Federico E. Turkheimer
Chromosomal profiles of gene expression in Huntington's disease
Brain Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 381-388; doi:10.1093/brain/awm312 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mikhail Bogdanov, Wayne R. Matson, Lei Wang, Theodore Matson, Rachel Saunders-Pullman, Susan S. Bressman, and M. Flint Beal
Metabolomic profiling to develop blood biomarkers for Parkinson's disease
Brain 2008 131: 389-396; doi:10.1093/brain/awm304 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Caroline H. Williams-Gray, Adam Hampshire, Roger A. Barker, and Adrian M. Owen
Attentional control in Parkinson's disease is dependent on COMT val158met genotype
Brain Advance Access published on January 4, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 397-408; doi:10.1093/brain/awm313 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Bentley, Jon Driver, and Ray J. Dolan
Cholinesterase inhibition modulates visual and attentional brain responses in Alzheimer's disease and health
Brain Advance Access published on December 12, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 409-424; doi:10.1093/brain/awm299 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Craig D. Takahashi, Lucy Der-Yeghiaian, Vu Le, Rehan R. Motiwala, and Steven C. Cramer
Robot-based hand motor therapy after stroke
Brain Advance Access published on December 20, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 425-437; doi:10.1093/brain/awm311 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. H. Lyoo, Y. Jeong, Y. H. Ryu, S. Y. Lee, T. J. Song, J. H. Lee, J. O. Rinne, and M. S. Lee
Effects of disease duration on the clinical features and brain glucose metabolism in patients with mixed type multiple system atrophy
Brain Advance Access published on January 4, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 438-446; doi:10.1093/brain/awm328 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kristina Simonyan, Fernanda Tovar-Moll, John Ostuni, Mark Hallett, Victor F. Kalasinsky, Michael R. Lewin-Smith, Elisabeth J. Rushing, Alexander O. Vortmeyer, and Christy L. Ludlow
Focal white matter changes in spasmodic dysphonia: a combined diffusion tensor imaging and neuropathological study
Brain Advance Access published on December 14, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 447-459; doi:10.1093/brain/awm303 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Zeshan Ahmed, Keith A. Josephs, John Gonzalez, Anthony DelleDonne, and Dennis W. Dickson
Clinical and neuropathologic features of progressive supranuclear palsy with severe pallido-nigro-luysial degeneration and axonal dystrophy
Brain Advance Access published on December 24, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 460-472; doi:10.1093/brain/awm301 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Sharott, Pascal Grosse, Andrea A. Kühn, Farid Salih, Andreas K. Engel, Andreas Kupsch, Gerd-Helge Schneider, Joachim K. Krauss, and Peter Brown
Is the synchronization between pallidal and muscle activity in primary dystonia due to peripheral afferance or a motor drive?
Brain Advance Access published on January 4, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 473-484; doi:10.1093/brain/awm324 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dániel Fabó, Zsófia Maglóczky, Lucia Wittner, Ágnes Pék, Loránd Eross, Sándor Czirják, János Vajda, András Sólyom, György Rásonyi, Anna Szucs, Anna Kelemen, Vera Juhos, László Grand, Balázs Dombovári, Péter Halász, Tamás F. Freund, Eric Halgren, György Karmos, and István Ulbert
Properties of in vivo interictal spike generation in the human subiculum
Brain Advance Access published on December 14, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 485-499; doi:10.1093/brain/awm297 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roy J. E. M. Raymann, Dick F. Swaab, and Eus J. W. Van Someren
Skin deep: enhanced sleep depth by cutaneous temperature manipulation
Brain Advance Access published on January 11, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 500-513; doi:10.1093/brain/awm315 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Sophie Schwartz, Aurélie Ponz, Rositsa Poryazova, Esther Werth, Peter Boesiger, Ramin Khatami, and Claudio L. Bassetti
Abnormal activity in hypothalamus and amygdala during humour processing in human narcolepsy with cataplexy
Brain Advance Access published on December 19, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 514-522; doi:10.1093/brain/awm292 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

S. Lambrey, M.-A. Amorim, S. Samson, M. Noulhiane, D. Hasboun, S. Dupont, M. Baulac, and A. Berthoz
Distinct visual perspective-taking strategies involve the left and right medial temporal lobe structures differently
Brain Advance Access published on January 4, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 523-534; doi:10.1093/brain/awm317 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kristina Malmgren, Ingrid Olsson, Elisabeth Engman, Roland Flink, and Bertil Rydenhag
Seizure outcome after resective epilepsy surgery in patients with low IQ
Brain Advance Access published on December 5, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 535-542; doi:10.1093/brain/awm296 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vanessa Raymont, Amanda Greathouse, Katherine Reding, Robert Lipsky, Andres Salazar, and Jordan Grafman
Demographic, structural and genetic predictors of late cognitive decline after penetrating head injury
Brain Advance Access published on December 19, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 543-558; doi:10.1093/brain/awm300 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annette Sidaros, Aase W. Engberg, Karam Sidaros, Matthew G. Liptrot, Margrethe Herning, Palle Petersen, Olaf B. Paulson, Terry L. Jernigan, and Egill Rostrup
Diffusion tensor imaging during recovery from severe traumatic brain injury and relation to clinical outcome: a longitudinal study
Brain Advance Access published on December 14, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 559-572; doi:10.1093/brain/awm294 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laura Bassi, Daniela Ricci, Anna Volzone, Joanna M. Allsop, Latha Srinivasan, Aakash Pai, Carmen Ribes, Luca A. Ramenghi, Eugenio Mercuri, Fabio Mosca, A. David Edwards, Frances M. Cowan, Mary A. Rutherford, and Serena J. Counsell
Probabilistic diffusion tractography of the optic radiations and visual function in preterm infants at term equivalent age
Brain 2008 131: 573-582; doi:10.1093/brain/awm327 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Occasional Paper Back

Alla A. Vein and Marion L. C. Maat-Schieman
Famous Russian brains: historical attempts to understand intelligence
Brain Advance Access published on January 8, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 583-590; doi:10.1093/brain/awm326 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review Back

Lord Owen
Swaying the swingers: how neuroscience influences voting behaviour
Brain 2008 131: 591-595; doi:10.1093/brain/awm330 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor Back

Richard A. Nash, Olaf Stuve, James D. Bowen, Elliot M. Frohman, Linda M. Griffith, George J. Hutton, George H. Kraft, Uday Popat, Michael K. Racke, and Paolo A. Muraro
Autologous HSCT for advanced MS: Is the glass half-empty or really half-full?
Brain Advance Access published on September 30, 2007
Brain 2008 131: e89; doi:10.1093/brain/awm180 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Imke Metz, Claudia F. Lucchinetti, Harry Openshaw, Antonio Garcia-Merino, Hans Lassmann, Marc S. Freedman, Biagio Azzarelli, Oldrich J. Kolar, Harold L. Atkins, and Wolfgang Brück
Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: the glass seems to be half full for aggressive, early forms of MS and half empty for advanced MS
Brain Advance Access published on October 3, 2007
Brain 2008 131: e90; doi:10.1093/brain/awm181 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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