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Contents: Volume 131, Number 4, April 2008   [Index by Author] 

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Editorial Back

Alastair Compston
Editorial
Brain 2008 131: 895-896; doi:10.1093/brain/awn048 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

From The Archives Back

Alastair Compston
A particular variety of headache. By Sir Charles Symonds (From Guy's Hospital and the National Hospital, Queen Square, London). Brain 1956: 79; 217–232
Brain 2008 131: 897-899; doi:10.1093/brain/awn055 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific Commentary Back

Dick Lindhout
Somatic mosaicism as a basic epileptogenic mechanism?
Brain Advance Access published on March 13, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 900-901; doi:10.1093/brain/awn056 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Article Back

Stephany Fulda and Thomas C. Wetter
Where dopamine meets opioids: a meta-analysis of the placebo effect in restless legs syndrome treatment studies
Brain Advance Access published on October 11, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 902-917; doi:10.1093/brain/awm244 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles Back

Ingrid E. Scheffer, Samantha J. Turner, Leanne M. Dibbens, Marta A. Bayly, Kathryn Friend, Bree Hodgson, Linda Burrows, Marie Shaw, Chen Wei, Reinhard Ullmann, Hans-Hilger Ropers, Pierre Szepetowski, Eric Haan, Aziz Mazarib, Zaid Afawi, Miriam Y. Neufeld, P. Ian Andrews, Geoffrey Wallace, Sara Kivity, Dorit Lev, Tally Lerman-Sagie, Christopher P. Derry, Amos D. Korczyn, Jozef Gecz, John C. Mulley, and Samuel F. Berkovic
Epilepsy and mental retardation limited to females: an under-recognized disorder
Brain Advance Access published on January 29, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 918-927; doi:10.1093/brain/awm338 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Greg A. Worrell, Andrew B. Gardner, S. Matt Stead, Sanqing Hu, Steve Goerss, Gregory J. Cascino, Fredric B. Meyer, Richard Marsh, and Brian Litt
High-frequency oscillations in human temporal lobe: simultaneous microwire and clinical macroelectrode recordings
Brain Advance Access published on February 7, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 928-937; doi:10.1093/brain/awn006 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Matti Sillanpää and Dieter Schmidt
Seizure clustering during drug treatment affects seizure outcome and mortality of childhood-onset epilepsy
Brain Advance Access published on March 1, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 938-944; doi:10.1093/brain/awn037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yong Liu, Meng Liang, Yuan Zhou, Yong He, Yihui Hao, Ming Song, Chunshui Yu, Haihong Liu, Zhening Liu, and Tianzi Jiang
Disrupted small-world networks in schizophrenia
Brain Advance Access published on February 25, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 945-961; doi:10.1093/brain/awn018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Valérian Chambon, Nicolas Franck, Etienne Koechlin, Eric Fakra, Gabriela Ciuperca, Jean-Michel Azorin, and Chlöé Farrer
The architecture of cognitive control in schizophrenia
Brain Advance Access published on March 3, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 962-970; doi:10.1093/brain/awn032 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frida E. Polli, Jason J. S. Barton, Katharine N. Thakkar, Douglas N. Greve, Donald C. Goff, Scott L. Rauch, and Dara S. Manoach
Reduced error-related activation in two anterior cingulate circuits is related to impaired performance in schizophrenia
Brain Advance Access published on December 24, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 971-986; doi:10.1093/brain/awm307 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Imke A. J. van Kooten, Saskia J. M. C. Palmen, Patricia von Cappeln, Harry W. M. Steinbusch, Hubert Korr, Helmut Heinsen, Patrick R. Hof, Herman van Engeland, and Christoph Schmitz
Neurons in the fusiform gyrus are fewer and smaller in autism
Brain Advance Access published on March 10, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 987-999; doi:10.1093/brain/awn033 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Natalia M. Kleinhans, Todd Richards, Lindsey Sterling, Keith C. Stegbauer, Roderick Mahurin, L. Clark Johnson, Jessica Greenson, Geraldine Dawson, and Elizabeth Aylward
Abnormal functional connectivity in autism spectrum disorders during face processing
Brain Advance Access published on January 29, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1000-1012; doi:10.1093/brain/awm334 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Myriam W. G. Vandenbroucke, H. Steven Scholte, Herman van Engeland, Victor A. F. Lamme, and Chantal Kemner
A neural substrate for atypical low-level visual processing in autism spectrum disorder
Brain Advance Access published on January 11, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1013-1024; doi:10.1093/brain/awm321 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Angela Deutschländer, Katharina Hüfner, Roger Kalla, Thomas Stephan, Thomas Dera, Stefan Glasauer, Martin Wiesmann, Michael Strupp, and Thomas Brandt
Unilateral vestibular failure suppresses cortical visual motion processing
Brain Advance Access published on March 5, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1025-1034; doi:10.1093/brain/awn035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Michael C. Fahey, Phillip D. Cremer, Swee T. Aw, Lynette Millist, Michael J. Todd, Owen B. White, Michael Halmagyi, Louise A. Corben, Veronica Collins, Andrew J. Churchyard, Kim Tan, Lionel Kowal, and Martin B. Delatycki
Vestibular, saccadic and fixation abnormalities in genetically confirmed Friedreich ataxia
Brain Advance Access published on January 30, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1035-1045; doi:10.1093/brain/awm323 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marc Teichmann, Véronique Gaura, Jean-François Démonet, Frédéric Supiot, Marie Delliaux, Christophe Verny, Pierre Renou, Philippe Remy, and Anne-Catherine Bachoud-Lévi
Language processing within the striatum: evidence from a PET correlation study in Huntington's disease
Brain Advance Access published on March 11, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1046-1056; doi:10.1093/brain/awn036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Diana Rosas, David H. Salat, Stephanie Y. Lee, Alexandra K. Zaleta, Vasanth Pappu, Bruce Fischl, Doug Greve, Nathanael Hevelone, and Steven M. Hersch
Cerebral cortex and the clinical expression of Huntington's disease: complexity and heterogeneity
Brain Advance Access published on March 12, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1057-1068; doi:10.1093/brain/awn025 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Trompet, A. J. M. de Craen, P. Slagboom, J. Shepherd, G. J. Blauw, M. B. Murphy, E. L. E. M. Bollen, B. M. Buckley, I. Ford, A. Gaw, P. W. Macfarlane, C. J. Packard, D. J. Stott, J. W. Jukema, and R. G. J. Westendorp on behalf of the PROSPER Group
Genetic variation in the interleukin-1β-converting enzyme associates with cognitive function. The PROSPER study
Brain Advance Access published on February 26, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1069-1077; doi:10.1093/brain/awn023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian Beetz, Rebecca Schüle, Tine Deconinck, Khanh-Nhat Tran-Viet, Hui Zhu, Berry P.H. Kremer, Suzanna G.M. Frints, Wendy A.G. van Zelst-Stams, Paula Byrne, Susanne Otto, Anders O.H. Nygren, Jonathan Baets, Katrien Smets, Berten Ceulemans, Bernard Dan, Narasimhan Nagan, Jan Kassubek, Sven Klimpe, Thomas Klopstock, Henning Stolze, Hubert J.M. Smeets, Constance T.R.M. Schrander-Stumpel, Michael Hutchinson, Bart P. van de Warrenburg, Corey Braastad, Thomas Deufel, Margaret Pericak-Vance, Ludger Schöls, Peter de Jonghe, and Stephan Züchner
REEP1 mutation spectrum and genotype/phenotype correlation in hereditary spastic paraplegia type 31
Brain Advance Access published on March 5, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1078-1086; doi:10.1093/brain/awn026 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Samira Saadoun, B. Anthony Bell, A. S. Verkman, and Marios C. Papadopoulos
Greatly improved neurological outcome after spinal cord compression injury in AQP4-deficient mice
Brain Advance Access published on February 11, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1087-1098; doi:10.1093/brain/awn014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Melina L. Willson, Catriona McElnea, Jean Mariani, Ann M. Lohof, and Rachel M. Sherrard
BDNF increases homotypic olivocerebellar reinnervation and associated fine motor and cognitive skill
Brain Advance Access published on February 25, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1099-1112; doi:10.1093/brain/awn024 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Efrat Shavit, Orit Beilin, Amos D. Korczyn, Constantin Sylantiev, Ramona Aronovich, Vivian E. Drory, David Gurwitz, Ido Horresh, Rachel Bar-Shavit, Elior Peles, and Joab Chapman
Thrombin receptor PAR-1 on myelin at the node of Ranvier: a new anatomy and physiology of conduction block
Brain Advance Access published on February 25, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1113-1122; doi:10.1093/brain/awn005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John W. Chen, Michael O. Breckwoldt, Elena Aikawa, Gloria Chiang, and Ralph Weissleder
Myeloperoxidase-targeted imaging of active inflammatory lesions in murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
Brain Advance Access published on January 29, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1123-1133; doi:10.1093/brain/awn004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. L. Sicotte, K. C. Kern, B. S. Giesser, A. Arshanapalli, A. Schultz, M. Montag, H. Wang, and S. Y. Bookheimer
Regional hippocampal atrophy in multiple sclerosis
Brain 2008 131: 1134-1141; doi:10.1093/brain/awn030 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elisabetta Cittadini, Manjit S. Matharu, and Peter J. Goadsby
Paroxysmal hemicrania: a prospective clinical study of 31 cases
Brain Advance Access published on February 5, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1142-1155; doi:10.1093/brain/awn010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review Back

Michael Atiyah
Thoughts of a Mathematician
Brain Advance Access published on March 4, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1156-1160; doi:10.1093/brain/awn038 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum Back

Erratum
Brain 2008 131: 1161; doi:10.1093/brain/awn067 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter to the Editor Back

Gavin Hudson, Catherine Mowbray, Joanna L. Elson, Anu Jacob, Michael Boggild, Antonio Torroni, and Patrick F. Chinnery
Does mitochondrial DNA predispose to neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease)?
Brain Advance Access published on October 29, 2007
Brain 2008 131: e93; doi:10.1093/brain/awm224 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

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