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Editorial Back

Alastair Compston
Editorial
Brain 2008 131: 1163-1164; doi:10.1093/brain/awn070 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

From The Archives Back

Alastair Compston
Brain stem encephalitis and the syndrome of Miller Fisher. A clinical study. By Amir Najim Al-Din, Milne Anderson, Edwin R. Bickerstaff and Ian Harvey (From the Midland Centre for Neurosurgery, Smethwick, West Midlands, UK). Brain 1982: 105; 481—495; and Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis: clinical features of 62 cases and a subgroup associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome. By Masaaki Odaka, Nobuhiro Yuki, Mitsunori Yamada, Michiaki Koga, Toshihiko Takemi, Koichi Harata and Satoshi Kuwabara (From the University School of Medicine, Tochigi; Brain Research Institute, Niigata University; St Luke's International Hospital, Toyko; and Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan) Brain 2003: 126; 2279–2290.
Brain 2008 131: 1165-1167; doi:10.1093/brain/awn073 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific Commentary Back

Helmar C. Lehmann and Hans-Peter Hartung
Complementing the therapeutic armamentarium for Miller Fisher Syndrome and related immune neuropathies
Brain 2008 131: 1168-1170; doi:10.1093/brain/awn072 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Article Back

Gjermund Henriksen and Frode Willoch
Imaging of opioid receptors in the central nervous system
Brain Advance Access published on November 29, 2007
Brain 2008 131: 1171-1196; doi:10.1093/brain/awm255 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Original Articles Back

Susan K. Halstead, Femke M. P. Zitman, Peter D. Humphreys, Kay Greenshields, Jan J. Verschuuren, Bart C. Jacobs, Russell P. Rother, Jaap J. Plomp, and Hugh J. Willison
Eculizumab prevents anti-ganglioside antibody-mediated neuropathy in a murine model
Brain Advance Access published on January 8, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1197-1208; doi:10.1093/brain/awm316 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Arun V. Krishnan, Cindy S.-Y. Lin, and Matthew C. Kiernan
Activity-dependent excitability changes suggest Na+/K+ pump dysfunction in diabetic neuropathy
Brain Advance Access published on March 24, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1209-1216; doi:10.1093/brain/awn052 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ines Dierick, Jonathan Baets, Joy Irobi, An Jacobs, Els De Vriendt, Tine Deconinck, Luciano Merlini, Peter Van den Bergh, Vedrana Milic Rasic, Wim Robberecht, Dirk Fischer, Raul Juntas Morales, Zoran Mitrovic, Pavel Seeman, Radim Mazanec, Andrzej Kochanski, Albena Jordanova, Michaela Auer-Grumbach, A. T. J. M. Helderman-van den Enden, John H. J. Wokke, Eva Nelis, Peter De Jonghe, and Vincent Timmerman
Relative contribution of mutations in genes for autosomal dominant distal hereditary motor neuropathies: a genotype–phenotype correlation study
Brain Advance Access published on March 5, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1217-1227; doi:10.1093/brain/awn029 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Jens Schmidt, Konstanze Barthel, Arne Wrede, Mohammad Salajegheh, Mathias Bähr, and Marinos C. Dalakas
Interrelation of inflammation and APP in sIBM: IL-1β induces accumulation of β-amyloid in skeletal muscle
Brain Advance Access published on April 17, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1228-1240; doi:10.1093/brain/awn053 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Shenglan Wang, Yi Dai, Tetsuo Fukuoka, Hiroki Yamanaka, Kimiko Kobayashi, Koichi Obata, Xiuyu Cui, Makoto Tominaga, and Koichi Noguchi
Phospholipase C and protein kinase A mediate bradykinin sensitization of TRPA1: a molecular mechanism of inflammatory pain
Brain Advance Access published on March 20, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1241-1251; doi:10.1093/brain/awn060 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Ewers, Zhenyu Zhong, Katharina Bürger, Anders Wallin, Kaj Blennow, Stefan J. Teipel, Yong Shen, and Harald Hampel
Increased CSF-BACE 1 activity is associated with ApoE-{varepsilon}4 genotype in subjects with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease
Brain Advance Access published on March 11, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1252-1258; doi:10.1093/brain/awn034 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Shery Thomas, Frank A. Proudlock, Nagini Sarvananthan, Eryl O. Roberts, Musarat Awan, Rebecca McLean, Mylvaganam Surendran, A. S. Anil Kumar, Shegufta J. Farooq, Chris Degg, Richard P. Gale, Robert D. Reinecke, Geoffrey Woodruff, Andrea Langmann, Susanne Lindner, Sunila Jain, Patrick Tarpey, F. Lucy Raymond, and Irene Gottlob
Phenotypical characteristics of idiopathic infantile nystagmus with and without mutations in FRMD7
Brain Advance Access published on March 27, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1259-1267; doi:10.1093/brain/awn046 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Siobhan Garbutt, Alisa Matlin, Joanna Hellmuth, Ana K. Schenk, Julene K. Johnson, Howard Rosen, David Dean, Joel Kramer, John Neuhaus, Bruce L. Miller, Stephen G. Lisberger, and Adam L. Boxer
Oculomotor function in frontotemporal lobar degeneration, related disorders and Alzheimer's disease
Brain Advance Access published on March 24, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1268-1281; doi:10.1093/brain/awn047 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Ian R. A. Mackenzie, Dean Foti, John Woulfe, and Trevor A. Hurwitz
Atypical frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin-positive, TDP-43-negative neuronal inclusions
Brain Advance Access published on March 24, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1282-1293; doi:10.1093/brain/awn061 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nobukatsu Sawamoto, Paola Piccini, Gary Hotton, Nicola Pavese, Kris Thielemans, and David J. Brooks
Cognitive deficits and striato-frontal dopamine release in Parkinson's disease
Brain Advance Access published on March 24, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1294-1302; doi:10.1093/brain/awn054 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Liane Schmidt, Baudouin Forgeot d’Arc, Gilles Lafargue, Damien Galanaud, Virginie Czernecki, David Grabli, Michael Schüpbach, Andreas Hartmann, Richard Lévy, Bruno Dubois, and Mathias Pessiglione
Disconnecting force from money: effects of basal ganglia damage on incentive motivation
Brain Advance Access published on March 15, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1303-1310; doi:10.1093/brain/awn045 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

L. Clark, A. Bechara, H. Damasio, M. R. F. Aitken, B. J. Sahakian, and T. W. Robbins
Differential effects of insular and ventromedial prefrontal cortex lesions on risky decision-making
Brain Advance Access published on April 3, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1311-1322; doi:10.1093/brain/awn066 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Elizabeth Z. Wheeler and Lesley K. Fellows
The human ventromedial frontal lobe is critical for learning from negative feedback
Brain Advance Access published on March 15, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1323-1331; doi:10.1093/brain/awn041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. G. Leggio, A. M. Tedesco, F. R. Chiricozzi, S. Clausi, A. Orsini, and M. Molinari
Cognitive sequencing impairment in patients with focal or atrophic cerebellar damage
Brain Advance Access published on March 11, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1332-1343; doi:10.1093/brain/awn040 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer Parker, Ann Mitchell, Anastasia Kalpakidou, Muriel Walshe, Hee-Yeon Jung, Chiara Nosarti, Paramala Santosh, Larry Rifkin, John Wyatt, Robin M. Murray, and Matthew Allin
Cerebellar growth and behavioural & neuropsychological outcome in preterm adolescents
Brain Advance Access published on March 27, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1344-1351; doi:10.1093/brain/awn062 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, Perrine Charles, Pascale Ribai, Cyril Goizet, Alice Le Bayon, Pierre Labauge, Lucie Guyant-Maréchal, Sylvie Forlani, Celine Jauffret, Nadia Vandenberghe, Karine N’Guyen, Isabelle Le Ber, David Devos, Carlo-Maria Vincitorio, Mario-Ubaldo Manto, François Tison, Didier Hannequin, Merle Ruberg, Alexis Brice, and Alexandra Durr
Composite cerebellar functional severity score: validation of a quantitative score of cerebellar impairment
Brain Advance Access published on March 31, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1352-1361; doi:10.1093/brain/awn059 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

S. S. O'Sullivan, L. A. Massey, D. R. Williams, L. Silveira-Moriyama, P. A. Kempster, J. L. Holton, T. Revesz, and A. J. Lees
Clinical outcomes of progressive supranuclear palsy and multiple system atrophy
Brain Advance Access published on April 2, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1362-1372; doi:10.1093/brain/awn065 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tanya P. Lin, Maren Carbon, Chengke Tang, Alon Y. Mogilner, Djordje Sterio, Aleksandar Beric, Vijay Dhawan, and David Eidelberg
Metabolic correlates of subthalamic nucleus activity in Parkinson's disease
Brain Advance Access published on April 9, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1373-1380; doi:10.1093/brain/awn031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cathy M. Stinear, P. Alan Barber, James P. Coxon, Melanie K. Fleming, and Winston D. Byblow
Priming the motor system enhances the effects of upper limb therapy in chronic stroke
Brain Advance Access published on March 20, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1381-1390; doi:10.1093/brain/awn051 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Richter, Wolfgang H. R. Miltner, and Thomas Straube
Association between therapy outcome and right-hemispheric activation in chronic aphasia
Brain Advance Access published on March 18, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1391-1401; doi:10.1093/brain/awn043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review Back

Eldryd H. O. Parry
‘To sleep, to die’ (with apologies to Hamlet)
Brain Advance Access published on April 15, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1402-1407; doi:10.1093/brain/awn069 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor Back

Fabrizio Doricchi, Paola Guariglia, Francesca Figliozzi, Massimo Silvetti, Marina Gasparini, Sheila Merola, Enrica Macci, Nicola Binetti, Michela Bruschini, and Domenica Bueti
No reversal of the Oppel–Kundt illusion with short stimuli: confutation of the space anisometry interpretation of neglect and ‘cross-over’ in line bisection
Brain Advance Access published on December 14, 2007
Brain 2008 131: e94; doi:10.1093/brain/awm273 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Silvia Savazzi
Reply: no reversal of the Oppel–Kundt illusion with short stimuli: confutation of the space anisometry interpretation of neglect and ‘crossover’ in line bisection
Brain Advance Access published on December 14, 2007
Brain 2008 131: e95; doi:10.1093/brain/awm274 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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