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Editorial Back

Alastair Compston
Editorial
Brain 2008 131: 1675-1676; doi:10.1093/brain/awn134 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

From The Archives Back

Alastair Compston
The problem of disseminated sclerosis (being the Presidential Address of the Neurological Section, Royal Society of Medicine, October 1946). By Douglas McAlpine. Brain 1946: 69; 233–250.
Brain Advance Access published on June 21, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1677-1680; doi:10.1093/brain/awn130 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific Commentary Back

Jan D. Lünemann and Christian Münz
Do natural killer cells accelerate or prevent autoimmunity in multiple sclerosis?
Brain Advance Access published on June 27, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1681-1683; doi:10.1093/brain/awn132 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jon Lindstrom
‘Seronegative’ myasthenia gravis is no longer seronegative
Brain Advance Access published on June 16, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1684-1685; doi:10.1093/brain/awn131 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Article Back

Monique Dubois-Dalcq, Anna Williams, Christine Stadelmann, Bruno Stankoff, Bernard Zalc, and Catherine Lubetzki
From fish to man: understanding endogenous remyelination in central nervous system demyelinating diseases
Brain Advance Access published on May 12, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1686-1700; doi:10.1093/brain/awn076 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Philip L. De Jager, Elizabeth Rossin, Saumyadipta Pyne, Pablo Tamayo, Linda Ottoboni, Vissia Viglietta, Mira Weiner, Dulce Soler, Elena Izmailova, Lauren Faron-Yowe, Carmeline O’Brien, Sam Freeman, Susana Granados, Alex Parker, Ronenn Roubenoff, Jill P. Mesirov, Samia J. Khoury, David A. Hafler, and Howard L. Weiner
Cytometric profiling in multiple sclerosis uncovers patient population structure and a reduction of CD8low cells
Brain Advance Access published on June 21, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1701-1711; doi:10.1093/brain/awn118 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Samantha Jilek, Myriam Schluep, Pascal Meylan, François Vingerhoets, Laurence Guignard, Anita Monney, Joerg Kleeberg, Géraldine Le Goff, Giuseppe Pantaleo, and Renaud A. Du Pasquier
Strong EBV-specific CD8+ T-cell response in patients with early multiple sclerosis
Brain Advance Access published on June 11, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1712-1721; doi:10.1093/brain/awn108 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Don Mahad, Iryna Ziabreva, Hans Lassmann, and Douglas Turnbull
Mitochondrial defects in acute multiple sclerosis lesions
Brain Advance Access published on May 30, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1722-1735; doi:10.1093/brain/awn105 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

J. M. Anderson, D. W. Hampton, R. Patani, G. Pryce, R. A. Crowther, R. Reynolds, R. J. M. Franklin, G. Giovannoni, D. A. S. Compston, D. Baker, M. G. Spillantini, and S. Chandran
Abnormally phosphorylated tau is associated with neuronal and axonal loss in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis
Brain Advance Access published on June 21, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1736-1748; doi:10.1093/brain/awn119 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data 1] [Request Permissions]  

T. Kuhlmann, V. Miron, Q. Cuo, C. Wegner, J. Antel, and W. Brück
Differentiation block of oligodendroglial progenitor cells as a cause for remyelination failure in chronic multiple sclerosis
Brain Advance Access published on May 30, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1749-1758; doi:10.1093/brain/awn096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. F. Lucchinetti, R. H. Gavrilova, I. Metz, J. E. Parisi, B. W. Scheithauer, S. Weigand, K. Thomsen, J. Mandrekar, A. Altintas, B. J. Erickson, F. König, C. Giannini, H. Lassmann, L. Linbo, S. J. Pittock, and W. Brück
Clinical and radiographic spectrum of pathologically confirmed tumefactive multiple sclerosis
Brain Advance Access published on June 5, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1759-1775; doi:10.1093/brain/awn098 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Katrin Weier, Yvonne Naegelin, Alain Thoeni, Jochen G. Hirsch, Ludwig Kappos, Wolfgang Steinbrich, Ernst-Wilhelm Radue, and Achim Gass
Non-communicating syringomyelia: a feature of spinal cord involvement in multiple sclerosis
Brain Advance Access published on May 31, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1776-1782; doi:10.1093/brain/awn068 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Franca Tecchio, Giancarlo Zito, Filippo Zappasodi, Maria Luisa Dell’ Acqua, Doriana Landi, Davide Nardo, Domenico Lupoi, Paolo M. Rossini, and Maria M. Filippi
Intra-cortical connectivity in multiple sclerosis: a neurophysiological approach
Brain Advance Access published on May 23, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1783-1792; doi:10.1093/brain/awn087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miho Fukuda, Masaaki Nishida, Csaba Juhász, Otto Muzik, Sandeep Sood, Harry T. Chugani, and Eishi Asano
Short-latency median-nerve somatosensory-evoked potentials and induced gamma-oscillations in humans
Brain Advance Access published on May 27, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1793-1805; doi:10.1093/brain/awn100 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Nikolai Axmacher, Christian E. Elger, and Juergen Fell
Ripples in the medial temporal lobe are relevant for human memory consolidation
Brain Advance Access published on May 24, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1806-1817; doi:10.1093/brain/awn103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fabrice Bartolomei, Patrick Chauvel, and Fabrice Wendling
Epileptogenicity of brain structures in human temporal lobe epilepsy: a quantified study from intracerebral EEG
Brain Advance Access published on June 13, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1818-1830; doi:10.1093/brain/awn111 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arvid Suls, Peter Dedeken, Karolien Goffin, Hilde Van Esch, Patrick Dupont, David Cassiman, Judith Kempfle, Thomas V. Wuttke, Yvonne Weber, Holger Lerche, Zaid Afawi, Wim Vandenberghe, Amos D. Korczyn, Samuel F. Berkovic, Dana Ekstein, Sara Kivity, Philippe Ryvlin, Lieve R. F. Claes, Liesbet Deprez, Snezana Maljevic, Alberto Vargas, Tine Van Dyck, Dirk Goossens, Jurgen Del-Favero, Koen Van Laere, Peter De Jonghe, and Wim Van Paesschen
Paroxysmal exercise-induced dyskinesia and epilepsy is due to mutations in SLC2A1, encoding the glucose transporter GLUT1
Brain Advance Access published on June 24, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1831-1844; doi:10.1093/brain/awn113 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

J. Koivunen, A. Verkkoniemi, S. Aalto, A. Paetau, J.-P. Ahonen, M. Viitanen, K. Någren, J. Rokka, M. Haaparanta, H. Kalimo, and J. O. Rinne
PET amyloid ligand [11C]PIB uptake shows predominantly striatal increase in variant Alzheimer's disease
Brain Advance Access published on June 25, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1845-1853; doi:10.1093/brain/awn107 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Lebel, L. Becerra, D. Wallin, E. A. Moulton, S. Morris, G. Pendse, J. Jasciewicz, M. Stein, M. Aiello-Lammens, E. Grant, C. Berde, and D. Borsook
fMRI reveals distinct CNS processing during symptomatic and recovered complex regional pain syndrome in children
Brain Advance Access published on June 20, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1854-1879; doi:10.1093/brain/awn123 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

María Clara Pott Godoy, Rodolfo Tarelli, Carina Cintia Ferrari, Maria Inés Sarchi, and Fernando Juan Pitossi
Central and systemic IL-1 exacerbates neurodegeneration and motor symptoms in a model of Parkinson's disease
Brain Advance Access published on May 26, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1880-1894; doi:10.1093/brain/awn101 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Ioannis U. Isaias, Ron L. Alterman, and Michele Tagliati
Outcome predictors of pallidal stimulation in patients with primary dystonia: the role of disease duration
Brain Advance Access published on June 20, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1895-1902; doi:10.1093/brain/awn120 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Nolano, Vincenzo Provitera, Anna Estraneo, Mona M. Selim, Giuseppe Caporaso, Annamaria Stancanelli, Anna Maria Saltalamacchia, Bernardo Lanzillo, and Lucio Santoro
Sensory deficit in Parkinson's disease: evidence of a cutaneous denervation
Brain Advance Access published on May 31, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1903-1911; doi:10.1093/brain/awn102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Grazia Devigili, Valeria Tugnoli, Paola Penza, Francesca Camozzi, Raffaella Lombardi, Giorgia Melli, Laura Broglio, Enrico Granieri, and Giuseppe Lauria
The diagnostic criteria for small fibre neuropathy: from symptoms to neuropathology
Brain Advance Access published on June 4, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1912-1925; doi:10.1093/brain/awn093 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Pablo H. H. Lopez, Gang Zhang, Mario A. Bianchet, Ronald L. Schnaar, and Kazim A. Sheikh
Structural requirements of anti-GD1a antibodies determine their target specificity
Brain Advance Access published on May 16, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1926-1939; doi:10.1093/brain/awn074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Isabel Leite, Saiju Jacob, Stuart Viegas, Judy Cossins, Linda Clover, B. Paul Morgan, David Beeson, Nick Willcox, and Angela Vincent
IgG1 antibodies to acetylcholine receptors in ‘seronegative’ myasthenia gravis
Brain Advance Access published on May 31, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1940-1952; doi:10.1093/brain/awn092 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Book Review Back

Alasdair Coles
God, theologian and humble neurologist
Brain Advance Access published on June 23, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 1953-1959; doi:10.1093/brain/awn128 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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