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Contents: Volume 131, Number 9, September 2008   [Index by Author] 

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Editorial Back

Alastair Compston
Editorial
Brain 2008 131: 2235-2236; doi:10.1093/brain/awn204 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

From The Archives Back

Alastair Compston
The automatic bladder, excessive sweating and some other reflex conditions, in gross injuries of the spinal cord. By Henry Head, MD, FRS and George Riddoch, MD, Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps. (Officer in charge of the Empire Hospital, Vincent Square). Brain 1917; 40: 188–263.
Brain 2008 131: 2237-2239; doi:10.1093/brain/awn203 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scientific Commentary Back

Volker Dietz
Ready for human spinal cord repair?
Brain 2008 131: 2240-2242; doi:10.1093/brain/awn185 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Articles Back

C. R. Butler and A. Z. Zeman
Recent insights into the impairment of memory in epilepsy: transient epileptic amnesia, accelerated long-term forgetting and remote memory impairment
Brain Advance Access published on July 9, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2243-2263; doi:10.1093/brain/awn127 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chrysostomos P. Panayiotopoulos, Michael Michael, Sue Sanders, Thalia Valeta, and Michael Koutroumanidis
Benign childhood focal epilepsies: assessment of established and newly recognized syndromes
Brain Advance Access published on August 21, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2264-2286; doi:10.1093/brain/awn162 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles Back

Isabella Taylor, Samuel F. Berkovic, Sara Kivity, and Ingrid E. Scheffer
Benign occipital epilepsies of childhood: clinical features and genetics
Brain Advance Access published on July 9, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2287-2294; doi:10.1093/brain/awn138 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

L. J. Bour, A. F. van Rootselaar, J. H. T. M. Koelman, and M. A. J. Tijssen
Oculomotor abnormalities in myoclonic tremor: a comparison with spinocerebellar ataxia type 6
Brain Advance Access published on August 7, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2295-2303; doi:10.1093/brain/awn177 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine Fallet-Bianco, Laurence Loeuillet, Karine Poirier, Philippe Loget, Françoise Chapon, Laurent Pasquier, Yoann Saillour, Cherif Beldjord, Jamel Chelly, and Fiona Francis
Neuropathological phenotype of a distinct form of lissencephaly associated with mutations in TUBA1A
Brain Advance Access published on July 18, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2304-2320; doi:10.1093/brain/awn155 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Davide Pareyson, Roberto Fancellu, Caterina Mariotti, Silvia Romano, Andrea Salmaggi, Francesco Carella, Floriano Girotti, Grazietta Gattellaro, Maria Rita Carriero, Laura Farina, Isabella Ceccherini, and Mario Savoiardo
Adult-onset Alexander disease: a series of eleven unrelated cases with review of the literature
Brain Advance Access published on August 6, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2321-2331; doi:10.1093/brain/awn178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jens Wuerfel, Mareile Haertle, Helmar Waiczies, Eva Tysiak, Ingo Bechmann, Klaus D. Wernecke, Frauke Zipp, and Friedemann Paul
Perivascular spaces—MRI marker of inflammatory activity in the brain?
Brain Advance Access published on August 1, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2332-2340; doi:10.1093/brain/awn171 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Bendszus, Gesa Ladewig, Leonie Jestaedt, Bernd Misselwitz, Laszlo Solymosi, Klaus Toyka, and Guido Stoll
Gadofluorine M enhancement allows more sensitive detection of inflammatory CNS lesions than T2-w imaging: a quantitative MRI study
Brain Advance Access published on July 24, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2341-2352; doi:10.1093/brain/awn156 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shin-Young Na, Yi Cao, Catherine Toben, Lars Nitschke, Christine Stadelmann, Ralf Gold, Anneliese Schimpl, and Thomas Hünig
Naïve CD8 T-cells initiate spontaneous autoimmunity to a sequestered model antigen of the central nervous system
Brain Advance Access published on July 10, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2353-2365; doi:10.1093/brain/awn148 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Ansi Chang, Maria C. Smith, Xinghua Yin, Robert J. Fox, Susan M. Staugaitis, and Bruce D. Trapp
Neurogenesis in the chronic lesions of multiple sclerosis
Brain Advance Access published on July 23, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2366-2375; doi:10.1093/brain/awn157 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

A. Mackay-Sim, F. Féron, J. Cochrane, L. Bassingthwaighte, C. Bayliss, W. Davies, P. Fronek, C. Gray, G. Kerr, P. Licina, A. Nowitzke, C. Perry, P.A.S. Silburn, S. Urquhart, and T. Geraghty
Autologous olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation in human paraplegia: a 3-year clinical trial
Brain Advance Access published on August 8, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2376-2386; doi:10.1093/brain/awn173 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Gunnar Wasner, Bonsan Bonne Lee, Stella Engel, and Elspeth McLachlan
Residual spinothalamic tract pathways predict development of central pain after spinal cord injury
Brain Advance Access published on July 31, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2387-2400; doi:10.1093/brain/awn169 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. A. Pérennou, G. Mazibrada, V. Chauvineau, R. Greenwood, J. Rothwell, M. A. Gresty, and A. M. Bronstein
Lateropulsion, pushing and verticality perception in hemisphere stroke: a causal relationship?
Brain Advance Access published on August 4, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2401-2413; doi:10.1093/brain/awn170 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Neng-Wei Hu, Imelda M. Smith, Dominic M. Walsh, and Michael J. Rowan
Soluble amyloid-β peptides potently disrupt hippocampal synaptic plasticity in the absence of cerebrovascular dysfunction in vivo
Brain Advance Access published on August 4, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2414-2424; doi:10.1093/brain/awn174 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gonzalo I. Cancino, Enrique M. Toledo, Nancy R. Leal, Diego E. Hernandez, L. Fernanda Yévenes, Nibaldo C. Inestrosa, and Alejandra R. Alvarez
STI571 prevents apoptosis, tau phosphorylation and behavioural impairments induced by Alzheimer's β-amyloid deposits
Brain Advance Access published on June 17, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2425-2442; doi:10.1093/brain/awn125 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Sean M. Nestor, Raul Rupsingh, Michael Borrie, Matthew Smith, Vittorio Accomazzi, Jennie L. Wells, Jennifer Fogarty, Robert Bartha, and the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Ventricular enlargement as a possible measure of Alzheimer's disease progression validated using the Alzheimer's disease neuroimaging initiative database
Brain Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2443-2454; doi:10.1093/brain/awn146 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peita D. Bruen, William J. McGeown, Michael F. Shanks, and Annalena Venneri
Neuroanatomical correlates of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease
Brain Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2455-2463; doi:10.1093/brain/awn151 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katharine N. Thakkar, Frida E. Polli, Robert M. Joseph, David S. Tuch, Nouchine Hadjikhani, Jason J.S. Barton, and Dara S. Manoach
Response monitoring, repetitive behaviour and anterior cingulate abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
Brain Advance Access published on June 11, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2464-2478; doi:10.1093/brain/awn099 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Marie Gomot, Matthew K. Belmonte, Edward T. Bullmore, Frédéric A. Bernard, and Simon Baron-Cohen
Brain hyper-reactivity to auditory novel targets in children with high-functioning autism
Brain Advance Access published on July 31, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2479-2488; doi:10.1093/brain/awn172 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas M. Hyde, Amy Deep-Soboslay, Bianca Iglesias, Joseph H. Callicott, James M. Gold, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Robyn A. Honea, Llewellyn B. Bigelow, Michael F. Egan, Esther M. Emsellem, and Daniel R. Weinberger
Enuresis as a premorbid developmental marker of schizophrenia
Brain Advance Access published on July 31, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2489-2498; doi:10.1093/brain/awn167 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vladimir K. Neychev, Xueliang Fan, V. I. Mitev, Ellen J. Hess, and H. A. Jinnah
The basal ganglia and cerebellum interact in the expression of dystonic movement
Brain Advance Access published on July 26, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2499-2509; doi:10.1093/brain/awn168 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cindy S.-Y. Lin, Arun V. Krishnan, Ming-Jen Lee, Alessandro S. Zagami, Hui-Ling You, Chih-Chao Yang, Hugh Bostock, and Matthew C. Kiernan
Nerve function and dysfunction in acute intermittent porphyria
Brain Advance Access published on July 17, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2510-2519; doi:10.1093/brain/awn152 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Occasional Paper Back

P.A. Kempster and J.E. Alty
John Ruskin's relapsing encephalopathy
Brain Advance Access published on February 20, 2008
Brain 2008 131: 2520-2525; doi:10.1093/brain/awn019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review Back

Stephen Jacyna
Man as Machine
Brain 2008 131: 2526-2528; doi:10.1093/brain/awn186 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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