January 2009

Review articles

Plasticity and injury in the developing brain
• Michael V. Johnston,
• Akira Ishida,
• Wako Nakajima Ishida,
• Hiroko Baber Matsushita,
• Akira Nishimura,
• Masahiro Tsuji
Published online: September 01, 2008
p1-10
Sydenham’s chorea, and its complications affecting the nervous system
• Neil Gordon
Published online: September 01, 2008
p11-14

Original articles

Psychiatric disorders and behavioral problems in children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome
• Ahmad Ghanizadeh,
• Sharif Mosallaei
Published online: September 01, 2008
p15-19

Abnormal cerebral glucose metabolism in alternating hemiplegia of childhood
• Masayuki Sasaki,
• Hiroshi Sakuma,
• Ai Fukushima,
• Ken-ichi Yamada,
• Takashi Ohnishi,
• Hiroshi Matsuda
Published online: September 01, 2008
p20-26

A de novo KCNQ2 mutation detected in non-familial benign neonatal convulsions
• Atsushi Ishii,
• Goryu Fukuma,
• Akira Uehara,
• ...
• Sunao Kaneko,
• Akihisa Mitsudome,
• Shinichi Hirose
Published online: September 01, 2008
p27-33
Magnetoencephalography using total intravenous anesthesia in pediatric patients with intractable epilepsy: Lesional vs nonlesional epilepsy
• Ayataka Fujimoto,
• Ayako Ochi,
• Katsumi Imai,
• ...
• Satoshi Ayuzawa,
• O. Carter Snead III,
• Hiroshi Otsubo
Published online: October 08, 2008
p34-41
Combination of SMN2 copy number and NAIP deletion predicts disease severity in spinal muscular atrophy
• Mohd Shamshudin Watihayati,
• Hayati Fatemeh,
• Marzuki Marini,
• ...
• ZAMH Zabidi-Hussin,
• Hisahide Nishio,
• Bin Alwi Zilfalil
Published online: October 08, 2008
p42-45

Evaluation of CSF neurotransmitters and folate in 25 patients with Rett disorder and effects of treatment
• T. Temudo,
• M. Rios,
• C. Prior,
• ...
• J.P. Vieira,
• A. Ormazabal,
• R. Artuch
Published online: September 01, 2008
p46-51
Predicting executive function task scores with the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure
• Tatsuya Ogino,
• Kiyoko Watanabe,
• Kousuke Nakano,
• ...
• Makio Oka,
• Satoshi Sanada,
• Yoko Ohtuska
Published online: September 01, 2008
p52-57

Landau–Kleffner syndrome: Long-term follow-up
• Marcos H.C. Duran,
• Catarina A. Guimarães,
• Lívia L. Medeiros,
• Marilisa M. Guerreiro
Published online: October 20, 2008
p58-63

Development of epilepsy in newborns with moderate hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and neonatal seizures
• Francesco Pisani,
• Manuela Orsini,
• Silvia Braibanti,
• Cristiana Copioli,
• Lisa Sisti,
• Emanuela Claudia Turco
Published online: September 01, 2008
p64-68

Hyperactivity, memory deficit and anxiety-related behaviors in mice lacking the p85α subunit of phosphoinositide-3 kinase
• Chihiro Tohda,
• Ruiko Nakanishi,
• Makoto Kadowaki
Published online: September 01, 2008
p69-74

Case reports

DOOR syndrome concomitant with non-convulsive status epilepticus and hyperintense cerebellar cortex on T2-weighted imaging
• Takayasu Nomura,
• Norihisa Koyama,
• Machiko Yokoyama,
• Atsuko Awaya,
• Kenji Yokochi
Published online: September 01, 2008
p75-78

Paternally inherited case of congenital DM1: Brain MRI and review of literature
• Alfonso Di Costanzo,
• Mario de Cristofaro,
• Giuseppe Di Iorio,
• Aurora Daniele,
• Simona Bonavita,
• Gioacchino Tedeschi
Published online: September 01, 2008
p79-82

A case of chronic recurrent cerebellar ataxia responding to steroid therapy
• Kazushi Ichikawa,
• Masako Kikuchi,
• Saoko Takeshita,
• Atsuo Nezu
Published online: September 01, 2008
p83-85

Bilateral middle cerebral artery infarctions following mild varicella infection: A case report
• Tohru Okanishi,
• Akiko Kondo,
• Takehiko Inoue,
• Yoshihiro Maegaki,
• Kousaku Ohno,
• Hajime Togari
Published online: September 15, 2008
p86-89

Letters to the Editor

Mental retardation, spasticity, basal ganglia calcification, cerebral white matter lesions, multiple endocrine defects, telangiectasia and atrophic skin: A new syndrome?
• Manuel Castro-Gago
Published in issue: January 2009
p90
FIRES: Febrile infection responsive epileptic (FIRE) encephalopathies of school age
• Andreas van Baalen,
• Ulrich Stephani,
• Gerhard Kluger,
• Martin Häusler,
• Olivier Dulac
Published online: September 01, 2008
p91
Acute encephalitis with refractory, repetitive partial seizures (AERRPS)
• Tohru Okanishi,
• Yoshiaki Saito,
• Kousaku Ohno
Published online: September 01, 2008
p92-93
Comment on “Altered DNA copy number in patients with different seizure disorder type: By array-CGH” by Kim HS et al. Brain & Development 2007;29:639–643
• Toshiyuki Yamamoto,
• Marco T. Páez,
• Keiko Shimojima
Published online: September 01, 2008
p94

Announcements and reports
Published in issue: January 2009
I-IV

Guide for Authors
Published in issue: January 2009
V-VIII

OBC (Contents)
Published in issue: January 2009
OBC

Frontmatter

Editorial Board
Published in issue: January 2009
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