Brain & Development 24 (2002) 804–810 www.elsevier.com/locate/braindev Cumulative Contents to Volume 24 Vol. 24, No. 1 Editor-in-Chief’s Address Y. Suzuki 1 Review articles Magnetic resonance imaging: role in the understanding of cerebral malformations A.J. Barkovich (USA) 2 Early-infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression-bursts, Ohtahara syndrome; its overview referring to our 16 cases Y. Yamatogi, S. Ohtahara (Japan) 13 Original articles A variant of congenital muscular dystrophy M. Yoshioka, S. Kuroki, H. Sasaki, K. Baba, T. Toda (Japan) 24 A pilot study on umbilical venous level of natriuretic peptides in preterm infants and their relation to periventricular leukomalacia and antenatal complications A. Okumura, T. Kato, F. Hayakawa, H. Kidokoro, K. Kuno, K. Watanabe (Japan) 30 Rhythmic movement disorder: polysomnographic study and summary of reported cases J. Kohyama, F. Matsukura, K. Kimura, N. Tachibana (Japan) 33 Incidence patterns of cerebral palsy in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, 1977–1991 J. Suzuki, M. Ito (Japan) 39 Case report Sleep apnea syndrome associated with a type I Chiari malformation A. Yoshimi, K. Nomura, S. Furune (Japan) 49 Meeting report NCNP News M. Arima, M. Kaga (Japan) 52 Announcements and reports 57 Instructions to authors 58 Announcements 61 Congress announcement I Vol. 24, No. 2 Original articles Immunohistochemical study of muscle biopsy in children with cerebral palsy A. Marbini, A. Ferrari, G. Cioni, M.F. Bellanova, C. Fusco, F. Gemignani (Italy) 63 Excessive expression of synaptojanin in brains with Down syndrome Y. Arai, T. Ijuin, T. Takenawa, L.E. Becker, S. Takashima (Japan, Canada) 67 Sydenham’s chorea: clinical findings and comparison of the efficacies of sodium valproate and carbamazepine regimens F. Genel, S. Arslanoglu, N. Uran, B. Saylan (Turkey) 73 The relationship between 99mTc-HMPAO brain SPECT and the scores of real life rating scale in autistic children M. Kaya, S. Karasalihog˘lu, F. U¨ stu¨n, A. Gu¨ltekin, T.F. C¸ ermik, Y. Fazlıog˘lu, M. Tu¨re, O¨ .N. Yig˘itbas¸ı, S¸. Berkarda (Turkey) 77 The effects of antiepileptic drugs on spatial learning and hippocampal protein kinase C g in immature rats Y. Wu, L. Wang (PR China) 82 Cumulative Contents to Volume 24 805 Case reports Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis S.-i. Ito, A. Nezu, C. Matsumoto, Y. Aihara, S. Yokota (Japan) 88 An autopsy case of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency H. Yamanouchi, H. Yokoo, Y. Yuhara, K.-i. Maruyama, A. Sasaki, J. Hirato, Y. Nakazato (Japan) 91 Pharmacokinetics of zonisamide in perinatal period K. Kawada, S. Itoh, T. Kusaka, K. Isobe, M. Ishii (Japan) 95 Miller Fisher syndrome with transient coma: comparison with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis H. Matsumoto, O. Kobayashi, K. Tamura, T. Ohkawa, I. Sekine (Japan) 98 Tubulo-interstitial nephritis caused by sodium valproate H. Yoshikawa, T. Watanabe, T. Abe (Japan) 102 Unilateral occlusion of the middle cerebral artery after varicella-zoster virus infection M. Ueno, A. Oka, T. Koeda, R. Okamoto, K. Takeshita (Japan) 106 Non-progressive viral myelitis in X-linked agammaglobulinemia K. Katamura, H. Hattori, T. Kunishima, H. Kanegane, T. Miyawaki, T. Nakahata (Japan) 109 Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis associated with parainfluenza virus infection of childhood K.A. Voudris, E.A. Vagiakou, A. Skardoutsou (Greece) 112 Henoch-Scho¨nlein purpura with intracerebral hemorrhage T. Imai, H. Okada, M. Nanba, K. Kawada, T. Kusaka, S. Itoh (Japan) 115 Bibliography Bibliography of congenital muscular dystrophies: Series IV (2000) with Appendix II Y. Fukuyama, K. Saito (Japan) 118 Erratum Erratum to ‘‘West syndrome and other infantile epileptic encephalopathies – Indian hospital experience’’ [Brain Dev. 23 (2001) 593–602] V. Kalra, S. Gulati, R.M. Pandey, S. Menon (India) 129 West syndrome and other infantile epileptic encephalopathies – Indian hospital experience V. Kalra, S. Gulati, R.M. Pandey, S. Menon (India) 130 Announcements and reports 140 Instructions to authors 142 Announcement 144 Congress Announcement I Vol. 24, No. 3 Review article Sleep apnoea in infancy and childhood Considering two possible causes: obstruction and neuromuscular disorders N. Gordon (UK) 145 Original articles Long-term effectiveness and side effects of acetazolamide as an adjunct to other anticonvulsants in the treatment of refractory epilepsies F. Katayama, H. Miura, S. Takanashi (Japan) 150 Postoperative development of children after hemispherotomy T. Maehara, H. Shimizu, K. Kawai, R. Shigetomo, K. Tamagawa, T. Yamada, M. Inoue (Japan) 155 Low-voltage activity in EEG during acute phase of encephalitis predicts unfavorable neurological outcome M. Hosoya, H. Ushiku, H. Arakawa, A. Morikawa (Japan) 161 Epileptic and non-epileptic cerebral palsy: EEG and cranial imaging findings N. S¸enbil, B. Sonel, O¨ .F. Aydin, Y.K.Y. Gu¨rer (Turkey) 166 Application of delayed extraction matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry for analysis of sphingolipids in cultured skin fibroblasts from sphingolipidosis patients T. Fujiwaki, S. Yamaguchi, K. Sukegawa, T. Taketomi (Japan) 170 Wisconsin card sorting test in children with temporal lobe epilepsy K. Igarashi, H. Oguni, M. Osawa, Y. Awaya, M. Kato, M. Mimura, H. Kashima (Japan) 174 Case reports Subclinical central pontine myelinolysis following liver transplantation T. Kato, H. Hattori, M. Nagato, T. Kiuchi, S. Uemoto, T. Nakahata, K. Tanaka (Japan) 179 806 Cumulative Contents to Volume 24 Gelastic seizures and low-grade hypothalamic astrocytoma: a case report G. Coppola, D. Spagnoli, N. Sciscio, F. Russo, R.M. Villani (Italy) 183 Acute transverse myelitis after Japanese B encephalitis vaccination in a 4-year-old girl M. Matsui, H. Kawano, M. Matsukura, Y. Otani, T. Miike (Japan) 187 Sequential changes of brain CT and MRI after febrile status epilepticus in a 6-year-old girl T. Morimoto, M. Fukuda, Y. Suzuki, M. Kusu, K. Kida (Japan) 190 Two successful cases of bromide therapy for refractory symptomatic localization-related epilepsy M. Takayanagi, K. Yamamoto, H. Nakagawa, M. Munakata, R. Kato, H. Yokoyama, K. Haginoya, K. Iinuma (Japan) 194 Auditory perception in auditory neuropathy: Clinical similarity with auditory verbal agnosia M. Kaga, K. Kon, A. Uno, T. Horiguchi, H. Yoneyama, M. Inagaki (Japan) 197 Announcement and Call for Papers Schedule for the 6th Scientific Meeting of the Taiwan Child Neurology Society Date: May 18, 2002 (Saturday); Venue: The 102 Lecture Hall, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Y.-Z. Shen (Taiwan) 203 Announcements and reports 205 Instructions to authors 207 Announcement 209 Congress Announcement I Vol. 24, No. 4 Review article Genetic abnormalities underlying familial epilepsy syndromes S. Hirose, M. Okada, K. Yamakawa, T. Sugawara, G. Fukuma, M. Ito, S. Kaneko, A. Mitsudome (Japan) 211 Original articles The C677T mutation in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene contributes to hyperhomocysteinemia in patients taking anticonvulsants H. Ono, A. Sakamoto, N. Mizoguchi, N. Sakura (Japan) 223 Novel TSC1 and TSC2 mutations in Japanese patients with tuberous sclerosis complex T. Yamamoto, J.R. Pipo, J.-H. Feng, H. Takeda, E. Nanba, H. Ninomiya, K. Ohno (Japan, People’s Republic of China) 227 Clinical and EEG analysis of initial status epilepticus during infancy in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy M. Ohtsu, H. Oguni, Y. Awaya, M. Osawa (Japan) 231 Multimodality functional imaging evaluation in a patient with Rasmussen’s encephalitis H. Ishibashi, P.G. Simos, J.W. Wheless, J.E. Baumgartner, H.L. Kim, R.N. Davis, W. Zhang, A.C. Papanicolaou (USA) 239 Case reports Cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome and moyamoya syndrome Y. Ishiguro, T. Kubota, J. Takenaka, K. Maruyama, A. Okumura, T. Negoro, K. Watanabe (Japan) 245 Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter: report of four cases from three unrelated Brazilian families S. Rosemberg, C.d.C. Leite, F.N. Arita, S.E. Kliemann, M.T.C. Lacerda (Brazil) 250 Remission of West syndrome associated with valproate hepatotoxicity T. Go (Japan) 257 Announcements and reports 260 Instructions to authors 262 Congress Announcement I Vol. 24, No. 5 In memoriam Werner Fritz Isler, Professor Dr med (6 March 1919–30 January 2002), Ku¨snacht, Switzerland Y. Fukuyama (Japan) 265 Communication Infantile spasms, dystonia, and other X-linked phenotypes caused by mutations in Aristaless related homeobox gene, ARX P. Strømme, M.E. Mangelsdorf, I.E. Scheffer, J. Ge´cz (Australia, Norway) 266 Cumulative Contents to Volume 24 807 Original articles Gross motor development and reach on sound as critical tools for the development of the blind child F. Elisa, L. Jose´e, F.-G. Oreste, A. Claudia, L. Antonella, S. Sabrina, L. Giovanni (Italy) 269 Evoked potentials in children with Wilson’s disease M. Topcu, M.A. Topcuoglu, G. Kose, G. Nurlu, G. Turanli (Turkey) 276 Regression in individuals with Rett syndrome T. Charman, H. Cass, L. Owen, T. Wigram, V. Slonims, L. Weeks, A. Wisbeach, S. Reilly (UK, Denmark, Australia) 281 Immunohistological study of globoid cell leukodystrophy M. Itoh, M. Hayashi, Y. Fujioka, K. Nagashima, Y. Morimatsu, H. Matsuyama (Japan) 284 Motor strategies in standing up in leukomalacic spastic diplegia L.D. Mewasingh, A. Demil, F.J.C. Christiaens, A.-M. Missa, G. Cheron, B. Dan (Belgium) 291 Autism, macrocrania and epilepsy: how are they linked? A. Parmeggiani, A. Posar, P. Giovanardi-Rossi, F. Andermann, B. Zifkin (Italy, Canada) 296 Case reports Asymptomatic self-limiting