Brain & Development

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Current state of hemispherectomy and callosotomy for pediatric refractory epilepsy in Denmark	25
Interacting with AP1 complex mutated synergin gamma (SYNRG) reveals a novel coatopathy in the form of complicated hereditary spastic paraplegia	23
Acknowledgments to Anonymous Reviewers in 2023	23
New Year’s greetings	20
Association of O blood type with the prognosis of acute necrotizing encephalopathy in childhood: A single-center cohort study	19
Next generation sequencing in children with unexplained epilepsy: A retrospective cohort study	16
Differentiating early clinical features of Panayiotopoulos syndrome from acute encephalopathy	16
Potential of arterial spin labeling in elucidating the pathogenesis of the splenium of the corpus callosum and cerebellar dentate nucleus in encephalopathy	16
Chemotherapy-induced autoimmune-mediated encephalitis during germinoma treatment	15
A case of spinal muscular atrophy type 0 treated with nusinersen without progression of early-onset scoliosis – possibility of preventing scoliosis with a rehabilitation program focusing on postural m	13
Intellectual disability and genotype-phenotype correlation between full-scale intelligence quotient and mutation characteristics in boys with dystrophinopathy	13
Tendency and risk factors of acute pancreatitis in children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities: A single-center study	13
Autosomal dominant ADAR c.3019G>A (p.(G1007R)) variant is an important mimic of hereditary spastic paraplegia and cerebral palsy	13
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Refractory status epilepticus with fever due to mumps vaccine-induced encephalitis caused secondary encephalopathy mimicking acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion	11
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Homozygous SQSTM1 nonsense variant identified in a patient with brainstem involvement	10
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Guillain-Barré syndrome in children – High occurrence of Miller Fisher syndrome in East Asian region	10
Surgery for intractable epilepsy after severe encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion and new onset hippocampal lesion associated with parechovirus	10
Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis associated with a novel missense variant located in the inner pore of Nav1.4	10
Handgrip and finger flexion strength in children: A cross-sectional assessment of age-related normative data and application as a clinical functional marker in paediatric neuromuscular disorders	10
Thalamic aphasia associated with mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes: A case report	10
Video game exposure in children with epilepsy: EEG and clinical findings	10

The first case of Al-Raqad syndrome in Japan is associated with a homozygous DCPS exonic variant resulting in aberrant splicing	9
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Finger movement functions remain in the ipsilesional hemisphere and compensation by the contralesional hemisphere might not be expected after hemispherotomy -pre- and post-hemispherotomy evaluations i	8
Morphometric analysis of spike-wave complexes (SWCs) causing myoclonic seizures in children with idiopathic myoclonic epilepsies – A positive SWC component correlates with myoclonic intensity	8
Clinical, biochemical and genetic characteristics and long-term follow-up of five patients with malonyl-CoA decarboxylase deficiency	8
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A novel splice site CUL3 variant in a patient with neurodevelopmental delay	8
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Intrauterine twin environment and genetic factors subliminally affecting general movements in preterm infants	7
Evaluation of the neurofilament light chain as a biomarker in children with spinal muscular atrophy treated with nusinersen	7
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Long-term efficacy of intrathecal cyclodextrin in patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C	7
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Glucose instability and outcomes of neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy undergoing therapeutic hypothermia	7
Two-year efficacy of lacosamide as adjunctive therapy for generalized tonic-clonic seizures in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy	7
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Japanese guidelines for treatment of pediatric status epilepticus – 2023	6
Skeletal anomaly and opisthotonus in early-onset epileptic encephalopathy with KCNQ2 abnormality	6
Validity and prognostic utility of clinical assessment scale for autoimmune encephalitis (CASE) score in children with autoimmune encephalitis	6
Integrating whole-genome sequencing and transcriptomic findings in the diagnosis and management of Coffin-Siris syndrome	6
Two differential cavities in syringomyelia of pediatric Chiari I malformation presenting with unilateral foot drop	6
Prevalent MLC1 mutation causing autosomal recessive megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy in consanguineous Palestinian families	6
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A retrospective study on post-operative recovery of daily living activity after total corpus callosotomy	6
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An exploratory study to identify neonatal arterial ischemic stroke: A single-center study	6
Efficacy and safety of buccal midazolam for seizures outside the hospital: Real-world clinical experience	6
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Serum 25(OH)D and vitamin K1 levels in patients with severe motor and intellectual disability: A Japanese single-center experience	6
The most severe form of LMNA-associated congenital muscular dystrophy	6
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Regarding the impact of maternal dyslipidemia on infant neurodevelopment	5
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Clinical characteristics and radiological features of tubulinopathy: A single-center retrospective study in Japan	5
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation therapy in patients with cognitively preserved structural focal epilepsy: A case series report	5
A case of epilepsy with myoclonic atonic seizures caused by SLC6A1 gene mutation due to balanced chromosomal translocation	5
Endocrinological study of low-dose adrenocorticotropic hormone therapy without tapering in infantile epileptic spasms syndrome	5
A female case of L1 syndrome that may have developed due to skewed X inactivation	5
Longitudinal study for the early detection of autism in children with very preterm birth	5
The first pediatric case of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS) associated with Neisseria meningitidis	5
Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity and the later development of epilepsy in a chemotherapy-associated brain damage	5

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Pediatric anti-neutral glycosphingolipid antibodies-positive encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy presenting with prominent brain demyelination	5
Developmental changes in prefrontal cortex activation in children with or without autism spectrum traits on near-infrared spectroscopy	5
Current care practices for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in China	5
A novel pathogenic compound heterozygous variant in C12orf57 gene in a child with Temtamy syndrome presenting with overlapping phenotypic features of Kabuki-like syndrome	5
Characterizing visual processing deficits in cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy	5
Absence seizures during sleep in childhood absence epilepsy: A sign of drug resistance?	5
Verification of the ability of the new MRI classification system to predict neurodevelopmental outcome in very low-birth-weight infants	5
Epidemiological study on pediatric-onset dystonia in Japan: A questionnaire-based survey	5
Levetiracetam for pediatric migraine prophylaxis: A narrative review	5
Antenatal presentation and supratentorial brain abnormalities in a child with Poretti-Boltshauser syndrome	5
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Effect of cannabidiol as a neuroprotective agent on neurodevelopmental impairment in rats with neonatal hypoxia	5
Reply to letter to editor “Children with migraine and tension-type headache: Do they have behavioral and emotional issues?”	5
Clinical and molecular characteristics of tectonic (TCTN1) gene-related Joubert syndrome in a Saudi boy	5
Prediction and assessment of acute encephalopathy syndromes immediately after febrile status epilepticus	5
MR vessel wall enhancement in a pediatric focal cerebral arteriopathy	4
Announcements	4
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy in a young Italian woman with a de novo missense variant in the CLCN4 gene: A case report	4
Reply to “Levacetylleucine a game changer for Niemann-Pick disease type-C”	4
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Chaperone therapy: Stabilization and enhancement of endogenous and exogenous lysosomal enzymes	4
Blood coagulation dynamics during adrenocorticotropic hormone therapy in pediatric patients with infantile spasms	4
The first case of hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome with fulminant hypercytokinemia associated with pediatric COVID-19	4
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Natural history of timed rise from floor in young individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A single-center retrospective study	4
Increased cytokines/chemokines and hyponatremia as a possible cause of clinically mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion associated with acute focal bacterial nephritis	4
National study on pediatric acute encephalopathy in Japan (April 2020 to October 2023): Insights from the third study	4
Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of adjunctive perampanel in the treatment of pediatric patients aged 4–18 years with epilepsy: A single-center, retrospective, observational real-world study	4
Early infantile spontaneous movement in very low birthweight infants is associated with sensory characteristics at the corrected age of 3 years	4
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Questionnaire survey on sleep habits of 3-year-old children in Asahikawa City: Comparison between 2005 and 2020	4
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Children with migraine and tension-type headache: Do they have behavioral and emotional issues?	4
Combined medical therapy and neurosurgical revascularization preventing stroke in post-varicella angiopathy: Case report and review of literature	4
Epidemiological investigation of spinal muscular atrophy in Japan	4
Case report of a rare purine synthesis disorder due to 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase (AICAR) deficiency	4
Spontaneous and reflex movements after diagnosis of clinical brain death: A lesson from acute encephalopathy	4
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Gait disturbance in a patient with de novo 1.0-kb SOX2 microdeletion	4
Age-related variations in opening pressure in lumbar puncture: Implications for its interpretation in children	4
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Relationship between cerebrospinal fluid cytokines/chemokines and clinical impact of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disorders in children	3
A comprehensive study of mutation and phenotypic heterogeneity of childhood mitochondrial leukodystrophies	3
Cerebral creatine deficiency disorders – A clinical, genetic and follow up study from India	3
Nusinersen induces detectable changes in compound motor action potential response in spinal muscular atrophy type 1 patients with severe impairment of motor function	3
Risk factors for post-encephalopathic epilepsy in patients with acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion	3
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Looks can be deceiving: An appraisal of Sturge weber syndrome type III case series	3
Reply to “Cortical cystic lesions – A typical endpoint of a stroke-like lesion”	3
Treating neurodegenerative disease: Nusinersen and other therapeutic strategies for improved motor function	3
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Repeated neonatal Needle-pricking stimulation alter neurodevelopment in adolescent rats	3
Reply to the letter “Regarding investigation of prognostic factors for HHV 6/7-associated acute encephalopathy”	3
Evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in pediatric patients with spinal muscular atrophy	3
A retrospective analysis of memantine use in a pediatric neurology clinic	3
Improvement in a post-stroke pediatric patient with hemiplegia: Use of a hand-arm bimanual intensive therapy with hybrid assistive limb	3
SCN8A-related developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with ictal asystole requiring cardiac pacemaker implantation	3
Hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome in a patient with a de novo heterozygous variant in KIF1A	3
The clinical spectrum associated with ATP1A2 variants in Chinese pediatric patients	3
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Febrile seizure in children with COVID-19 during the Omicron variant-predominant era: A single-center study	3
Hypomyelinating spastic dyskinesia and ichthyosis caused by a homozygous splice site mutation leading to exon skipping in ELOVL1	3
Use of lacosamide for focal epilepsy in a child with kidney failure undergoing peritoneal dialysis	3
A dilemma in pediatric migraine: Headache or school performance? – A comparison of topiramate and flunarizine	3
Paroxysmal delta waves of awake EEG in childhood adrenoleukodystrophy: Possible indicator of the hematopoietic stem cell therapy (HSCT)	3
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A pediatric case of autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy with unique brain imaging patterns and increased cytokines/chemokines	3
Two cases of DYNC1H1 mutations with intractable epilepsy	3
Boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder perform wider and fewer finger tapping than typically developing boys – Peer comparisons and the effects of methylphenidate from an exploratory persp	2
Call for abstracts for oral and poster presentations	2
A screening method for visual attention disabilities in cerebral palsy with periventricular leukomalacia	2
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A case with congenital disorder of glycosylation with defective fucosylation 2 and new mutation in FUK gene	2
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Hypotheses of pathophysiological mechanisms in epileptic encephalopathies: A review	2
Color density spectral array findings on continuous EEG during therapeutic hypothermia in children with acute encephalopathy	2
Unilateral internal carotid artery absence in trisomy 18	2

Developmental change of prefrontal cortex activity during handwriting tasks in children and adults	2
Genetic analysis of leukodystrophies in children: towards improved diagnostic yield	2
Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in hypomyelinating leukodystrophy	2
A case of acute encephalopathy with hyperperfusion detected by arterial spin labelling: Extending spectrum of acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion	2
Professor Verne S. Caviness	2
Tryptophan metabolism in children with migraine: The role of kynurenine pathway	2
A six-year longitudinal study of neurocognitive problems in children with epilepsy	2
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Long-term hearing and neurodevelopmental outcomes following Kawasaki disease: A population-based cohort study	2
Association between small for gestational age and motor coordination difficulties in children aged 5–6 years: Insights from the Hokkaido Study on Environment and Children's Health	2
The effectiveness of intravenous benzodiazepine for status epilepticus in Dravet syndrome	2
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Successful treatment with dimethyl fumarate in a child with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis	2
The gaze characteristics in preterm children: The appropriate timing for an eye-tracking tool	2
A female case of 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate synthetase deficiency with novel neuro-imaging abnormalities	2
Weak impacts of neuropsychological measures on symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in university students	2
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Sialic acid and anti-ganglioside M1 antibodies are invaluable biomarkers correlated with the severity of autism spectrum disorder	2
Functional status of brainstem auditory pathway in babies born below 30 week gestation with necrotizing enterocolitis	2
A female patient with adolescent-onset progressive myoclonus epilepsy carrying a truncating MECP2 mutation	2
Recent advances in CYFIP2-associated neurodevelopmental disorders: From human genetics to molecular mechanisms and mouse models	2
Phenotypes of SMA patients retaining SMN1 with intragenic mutation	2
Letter to the editor: ‘Prevalence and management of gastrointestinal complications of Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A retrospective cohort study’	2
Cranial shapes of Japanese preterm infants at one month of age using a three-dimensional scanner	2
Fosphenytoin dosing regimen including optimal timing for the measurement of serum phenytoin concentration in pediatric patients	2
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Epileptic foci and networks in children with epilepsy after acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion	2
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Serial changes of T1-, T2-weighted MR imaging and MR spectroscopy in Tay-Sachs disease with late onset spasms.	2
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Isolated sixth nerve palsy as an initial presentation of primary angiitis of the central nervous system	2
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Convergent validity of the developmental coordination disorder checklist using soft neurological signs	2
Muscle impairment in MRI affect variability in treatment response to nusinersen in patients with spinal muscular atrophy type 2 and 3: A retrospective cohort study	2
Overlapping features of restless legs syndrome and growing pains in Turkish children and adolescents	2
Announcements	2
Can a familial history of migraine and motion sickness be used in the diagnosis of childhood migraine?	2
Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated cerebral cortical encephalitis with super-refractory status epilepticus	2
Dr. Michael V. Johnston	2
Clonic seizures, continuous spikes-and-waves during slow sleep, choreoathetosis and response to sulthiame in a child with FRRS1L encephalopathy	1
Introduction of the new Editor-in-Chief of Brain & Development	1
Polymicrogyria in a child with KCNMA1-related channelopathy	1
The Japanese version of the children’s sleep habits questionnaire (CSHQ-J): A validation study and influencing factors	1
Perampanel therapy for intractable GRIN2D-related developmental and epileptic encephalopathy: A case report and literature review	1
Sex interaction of white matter microstructure and verbal IQ in corpus callosum in typically developing children and adolescents	1
Copy number assessment of SMN1 based on real-time PCR with high-resolution melting: fast and highly reliable testing	1
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Exploration of urine metabolic biomarkers for new-onset, untreated pediatric epilepsy: A gas and liquid chromatography mass spectrometry-based metabolomics study	1
Water intoxication: A clue to the presence of classical Fabry disease	1
Safety and feasibility of autologous cord blood infusion for improving motor function in young children with cerebral palsy in Japan: A single-center study	1
Incidence and risk factors of acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures in febrile status epilepticus	1
Newborn screening of neurometabolic diseases for early treatment	1
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Regulatory mechanism of LncRNA GAS5 in cognitive dysfunction induced by sevoflurane anesthesia in neonatal rats	1
Ankle contractures and functional motor decline in Duchenne muscular dystrophy	1
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Effects of increased physical therapy staffing in the neonatal intensive care unit on oral feeding maturation and neurodevelopment of extremely low birth weight infants	1
A pilot study of combining social skills training and parenting training for children with autism spectrum disorders and their parents in Japan	1
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Reply: Amnestic aphasia in MELAS can be epileptogenic	1
Valproate and lamotrigine combination therapy in children with drug-resistant focal epilepsy: an observational analysis focusing on neuroimaging abnormalities	1
Establishment of an objective index for the diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder by the continuous performance test “MOGRAZ”	1
Chaperone therapy for lysosomal and non-lysosomal protein misfolding diseases	1
Diagnostic value of serum miRNA-134-3p and miRNA-155-5p for monitoring seizure control in pediatric epilepsy	1
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Corrigendum to: “Detailed clinical course of fatal acute encephalopathy in children” [Brain Dev. 41(8) (2019) 691–698]	1
New Year’s Greetings	1
NeuroPAIN app: Usefulness of a mobile pain application evaluation system for children with cerebral palsy	1
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Delayed episodic memory recall after one week is associated with executive functions and divided attention in pediatric epilepsy patients	1
Recurrent pneumonia in three patients with MECP2 duplication syndrome with aspiration as the possible cause	1
Neuropsychiatric manifestations associated with Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An overview focusing on early diagnosis	1
A novel INPP4A mutation with pontocerebellar hypoplasia, myoclonic epilepsy, microcephaly, and severe developmental delay	1
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ATP1A3-related early childhood onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy responding to corpus callosotomy: A case report	1
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Improving pediatric magnetic resonance imaging safety by enhanced non-technical skills and team collaboration	1
Acknowledgments to Anonymous Reviewers in 2021	1
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Growth and differentiation factor-15 as a potential prognostic biomarker for status-epilepticus-associated-with-fever: A pilot study	1
A novel de novo TMEM63A variant in a patient with severe hypomyelination and global developmental delay	1
Clinical characteristics and management of plexiform neurofibromas in children with neurofibromatosis 1: A Japanese nationwide survey	1
Monozygotic twins with DYT-TOR1A showing jerking movements and levodopa responsiveness	1
Reply to the letter: “A case of infantile Tay-Sachs disease with late onset spasms”	1
Long-term efficacy of low-dose perampanel for progressive myoclonus epilepsy in a patient with Gaucher disease type 3	1
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Hemidystonia with polymicrogyria is part of ATP1A3-related disorders	1
Intellectual disability and autistic behavior and their modifying factors in children with tuberous sclerosis complex	1
Developmental delay and non-phenylketonuria (PKU) hyperphenylalaninemia in DNAJC12 deficiency: Case and approach	1
Fetal alcohol syndrome and the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders: A longitudinal cohort study	1
Unraveling the connections between migraine and psychiatric comorbidities: A narrative review	1
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Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease in a patient with symptoms of aseptic meningitis who achieved spontaneous remission: A case report and review of the literature	1
Greetings from the new Editor-in-Chief	1
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