Brief Communications

• A novel mutation in SACS gene in a family from southern Italy

  C. Criscuolo, S. Banfi, M. Orio, P. Gasparini, A. Monticelli, V. Scarano, F. M. Santorelli, A. Perretti, L. Santoro, G. De Michele, A. Filla

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• Novel SACS mutations in autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay type

  G. S. Grieco, A. Malandrini, G. Comanducci, V. Leuzzi, M. Valoppi, A. Tessa, S. Palmeri, L. Benedetti, A. Pierallini, S. Gambelli, A. Federico, F. Pierelli, E. Bertini, C. Casali, F. M. Santorelli

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• Identification of a SACS gene missense mutation in ARSACS

  T. Ogawa, Y. Takiyama, K. Sakoe, K. Mori, M. Namekawa, H. Shimazaki, I. Nakano, M. Nishizawa

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• Delusional state following acute stroke

  Emre Kumral, Özgür Öztürk

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• The acoustic startle reflex in ischemic stroke

  S. K. Jankelowitz, J. G. Colebatch

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• A case of frequently recurring amaurosis fugax with atherothrombotic ophthalmic artery occlusion

  M. Nakajima, K. Kimura, K. Minematsu, K. Saito, T. Takada, M. Tanaka

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• Do malpractice concerns, payment mechanisms, and attitudes influence test-ordering decisions?

  G. L. Birbeck, D. R. Gifford, J. Song, T. R. Belin, B S. Mittman, B. G. Vickrey

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• Pilot trial of 1-octanol in essential tremor

  K. O. Bushara, S. R. Goldstein, G. J. Grimes, A. H. Burstein, M. Hallett

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• Evaluation of the pull test technique in assessing postural instability in Parkinson’s disease

  R. P. Munhoz, J. -Y. Li, M. Kurtinecz, P. Piboolnurak, A. Constantino, S. Fahn, A. E. Lang

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• Alpha-synuclein haplotypes implicated in risk of Parkinson’s disease

  E. K. Tan, A. Chai, Y. Y. Teo, Y. Zhao, C. Tan, H. Shen, V. R. Chandran, M. L. Teoh, Y. Yih, R. Pavanni, M. C. Wong, K. Puvan, Y. L. Lo, E. Yap

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• Antigliadin antibodies in Huntington’s disease

  Khalafalla O. Bushara, Martha Nance, Christopher M. Gomez

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• Respiratory muscle activity during REM sleep in patients with diaphragm paralysis

  J. R. Bennett, H. M.A. Dunroy, D. R. Corfield, N. Hart, A. K. Simonds, M. I. Polkey, M. J. Morrell

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• Hypocretin-1 CSF levels in anti-Ma2 associated encephalitis

  S. Overeem, J. Dalmau, L. Bataller, S. Nishino, E. Mignot, J. Verschuuren, G. J. Lammers

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• Association between the tumor necrosis factor-α −308 G/A gene polymorphism and migraine

  I. Rainero, L. M.E. Grimaldi, G. Salani, W. Valfrè, C. Rivoiro, L. Savi, L. Pinessi

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• Absence of IgG1 response in the cerebrospinal fluid of relapsing neuromyelitis optica

  I. Nakashima, K. Fujihara, J. Fujimori, K. Narikawa, T. Misu, Y. Itoyama

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• Recurrent transverse myelitis associates with anti-Ro (SSA) autoantibodies

  L. K. Hummers, C. Krishnan, L. Casciola–Rosen, A. Rosen, S. Morris, J. A. Mahoney, D. A. Kerr, F. M. Wigley

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