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'Primary sensory neuropathy with muscular changes associated with carcinoma'. Editorial

scientific article

'The marvellous harmony of the nervous parts': the origins of multiple sclerosis.

scientific article published in July 2004

A clear case of possession. Editorial

scientific article published in January 2010

A genome-wide German screen for linkage disequilibrium in multiple sclerosis.

scientific article published in October 2003

A genome-wide screen for linkage disequilibrium in Sardinian multiple sclerosis

scientific article published in October 2003

A high-density screen for linkage in multiple sclerosis

scientific article

A highly enriched niche of precursor cells with neuronal and glial potential within the hair follicle dermal papilla of adult skin

scientific article published on 27 September 2007

A human experiment in nerve division by W.H.R. Rivers MD FRS, Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge and Henry Head MD FRS, Physician to the London Hospital, Brain 1908: 31; 323-450.

scientific article published in November 2009

A major histocompatibility Class I locus contributes to multiple sclerosis susceptibility independently from HLA-DRB1*15:01.

scientific article

A new familial infantile form of diffuse brain-sclerosis

scientific article

A second major histocompatibility complex susceptibility locus for multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on March 2007

A whole genome association study in multiple sclerosis patients from north Portugal

scientific article

A whole genome screen for linkage disequilibrium in multiple sclerosis confirms disease associations with regions previously linked to susceptibility

scientific article published in June 2002

Abnormal tau phosphorylation in primary progressive multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on 21 March 2010

Accelerated lymphocyte recovery after alemtuzumab does not predict multiple sclerosis activity

scientific article

Activin/Nodal inhibition alone accelerates highly efficient neural conversion from human embryonic stem cells and imposes a caudal positional identity

scientific article

Acute poliomyelitis. By F. E. Batten MD Cantab FRCP Lond. The Lumleian Lectures for 1916 delivered before the Royal College of Physicians. Brain 1916; 39: 115-211.

scientific article published on 17 April 2016

An experimental model of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis that shows regional variation in gliosis, remyelination, axonal and neuronal loss

scientific article published on 30 July 2008

Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on 29 September 2013

Association of the truncating splice site mutation in BTNL2 with multiple sclerosis is secondary to HLA-DRB1*15.

scientific article

Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

scientific article

Autologous mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: an open-label phase 2a proof-of-concept study

scientific article published on 10 January 2012

Balanced and responsible journalism

scientific article published in October 2009

Bayesian refinement of association signals for 14 loci in 3 common diseases

scientific article published on 28 October 2012

Brain Editorial

scientific article published in February 2012

Brain denies being forbidding and insensitive to change

scientific article published on May 2002

Brain editorial

scientific article published in October 2013

Brain. Editorial

scientific article published in July 2013

Brain. Editorial

scientific article published in January 2013

Brain. Editorial

scientific article

CIITA variation in the presence of HLA-DRB1*1501 increases risk for multiple sclerosis

scientific article

Campath-1H treatment of multiple sclerosis: lessons from the bedside for the bench

scientific article published in June 2004

Cerebrospinal fluid had come a long way since Galen of Pergamon (130–200) declared the ventricles to be reservoirs for the animal spirits

scientific article published on June 2015

Class II HLA interactions modulate genetic risk for multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on 07 September 2015

Complexity and heterogeneity in demyelinating disease

scientific article

Deceptively amorphous macroscopic appearance of the brain conceals untold complexities of regional specification

scientific article published in August 2008

Decreased iNOS synthesis mediates dexamethasone‐induced protection of neurons from inflammatory injury in vitro ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2003

Different pathways for iNOS-mediated toxicity in vitro dependent on neuronal maturation and NMDA receptor expression

scientific article

Doctors who write literature may be considered to have crossed from science to the humanities obtaining release from the rigid constraints of logic, experiment and fact, and gaining the freedoms of imagination, metaphor and fiction

scientific article

Dorsal column

scientific article published in October 2014

Dorsal column. From the archives

scientific article

Down the ages, physicians have observed the evolution of disease over time

scientific article

Dr Macdonald Critchley (1900-97).

scientific article

Dr. Sigmund Freud. Editorial

scientific article published in April 2010

Editorial

Editorial. 'The muddle of embodiment'.

scientific article published in June 2009

Editorial. Sarcasm, risk taking, callous unemotional responses, confabulation, telling lies, gambling, fear-conditioning and compulsive activity

scientific article published in May 2009

Efficient generation of neural precursors from adult human skin: astrocytes promote neurogenesis from skin-derived stem cells

scientific article published in July 2004

Evaluating the role of the 620W allele of protein tyrosine phosphatase PTPN22 in Crohn's disease and multiple sclerosis

scientific article published in March 2006

Evidence for CRHR1 in multiple sclerosis using supervised machine learning and meta-analysis in 12,566 individuals

scientific article

Evidence for abnormal tau phosphorylation in early aggressive multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on 14 March 2009

FGF-dependent generation of oligodendrocytes by a hedgehog-independent pathway

scientific article

Facial reflexes.

scientific article published in February 2005

Four single nucleotide polymorphisms from the vitamin D receptor gene in UK multiple sclerosis

scientific article

From The Archives

scientific article published in August 2015

From the archives. 'Visual field changes following anterior temporal lobectomy: their significance in relation to "Meyer's loop" of the optic radiation' and 'The architecture of the optic radiation in the temporal lobe of man'.

scientific article published in September 2005

From the archives. A contribution to the study of apraxia with a review of the literature

scientific article

From the archives. Anatomical and physiological observations on lesions in the cerebellar nuclei in Macacus rhesus (preliminary report). By Ernest Sachs and Edgar F. Fincher. Brain 1927, 50: 350-356; with The subpial resection of the cortex in the t

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From the archives. Corticobasal degeneration. By WRG Gibb, PJ Luther and CD Marsden. Brain 1989: 112; 1171-1192 with Corticobasal degeneration. A clinical study of 36 cases. By JO Rinne, MS Lee, PD Thompson and CD Marsden. Brain 1994: 117; 1183-1196

scientific article

From the archives. Problems of life and mind

scientific article published in August 2005

From the archives. The cerebral arterial supply. By Charles E Beevor MD, FRCP. Brain 1908; 30: 403–25.

scientific article

Genetic analysis of multiple sclerosis

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Genetic analysis of multiple sclerosis in Europeans: French data

scientific article

Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis

scientific article

Genetic variation in the IL7RA/IL7 pathway increases multiple sclerosis susceptibility

scientific article

Genome-wide association studies in multiple sclerosis: lessons and future prospects ⬇️

scientific article published on February 10, 2011

Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

scientific article

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies novel multiple sclerosis susceptibility loci

scientific article

Heterogeneity at the HLA-DRB1 locus and risk for multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on 11 August 2006

Human autoimmunity after lymphocyte depletion is caused by homeostatic T-cell proliferation

scientific article

IL-21 drives secondary autoimmunity in patients with multiple sclerosis, following therapeutic lymphocyte depletion with alemtuzumab (Campath-1H)

scientific article

Induction of Olig2 precursors by FGF involves BMP signalling blockade at the Smad level

scientific article

Interrogating the complex role of chromosome 16p13.13 in multiple sclerosis susceptibility: independent genetic signals in the CIITA-CLEC16A-SOCS1 gene complex

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Investigation of the role of mitochondrial DNA in multiple sclerosis susceptibility

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It is part of the art of medicine that, despite its origins in organ based pathological anatomy, the concept of 'disease' is constantly adjusted by evolving societal concepts of what does and does not constitute illness

scientific article

John Walton, Lord Walton of Detchant: a man of influence and goodwill

scientific article published in November 2016

Lack of support for association between the KIF1B rs10492972[C] variant and multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on June 2010

Linkage disequilibrium screening for multiple sclerosis implicates JAG1 and POU2AF1 as susceptibility genes in Europeans

scientific article

Lord Campbell's account of Shakespeare's legal knowledge stimulated Sir John (Charles) Bucknill to interpret the bard's words and phrases of medical significance for the general reader. Editorial

scientific article published in September 2009

Low frequency and rare coding variation contributes to multiple sclerosis risk

MANAGEMENT OF ADVERSE REACTIONS TO ALEMTUZUMAB INFUSION

scientific article published on 14 October 2015

MANBA, CXCR5, SOX8, RPS6KB1 and ZBTB46 are genetic risk loci for multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on June 2013

Magnetization transfer imaging in multiple sclerosis treated with alemtuzumab

scientific article published on April 5, 2012

Making progress on the natural history of multiple sclerosis

scientific article published in March 2006

Many organizations and institutions will celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Editorial

scientific article published in March 2009

Measurements come in all shapes and sizes

scientific article published in July 2009

Meta-analysis of genome scans and replication identify CD6, IRF8 and TNFRSF1A as new multiple sclerosis susceptibility loci

scientific article

Minimally manipulated oligodendrocyte precursor cells retain exclusive commitment to the oligodendrocyte lineage following transplantation into intact and injured hippocampus

scientific article published in October 2007

Minocycline attenuates nitric oxide-mediated neuronal and axonal destruction in vitro

scientific article published in August 2004

Misrepresentation of the outside world or self may follow damage to the nervous system

scientific article published in December 2008

Most intact human nervous systems know whether they are vertical or tilted, to around 4 degrees of accuracy between the perceived and real displacement

scientific article published in September 2008

Multiple sclerosis

scientific article, Lancet, 2002

Multiple sclerosis

scientific article, Lancet, 2008

Multiple sclerosis risk variants alter expression of co-stimulatory genes in B cells

scientific article

Multiple sclerosis: light at the end of the tunnel.

scientific article published in March 2006

Myelin repair: the role of stem and precursor cells in multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on January 2008

Negligible impact of rare autoimmune-locus coding-region variants on missing heritability

scientific article

Neural precursor cells cultured at physiologically relevant oxygen tensions have a survival advantage following transplantation

scientific article published on 15 May 2013

Neural stem cells as a potential source of oligodendrocytes for myelin repair

scientific article

Neurology: quo vadis? ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2011

Neuronal expression of pathological tau accelerates oligodendrocyte progenitor cell differentiation

scientific article

New candidate loci for multiple sclerosis susceptibility revealed by a whole genome association screen in a Belgian population

scientific article published in October 2003

No evidence for association between an MAOA functional polymorphism and susceptibility to Parkinson's disease.

scientific article

No evidence for shared genetic basis of common variants in multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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No evidence of association between mutant alleles of the CYP27B1 gene and multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on 26 February 2013

Oligodendrocytes promote neuronal survival and axonal length by distinct intracellular mechanisms: a novel role for oligodendrocyte-derived glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor.

scientific article published in June 2003

On diabetic neuritis, with a clinical and pathological description of three cases of diabetic pseudo-tabes. By T. Davies Pryce MRCS, consulting surgeon to the Nottingham General Dispensary. Brain 1893: 16; 416-424. With Diabetic neuropathy. A clinic

scientific article published in November 2011

Parkinson's disease - the story of an eponym

scientific article published on 8 December 2017

Postnatal astrocytes promote neural induction from adult human bone marrow-derived stem cells

scientific article published on December 2003

Predicting autoimmunity after alemtuzumab treatment of multiple sclerosis.

scientific article

Professor P. K. Thomas: clinician, investigator, editor and leader--a retrospective appreciation

scientific article published in February 2011

Progressive atrophy of the globus pallidus (primary atrophy of the pallidal system). A system disease of the paralysis agitans type, characterized by atrophy of the motor cells of the corpus striatum. A contribution to the function of the corpus str

scientific article published on 20 April 2017

Progressive lenticular degeneration: a familial nervous disease associated with cirrhosis of the liver, by S. A. Kinnier Wilson, (From the National Hospital, and the Laboratory of the National Hospital, Queen Square, London) Brain 1912: 34; 295-509.

scientific article published in August 2009

Refining the analysis of a whole genome linkage disequilibrium association map: the United Kingdom results

scientific article published in October 2003

Replication analysis identifies TYK2 as a multiple sclerosis susceptibility factor

scientific article published on 18 March 2009

Resolving TYK2 locus genotype-to-phenotype differences in autoimmunity

scientific article published on November 2016

Science and religion traditionally part company around the issue of evidence

scientific article published in July 2008

Semantic dementia. Progressive fluent aphasia with temporal lobe atrophy. By John R. Hodges, Karalyn Patterson, Susan Oxbury and Elaine Furnell. From The Archives

scientific article

Sensory history

scientific article published in April 2009

Tau and alpha-synuclein in susceptibility to, and dementia in, Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on August 2007

The Berger rhythm: potential changes from the occipital lobes in man.

scientific article published in January 2010

The Genetic Analysis of Multiple sclerosis in EuropeanS: concepts and design ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

The Multiple Sclerosis Genomic Map: Role of peripheral immune cells and resident microglia in susceptibility

scholarly article published 13 July 2017

The anatomy and physiology of cutaneous sensibility: a critical review. By FMR Walshe. Brain 1942: 65; 48–112.

scientific article published on April 2011

The benign form of multiple sclerosis. A study based on 241 cases seen within three years of onset and followed up until the tenth year or more of the disease. By Douglas McAlpine. From the Institute of Clinical Research, The Middlesex Hospital Medi

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The evolution of consciousness. Together with a diagram illustrating certain homologies in the nervous system. By W.H.B. Stoddart MD MRCP. Brain 1903; 26: 432-439. With The structure of consciousness by Michael Polanyi. Brain 1965; 88: 799-810.

scientific article published in September 2017

The hippocampus and the sense of smell. A review, by Alf Brodal. Brain 1947: 70; 179-222 ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

The lipidoses and the central nervous system. 1948.

scientific article published in June 2012

The mesenchymal stem cells in multiple sclerosis (MSCIMS) trial protocol and baseline cohort characteristics: an open-label pre-test: post-test study with blinded outcome assessments

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The role of the CD58 locus in multiple sclerosis

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Trophic factors attenuate nitric oxide mediated neuronal and axonal injury in vitro: roles and interactions of mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling pathways.

scientific article published on March 2005

Two genome-wide linkage disequilibrium screens in Scandinavian multiple sclerosis patients

scientific article published in October 2003

Variation within DNA repair pathway genes and risk of multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on 3 June 2010

War-neurasthenia, acute and chronic. By DW Carmalt Jones MD FRCP, Physician to Westminster Hospital; sometime Medical Officer-in-charge Medical Division, No. 4 Stationary Hospital, British Expeditionary Force (Neurological centre), and Consultant Ph

scientific article published on June 2013

Was Charles Darwin interested in the brain?

scientific article published in December 2009

William Ian McDonald: 1933–2006 ⬇️

scientific article published on June 15, 2011

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