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Ian Wilkinson
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 The March 2010 issue of the ICNA Newsletter has been made available.
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IOS Press
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IOS Press announces publication of a special issue of NeuroRehabilitation: An International Journal (NRE) devoted specifically to hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HI-BI), a significant disruption of brain function due to a deficient supply of oxygen to the brain. This is the first publication to present a consolidated overview of HI-BI. It provides a thorough review of neuropathophysiology, neuroimaging assessment, and evaluation and management of the neurological and neurobehavioral sequelae of these injuries in adults and children.
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Centre de Neuroscience Cognitive (CNRS)
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The team led by Angela Sirigu at the Centre de Neuroscience Cognitive (CNRS) has shown that the inhalation of oxytocin, a hormone known to promote mother-infant bonds and social relationships, significantly improved the abilities of autistic patients to interact with other individuals.
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John Hopkins
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Current and former patients treated with the high-fat ketogenic diet to control multiple, daily and severe seizures can be reassured by the news that not only is the diet effective, but it also appears to have no long-lasting side effects, say scientists at Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
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Charles Newton
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 One of the newest societies of child neurology in the world, the
Child Neurology Society of Nigeria has been inaugurated in West Africa.
The population of Nigeria was estimated to be 124 million in 2003,
which placed it as tenth most populous nation in the world. It is the
most populated country in Africa, with 44% of the population under 15
years of age. Nigeria has 12 medical schools. It has an active
Paediatric Association, with its own journal, Nigerian Journal of
Paediatrics. In January 2007, the Child Neurology Society of Nigeria
(http://cnsnonline.org/index.php) was formed and now has over 20
members, paediatricians trained and interested in child neurology and
development.
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American Academy of Neurology
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A new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society finds botulinum toxin type A to be an effective treatment for spasticity, muscle tightness that interferes with movement, in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy, but poses some risk. The guideline is published in the January 26, 2010, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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TREAT
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A major international consensus document setting out best practice in care for Duchenne musculardystrophy (DMD) is now available as an e‐publication from the Lancet Neurology journal ahead of itsprinted release in January 2010. The product of an extensive review process by 84 internationalexperts representing 20 disciplines across DMD diagnosis and care, this document is a unique guidefor individuals, care providers and families to comprehensive healthcare management for individualswith DMD |
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The Center for Modeling Optimal Outcomes LLC
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During its research into the application of neuroscience in business, a
New Jersey based think tank, The Center for Modeling Optimal Outcomes®,
LLC (The Center) made an inadvertent and amazing discovery.
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Duke University Medical Center
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At the moment a newborn switches from amniotic fluid to breathing air, another profound shift occurs: nerve cells in the brain convert from hyperexcitability to a calm frame against which outside signals can be detected.
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The Lancet Neurology
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 Children whose brains are starved of oxygen at birth suffer less brain
injury if they undergo therapeutic cooling. An Article published Online
First and in the January edition of The Lancet Neurology shows MRI
scans on these infants predict with 80% accuracy the likelihood of
death or disability by 18 months. The Article is written by Dr Dr Denis
Azzopardi, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, UK,
and colleagues.
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Baylor College of Medicine
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The most common gene for a syndrome associated with abnormal heart rhythms and sudden death triggers epileptic seizures and could explain sudden unexplained death in epilepsy, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears today in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
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The Lancet
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Using validated prediction rules to identify children at very low risk
of clinically-important traumatic brain injuries (ciTBIs) can reduce
the need for CT scans and their resultant radiation exposure. This is
the conclusion of an Article published Online First and in an upcoming
edition of The Lancet, written by Prof Nathan Kuppermann, Departments
of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, Davis
Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA and colleagues from the PECARN
investigators network.
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Jo Wilmhurst & Andre Venter
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 In May 2010 the International Child Neurology
Association will meet on African soil in Cairo. It is a fitting
event to launch the African Paediatric Neurology Association (APNA).
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PLoS Genetics
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Mutations in the SCN9A sodium channel gene are a cause of febrile seizures
and contribute to a severe form of epilepsy in infants 6 months and
younger, report researchers from the University of Utah, University of
Antwerp, and University of Washington. The findings, published in the
September
18,2009 issue of the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, suggest that infants
with Dravet syndrome, a type of epilepsy that often begins with
fever-induced
(febrile) seizures, could be tested for the SCN9A gene mutation to
determine whether or not they should receive sodium channel blockers to
treat their
seizures.
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Washington University in St. Louis
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Researchers have launched an online registry that ultimately aims to help children infantile spasms.
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