1999 Research Publications

Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Centre for

Books and Chapters

Kakulas, B.A. Dystrophinopathies in Exercise Intolerance, Exercise Intolerance and Muscle Contracture, eds G. Serratrice, J. Pouget, J-Ph Azulay, France, Springer-Verlag, 0: pp 75-82 (1999)

Kakulas, B.A. Pathologic Aspects of Muscle Contracture, Exercise Intolerance and Muscle Contracture, eds G. Serratrice, J. Pouget, J-Ph Azulay, France, Springer-Verlag, 0: pp 171-177 (1999)

Thickbroom, G.W., Byrnes, M.L. and Mastaglia, F.L. Methodology and application of TMS mapping, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, eds W. Paulus, M. Hallett, P.M. Rossini, J.C. Rothwell, The Netherlands, Elsevier Sci Ireland Ltd, 0: pp 48-54 (1999)

Wilton, S.D., Lim, L., Dye, D. and Laing, N.G. Bandstab: A PCR-based alternative to cloning PCR products, Expression genetics: differential display, eds A.B. Pardee, M. McClelland, USA, Eaton Publishing, 0: pp 371-376 (1999)

Journal Articles

Byrnes, M.L., Thickbroom, G.W., Phillips, B.A., Wilson, S.A. and Mastaglia, F.L.Physiological studies of the corticomotor projection to the hand after subcortical stroke, Clinical Neurophysiology, 110: pp 487-498 (1999)

Caminschi, I., Venetsanakos, E., Leong, C.C., Garlepp, M.J., Robinson, B.W.S. and Scott, B. Cytokine Gene Therapy of Mesothelioma, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 21:3, pp 347-356 (1999)

Felice, K.J., Meredith, C., Binz, N., Butler, A., Jacob, R., Akkari, P., Hallmayer, J. and Laing, N. Autosomal dominant distal myopathy not linked to the known distal myopathy loci, Neuromuscular Disorders, 9:2, pp 59-65 (1999)

Gardner, E.P., Ro, J.Y., Debowy, D. and Ghosh, S. Facilitation of neuronal activity in somatosensory and posterior parietal cortex during prehension, Experimental Brain Research, 127: pp 329-354 (1999)

Honeyman, K., Carville, K.S., Howell, J.M., Fletcher, S. and Wilton, S.D.Development of a snapback method of single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis for genotyping Golden Retrievers for the X-linked muscular dystrophy allele, American Journal of Veterinary Research, 60:6, pp 734-737 (1999)

Kakulas, B.A. The applied neuropathology of human spinal cord injury, Spinal Cord, 37: pp 79-88 (1999)

Kok, C.C., Croager, E.J., Witt, C.S., Keirs, L., Mastaglia, F.L., Abraham, L.J. and Garlepp, M.J. Mapping of a candidate region for susceptibility to inclusion body myositis in the human major histocompatibility complex, Immunogenetics, 49: pp 508-516 (1999)

Laing, N.G. Inherited disorders of sarcomeric proteins, Current Opinion in Neurology, 12: pp 513-518 (1999)

Laing, N.G. Inherited skeletal muscle disorders, Annals of Human Biology, 26:6, pp 507-525 (1999)

Mastaglia, F.L., Laing, N.G., Nowak, K.J., Stell, R., Phillips, B.A., Edmondston, J.E., Dorosz, S.M., Wilton, S.D., Hallmayer, J. and Kakulas, B.A. Novel mutation in the myelin protein zero gene in a family with intermediate hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 67:2, pp 174-179 (1999)

Mastaglia, F.L. and Laing, N.G. Distal myopathies: clinical and molecular diagnosis and classification, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 67:6, pp 703-707 (1999)

Novak, K.J., Anderson, J.R., Verity, C.M., North, K.N., Iannaccone, S.T., Müller, C.R., Nürnberg, P., Muntoni, F., Sewry, C., Hughes, I., Sutphen, R., Wattanasirichaigoon, D., Lacson, A.G., Swoboda, K.J., Vigneron, J., Wallgren-Pettersson, C., Beggs, A.H., Laing, N.G., Goebel, H.H., Wilce, M., Pelin, K., Donner, K., Jacob, R.L., Hübner, C. and Oexle, K. Mutations in the skeletal muscle a-actin gene in patients with actin myopathy and nemaline myopathy, Nature Genetics, 23:2, pp 208-212 (1999)

Panegyres, P.K., Mamotte, C.D., Vasikaran, S.D., Wilton, S.D., Fabian, V. and Kakulas, B.A. Butyrylcholinesterase K variant and Alzheimer's disease, Journal of Neurology, 246: pp 369-370 (1999)

Pelin, K., Hanefeld, F., Odent, S., Fardeau, M., Urtizberea, J.A., Muntoni, F., Dubowitz, V., Beggs, A.H., Laing, N.G., Labeit, S., de la Chapelle, A., Hilpela, P., Wallgren-Pettersson, C., Donner, K., Sewry, C., Akkari, P.A., Wilton, S.D., Wattanasirichaigoon, D., Bang, M.L. and Centner, T. Mutations in the nebulin gene associated with autosomal recessive nemaline myopathy, Proceeding of the National Acadamy of Sciences of the USA, 96:5, pp 2305-2310 (1999)

Price, P., Witt, C., Allcock, R., Sayer, D., Garlepp, M., Kok, C.C., French, M., Mallal, S. and Chrisiansen, F. The genetic basis for the association of the 8.1 ancestral haplotype (A1, B8, DR3) with multiple immunopathological diseases, Immunological Review, 167: pp 257-274 (1999)

Sacco, P., Hope, P.A.J., Thickbroom, G.W., Byrnes, M.L. and Mastaglia, F.L.Corticomotor excitability and perception of effort during sustained exercise in the chronic fatigue syndrome, Clinical Neurophysiology, 110: pp 1883-1891 (1999)

Schatzberg, S.J., Kornegay, J.N., Morris, G.E., Sharp, N.J., Olby, N.J., Breen, M., Anderson, L.V., Langford, C.F., Dickens, H.F., Wilton, S.D., Zeiss, C.J. and Binns, M.M. Molecular analysis of a spontaneous dystrophin 'knockout' dog, Neuromuscular Disorders, 9:5, pp 289-295 (1999)

Schatzberg, S.J., Sharp, N.J., Olby, N.J., Steingold, S., Keene, B., Atkins, C., Meurs, K., Solomon, G., Goedegebuure, S.A.and Wilton, S.D. A polymerase chain reaction screening strategy for the promoter of the canine dystrophin gene, American Journal of Veterinary Research, 60:9, pp 1040-1046 (1999)

Scott, W.K., Hubble, J., Koller, W., Stern, M.B., Colcher, A., Allen, F.H.JR., Hiner, B.C., Jankovic, J., Ondo, W., Laing, N.G., Mastaglia, F.L., Yamaoka, L.H., Goetz, C., Pappert, E., Small, G.W., Masterman, D., Haines, J.L., Davies, T.L., Stajich, J.M., Scott, B.L., Vance, J.M., Roses, A.D., Pericak-Vance, M.A., Watts, R.L. and Nance, M. The a-synuclein gene is not a major risk factor in familial Parkinson disease, Neurogenetics, 2: pp 191-192 (1999)

Tan, P., Briner, J., Boltshauser, E., Davis, M.R., Wilton, S.D., North, K., Wallgren-Pettersson, C. and Laing, N.G. Homozygosity for a nonsense mutation in the alpha-tropomyosin slow gene TPM3 in a patient with severe infantile nemaline myopathy, Neuromuscular Disorders, 9:8, pp 573-579 (1999)

Thickbroom, G.W., Byrnes, M.L. and Mastaglia, F.L. A model of the effect of MEP amplitude variation on the accuracy of TMS mapping, Clinical neurophysiology, 110: pp 941-943 (1999)

Thickbroom, G.W., Phillips, B.A., Morris, I., Byrnes, M.L., Sacco, P. and Mastaglia, F.L. Differences in functional magnetic resonance imaging of sensorimotor cortex during static and dynamic finger flexion, Experimental brain research, 126: pp 431-438 (1999)

Wallgren-Pettersson, C., Muntoni, F., Sewry, C., Dubowitz, V., Iannaccone, S., Minetti, C., Pedemonte, M., Seri, M., Cusano, R., Lammens, M., Castagna-Sloane, A., Pelin, K., Beggs, A.H., Laing, N.G., de la Capelle, A., Hilpela, P., Donner, K., Porfirio, B., Graziano, C., Swoboda, K.J., Fardeau, M. and Urtizberea, J.A. Clinical and genetic heterogeneity in autosomal recessive nemaline myopathy, Neuromuscular disorders, 9: pp 564-572 (1999)

Watkins, D.N., Lenzo, J.C., Segal, A., Garlepp, M.J. and Thompson, P.J. Expression and localization of cyclo-oxygenase isoforms in non-small cell lung cancer, The European Respiratory Journal, 14: pp 412-418 (1999)

Wilton, S.D., Lloyd, F.P., Carville, K., Fletcher, S., Honeyman, K., Agrawal, S. and Kole, R. Specific removal of the nonsense mutation from the mdx dystrophin mRNA using antisense oligonucleotides, Neuromuscular Disorders, 9: pp 330-338 (1999)

Conference Publications

Gardner, E.P., Debowy, D., Ro, J.Y. and Ghosh, S. Posterior parietal cortex (PPC) may initiate goal-directed actions of the hand, 29th Annual Meeting, Washington DC USA, Society of Neuroscience, 25: p 2196 (1999)

Howell, J.M., Jani, A., Tsujino, S., Shanske, S., Kakulas, B.A., DiMauro, S., Karpati, G., Pari, G., Davies, L., Fletcher, S., Wilton, S.D., Collins, T., Crerar, M.M., Nalbantoglu, J. and Shoubridge, E. Investigations of gene therapy for McArdle's disease using the sheep model, 4th International Congress of the World Muscle Society, Oxford England, Elsevier Science, 9: p 497 (1999)

Kakulas, B.A. Problems and solutions in the rehabilitation of patients with progressive muscular dystrophy, International Symposium on Muscle Diseases and Their Treatment with Special Reference to Different Types of Muscular Dys, Toyen, Scandinavian University Press, Supplement 39: pp 23-37 (1999)

Kakulas, B.A., Saenz, A., Lasa, A., Cobo, A.M., de Diego, C., Richard, I., Jacob, R. and Laing, N.G. Calpainopathy with unusual features, Neuromuscular Disorders, Oxford England, Pergamon - Elsevier Science Ltd, 9: pp 499-500 (1999)

Kakulas, B.A., Laing, N.G. and Johnsen, R.D. The contribution of molecular genetics in the diagnosis and management of neuromuscular disorders, International Symposium on Muscle Diseases and Their Treatment with Special Reference to Different Types of Muscular Dys, Toyen, Scandinavian University Press, 0:Supplement 39, pp 5-22 (1999)

Kakulas, B.A., Lorimer, R.L. and Tizard, B.K. Schwann Cell Remyelination in Human Spinal Cord Injury, VI European Congress of Neuropathology, Oxford England, Blackwell Science Ltd, 25:Supplement 1, p 29 (1999)

Kakulas, B.A. A Review of the Neuropathology of Human Spinal Cord Injury with Emphasis on Special Features, Donald Munro Memorial Lecture at the American Paraplegia Society 44th Annual Conference, England, Stockton Press, 22: pp 119-124 (1999)

Others

Laing, N.G. Bad brain genes, Genetics: The Facts, Fiction, Issues and Ethics, pp 65-77, Western Australia (1999)

Meredith, C. Genes in Medicine - The Human Genome Project, Genetics: The Facts, Fiction, Issues and Ethics, Human Genetics Society of Aust:, Western Australia (1999)