Acta Neuropathologica Communications October 2013

This book contains open access research articles from October of 2013 published in Acta Neuropathologica Communications. Topics include: Human fetal inner ear involvement in congenital cytomegalovirus infection; Nerve hyperplasia: a unique feature of ketamine cystitis; Clinical and multimodal biomarker correlates of ADNI neuropathological findings; G-protein coupled receptor expression patterns delineate medulloblastoma subgroups; Focal cortical dysplasias in autism spectrum disorders; Dipeptide repeat proteins are present in the p62 positive inclusions in patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration and motor neurone disease associated with expansions in C9ORF72; Cerebellar hemorrhagic injury in premature infants occurs during a vulnerable developmental period and is associated with wider neuropathology; Astrocytes differentially respond to inflammatory autoimmune insults and imbalances of neural activity; Lipid accumulation, lipid oxidation, and low plasma levels of acquired antibodies against oxidized lipids associate with degeneration and rupture of the intracranial aneurysm wall.