Brain & Development
Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Child Neurology
Brain and Development is devoted to publishing Review Articles, Full Length Original Papers, Case Reports and Letters to the Editor in the field of Child Neurology and related sciences. Proceedings of meetings, and professional announcements will be published at the Editor's discretion. Letters concerning articles published in Brain and Development and other relevant issues are also welcome.
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Editor-in-Chief: M. Kaga
Impact factor: 2.119
5 year impact factor: 1.862
Imprint: Elsevier
ISSN: 0387-7604
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Extracted from Scopus (on Thu May 16)198 Zang, Y.-F. | Yong, H. | Chao-Zhe, Z. | Qing-Jiu, C. | Man-Qiu, S. | Meng, L. | Li-Xia, T. | Tian-Zi, J. | Yu-Feng, W. Altered baseline brain activity in children with ADHD revealed by resting-state functional MRI Brain and Development, Volume 29, Issue 2, 2007-03-01, Pages 83-91 75 Lossin, C. A catalog of SCN1A variants Brain and Development, Volume 31, Issue 2, 2009-02-01, Pages 114-130 66 Ming, X. | Brimacombe, M. | Wagner, G.C. Prevalence of motor impairment in autism spectrum disorders Brain and Development, Volume 29, Issue 9, 2007-10-01, Pages 565-570 58 Zafeiriou, D.I. | Ververi, A. | Vargiami, E. Childhood autism and associated comorbidities Brain and Development, Volume 29, Issue 5, 2007-06-01, Pages 257-272 56 Takanashi, J.-i. Two newly proposed infectious encephalitis/encephalopathy syndromes Brain and Development, Volume 31, Issue 7, 2009-08-01, Pages 521-528 55 Hara, H. Autism and epilepsy: A retrospective follow-up study Brain and Development, Volume 29, Issue 8, 2007-09-01, Pages 486-490 54 Scheffer, I.E. | Zhang, Y.-H. | Jansen, F.E. | Dibbens, L. Dravet syndrome or genetic (generalized) epilepsy with febrile seizures plus? Brain and Development, Volume 31, Issue 5, 2009-05-01, Pages 394-400 52 Kim, S.U. Genetically engineered human neural stem cells for brain repair in neurological diseases Brain and Development, Volume 29, Issue 4, 2007-05-01, Pages 193-201 50 Brockmann, K. The expanding phenotype of GLUT1-deficiency syndrome Brain and Development, Volume 31, Issue 7, 2009-08-01, Pages 545-552 50 Krägeloh-Mann, I. | Cans, C. Cerebral palsy update Brain and Development, Volume 31, Issue 7, 2009-08-01, Pages 537-544 - View all items
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Thu May 161 Michael V. Johnston Clinical disorders of brain plasticity Brain and Development, Volume 26, Issue 2, March 2004, Pages 73-80 2 Xue Ming | Michael Brimacombe | George C. Wagner Prevalence of motor impairment in autism spectrum disorders Brain and Development, Volume 29, Issue 9, October 2007, Pages 565-570 3 Asuri N. Prasad | Chitra Prasad The floppy infant: contribution of genetic and metabolic disorders Brain and Development, Volume 25, Issue 7, October 2003, Pages 457-476 4 Isabelle Rapin | Michelle Dunn Update on the language disorders of individuals on the autistic spectrum Brain and Development, Volume 25, Issue 3, April 2003, Pages 166-172 5 Dimitrios I. Zafeiriou | Athena Ververi | Euthymia Vargiami Childhood autism and associated comorbidities Brain and Development, Volume 29, Issue 5, June 2007, Pages 257-272 6 Russell A Barkley Issues in the diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children Brain and Development, Volume 25, Issue 2, March 2003, Pages 77-83 7 Seung U. Kim Genetically engineered human neural stem cells for brain repair in neurological diseases Brain and Development, Volume 29, Issue 4, May 2007, Pages 193-201 8 Zang Yu-Feng | He Yong | Zhu Chao-Zhe | Cao Qing-Jiu | Sui Man-Qiu | Liang Meng | Tian Li-Xia | Jiang Tian-Zi | Wang Yu-Feng Altered baseline brain activity in children with ADHD revealed by resting-state functional MRI Brain and Development, Volume 29, Issue 2, March 2007, Pages 83-91 9 Jean Aicardi Aicardi syndrome Brain and Development, Volume 27, Issue 3, April 2005, Pages 164-171 10 Harvey B Sarnat | David Nochlin | Donald E Born Neuronal nuclear antigen (NeuN): a marker of neuronal maturation in the early human fetal nervous system1Presented at the XIII International Congress of Neuropathology, Perth, Australia, September 7𢀓12, 1997.1 Brain and Development, Volume 20, Issue 2, March 1998, Pages 88-94 - View all items
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