Abstracts

• "Non-specific" X-linked mental retardation: clinical, genetic and molecular studies
  
  B. Hamel(1), S. van der Maarel(1), A. Smits(1), E. Mariman(1), H. Kremer(1), F. Cremers(1) and H.H. Ropers(1,2)
  
  
• GENETICS OF DYSTONIA
  
  Laurie Ozelius
  

• A contig in Xq13.1
  
  U. Peters(1), G. Haberhausen(1), H. Muth(1), A. Köhler(1), A.P. Monaco(2) and U. Müller(1)
  
  
• A retroviral vector for tetracycline-regulatable expression of heterologous genes
  
  W. Paulus, I. Baur, F.M. Boyce, X.O. Breakefield and S.A. Reeves
  
  
• Altered interleukin-6 secretion capacity of monocytes in narcoleptic patients
  
  D. Hinze-Selch, T. Wetter, Y. Zhang, H. Lu, F. Holsboer and T. Pollmächer
  
  
• Apolipoprotein-E-Genotyp und Alzheimer-Krankheit: Beziehung zu relativem Risiko, Erkrankungsalter und Verlauf
  
  A. Kurz(1), N. Lautenschlager(1), R. Marquard(1), D. Mösch(1), R. Busch(2), R. Egensperger(3), M.B. Graeber(3), K. Altland(4) and U. Müller(4)
  
  
• Association between apolipoprotein E genotype and neuropathological phenotype in sporadic Alzheimer's disease
  
  R. Egensperger, S. Kösel, P. Mehraein and M.B. Graeber
  
  
• Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia and CAG repeat expansion
  
  C. Zühlke(1), W. Klostermann(2), K. Wessel(2) and E. Schwinger(1)
  
  
• Candidate gene approach in panic disorder: the adenosine A1 receptor
  
  J. Deckert(1,4), M. Nöthen(1), W. Maier(2), P. Franke(2), J. Fritze(3), H. Beckmann(4), H. Ren(5), G.L. Stiles(5) and P. Propping(1)
  
  
• Cerebellar ataxia, mental retardation and retinitis pigmentosa associated with T8,993G mitochondrial DNA point mutation
  
  E. Wilichowski(1), K. Brockmann(1), C. Korenke(1), A. Renneberg(2), J. Frahm(3) and F.Hanefeld(1)
  
  
• Coping strategies of persons at risk for late onset neuro-degenerative disorders with respect to the outcome of predictive DNA analysis
  
  T. Haase und F. Kreuz
  
  
• Delineation of the XDP gene within a small region of Xq13.1 and characterization of two candidate genes
  
  G. Haberhausen(1), N. Brockdorff(2), M. Fontes(3), A.P. Monaco(4) and U. Müller(1)
  
  
• Despite different location pattern, similar p53 gene mutation frequency in pediatric and adult glioblastoma
  
  U. Sure(1), M. Hegi(2), J. Lübbe(2), A. von Deimling(2) and P. Kleihues(2)
  
  
• Die spinale Muskelatrophie Typ Kennedy (XSBMA) in der Differentialdiagnose von Motoneuronerkrankungen
  
  W. Kress, B. Halliger-Keller und T. Grimm
  
  
• Distribution of G5460A mutant mtDNA in parkinsonian brain
  
  N.M. Schnopp, S. Kösel, R. Egensperger, P. Mehraein and M.B. Graeber
  
  
• DNA methylation and triplet repeat stability
  
  D. Wöhrle, M. Wolf, D. Gläser, S. Schwemmle and P. Steinbach
  
  
• Dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD): 4 new mutations of the GTP cyclohydrolase gene in British patients
  
  O. Bandmann, C.D. Marsden and A.E. Harding
  
  
• Eine Mutation im CHRNA4-Gen als Ursache einer idiopathischen Epilepsie
  
  O. Steinlein
  
  
• Eye tracking dysfunction as phenotypic marker in linkage studies with schizophrenia
  
  R. Lencer(1), V. Arolt(1), S. Purmann(2), A. Nolte(1), B. Müller(3), M. Schürmann(2) and E. Schwinger(2)
  
  
• Gen-Konversion bei Dystrophia myotonica
  
  V. Otto(1), P. Vieregge(1), M. Greiwe(2) und P. Steinbach(3)
  
  
• Genetic linkage studies in autosomal dominant parkinsonism: evaluation of candidate genes
  
  T. Gasser(1), Z.Wszolek(2), B. Müller(3) and A. Supala(1)
  
  
• Geniospasm: a type of essential tremor?
  
  A. Danek and T. Meitinger
  
  
• Hereditäre Stammgangliendegeneration mit dominantem Erbgang - eine Stammbaumstudie
  
  M. Hund(1,2), P. Lüdemann(1) und E.B. Ringelstein(1)
  
  
• Identical twins with Huntington's disease: differences in cerebral glucose metabolism and clinical manifestation
  
  A. Weindl(1), P. Bartenstein(2), R. Wenzel(2), M. Rehm(1), S. Spiegel(1), T. Meitinger(3), M. Schwaiger(2) and B. Conrad(1)
  
  
• Informative crossover refines mapping of the CADASIL disease locus
  
  M. Dichgans(1), M. Mayer(1), B. Müller(2), A. Straube(1) and T. Gasser(1)
  
  
• Investigations on the point mutations at nt5460 of the mtDNA in different neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases
  
  B. Janetzky(1), C. Schmid(1) , P. Riederer(2) and H. Reichmann(1)
  
  
• Isolation and characterization of two human genes similar to the region-specific homeotic Drosophila gene SPALT which show expression in the developing and adult human brain
  
  J. Kohlhase, R. Schuh, H. Jäckle, B. Schroeder, W. Schulz-Schaeffer, H.A. Kretzschmar, A. Köhler, U. Müller, E. Burkhard, M. Raab-Vetter, W. Engel and R. Stick
  
  
• Linkage analysis and mutation screening in two large families with non-syndromic X-linked mental retardation
  
  E. Holinski-Feder(1), A. Golla(1), I. Rost(1), H. Seidel(1), T. Strom(1), O. Rittinger(2), K. Wilke(3), T. Meitinger(1) and A. Meindl(1)
  
  
• Marinesco-Sjögren-Syndrom: neuro-myopathischer Subtyp?
  
  J.-U. Walther(1), W. Müller-Felber(2) und M. Jensen(1)
  
  
• McLeod neuroacanthocytosis: An underdiagnosed syndrome?
  
  M. Oechsner(1), G. Winkler(1), A. Danek(2), M. Ho(3), A.P. Monaco(3)
  
  
• Molecular analysis in Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP)
  
  K.D. Bathke(1,2), D. Lorek(1), T. Liehr(1), A. Ekici(1), E. Nelis(3), C. Van Broeckhoven(3), H. Grehl(2), D. Claus(2), B. Neundörfer(2) and B. Rautenstrauß(1)
  
  
• Molecular genetic studies of variation in dopamine and serotonin receptor genes
  
  M.M. Nöthen, S. Cichon, J. Erdmann, D. Shimron-Abarbanell and P. Propping
  
  
• Molecular genetics of adrenomyeloneuropathy
  
  M. Vorgerd(1), S. Fuchs(2), M. Tegenthoff(1) and J.-P. Malin (1)
  
  
• Molecular genetics of human prion diseases in Germany
  
  O. Windl(1), A. Giese(1), T. Jacobsen(1), T. Bogumil(1), M. Neumann(1), T. Weber(2), S. Poser(2) and H. Kretzschmar(1)
  
  
• Mouse models created by gene targeting to study mid-hindbrain development
  
  W. Wurst(1,2), V. Blanquet(1,2), M. Hanks(2) and A.L. Joyner(2)
  
  
• NADH dehydrogenase and CYP2D6 genotypes in Parkinson's disease
  
  S. Kösel, N.M. Schnopp, R. Egensperger, P. Mehraein and M.B. Graeber
  
  
• Neurofibromatosis type 2 protein merlin is highly expressed in human fibroblasts and linked to the plasma membrane
  
  M. Kressel(1) and B. Schmucker(2)
  
  
• Neurotransmitter mediated Ca2+ signalling in human glioma and neurocytoma cells
  
  P. Weydt, S. Patt and H. Kettenmann
  
  
• Phenotype and genotype in persistent mirror movements
  
  A. Danek, J. Wendeborn and J. Hermsdörfer
  
  
• Phylogeny of the human dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) and investigation of its association with alcoholism
  
  U. Finckh(1), M. Giraldo-Velasquez(1), G. Otto(1), O. von Widdern(3), T. Sander(2) , L.G. Schmidt(2), H. Rommelspacher(1) and A. Rolfs(1,3)
  
  
• Role of transcription factors in microglial activation: the cAMP responsive element binding protein (CREB) is involved in microglial activation in vivo
  
  J. Gehrmann(1), R.B. Banati(2), F. Beermann(3), E. Hummler(3), J. Blendy(4), G. Schütz(4), G.W. Kreutzberg(2) and A. Aguzzi(1)
  
  
• SOD1 Punktmutation in einer Familie mit ALS
  
  B. Bereznai, G.D. Borasio, A. Winkler and T.Gasser
  
  
• The importance of brain banks for neurogenetic research
  
  M.B. Graeber, S. Kösel, R. Egensperger, N.M. Schnopp and P. Mehraein
  
  
• Untersuchungen der mitochondrialen DNA bei MS-Patientinnen
  
  U. Mayr-Wohlfart(1), G. Rödel(2), C. Paulus(3) und A. Henneberg(3)
  
  
• Use of four intragenic polymorphisms in the 3'UTR of the PMP-22 gene in the diagnosis of the 17p11.2 deletion in HNPP
  
  P. Young (1), H. Wiebusch (2), F. Stoegbauer (1), H. Masur (1), B. Ringelstein (1), G. Assmann (2,3), and H. Funke (2,3)
  

For further information please contact:

Prof. Dr. med. U. Mueller
Institut fuer Humangenetik der Universitaet Giessen
Schlangenzahl 14, 35392 Gießen, Germany

Dr. med. M. B. Graeber
Institut für Neuropathologie der Universität München
Thalkirchner Str. 36, 80337 München, Germany