1. Caspar Schott’s Physica Curiosa

   • J. Francisco Salomão

   Cover Picture 13 February 2009 Pages: 1381 - 1382

   

2. Ependymoma: lessons from the past, prospects for the future

   • Eric Bouffet
   • Uri Tabori
   • Ute Bartels

   Letter to the Editor 27 June 2009 Pages: 1383 - 1384

3. Ependymoma: lessons from the past, prospects for the future

   • Charles Teo
   • Andrew Little

   Letter to the Editor 03 July 2009 Pages: 1385 - 1385

4. Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the central nervous system

   • Beatriz de León-Bojorge
   • Fernando Rueda-Franco
   • Marcial Anaya-Jara

   Letter to the Editor 28 July 2009 Pages: 1387 - 1387

5. Reply to comments by Dr. de León-Bojorge et al. on our article “Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the central nervous system: clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical features of four cases”

   • Yeşim Ertan

   Letter to the Editor 28 July 2009 Pages: 1389 - 1389

6. Post CSF shunting Chiari I malformation—sequel or complication? Hypertension or hypotension?

   • Suhas Udayakumaran

   Letter to the Editor 08 July 2009 Pages: 1391 - 1392

   

7. Reply to the comments by Dr. Udayakumaran on our article “A late complication of CSF shunting: acquired Chiari I malformation”

   • Massimo Caldarelli

   Letter to the Editor 08 July 2009 Pages: 1393 - 1393

8. Acute ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction following opening of the spinal subarachnoid space

   • Harold L. Rekate

   Letter to the Editor 18 July 2009 Pages: 1395 - 1396

9. Reply to Dr. Rekate’s comments on our article “Acute ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction following opening of the spinal subarachnoid space: a case series”

   • R. Shane Tubbs
   • W. Jerry Oakes

   Letter to the Editor 24 July 2009 Pages: 1397 - 1397

10. A differential diagnosis to “growing lipoma”

    • Suhas Udayakumaran
    • Shlomi Constantini

    Letter to the Editor 09 September 2009 Pages: 1399 - 1399

    

11. Clinical, radiologic and pathologic features and outcome following surgery for cervicomedullary gliomas in children

    • Salvatore Di Maio
    • Shahid M. Gul
    • Paul Steinbok

    Original Paper 28 July 2009 Pages: 1401 - 1410

    

12. Intracranial meningiomas of childhood and adolescence: report of 34 cases with follow-up

    • Xin Li
    • Jizong Zhao

    Original Paper 28 July 2009 Pages: 1411 - 1417

13. Neurosurgical treatment strategies in childhood craniopharyngiomas: is less more?

    • Tilman Schubert
    • Michael Trippel
    • Guido Nikkhah

    Original Paper 28 August 2009 Pages: 1419 - 1427

    

14. Chiari I malformation after cranial radiation therapy in childhood: a dynamic process associated with changes in clival growth

    • Kristian Aquilina
    • Thomas E. Merchant
    • Robert A. Sanford

    Original Paper 03 September 2009 Pages: 1429 - 1436

    

15. Evaluation of a tool to screen at preschool age for minor cognitive disorders liable to affect schooling among children born premature

    • Véronique Brévaut-Malaty
    • Muriel Busuttil
    • Catherine Gire

    Original Paper 24 July 2009 Pages: 1437 - 1445

    

16. Upper limb motor function in young adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus

    • M. Dennis
    • M. S. Salman
    • F. Gentili

    Original Paper 12 August 2009 Pages: 1447 - 1453

17. Transsphenoidal meningoencephalocele associated with cleft lip and palate: challenges for diagnosis and surgical treatment

    • Diogo Franco
    • Nivaldo Alonso
    • Talita Franco

    Original Paper 09 June 2009 Pages: 1455 - 1458

    

18. Treatment option for arachnoid cysts

    • Kyu-Won Shim
    • Yoon-Ho Lee
    • Dong-Seok Kim

    Original Paper 18 June 2009 Pages: 1459 - 1466

19. Intraventricular and subarachnoid basal cisterns neurocysticercosis: a comparative study between traditional treatment versus neuroendoscopic surgery

    • Jefferson V. Proaño
    • Jaime Torres-Corzo
    • Leonardo Rangel-Castilla

    Original Paper 26 June 2009 Pages: 1467 - 1475

    

20. Infantile encephalopathy due to vitamin deficiency in industrial countries

    • Ibrahim Abu-Kishk
    • Marianna Rachmiel
    • Gideon Eshel

    Original Paper 08 July 2009 Pages: 1477 - 1480

    

21. Modified transoral approach for resection of skull base chordomas in children

    • Xenia Doorenbosch
    • Stephen Santoreneos
    • Peter J. Anderson

    Technical Note 31 July 2009 Pages: 1481 - 1483

    

22. Cytogenetic findings in a rare pediatric mixed glioneuronal tumor and review of the literature

    • Mariela C. Coccé
    • Fabiana Lubieniecki
    • Marta S. Gallego

    Case Report 22 April 2009 Pages: 1485 - 1490

    

23. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt dislodgement after a haircut with hair clippers in two shunted boys

    • Meng-Fai Kuo
    • Huei-Shyong Wang
    • Shih-Hung Yang

    Case Report 18 April 2009 Pages: 1491 - 1493

    

24. Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor of the brain: case series and review of literature

    • Ahitagni Biswas
    • Shikha Goyal
    • Goura Kishor Rath

    Case Report 30 May 2009 Pages: 1495 - 1500

    

25. Finding on brain MRI mimicking focal cortical dysplasia in early Rasmussen's encephalitis: a case report and review

    • Kuo-Liang Chiang
    • Tai-Tong Wong
    • Kai-Ping Chang

    Case Report 11 June 2009 Pages: 1501 - 1506

    

26. Cingulate epilepsy in a child with a low-grade glioma

    • M. De Rose
    • M. Luzi
    • F. Rychlicki

    Case Report 09 June 2009 Pages: 1507 - 1511

    

27. Psammomatoid ossifying fibroma with secondary aneurysmal bone cyst of frontal sinus

    • M. J. Nasser

    Case Report Open access 30 May 2009 Pages: 1513 - 1516

    

28. Unusual subacute diencephalic edema associated with a trapped fourth ventricle: resolution following foramen magnum decompression

    • Suhas Udayakumaran
    • Xiao Bo
    • Shlomi Constantini

    Case Report 16 June 2009 Pages: 1517 - 1520

    

29. Single hole cerebral arteriovenous fistula between the anterior choroidal artery and the basal vein of Rosenthal in a child

    • Rodrigo Rivera
    • Raphael Blanc
    • Jacques Moret

    Case Report 11 June 2009 Pages: 1521 - 1523

    

30. T. Kobayashi, L.D. Lunsford (eds): Pineal region tumors—diagnosis and treatment options. (Progress in neurological surgery, vol. 23)

    • Concezio Di Rocco

    Book Review 01 August 2009 Pages: 1525 - 1525