Scientific Update

Please find below scientific udpates which includes Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia, Grey Matter Heterotopia and Subcortical Band Heterotopia among other malformations of cortical development.

#1 October 2021

Genetic causes underlying grey matter heterotopia

Vriendm I, Oegema, R., Open Access Published:October 09, 2021. Genetic causes underlying grey matter heterotopia DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpn.2021.09.015

#2 Sept. 2020

International consensus recommendations on the diagnostic work-up for malformations of cortical development

Nature Reviews. Neurology
Oegema, R., Barakat, T.S., Wilke, M. et al. International consensus recommendations on the diagnostic work-up for malformations of cortical development. Nat Rev Neurol 16, 618–635 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-020-0395-6

# 2 August 2020

Definitions and classification of malformations of cortical development: practical guidelines

Brain, a journal of Neurology
Mariasavina Severino, Ana Filipa Geraldo, Norbert Utz, Domenico Tortora, Ivana Pogledic, Wlodzimierz Klonowski, Fabio Triulzi, Filippo Arrigoni, Kshitij Mankad, Richard J Leventer, Grazia M S Mancini, James A Barkovich, Maarten H Lequin, Andrea Rossi, on behalf of the European Network on Brain Malformations (Neuro-MIG), Definitions and classification of malformations of cortical development: practical guidelines, Brain, Volume 143, Issue 10, October 2020, Pages 2874–2894, https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaa174 on behalf of the European Network on Brain Malformations (Neuro-MIG) .

There was a subsequent correction on Table 4:

https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awaa298/5910748