Lauren Seidman, a second-year medical student at NYU Langone’s Grossman School of Medicine, provided perspective on a poster at AAN 2024 highlighting the use of binocular visual function testing in Alzheimer disease.

Between those with NMOSD and NAION, the data showed differences in disc edema, peripapillary nerve fiber layer thickening, vision loss, and the symptoms that preceded vision loss.

Using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) Coding Test score, SAGE-718 failed to distinguish itself from placebo.

Foralumab's anti-CD3 mechanism modulates T cell function, offering potential benefits for the challenging-to-treat na-SPMS patients.

Mark Bain, MD, a neurosurgeon at Cleveland Clinic’s Cerebrovascular Center, provided commentary on the ENRICH trial, a positive study of minimally invasive removal of intracerebral hemorrhage.

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Larry Gifford, a patient living with Parkinson Disease and president of the PD Avengers, discussed sleep issues and nighttime symptoms faced by millions of patients with the disease worldwide.

Ofatumumab showed a consistent and long-term reduction in relapse rates and MRI lesion activity in patients with recently diagnosed, treatment-naïve relapsing multiple sclerosis.

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Tavapadon's phase 3 success complements ongoing monotherapy trials, addressing the need for effective and well-tolerated PD therapies.

The research grant aims to diversify Friedreich ataxia treatments, addressing challenges in trial design and therapeutic strategies for this condition.

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Patients experienced improvements in ON/OFF time and motor function, with favorable tolerability, paving the way for a phase 2 trial.

Neal K. Shah, CEO of CareYaya Health Technologies, an AI innovator in neurological care, discussed how technology is poised to transform the fight against Parkinson, with the potential to improve millions of lives and advance health equity.

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Paula Emanuela Voinescu, MD, PhD, director of the Women's Epilepsy Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital, talked about the influence of sex hormones on maternal outcomes in pregnant women with epilepsy treated with antiseizure medication.

Across 2, phase 3 studies, fremanezumab provided significant effects on monthly migraine days, regardless of whether patients were obese or not.

Even when combining both adult and pediatric patients, diazepam nasal spray administered within 5 minutes of a seizure led to quicker seizure termination.

Kate Labiner, MD, a pediatric epileptologist at Child Neurology Consultants of Austin, talked about the potential of cenobamate in pediatric patients with refractory focal epilepsy who have failed multiple medications.

Investigators found no trends in amyloid-imaging abnormality rates based on centile tertile levels for lecanemab-treated patients.

Patients treated with ALZ-801 showed improvements in cognition, reduced brain atrophy, and maintained dementia rating stages.

An analysis of a phase 3 trial of low sodium oxybate in patients with idiopathic hypersomnia identified a minimal clinically important difference in the visual analog scale for sleep inertia.

A phase 3b study showed that switching from intravenous C5 inhibitors to subcutaneous zilucoplan in patients with myasthenia gravis was associated with symptom improvement at 12 weeks.

Over 2, phase 3 studies, brexpiprazole-treated patients demonstrated greater response rates across various levels on the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Index and Clinical Impression Scale-Improvement assessment.

Combination of atogepant and ubrogepant resulted in minimal adverse events, and were safe and well-tolerated over a 12-week period.