
Robert Bermel, MD, discusses advances in disease-modifying therapies, the challenges of monitoring MS progression, and emerging biomarkers and treatments that may address remaining unmet needs.

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Robert Bermel, MD, discusses advances in disease-modifying therapies, the challenges of monitoring MS progression, and emerging biomarkers and treatments that may address remaining unmet needs.

In honor of Veterans Day, Clayton Mucha, DO, neurorehabilitation physiatrist at Burke Rehabilitation in New York, discusses the lasting effects of traumatic brain injury in military personnel.

A study of deceased former NFL players estimated that nearly 75% had CTE neuropathology, while a phase 3 trial is evaluating whether F-18 FNT-PET imaging could help identify disease-associated patterns in living patients.

Darren Gitelman, MD, senior medical director of the Advocate Memory Center in Park Ridge, discusses findings linking high-dose influenza vaccination to lower Alzheimer disease risk, study limitations, and potential implications for future dementia prevention research.

Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is the 2026 AHA/ASA Guideline for Adult Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery!

Amanda L. Piquet, MD, reviews 1-year KYSA-8 findings, highlighting sustained clinical improvements and safety outcomes with miv-cel in patients with stiff person syndrome.

The 500-participant study will assess whether pridopidine, an investigational sigma-1 receptor agonist, can slow functional decline and improve survival in patients with early, rapidly progressing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals reported initial Phase 1b findings showing brezosiran reduced cerebrospinal fluid mutant huntingtin levels by a mean of 60% to 64% at 3 months, with plans for a pivotal study in 2027.

NeurologyLive recaps September 2026 FDA approvals and their potential implications for the evolving treatment landscape across neurology. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Sara Cuccurullo, MD, FAAPMR, and Talya Fleming, MD, FAAPMR, of Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, discuss the updated adult stroke rehabilitation and recovery guidelines and their implications for clinical practice.

Kim Henriksen, PhD, discusses research evaluating blood-based biomarkers of blood-brain barrier remodeling and immune cell activity in multiple sclerosis, including their potential to track treatment responses and inform future biomarker development.

Changes in health care use emerged 5 to 6 years before the first clinical manifestation of MS, with shifts in encounter patterns potentially reflecting underlying autoimmune activity and other disease-associated processes.

Terrie Livingston, PharmD, vice president of medical affairs at Octave Bioscience, discussed the evolving role of blood-based biomarkers in multiple sclerosis care.

The 36-month CORE-VNS study findings showed sustained seizure reduction, improved quality of life, and reduced seizure-related hospitalizations among people with drug-resistant epilepsy receiving vagus nerve stimulation therapy.

Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is recent advances in gene therapies.

Phase 3 data show the oral BTK inhibitor reduced annualized relapse rate by 35.2% and 31.2% vs teriflunomide, with no liver safety signal or Hy's Law cases.

A professor at Polytechnique Montreal discussed advances in brain and spinal cord MRI for multiple sclerosis, including improved lesion detection, imaging standardization, and the opportunities and challenges of AI. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

The phase 2 FENerations1 study is an open-label, single-arm, small-scale study evaluating fenebrutinib dosing in 8 to 12 children and adolescents with relapsing MS.

Updated data from Breakfree-2 study showed that treatment with a single zola-cel infusion achieved NEDA-3 in highly active relapsing multiple sclerosis and led to mostly stable disability in progressive multiple sclerosis.

In a 16-person placebo-controlled trial, every cognitively unimpaired adult given AV-1959R developed anti-amyloid-beta antibodies, while placebo recipients stayed at baseline.

Ocrelizumab demonstrated noninferiority to fingolimod for relapse control but displayed greater reductions in MRI lesion activity among pediatric patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is biomarkers in multiple sclerosis!

Pivotal AFFINITY DUCHENNE results showed microdystrophin expression above the prespecified threshold in 93% of evaluable participants, with preliminary functional findings favoring treatment over external controls.

Findings from the phase 3 METEOROID trial showed that satralizumab reduced the risk of relapse in patients with relapsing myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease.

New analyses found differences in functional outcomes over 2 years among patients aged 8 to 12 years treated with delandistrogene moxeparvovec, while separate findings characterized micro-dystrophin expression in children younger than 3 years.

The director of the Center for Neurological Restoration at Cleveland Clinic discusses when to transition beyond oral medication and considerations for selecting device-aided therapies in PD.

Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is recent therapeutic advances in MS!

Carmela Tartaglia, MD, FRCPC, discusses the challenges of diagnosing frontotemporal dementia, the evolving role of biomarkers, and emerging approaches to disease modification.

New cerebrospinal fluid biomarker data suggest shared LRRK2 pathway activation across sporadic and LRRK2-associated Parkinson disease, potentially informing biomarker development and therapeutic targeting.

An MDS 2026 plenary speaker discusses the evolving role of infusion therapies, deep brain stimulation, and focused ultrasound in Parkinson disease, including when to consider device-aided therapies and how treatment selection can be individualized.

September 3rd 2026