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Obesity was associated with faster progression of disability, including a higher risk of reaching higher EDSS scores, suggesting that increased body weight contributes to MS severity over time.

Epileptologists Siddharth Jain, MD, MBBS, and Cemal Karakas, MD, provided commentary on a poster presentation at AES 2024 focusing on factors influencing seizure freedom in children who’ve experienced neonatal and perinatal arterial strokes.

Donald S. Wood, PhD, president and chief executive officer at the MDA, provided thoughts and perspectives on the promising design and educational attainment for the 2025 MDA Clinical & Scientific conference.

Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you an exclusive interview with Jonathon Parker, MD, PhD. [LISTEN TIME: 23 minutes]

Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you an exclusive interview with Jonathan Parker, MD, PhD. [LISTEN TIME: 23 minutes]

Hugo Xi, head of Medical Neurology at UCB, discussed the company’s groundbreaking research, innovations in epilepsy care, and the company’s commitment to advancing treatments for rare syndromes at the 2024 AES Annual Meeting.

A partnership between a stroke expert coalition and the technology offered by RapidAI has provided a potential roadmap for improving rural stroke care in remote areas of the United States.

The assistant professor of neurosurgery and neuroscience at Mayo Clinic Arizona provided context on the potential of regenerative therapies like stem cells to restore neural function in patients with epilepsy. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Most treatment-emergent adverse events were mild or moderate, with low rates of serious TEAEs leading to discontinuation (1.7% in DS and 2.2% in LGS patients).

Factors like education level, hypertension, diabetes, and depression did not significantly predict epilepsy risk in patients with dementia.

Brad Chapman, head of U.S Epilepsy and Rare Syndromes at UCB, provided context on some of the innovative research and studies being presented at the 2024 American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting.

In both the randomized controlled trial and open-label extension, a higher proportion of patients without VNS achieved at least 50% and 75% seizure reductions compared to those with concomitant VNS treatment.

Fenfluramine showed a consistent safety profile in treating Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, with common adverse events such as decreased appetite, fatigue, and somnolence.

Although the study was limited, the data warrant further research and a raised awareness of the elevated risk associated with sleep apnea comorbidities in younger patients with epilepsy.

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Participants in the intervention group also reported themes of increased connectivity, creativity, and positivity.

Treatment with relutrigine resulted in a 46% placebo-adjusted reduction in motor seizures, along with a well-tolerated safety profile with adverse events that were mild to moderate.

Treatment with bexicaserin, a highly selective 5-HT2c receptor superagonist, resulted in reduction in countable motor seizures in patients not previously exposed to the agent.

CBD maintained a favorable safety profile, with 63% of participants experiencing adverse events such as diarrhea, vomiting, decreased appetite, and lethargy, leading to discontinuation in four patients.

RGX-202 demonstrated improved functional outcomes and robust microdystrophin expression, with levels exceeding those of other approved or investigational gene therapies.

Stoke Therapeutics is preparing for a phase 3 registrational study to further assess STK-001, with results from open-label extensions showing sustained seizure reductions and a well-tolerated safety profile.

Perspective from neurologists on the current and future applications for artificial intelligence across a bevy of neurologic conditions.

Early data from the pilot RELIEV-CM trial showed significant reductions in headache and migraine days, with 56% of patients showing a 50% reduction in symptoms at 4 weeks, and 100% at 12 weeks.

The professor of neurology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Epilepsy Center commented on various topics related to infantile spasms amid Infantile Spasms Awareness Week.

Rachana K. Gandhi Mehta, MBBS, an assistant professor of neurology at Wake Forest School of Medicine, discussed a new, innovative trial assessing the therapeutic potential of self-administered subcutaneous rozanolixizumab as a treatment for myasthenia gravis.

QRL-201, developed by QurAlis, aims to restore STATHMIN-2 (STMN2) expression, a key protein for neural repair, which is significantly reduced in patients with ALS.

To date, BT-267 shows strong potential as a best-in-class LRRK2 inhibitor for Parkinson disease, with a superior safety profile, excellent pharmacokinetics, and innovative development leveraging advanced technologies and biomarker modeling.

Delaying treatment past 12 months worsens leg disability scores and leads to a more challenging disease course in CIDP patients.

The launch of lorcaserin studies in 2020 coincided with several patients starting the newly available fenfluramine, which may have contributed to challenges in enrolling enough participants.

The application is based on a large-scale phase 3 study in which blarcamesine demonstrated a significant decline in disease progression compared with placebo over a 48-week period.