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Identified by Mayo Clinic investigators, the protein-coding gene SERPINA5 was found to be associated with tau expression, characteristic of Alzheimer disease pathology.

After propensity adjustment, there was no difference in the risk of epilepsy or age at epilepsy onset for infants whose ASM was discontinued vs maintained at hospital discharge.

The professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic detailed the next steps in understanding more about the impact social determinants of health have on epilepsy care.

Six months after being discharged from the hospital for COVID-19, patients scored worse than average on 1 or more NeuroQoL scale components, which measured anxiety, sleep, fatigue, and depression.

Alterations in MDS-UPDRS part III scores were associated with increased expression of Treg phenotypes and immunosuppressive function, suggesting a potential role of Treg function in diminution of disease progression.

In addition to focusing on healthy sleep habits, researchers reinforce empowering children and adolescents to navigate the “brave new world” of online and hybrid schooling influenced by the pandemic.

The neurologist from Banner Health and chief medical officer of the MS Association of America discussed the significance of World MS Day and how clinical care of MS has evolved.

With successful completion of the phase 2a study, Annovis plans on evaluating ANVS401 in late-stage studies starting in late 2021.

Lawrence Severt, MD, PhD, discussed the history of CGRP antagonists and what atogepant can potentially bring to the market pending approval.

An upcoming phase 2 trial will assess ketamine in up to 36 patients, using change in the Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale as the primary end point of the study.

The trial will be the first neuroimaging study aimed at observing the impacts of rhythmic auditory stimulation on walking impairment in multiple sclerosis.

The findings suggest that patients with dementia should be prioritized for stringent preventive measures, greater surveillance, and early intervention in COVID-19.

The county with the highest premature stroke mortality was 20.78 times higher than that of the county with the lowest mortality. The data have raised alarms among the study authors.

Environmental factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, overweight/obese status, and sun exposure were associated with an increased risk of relapsing-onset and progressive-onset MS.

Only 4.9% of respondents in active clinical practice at the time of the survey reported not using telehealth when providing patient care services.

Vineet Punia, MD, MS, shared thoughts on his study from AAN 2021 which characterized generalized epilepsy in older adults and the elderly, and raised questions about its overall prevalence.

Migraine with aura was associated with the risk of incident hypertension and no significant difference was observed between individuals with or without aura.

The associate professor and director of the Headache Medicine Fellowship Program at Thomas Jefferson University discussed treatment optimization for patients with migraine and raising overall awareness for preventive treatments.

The degree of increased risk for subsequent ischemic events following intracerebral hemorrhage persisted after adjusting for basic demographic characteristics and traditional vascular risk factors.

Copy number results for the kit were highly concordant with reference results from other methods.

Nearly 65% of responders say their migraine disease makes them feel like life is passing them by and more than half claimed they cannot make plans with friends or family because of the unpredictability of their disease.

Future steps, including plans for global studies, are currently being evaluated by Biogen, with the final results from the phase 2a study expected to be released in an upcoming scientific forum.

Lawrence Severt, MD, PhD, discussed the results from the phase 3 ADVANCE trial of atogepant, and its effect on a number of patient-reported outcomes.

Neal Parikh, MD, discussed the inconsistencies with access to treatment regimens aimed at improving smoking cessation in post-stroke patients.

Among early-treated patients, in the door-to-puncture time interval, each 1 hour of delay was associated with 0.92 health life-years lost and each 1 second of delay with 2.2 health life-hours lost.

All patients treated with ocrelizumab (Ocrevus; Genentech) were B-cell depleted and had lower SARS-CoV-2 antibody response than any other patients in the study.

The safety profile of the SLC13A5 vector was “excellent” according to study authors, with no adverse effects on weight, general activity, or survival in knockout mice and wild type littermates.

The founder and chief scientific officer of Neurolutions discussed how the company’s newly approved chronic stroke rehabilitation system will provide expanded benefits to post-stroke patients.

Paula K. Schweitzer, PhD, discussed her findings on the safety and efficacy of solriamfetol in patients receiving OSA therapy and the need for more research on residual excessive daytime sleepiness.

Didactic lectures were the most commonly used teaching format by all specialties, with pulmonary and critical care medicine and neurology reporting the highest hours of attendance.