Authors

Stephen Silberstein, MD, Richard B. Lipton, MD
Stephen Silberstein, MD, Peter Goadsby, MBBS
Amy Harper, MD
Richard B. Lipton, MD, Stephen Silberstein, MD
David K. B. Li, MD, FRCPC
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The Importance of a Globally Aligned, Standardized MRI Protocol for MS

Leaders of the CMSC Working Group on MRI protocols and clinical guidelines express the need for a unified approach to diagnosing and monitoring multiple sclerosis.

Richard Trosh, MD
Aaron Boster, MD
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Treating MS: A Simplified Strategy Boosts Patient and Provider Satisfaction

Both the busy clinician and the overwhelmed patient benefit from a pointed approach to disease management.

Sebastian Mills
Suhayl S. Dhib-Jalbut, MD
Kenneth Bender, PharmD, MA
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The “Grave Threat” Posed by the Shortage of Neurologists

With the physician deficit projected to grow larger within a decade, this global challenge has become a major focus of large organizations and medical societies.

Rod Foroozan, MD
Ashley Aaroe, MD
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Neurology on the Hill: My Role as an Advocate for Neurology

Neuro-oncology fellow Ashley Aaroe recounts her experience at Neurology on the Hill, advocating for important changes in neurology health care.

Rodney A. Radtke, MD
Erica Slaughter, MS
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Managing Psychosis in Parkinson Disease: Challenges and Opportunities

Although the indication of pimavanserin has provided some relief, more work remains to improve how physicians diagnose, treat, and manage psychosis symptoms.

Suhayl Dhib-Jalbut, MD

Chief of Neurology at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Chair of Neurology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers Medical School of New Jersey in New Brunswick.

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Study Findings Provide New Hope for Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis affects nearly 3 million patients worldwide; new research is helping pave the way for developing new therapies and medications that get at the defining mechanisms that trigger immune regulation loss of this unpredictable central nervous system disease.

Matthew J. Baker, MD
James W. Kupiec, MD
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Aducanumab's Unlikely Road to the FDA: Is Approval Imminent?

Recent news that the FDA has granted the fastest possible review for Biogen’s Alzheimer disease treatment aducanumab may be indicative of the agency’s increasing confidence in the drug.

David Bai, PharmD
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What You Need to Know About Amantadine for Parkinson Disease

This guide includes everything you need to know about amantadine (Osmolex ER, Osmotica Pharmaceuticals) for the treatment of Parkinson disease and drug-induced extrapyramidal reactions in adults.

Eveline Honig, MD, MPH
Peter LeWitt, MD, M.Med.Sc
Will Pass, DVM
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Sigma-1 Agonists Offer Combination Approach to Dementia Symptoms

Research from the past decade suggests that sigma-1 receptors and their encoding gene, SIGMAR1, together act as a therapeutic target for patients with dementia.

Krithika Subramanian, PhD
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Targeting the NF-kB Pathway in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

An in-depth analysis of the genetics of DMD and disease modifiers such as the NF-kB pathway in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Jeffrey Kaplan, MD
Akshay Desai, MD, MPH
Erin M. Burns, PhD, MSPH
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Targeting the Neonatal Fc Receptor in Myasthenia Gravis

Understanding the pathophysiology of myasthenia gravis is still being determined to this day, but the neonatal Fc receptor is emerging as a potential treatment.

Mary Curry, ND
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy and COVID-19: Guidance and Resources for Providers

Advocacy organization Cure SMA provides guidance for health care providers caring for patients with SMA during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Yasir Al-Khalili, MD
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The Challenges of Stroke Care in Rural America

Stroke care, including acute treatment and prevention, faces unique challenges in rural areas where disease awareness is lacking and access to high-level care in scarce.

Whitney Palmer
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Neurologic Complications of COVID-19 Reported

The first presumptive case of acute necrotizing encephalopathy in a patient with confirmed COVID-19 has been published in the journal Radiology.

Hannah Kent Ritchie, PhD
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COMT Inhibitors Assist in Control of Parkinson Disease Motor Symptoms

More recently, investigators have discovered that catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitors can prolong the effects of levodopa, thereby limiting the off-time phenomenon.

Krista Rossi
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California Startup Exploring Novel ALS Discovery Platform

A grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, which allows for concurrent phase I and II trial design review, will speed up the development of novel treatments for patients with ALS and FTD.