Dementia and Alzheimer Disease

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 on primary progressive aphasia.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending April 26, 2024.

The neuropsychologist and assistant professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco Memory and Aging Center provided comment on her presentation from AAN 2024 examining the association of area deprivation index with cognitive functioning in Black women. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

The full professor of chemistry at Vanderbilt University talked about research surrounding racial and ethnic disparities in Alzheimer disease incidence. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

The professor of neurology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine provided commentary on a study that demonstrated the benefits of using tDCS along with sleep language training to promote naming in primary progressive aphasia. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

The chief scientific officer at Athira talked about the potential of hepatocyte growth factor compounds in promoting neurotrophic signaling and providing broad neuroprotection across neurodegenerative diseases. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

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.

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

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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 on the sleep disorders.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending April 19, 2024.

Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you an interview with Ian Kremer. [LISTEN TIME: 35 minutes]

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.

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.

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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 on the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending April 12, 2024.

Analyzing data from the H70-BCS, researchers identified around 6.2% of 70-year-olds meeting lecanemab treatment criteria, suggesting millions in Europe and the US might be eligible.

The smartphone tests accurately differentiated individuals with dementia from controls and were more sensitive to early symptoms than the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a commonly used cognitive screening tool.

The newly cleared i-STAT TBI test can be used to help assess patients up to 24 hours after injury at patient bedside, with lab-quality results produced in 15 minutes.

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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 on limb girdle muscular dystrophy.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending Aprl 5, 2024.

Ram Mukunda, chief executive officer of IGC Pharma, gave context to recently announced topline data highlighting IGC-AD1 as a potential option for Alzheimer disease agitation.