Dementia and Alzheimer Disease

Brexpiprazole was generally well tolerated over 12 weeks in this vulnerable patient population, with documented efficacy that supported its approval in early 2023.

Given the low rates of adverse events and benefits to overall health, modifiable risk-reduction strategies could have a significant impact on public health.

Beth McQuiston, MD, RD, neurologist and medical director at Abbott, discussed the latest developments in traumatic brain injury, such as Abbott’s lab-based blood tests, as well as upcoming publications and guidelines to help with diagnosis.

The associate director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit at the Yale School of Medicine provided commentary on positive phase 1 findings assessing ALX-001, a highly selective agent in development for neurodegenerative diseases.

The vice president of medical and scientific relations at the Alzheimer’s Association discussed where the organization’s efforts are currently invested and the ways to continue momentum in the Alzheimer disease field. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

Catch up on any of the neurology news headlines you may have missed over the course of January 2024, compiled all into one place by the NeurologyLive® team.

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 Alzheimer disease and dementia.

Neurology News Network for the week ending January 6, 2023. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

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The director of the Ann Kimball and John W. Johnson Center for Cellular Therapeutics at Houston Methodist Hospital discussed the clinical manifestations of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and how Coya Therapeutics is moving toward precision medicine with their FTD candidate, COYA 301. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

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

Over a year period on the combination agent, patients showed significantly amplified Aß42 and Aß40 levels with no significant differences in other biomarkers of ptau, GFAP, or neurofilament light.

The chief scientific officer at Athira Pharma talked about preclinical results presented at the 2023 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting on fosgonimeton, a potential treatment for Alzheimer disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

Catch up on any of the neurology news headlines you may have missed over the course of December 2023, compiled all into one place by the NeurologyLive® team.

The chief medical research officer and head of research at Aviv Clinics discussed the impact of long COVID on patients and shared findings from a recently published study on using hyperbaric oxygen therapy protocol as a treatment for these patients. [WATCH TIME: 8 minutes]

Investigators observed no new safety concerns, no cases of Alzheimer-related imaging abnormalities, and no notable changes in laboratory evaluations and EKG.

As part of NeurologyLive®'s Year in Review, we've compiled the most-read feature-length stories that appeared on the website in 2023.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending December 29, 2023.

Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you a review of 2023, with insights from Sharon Cohen, MD, FRCPC; Robert A. Hauser, MD, MBA; Alberto Espay, MD, PhD; Carolina Ferreira Atuesta, MD, MSc; and Natalie Goedeker, CPNP. [LISTEN TIME: minutes]

The neurologist at Cleveland Clinic shared thoughts on a recently published study assessing the relationship between blood biomarkers and change in cognitive function and brain volumes in a cohort of professional fighters.

In 2023, these episodes of the Mind Moments® podcast got the most attention from listeners, with this list brought to you as part of NeurologyLive®'s Year in Review.

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As part of NeurologyLive®'s Year in Review, take a look at our most-read news stories in Alzheimer disease and dementia in 2023.

Neurology News Network for the week ending December 23, 2023. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Sami Khella, MD, professor of clinical neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, shared his reaction to the approval of eplontersen for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy.