Dementia and Alzheimer Disease

The journey of aducanumab (Aduhelm; Biogen) from development to the FDA is a tortured one, but its path may serve to teach the Alzheimer disease field valuable lessons as it strives forward to develop disease-modifying therapies.

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The professor and chair of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at Wake Forest School of Medicine provided insight on the signs and risks associated with sleep disorders and Alzheimer disease. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

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The professor and chair of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at Wake Forest School of Medicine discussed the need for improved tools to evaluate and treat sleep disorders in patients with Alzheimer disease. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

The graduate student at the University of Michigan provided insight on her study examining longitudinal patterns of difficulty initiating sleep and their associations with subsequent memory trajectories among different races and genders. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you a special episode recap of aducanumab's journey from discovery to present, ahead of the June 2022 issue's in-depth cover story on the topic. [LISTEN TIME: 10 minutes]

The assistant professor of neurology at the University of Michigan provided context on a previous study which suggested that treatment of obstructive sleep apnea may reduce the risk of subsequent dementia. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

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Between those treated with CPAP and those who withdrew treatment, the difference in N3 sleep represented 15.7% of variance beyond a base model that included age and sex alone.

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The founder and chief medical officer of Omniscient Neurotechnology discussed how the use of machine learning and big data will be critical in revolutionizing our understanding of the brain and mental illnesses.

The founder and chief medical officer of Omniscient Neurotechnology commented on the areas of need with understanding the brain map and treating conditions with multiple pathway crossover. [WATCH TIME: 4 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 World MS Day.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending May 27, 2022.

David Evans, MBA, shared his experience from this year’s event and spoke about the progress that’s been made in advocating for patients in the last several years at the AAN's Neurology on the Hill conference.

Among participants with a high dementia polygenic risk score, the 12-year cumulative incidence of dementia was 4.3% for those with hypertension compared with 2.8% for those without.

The founder and chief medical officer of Omniscient Neurotechnology provided commentary on expanding the brain map, the use of advanced technology, and the need to familiarize clinicians with connectomics.

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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 neuropathic disorders.

Neurology News Network for the week ending May 21, 2022. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

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