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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending April 11, 2025.

Cleveland Clinic’s $1.1 billion Neurological Institute, opening in 2027, will revolutionize neurological care with a state-of-the-art, patient-centered design integrating advanced technology and innovative care solutions.

In one of the longest trials of brain stimulation in Alzheimer disease, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation led to a reduced decline in CDR-SB, as well as positive impacts on cognitive function and functional abilities.

Emer MacSweeney, MD, a consultant neuroradiologist and trial investigator of the phase 3 APOLLOE4 study, provided a clinical view of the latest study findings, and the difficulties with finding treatments for APOEε4/4 carriers of Alzheimer disease.

Catch up on any of the neurology news headlines you may have missed over the course of March 2025, compiled all into one place by the NeurologyLive® team.

A phase 3 trial investigating latozinemab, a monoclonal antibody therapy for frontotemporal dementia because of GRN mutations, reported baseline participant characteristics to better characterize this patient population.

Murali Doraiswamy, MD, MBBS, a professor of psychiatry and geriatrics at Duke University School of Medicine, gave clinical follow-up on a pivotal analysis of the phase 3 APOLLOE4 study testing a novel therapeutic for Alzheimer disease.

The professor of neuroscience at the Imperial College London discussed the emerging role of GLP-1 analogs as neuroprotective agents with potential benefits in neurodegenerative conditions. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Inge Verberk, PhD, a research associate at the Amsterdam University Medical Center, sat down at AD/PD 2025 to discuss changes in Alzheimer trials, the emergence of plasma biomarkers, and deciphering which biomarkers are of utmost importance.

A recent large-scale analysis presented at the 2025 AD/PD Conference highlighted the role of coping strategies in mitigating negative outcomes.

Neurology News Network. for the week ending April 5, 2025. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Data suggests that immune dysfunction biomarkers do not pose a major barrier to patient enrollment in Alzheimer’s research, as most patients meeting general AD criteria also qualified under immune dysfunction criteria.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending April 4, 2025.

A recent poster presentation at the 2025 AD/PD conference revealed that a novel assay could provide absolute allelic discrimination for APOE genotyping, supporting precision medicine in AD treatment.

An analysis of the Gothenburg Mild Cognitive Impairment Study presented at the 2025 AD/PD Conference reported that lifestyle and socioeconomic factors could significantly influence the risk of developing cognitive diseases.

A new survey study will assess how well German memory clinics and specialists are equipped to provide early and accurate Alzheimer diagnoses using biomarker-based methods.

The Spectris device demonstrated preserved corpus callosum structure and correlated sensory-evoked gamma oscillations in patients with Alzheimer disease, highlighting its potential neuroprotective effects.

Mark Roskey, PhD, chief scientific officer at Quanterix, provided clinical insight on the function of the company’s Simoa technology and the incorporation of various biomarkers to aid in the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease.

The vice president of research at Cognition Therapeutics gave clinical insight on several new analyses covering CT1812, an orally delivered small molecule oligomer antagonist, in patients with early-stage Alzheimer disease. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

The professor of neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital provided clinical insights on her presentation at AD/PD 2025 focusing on the emerging research surrounding complement activation and its influence on amyloid-related imaging abnormalities. [WATCH TIME: 7 minutes]

Recently presented at the 2025 AD/PD Conference, the REAL AD study aims to assess the feasibility of blood biomarkers and digital cognitive testing for early detection of Alzheimer disease.

Investigators at AD/PD 2025 presented new data showing that changes in plasma p-tau217 and p-tau181 closely correlate with clinical outcomes in anti-amyloid therapy trials for Alzheimer disease.

The director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Care, Research, and Education Program at the University of Rochester provided clinical insight on a pivotal trial testing a novel therapeutic in patients with Alzheimer disease who are carriers of APOE4/4. [WATCH TIME: 7 minutes]

The professor of neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital gave clinical insights on the therapeutic potential of targeting compliment as a way to mitigate risk for amyloid-related imaging abnormalities from antiamyloid therapies.

A recent study presented at the 2025 AD/PD Conference identified key modifiers of Alzheimer disease onset in amyloid precursor protein duplication carriers.