Epilepsy

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending May 26, 2023.

In a 6-month trial, more than 85% of adults on CBD showed significant reduction in the number of monthly seizures, suggesting this treatment may be an effective adjuvant option.

The senior associate consultant in the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic provided insight on an early feasibility study on the clinical impact of microburst vagus nerve stimulation in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.

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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 sleep and sleep disorders.

Neurology News Network for the week ending May 20, 2023. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending May 19, 2023.

The associate professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine talked about a review on neonatal seizures recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

The director of the Sleep Disorders Center and staff in the Epilepsy Center at Cleveland Clinic provided perspective on the current state of sleep and epilepsy research, including the role of postical generalized EEG suppression as a biomarker for SUDEP.

Improvements seen in patients with CDD during the 12-week maintenance period of the study were similar to that observed in a recent trial of ganaxolone, the first FDA-approved therapy for CDD.

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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 headache and migraine.

Neurology News Network for the week ending May 13, 2023. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending May 12, 2023.

The professor of neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and chief medical officer of the Epilepsy Foundation spoke about her talk on new treatments for drug resistant epilepsy given at the 2023 AAN Annual Meeting. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

Here's some of what is coming soon to NeurologyLive® this week.

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 epilepsy and seizure disorders.

In addition to increased risk of dementia, focal epilepsy was associated with widespread structural brain change reflected by lower total hippocampal and total gray matter volume.

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

The associate chief science officer at Kennedy Krieger Institute shared thoughts on the state of pediatric neurology and the significance of being named winner of the Sydney Carter Award. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you exclusive interviews with Michael H. Barnett, MBBS, PhD, FRACP; Nancy R. Foldvary-Schaefer, DO, FAAN; Sean J. Pittock, MD; Katherine W. Turk, MD; Erika U. Augustine, MD, MS; Jeffrey M. Statland, MD; and Chian-Chun Chiang, MD. [LISTEN TIME: 41 minutes]

Designed for self-directed use in a patient’s home or a healthcare facility, the Cumulus EEG device has potential to change the clinical trial landscape, allowing researchers to conduct more remote studies.

The neurologist from the Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Center for Children and Adults, in St. Louis, Missouri, talked about a few of the studies on cenobamate for epilepsy presented at the 2023 AAN Annual Meeting. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

The neurologist at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discussed his experience in establishing a neurology department committee on diversity, equity, and inclusion. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

A group of experts in the care of patients with neurological conditions—Ali Jannati, MD, PhD; Madhav R. Thambisetty, MD, PhD; Daniel Ontaneda, MD, PhD; Peter J. Goadsby, MD, PhD, DSc; Andrew Russman, DO—shared their perspectives on hot topics of treatment and management in neurology from the 2023 American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.