Movement Disorders

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As a result of treatment with the Vercise Genus DBS system, patients reduced their use of anti-parkinsonian medications while maintaining improvements in quality of life.

Laxman Bahroo, DO, and Sanjay Iyer, MD, share considerations regarding the optimization of treatment selection and the addition of on-demand therapies to manage OFF episodes in Parkinson disease.

Drs Laxman Bahroo and Sanjay Iyer assess the potential variability in levodopa absorption in the gut and its impact on OFF episodes for patients with Parkinson disease.

The director of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder Center at the University of South Florida detailed the data presented at AAN 2022 and IPX-203’s potential in Parkinson disease. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

In the AAN 2022 presidential plenary session, a trio of neurologists discussed a variety of issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and how they impacted research efforts in neurological diseases.

The Pharma Two B therapy combines a dopamine agonist, pramipexole, and an MAO-B inhibitor, rasagiline, and has shown significant improvements on UPDRS total scores and ESS scores for untreated patients with PD.

At week 26, patients on ABBV-951 had mean increases of 3.24 hours in ON time and decreases of 2.94 hours of OFF time, which was similar to previously reported studies.

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On fluorodeoxyglucose PET, pepinemab slowed or reversed decline in metabolic activity in all 26 brain regions observed, with significant benefit found in 15 regions.

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.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending April 1, 2022.

To build off the data, Cerevance plans on initiating additional phase 2/3 studies evaluating CVN424, including a trial assessing its potential as a standalone treatment.

Expert neurologists comment on the impairment of OFF episodes on quality of life for patients and their caregivers.

Key opinion leaders in movement disorders provide insight on factors leading to OFF episodes and how to recognize and mitigate environmental triggers.

Two experts at Jefferson Health discuss several topics related to advances in neurosurgery, technology, and the future of minimally invasive procedures.

Abnormal scores on cognitive testing persisted in 50% of patients without a pre-COVID history of cognitive abnormalities, irrespective of the presence or absence of a neurological complication during hospitalization.

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending March 25, 2022.

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

Drs Laxman Bahroo and Sanjay Iyer discuss common challenges in identifying OFF episodes in Parkinson disease, the importance of patient education, and utilizing symptom tracking diaries.

Laxman Bahroo, DO, and Sanjay Iyer, MD, define OFF episodes in Parkinson disease and review motor and nonmotor symptoms in patients.

The founding chair of the department of brain health at UNLV discussed a recently awarded NIH grant dedicated to advancing neuroscience research for the long-term future.

The director of the VA Southwest Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Centers and clinical professor of neurology at UCLA discussed the lack of a more focused and specific approach to care for women with Parkinson disease. [WATCH TIME: 6 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 optic neuritis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD).

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending March 18, 2022.

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