MS and Demyelinating Disorders

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 disorders.

Neurology News Network for the week ending August 20, 2022. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending August 19, 2022.

Data assessing samples of deep cervical lymph node aspirates and blood suggest that germinal center activity was associated with clinical relapses in individuals with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

Data suggest that long-term treatment with immunosuppression therapies, such as rituximab, is generally appropriate for patients with neuromyelitis optica, though transverse myelitis might indicate a higher risk of relapse post discontinuation.

The coauthors of a study assessing costs associated with unused disease-modifying therapies shared their insight into the extended effects of unused treatments in MS, including the importance of transparency between physician and patient. [WATCH TIME: 12 minutes]

Clene Nanomedicine’s gold nanocrystal suspension treatment showed significant improvements in Low Contrast Letter Acuity and Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite scores among individuals with relapsing multiple sclerosis.

Drs Randall Schapiro and Jeffrey Wilken provide insight into the risk factors and disease progression noted in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Experts in neurology comment on the lack of definition of cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis, highlighting an inability to adequately screen for and measure this disease symptom.

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After failing to show statistical significance in a cohort of children, teriflunomide, the disease-modifying medication observed in the analysis, had compelling evidence to suggest it was efficacious in that age group following the Bayesian approach to analysis.

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 multiple sclerosis.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending August 12, 2022.

The impact of retinal thinning was higher when using GCIPL rather than pRNFL thinning as it explained more of the variance in relapse remission.

BPCLI was observed in both NMOSD and MOGAD but was relatively rarer in AQP4 NMOSD, with meningoencephalitis-like episodes among the sources of misdiagnosis.

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

The neurologist at the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for MS offered an overview of the State of the Science Summit that was held on June 30, 2022, with a variety of expert clinicians from Mount Sinai. [WATCH TIME: 7 minutes]

In a cohort of patients with NMOSD, more severe depressive symptoms were associated with increased time-varying functional connectivity between the precuneus and temporal cortex.

Jeffrey Dunn, MD, and Regina Berkovich, MD, PhD, provide an overview of the impact vaccinations and immunization may have on multiple sclerosis therapies, highlighting the ability of S1P treatments to remain effective.

Regina Berkovich, MD, PhD, provides insight on the considerations and patient awareness of the risk of infections with disease-modifying therapies in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Experts in neurology share their hopes for the future of multiple sclerosis treatment and discuss unmet needs and novel targets.

Amit Bar-Or, MD, FRCPC, and Bridget A. Bagert, MD, share their opinions on how to move investigative treatments for multiple sclerosis off the laboratory bench and into clinical practice.

Doctors in neurology comment on the hidden symptoms of multiple sclerosis and debate whether they should be treatment targets.

Dr Okuda shares his thoughts on the importance of patient dialogue in successful management of multiple sclerosis.