Rehab Process and Need for Improved Guidelines of Basilar Artery Occlusions: Russell Cerejo, MD
April 18th 2023The vascular neurologist at Allegheny Health Network provided insight on the need to create consensus guidelines that further explain the treatment, management, and rehab of basilar artery occlusions. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]
FDA Approves CSL Behring's Immune Globulin Subcutaneous Prefilled Syringe for PI and CIDP
April 18th 2023CSL Behring's subcutaneous immune globulin is the first and only immune globulin available in prefilled syringes for patients with primary immunodeficiency or chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.
Atogepant’s Indication Expanded to Include Prevention of Chronic Migraine
April 18th 2023AbbVie’s oral calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist, marketed as Qulipta, is now approved for both chronic and episodic migraine. The FDA's decision was supported by data from the PROGRESS trial.
Specific Considerations for Monoclonal Antibody Treatment in NMOSD: Shuhei Nishiyama, MD, PhD
April 17th 2023The research fellow at the Neuroimmunology Clinic and Research Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, talked about having safer and more specific treatments for NMOSD that are antigen-specific. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]
Therapeutic Potential of IGF-1 and MECP2 in Rett Syndrome
April 16th 2023Research that is already underway will be necessary to confirm the safety and efficacy of this class of Rett syndrome therapies, and targeting IGF-1 may be a possibility for treating additional neurological disorders beyond Rett.
Therapeutics Aim at Modifying Alzheimer Disease
April 16th 2023Disease-modifying agents will require early detection, including comprehensive evaluation of disease severity and alternative or confounding diagnoses. When the long-awaited moment arrives, when disease-modifying therapies finally are available for ADRDs…will we be ready?
Evolution of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound to Treat Essential Tremor: Justin Sporrer, MD
April 14th 2023The director of functional neurosurgery at Baptist Health provided perspective on the advances of high intensity focused ultrasound as the institution nears 100 patients treated. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]
Clinical Application of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Muscular Dystrophy: Rita Perlingeiro, PhD
April 13th 2023The Lillehei professor in stem cell and regenerative cardiovascular medicine at the University of Minnesota talked about the potential of investigating inducted pluripotent stem cells in neuromuscular diseases at MDA’s 2023 conference. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]