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Galit L. Dunietz, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of neurology, University of Michigan, provided insight on women’s health, menopause cycles, and how sleep can have a direct impact on long-term cognitive health.

In the open-label extension where the highest dose of atogepant (Qulipta; AbbVie) was observed, 24.1% of participants had at least 7% weight loss compared with 14.7% of those on standard of care.

The MD-PhD student at Wake Forest School of Medicine shared her perspective on the findings of a study suggesting that mindfulness practices can alter pain perception and migraine attack awareness, among other results. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

The associate neurologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital discussed the potential of a nasal anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody, foralumab, and its impact on biomarkers specific to patients with progressive multiple sclerosis.

A systematic review and meta-analysis suggested that the risk of anxiety and depressive symptoms was nearly doubled for those with migraine compared with healthy controls, indicating a need to screen this patient population.

Given the importance of mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum function in ALS, the disruption of intracellular mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum contacts presents yet another avenue for neuronal degeneration—perhaps the primary point of underlying dysfunction.

The approval was based on results from the phase 3 HELIOS-A study, which showed that vutrisiran met its primary end point of change in modified Neuropathy Impairment Score + 7 over a 9-month treatment period.

The associate professor at the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University discussed a newfound initiative that helps encourage more professionals in multiple sclerosis and across neurology. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

The most common adverse events reported by individuals using the dihydroergotamine nasal powder were nasal discomfort, dysgeusia, and nasal congestion, all of which were mild and transient in nature.

Secondary outcomes, assessed by the change in the number of monthly headache days by at least 25%, 75%, or 100%, were also not significant following treatment with CGRP monoclonal antibodies.

The assistant professor of pharmacology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson shared her insight into the endocannabinoid system and its therapeutic potential in treating migraine. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

After previously being approved for use in the stroke and acquired brain injury populations, the Ekso Bionics product now becomes the first such device approved in the multiple sclerosis patient population.

The approval was based on phase 2/3 findings that showed an average score of 2.32 points higher on ALS Functional Rating Scale with AMX0035 compared with placebo.

Laurie Gutmann, MD; Gauri Pawar, MD; and Claire Henchcliffe, MD, discuss their own paths in medicine and observations of other women leaders. [WATCH TIME: 1 hour, 51 minutes]

The journey of aducanumab (Aduhelm; Biogen) from development to the FDA is a tortured one, but its path may serve to teach the Alzheimer disease field valuable lessons as it strives forward to develop disease-modifying therapies.

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Robert Fox, MD, who presented the DISCO-MS study results at the CMSC 2022 Annual Meeting, offered his closing thoughts on the data and the take-home messaging for clinicians.

The associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago shared the findings of her and colleagues’ work that suggest that distinct cytoarchitectural changes occur in the brain that may underlie migraine chronification. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Data from a cohort of almost 5000 women seen at Montefiore Health System emergency departments suggest that primary headache, likely migraine, is underdiagnosed, and a high proportion of these women being of Black and Hispanic backgrounds.

The pediatric neurologist and headache specialist at the University of Calgary discussed the work she presented at AHS 2022 on the incidence of anxiety and depressive disorders in the pediatric migraine population. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

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Data from a study in Olmsted County, Minnesota, identified the incidence rate of status migrainosus to be 26.60 per 100,000, with more than 10% of the cohort reporting that too much or too little sleep triggered the condition.

Robert Fox, MD, offered perspective on data from the DISCO-MS study of disease-modifying therapy discontinuation in patients with multiple sclerosis and how it compares with day-to-day clinical practice.

The percent change in monthly migraine days across weeks 1 to 12 and scores on Headache Impact Test were precursors to suboptimal response to eptinezumab, prompting the need for a second dose.

The professor and chair of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at Wake Forest School of Medicine provided insight on the signs and risks associated with sleep disorders and Alzheimer disease. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

At 2- and 4-hours post dose, return to normal function was achieved by 30.1% and 52.1% of participants for their first 10 ubrogepant-treated attacks.

Neurology News Network for the week ending June 11, 2022. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Headache frequency remained the top driver of higher disability scores, but opposing to prior findings, school versus summer was not a significant predictor of disability, suggesting that pandemic schooling changes affected coping abilities to cause less disability.

Robert Fox, MD, shared the details of the DISCO-MS study of disease-modifying therapy discontinuation in patients with multiple sclerosis, presented at the CMSC 2022 Annual Meeting.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending June 10, 2022.