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The professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine discussed which biomarkers have shown the most relevancy in NMOSD and which deserve more attention.

The chief medical officer of NeuroPace discussed the newly developed nSight Platform, which allows physicians to remotely track seizure burden and activity for patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy.

Investigators identified 4 susceptible loci with large effect sizes, one of which has previously been associated with migraine.

The director of the division of stem cell biology research at City of Hope discussed the potential of the model to study the mechanistic causes of Alzheimer disease and to test dementia drugs currently in development.

Successful epilepsy surgery in adults has been followed by forced normalization, depression, and memory issues, resulting in questions about the use of the metrics in the study of broader outcomes—a problem even more prominent in pediatric epilepsy surgery.

Program chairs Fred D. Lublin, MD, and Stephen Silberstein, MD, offer insight into the third annual IFN meeting, which is set for September 17-18, 2021, to be held in a virtual setting.

The director of the Comprehensive Center for Brain Health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine discussed the clinical significance of his findings on neighborhood tree canopy and brain health.

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Individuals with chronic and episodic migraine saw improvements in patient-reported outcomes such as MSQoL, EQ-5D-5L, PGIC, WPAI, and the 9-Item Patient Health Questionnaire.

The director of the headache center at Jefferson University Hospital commented on what he is excited for at the upcoming International Congress on the Future of Neurology.

The professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine discussed several areas within the neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder that are of interest for ongoing and new research efforts.

Patients with AQP4+NMOSD with long cord lesion showed higher annualized atrophy rate of normalized grey matter volume compared with those without long cord lesion.

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The director of the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis at Mount Sinai Medical Center spoke on what he is looking forward to at the 2021 International Congress on the Future of Neurology.

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The chief medical officer of Wave Life Sciences, Michael Panzara, MD, MPH, discussed the potential of an investigational new treatment, WVE-004, for patients with C9orf72-associated ALS and FTD.

The professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine discussed the 3 currently FDA-approved agents for NMOSD and other agents currently within the clinical pipeline.

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Surgery for eligible patients was shown to increase rates of seizure freedom, as well as improve developmental levels, among those with TSC.

After years of only off-label, wake-promoting therapies available for use, the FDA has approved the first treatment for idiopathic hypersomnia, JZP-258 (Xywav; Jazz).

The director of the MedStar Georgetown Headache Center discussed the upcoming International Congress on the Future of Neurology and what attendees can expect to hear from experts in migraine.

The association of increased EVT rates was noted with the initiation of online training and EMS dissemination of the policy in September 2018, 2 months in advance of formal implementation of prehospital protocol.

The professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine discussed lesser-known facets of NMOSD and how the disease evolves over time.

Michael Panzara, MD, MPH, chief medical officer of Wave Life Sciences, spoke on the FOCUS-C9 study, which recently began dosing of an investigational treatment, WVE-004, for patients with ALS and FTD.

The autologous, expanded Treg cell therapy was found safe and tolerable in a phase 1 study of 3 patients with ALS.

A narrative review was conducted to evaluate the relationship between gender-affirming hormone therapy and headache to advance care and improve resources for the transgender and gender-diverse population.

Following the commencement of a study exploring WVE-004, an investigational treatment for C9-ALS and C9-FTD, the director of the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS discussed the clinical implications and the treatment’s potential.

Two unblinded interim analyses by the Data Monitoring Committee are planned to assess the futility of reldesemtiv, with the first occurring 12 weeks after one-third of the sample size is randomized.