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The chief of Movement Disorders Division at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine discussed some of the recent focused efforts to uncover more about Parkinson disease and what is on the horizon.

Patients with a previous history of cardiovascular risks experienced similarly low number of cardiovascular events with treatment of fremanezumab compared with placebo.

In total, 50% of patients eligible for device-aided therapies did not report having any discussion with providers about future device-aided therapies.

The 2021 AAN Meeting Hot Topics plenary focused on neurological facets of COVID-19, and featured insight from Anthony Fauci, MD, of NIAID, and Walter Koroshetz, MD, of NINDS, among others.

The vascular neurology fellow at the University of Maryland Medical Center discussed strategies to improve stroke care efficiency in women and African Americans.

An AAN session included presentations of research on the latest advancements and knowledge in neuromodulation for patients with these disorders.

The associate professor and director of the Headache Medicine Fellowship Program at Thomas Jefferson University discussed 2 research projects she led presented at AAN 2021 on the efficacy and safety of fremanezumab.

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The chief of neurology at Ascension Saint Agnes discussed how providing an overview of patient-specific risk factors and mitigation can improve poststroke care.

Results from the ongoing clinical trial will help define clinical management guidelines for switching patients with relapsing MS on other disease-modifying therapies to siponimod.

No stimulation adverse effects were reported, and patients on the MICC stimulation alone resulted in greater than 50% improvement in UPDRS motor scores.

Researchers from Ascension Saint Agnes improved compliance in their hospital in providing patient-specific, stroke-dedicated discharge instructions.

The vascular neurology fellow at the University of Maryland Medical Center discussed findings that African American women had the lowest functional performance in stroke rehabilitation.

Serious adverse events occurred in 3.7% and 2.4% of subjects in the subgroups of patients with 1 and 2 or more triptan failures, respectively.

The professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic discussed the reasoning for the research he presented at AAN 2021 on social determinants and their impact on epilepsy treatment times.

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The study presented at the 2021 AAN Meeting follows the complete response letter issued by the FDA to Acadia Pharmaceuticals due to deficiencies in their sNDA.

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The chief of neurology at Ascension Saint Agnes discussed her team’s efforts to increase compliance in providing patient-specific stroke DCI.

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Data from a cohort of more than 900 individuals suggest that while total tau can add cross-sectional value in certain contexts, neurofilament light served better for prognostication of cognitive decline and imaging changes.

The neurologist from Mayo Clinic discussed his abstract at AAN 2021 comparing stroke rates in patients with cerebral amyloid antipathy given treatment with aspirin.

Critically ill patients who were obtunded, stuporous, or comatose had pediatric lateralized epileptiform discharges, and acute brain insults were among many clinical characteristics to benefit from longer EEG.

The ability to feed orally and swallow was maintained by an overwhelming number of patients treated with risdiplam at 24 months.

The director and founder of the Sleep Centers of Middle Tennessee discussed strategies to achieve long term adherence to cPAP from patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Kimberly Allen-Philbey, a PhD candidate at the Barts MS Center in London, discussed the advantages of using a personalized dosing schedule of off-label, subcutaneous cladribine.

According to the study authors, future longitudinal studies assessing the evolution of cognitive and cortical excitability changes may provide a greater understanding of the importance of cortical circuits in ALS pathogenesis.

The consultant in the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic discussed the mechanisms of action researchers should key in on for patients with Parkinson disease.