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The EDSS inaccurately reported improvement rates while paralleling disability progression rates.

Alicia Roth, PhD, provides a Q&A perspective on the science between 2 terrifying, sleep-related events.

The findings suggest and confirm previous studies that suggested plasma p-tau181 may be used as a measure to monitor Alzheimer disease progression in clinical practice and treatment trials.

Men were observed to derive benefit from a Greek Mediterranean diet and women were found to generally adhere more closely to diet interventions than men.

The CEO of Nile AI spoke to how the newly founded company plans to develop data science techniques to improve the optimization of epilepsy care and management.

The new American Academy of Sleep Medicine guidelines are the first to use the GRADE system of evaluating behavioral insomnia therapies.

The Pfizer candidate PF-06939926 has also received fast track, orphan drug, and rare pediatric disease designations from the FDA.

The director of the Montefiore Headache Center discussed the current landscape of migraine treatments.

Brain Scientific’s disposable EEG cap can be applied by any clinical staff member within 5 minutes.

Researchers found amyloid-β positron emission tomography imaging and dopamine transporter imaging to be useful in characterizing phenotypes of the neurodegenerative conditions.

The hATTR amyloidosis treatment demonstrated an encouraging safety and tolerability profile, with a new drug application submission expected to come this year.

The executive director of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases gave his call-to-action on how to change the approval system for neurologic devices for rare diseases.

The phase 4 study will use total score on the Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination Section 2 motor milestones as the primary end point over a 2-year period.

There was no statistically significant difference between treatment-related adverse events in the SB623 stem cell and control groups.

The follow-up TRAILBLAZER-EXT and broader population TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 studies are currently ongoing.

The assistant professor of neurology and anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School detailed the future outlook of ezogabine and whether it may be studied again in patients with ALS.

Episode 5 of the AUPN Leadership Minute features Alissa Willis, MD, of University of Mississippi Medical Center; and Steven Vernino, MD, PhD, of UT Southwestern Medical Center. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Research led by movement disorders specialist Un Jung Kang, MD, searches for clues to help diagnose and treat Parkinson’s disease in its earliest stages, well before symptom onset.

The percentage of women who had ≥1 change in an antiepileptic drug dose or an overall dose increase during pregnancy and a decrease in dose during the postpartum period was higher among pregnant women than controls.

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The chief medical officer of Cerevel Therapeutics detailed the TEMPO trials, a trio of studies that will examine tavapadon in patients with early and late-stage Parkinson disease.

MR imaging revealed minimal fat infiltration in the SRP-9001 arm compared to participants with DMD from the natural history cohort.

The director of the Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center urged physicians to catch refractory epilepsy early and look for the most efficacious treatments for their patients.

Although the percentage of total seizures arising from REM was low, it is notable that 2 out of 26 patients (7.7%) had REM-onset seizures.

Neurology News Network for the week ending January 9, 2021.

Health care professionals and a caregiver discuss the overall burden of hallucinations and delusions associated with dementia-related psychosis, explore unmet needs in diagnosis and management of these symptoms, and discuss the need for increased dialogue between clinicians and caregivers.