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The North American Registry for Care and Research in MS reached a major milestone, enrolling its 750 patient in an effort to understand more about the disease course of multiple sclerosis.

The world's most premier journal dedicated towards stroke and cerebrovascular health has named Ralph L. Succo, MD, MS as the new editor-in-chief.

A pre-clinical study showed that supplementing diet with amino acid successfully staves off signs of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Patients with migraine may order the pain relief medication device directly to their homes through UpScript’s telemedicine platform.

The director of epilepsy research and epilepsy clinical trials at NYU Langone Health’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center spoke about the recent study findings from a trial of Staccato alprazolam.

The >50% responder rate was similar between children and adults according to data from a meta-analysis of 7 clinical trials of topiramate, perampanel, and lamotrigine.

The chief medical advisor for the Muscular Dystrophy Association discussed how his approach to the management and care of patients with neuromuscular disease has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a marker of impending neurodegeneration, urgency surrounds efforts to slow or stop the progression of REM sleep behavior disorder.

The phase 3 study will commence following the results of the phase 2b/3 AB10015 study, in which masitinib significantly slowed disease progression in combination with riluzole.

The first presumptive case of acute necrotizing encephalopathy in a patient with confirmed COVID-19 has been published in the journal Radiology.

A multicenter, cross-sectional, observational, Spanish nationwide study’s findings suggest that those with Parkinson disease dementia may be predisposed to impulse control disorder symptoms and related behaviors.

Both the Plegridy and Avonex drug labels no longer contain the "Pregnancy Category C" classification with the report of human pregnancy registry data.

Neurology News Network for the week ending April 4, 2020.