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The director of Behavioral Medicine at the Mellen Center for MS Treatment and Research at the Cleveland Clinic spoke about the importance of caring for patients with MS by using a team-based approach.

Zilucoplan, also being developed for generalized myasthenia gravis, is expected to enter into a phase 2 clinical trial in IMNM in the second half of 2019, according to Ra Pharma.

Are his symptoms related to a fall that occurred 2 years earlier at work?

New case-control findings suggest that glutamate and glutamine content may play a crucial role in the pathophysiology of functional motor symptoms.

The soft, garment-like device assists with forward propulsion and ground clearance in patients with gait impairments accumulated after experiencing a stroke.

The program director of neurology at Zucker School of Medicine, Northwell Health, reviewed the contributions of neurologist S. Weir Mitchell, MD, and how today’s neurologists can gain insights for their own practice from Mitchell’s complicated history.

The assistant clinical investigator, Neuro Vascular Brain Imaging Unit, NINDS, further elaborated on the findings of a retrospective analysis that reported that approximately half of stroke patients who present outside of thrombolysis treatment time windows without large vessel occlusion may benefit from reperfusion therapy.

Current recommendations suggest screening for autism starting at 18 months, but parents are increasingly anxious about their children and a possible diagnosis.

Galcanezumab, an anti-CGRP antibody, is now the first approved therapy for the treatment of episodic cluster headache just 9 months after receiving approval for the preventive treatment of migraine.

The sleep specialist and neurologist at Boston Children's Hospital spoke about managing pediatric narcolepsy from a behavioral standpoint independent of pharmacological use.

The chairman of the Department of Neuroscience at the Lerner Research Institute spoke about what the implications of the new subtype of MS could be in the understanding of the disease.

The FDA designation was granted to the SK channel modulator after it showed promise in preclinical and phase 1 studies. Cadent Therapeutics is planning a phase 2a trial for the latter half of 2019.

The findings from an analysis of more than 2000 plasma samples suggest that levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, independent of APOE, are associated with early-onset Alzheimer disease—and that the APOB gene may play a role.

Pfizer reported that the study did not meet its primary endpoint, with no statistically significant reduction in seizure frequency recorded with pregabalin versus placebo.

Neurology News Network for the week ending June 1, 2019.