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The senior preclinical and clinical imaging scientist at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke gave a presentation on a volumetric segmented echo-planar-imaging (3D-EPI) sequence, which could be used to detect novel biomarkers such as the central vein sign rapidly.

The International Headache Society has issued a number of recommendations for the proper design of trials for the prevention of pediatric migraine, hoping to address the challenges which are unique to pediatric patient populations.

Repeated brain MRI scans show four small gray matter lesions. What’s in your differential?

Data from a national cohort has shown a 48% rate of confirmed symptomatic fractures, which the authors suggested was expected to be a large underestimation of the real frequency in the DMD patient population.

Neurology News Network for the week of April 6, 2019.

The Senior Vice President for Research and Training at Kessler Foundation discussed how cognitive rehabilitation is one approach to addressing cognitive problems in multiple sclerosis.

According to Kyowa Kirin, the investigational selective adenosine A 2A receptor antagonist has had its PDUFA action date set for August 27, 2019.

Here’s a brief look at therapies for neurological disorders that the FDA has approved within the past 6 months.

The director of the Jefferson Headache Center at Jefferson University Hospital discusses the problem with traditional nasal sprays and how improvements in formulation and delivery can improve efficacy.

The Professor in UCLA's Department of Neurology and Director of the UCLA MS Program spoke about disease-modifying therapies that would complement anti-inflammatories by targeting neurodegenerative processes.

Patient management 90 days after amyloid PET changed in 60.2% of patients with MCI and 63.5% of patients with dementia of uncertain etiology.

A young man sustained a serious head injury in a car accident, but routine brain CT and MRI scans are normal. Your next step?

The Senior Vice President for Research and Training at Kessler Foundation spoke about research he and colleagues have developed at the Kessler Foundation to aid with cognitive problems in persons with MS.

The administration is seeking help from the medical community and the public to increase risk awareness and report past or future adverse events associated with e-cigarette use.

The professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic spoke about the challenges he faces in diagnosing and treating hereditary ATTR amyloidosis polyneuropathy.

The Professor in UCLA's Department of Neurology and Director of the UCLA MS Program stressed the importance of basing research on clinical observations, understanding them in the lab, then designing novel clincal trials.

Survey respondents expressed willingness to participate in a randomized trial to evaluate the benefit of acute internal carotid stenting in patients undergoing endovascular thrombectomy.

The MEK 1/2 inhibitor was previously granted an orphan drug designation by the FDA in February 2018 and resulted in partial responses in 72% of patients in the phase 2 SPRINT trial.

Despite known teratogenicity risks, many women of childbearing age with epilepsy are prescribed valproate, topiramate, and phenytoin.

The neurologist at Cleveland Clinic Mellen MS Center spoke about the issues in multiple sclerosis that need to be addressed.

Your patient is a former linebacker with recently diagnosed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, who asks if football injuries caused his disease. What will you tell him?