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The Director of the UCLA Seizure Disorder Center explained the importance of referring patients with seizures to epilepsy centers.

The largest and longest prospective neuromodulation trial in the field of epilepsy showed about a 75% response rate with patients achieving at least a 50% reduction in seizures.

The Director of the Stanford Epilepsy Center discussed the current activities of epileptologists and considered how this might change in the near future, given advancing technology.

Regulatory action is expected to be made by May 2019. The therapy previously received a Breakthrough Therapy designation from the FDA.

The associate professor of neurology at the University of Rochester shared some of her advice for treating patients with epilepsy and focusing on the patient.

The director of the Epilepsy Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia spoke about the long-awaited advancement brought on by cannabidiol for Dravet syndrome.

This novel dosage form of diazepam had comparable times to maximal concentration in both 2-hour and 4-hour timeframes.

The section chief of pediatric neurology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an associate professor of clinical pediatrics and neurology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine spoke about what the findings mean for patients.

The recently approved therapy remained generally well tolerated and improvements in overall condition in Subject/Caregiver Global Impression of Change scores.

Since the therapy’s approval in 2014 for relapsing MS, 13 cases of patients experiencing these issues have been reported to the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System database.

Experts provide new insights about the challenges of concussion care for pediatric patients, including management, diagnosis, and return to a normal lifestyle.

The Professor of Medicine at the University of New South Wales highlighted the latest knowledge in sleep apnea phenotyping and its crucial role in the development of targeted pharmacotherapies to treat OSA.

If approved, BHV-0223 would become the only formulation of riluzole that doesn't require swallowing tablets or liquids, offering an important delivery alternative for the standard-of-care treatment of ALS.

Actigraphic recording from upper extremities show consistently more prominent sleep fragmentation in rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder patients compared to other sleep diagnoses.

Neurology News Network for the week of November 24, 2018.

The Jim Turner Chair in Cognitive Disorders at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine shared how the previous muscarinic agonists have better informed the development of this investigational agent, VU319.

The agency warned that halting treatment with fingolimod could lead to rare but possible worsening of the condition, as well as permanent disability.

These findings are among the first in the United States to indicate an association between migraine and atrial fibrillation.

The director of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Headache Center shared her interest in the pipeline and the ongoing search for biomarkers in migraine.

The director of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Program at Henry Ford Hospital discussed this pipeline of therapies and the enhancement of the clinical understanding of the disease.

Does the atypical antipsychotic clozapine carry high risk for the development of drug-induced parkinsonism? What are DSM-5 criteria for the diagnosis of neuroleptic-induced parkinsonism? These questions and more in our quiz.

The director of the MedStar Georgetown Headache Center discussed ways to improve the patient-provider relationship and how primary care can get involved.

An increased risk of this condition in patients with migraine headaches has recently been recognized.

The director of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Headache Center stressed building a culture of teaching patients to be their own advocates and to build the relationship with the patient to better manage their migraines.

The positive topline results from Study 201 have led to the initiation of an open-label extension for the subjects previously enrolled in Study 201, which is set to begin later this year.

The director of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Headache Center discussed the development of acute care options for patients to improve their quality of life and the management of their condition.

The director of the Hartford Headache Center spoke about the trend toward device use in migraine treatment, and some of the reasons that may have prompted it.

Neurology News Network for the week of November 17, 2018.