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Following presented phase 1 clinical trial findings at AAN 2024, bemdaneprocel receives regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation by the FDA for the treatment of Parkinson disease.

The headset features soft-tip electrodes, artificial intelligence-enabled notifications, and cloud integration for remote monitoring of EEG in clinical practice.

Biogen's tofersen, an antisense oligonucleotide, remains the first and only marketed therapy to treat patients with SOD1-mutated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Glioblastoma, a highly aggressive brain cancer, presents substantial treatment challenges necessitating innovative therapies and interdisciplinary research to improve patient outcomes.

A recent study showed that patients with isolated REM sleep behavior disorder had a high risk of neurodegenerative parkinsonian disorders or dementia based on electronic health records.

According to recent studies and the latest insights provided by experts, early developments in gene and cell therapies show promise for patients living with Parkinson disease, but challenges remain.

The associate vice president of research at National MS Society talked about proactive and early referral to rehabilitation services to effectively manage multiple sclerosis symptoms from the outset. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Researchers presented an innovative multi-task learning paradigm that leveraged deep learning, night sleep EEG data, sleep stage labels, and covariates to simultaneously predict cognitive performance in an older patient cohort.

Daridorexant, an FDA-approved dual orexin receptor antagonist, had a dose-response relationship observed at month 1 on all 4 efficacy end points for all doses tested.

The pulmonologist at Rush Health and immediate past president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine provided perspective on some of the intriguing changes to sleep medicine and where the field is headed in the coming years.

A recent study showed that obstructive sleep apnea may impact the long-term disruption of the glymphatic system function and the development of neurodegenerative diseases.

Assessing doses of 3 mg doxepin, results revealed non-statistically significant improvements in latency to sleep onset and latency to persistent sleep that were observed across patients above and at or below the median baseline values.

In a clinical cohort study, approximately 89% of patients with obstructive sleep apnea classified as “Probably-normal” or “Likely-normal" in assessment of sleep biomarker-based neurodegenerative disorder risk.

The pediatric neurologist at the University of California, Davis, provided perspective on some of the mechanistic links between sleep and neurodevelopmental disorders. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

A phase 3 trial plans to investigate the efficacy and safety of AD109, a novel oral medication, for treating obstructive sleep apnea in patients who cannot tolerate continuous positive airway pressure therapy.

Regardless of whether patients were treatment-naïve or taking alerting agents, the safety profile of low-sodium oxybate remained true, with treatment-emergent adverse events attributing to less than 4% of study discontinuations.

Overall, most patients reported satisfaction with cognitive behavioral therapy approach, with completion of lessons associated with a decrease in Fatigue Severity Scale.

The FDA approval of the increased maximum daily dose for amifampridine offers clinicians and patients greater flexibility in treatment regimens for the management of Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome.

The sleep medicine specialist at the University of California, San Francisco provided perspective on some of the innovative therapeutic strategies in development for patients with obstructive sleep apnea. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

A recent study demonstrated no significant difference in sleep efficiency between pediatric patients with epilepsy who used self-help strategies for sleep aids and those who did not.

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A recent study presented at SLEEP 2024 showed that depression in patients with isolated REM sleep behavior disorder significantly increased the risk of conversion to neurodegenerative diseases.

Those on low-sodium oxybate, regardless of psychiatric comorbidity status, outperformed placebo on a number of outcomes, including Epworth Sleepiness Scale and weekly cataplexy attacks.

A majority of the small cohort of patients with SMA did not need a polysomnogram at 1 year because respiratory pathology was not a concern, attributable to improvements from disease-modifying therapies.

The assistant professor of neurology in the Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania talked about her presentation at CMSC 2024 on the complex interactions of immune cells in multiple sclerosis. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

After 5 weeks of open-label treatment, KP1077-treated patients showed mild adverse events that were typical for a central nervous system stimulant.

The professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic talked about how MOG antibody-associated disease can be diagnosed through specific antibody tests, highlighting its distinct clinical and MRI features. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

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