Jessica Robinson-Papp, MD: Medical Marijuana for Neurologic Conditions
May 8th 2019The professor of neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai spoke about what’s currently known about medical marijuana’s use, how CBD fits into the conversation, and what research still needs to be done.
Amit Rakhit, MD, MBA: Developing Therapies for Fragile X Syndrome
May 8th 2019The chief medical officer and head of Research & Development at Ovid Therapeutics spoke about the Visual Analog Scale that the company developed to help better understand the impact that potential treatments have on patients with Fragile X syndrome.
Jacqueline French, MD: Inhaled Alprazolam for Aborting Predictable Seizure Episodes in Epilepsy
May 6th 2019The professor of neurology and director of translational research and epilepsy clinical trials at NYU Langone spoke about the results of a phase 2b open-label feasibility study of this novel delivery method for abortive seizure treatment in patients with epilepsy.
Pascal Sati, PhD: Validating the Central Vein Sign in Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis
April 16th 2019The senior preclinical and clinical imaging scientist at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke spoke about the potential of the central vein sign to help improve the time to an accurate diagnosis in MS.
Pascal Sati, PhD: Challenges in Imaging for Multiple Sclerosis
April 8th 2019The 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.