Katrina Celis, MD: Ancestral Genetics and the Impact on Alzheimer Disease Risk
August 1st 2020The postdoctoral fellow at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine detailed her study presented at AAIC 2020 that examined Alzheimer risk associated with APOE ε4 in different genetic populations.
Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD: AMX0035 and the Current ALS Treatment Landscape
July 30th 2020The co-director of the Neurological Clinical Research Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital discussed how the investigational agent might fit into the landscape of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis treatment as it progresses through the pipeline.
Hubert Fernandez, MD: Focus of Parkinson Disease Research
July 29th 2020The director of the Center for Neurological Restoration at Cleveland Clinic details the direction of clinical research for Parkinson disease and efforts that are being made to alleviate quality of life issues for those with the disease.
Jeffrey Cummings, MD, ScD: Where Aducanumab Stands in Alzheimer Clinical Pipeline
July 29th 2020The director emeritus of the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health at Cleveland Clinic and vice chair of the Department of Brain Health at the University of Nevada­–Las Vegas gives his thoughts on the latest aducanumab update and its potential as a treatment for Alzheimer disease.
Peter McAllister, MD: Lack of Treatment For Post-Stroke Spasticity
July 28th 2020The medical director of the New England Institute for Neurology and Headache and chief medical officer of the New England Institute for Clinical Research detailed the lack awareness and options for those who suffer from upper limb spasticity following a stroke.
Jeffrey Cummings, MD, ScD: Trends in the Alzheimer Disease Clinical Pipeline
July 24th 2020The director emeritus of the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health at Cleveland Clinic and vice chair of the Department of Brain Health at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, details trends in Alzheimer disease research over the past few years.
Hubert Fernandez, MD: Raising Awareness For Parkinson Disease on World Brain Day
July 22nd 2020The director of the Center for Neurological Restoration at Cleveland Clinic discussed the importance of raising awareness of Parkinson disease on World Brain Day, highlighting the magnitude of the disease.
Matthew Robbins, MD: Headaches Associated With COVID-19
July 21st 2020The director of the Neurology Residency Program at Weill Cornell Medicine highlighted some of the differences in types of headaches that patients with COVID-19 experience, as well as overall takeaways from the pandemic itself.
Daniel Claassen, MD, MS: Selective Knock-Downs in Huntington Disease
July 8th 2020The associate professor of neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center spoke to the findings of a recent study in Huntington disease that assessed the feasibility of selectively knocking down mutant protein expression.