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The vice president of Clinical Research at Eisai detailed why lorcaserin’s formula made it suitable for treating patients with Dravet syndrome.

The vascular neurologist at Memorial Hermann Medical Group explained how clinical stroke care will change in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The professor of neurology and pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Epilepsy Center detailed challenges faced by children with infantile spasms and how the spasms evolve later in life.

The professor from the Universite de Sherbrooke discusses the use of ketogenic diets and supplements to increase cognition.

The neurology resident at Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro also touched on how accurate early diagnoses can help hone clinical trial recruitment.

Neurology News Network for the week ending November 21, 2020.

The chair of the department of neurology at The Ohio State University discussed the idea of the multiple sclerosis prodrome, presented in a plenary address at the MS Virtual 2020 meeting.

The associate professor of neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai discussed how he and colleagues are assessing nabiximols in hopes of adding it to the short list of approved THC agents.

The professor from the Universite de Sherbrooke discusses the logistical hardships of trying to prescribe a diet as a method of treatment.

The neurology resident at Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro discussed his team’s efforts to simplify differentiation between PSP and PD.

The chair of the department of neurology at The Ohio State University discussed some of the main themes and takeaways from the MS Virtual 2020 meeting.

The chief scientific officer of the Parkinson’s Foundation detailed the benefits expanded access to genetic testing for patients with Parkinson disease would bring to the research setting.

The associate professor of neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai addresses the need for new treatments for MS spasticity.

The professor from the Universite de Sherbrooke also discusses other factors that increase cognitive decline in patients with MCI.

The director of the Montefiore Einstein Center for the Aging Brain provided insight on how his studies may bring Alzheimer disease 1 step closer to prevention.

The director of the neurology residency training program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai addresses the challenges of approving cannabinoid products in the US.

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The professor from the Universite de Sherbrooke discusses how his recent study supports the concept of brain energy rescue.

The director of the Montefiore Einstein Center for the Aging Brain discussed the advantages of non-invasive brain stimulation and what has been previously observed in patients with Alzheimer disease.

Neurology News Network for the week ending November 14, 2020.

The executive VP and chief research officer of MDA also discussed future plans on making MOVR and its platform accessible to centers outside of the MDA network.

The chief scientific officer of the Parkinson’s Foundation discussed what has previously been observed in genetic Parkinson disease and what gaps the PD GENEration initiative may fill.

The executive VP and chief research officer of MDA spoke about how the new visualization reporting platform will also allow for easy recruitment of data to be used in future clinical trials and research studies.

The professor of neurology at the NYU Langone Grossman School of Medicine outlined the confusion on whether deaths are related to COVID-19, a symptom associated, or previously unidentified underlying condition.

The professor of clinical neurology at University of Miami and MT2020+ chair discussed the initiative’s effort to improve the global accessibility of mechanical thrombectomy.

The professor of clinical neurology at University of Miami and MT2020+ chair discussed the initiative’s effort to improve the global accessibility of mechanical thrombectomy.

The director of Translational Research and Clinical Trials Epilepsy at NYU Grossman School of Medicine discussed the need to improve education about nonmotor seizures.

The vascular neurologist at Memorial Hermann Medical Group discusses how stroke care has been affected throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.