Conference Coverage
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Conference Coverage
Erenumab May Control Migraines When Other Preventives Have Failed
LOS ANGELES—Patients who have tried and failed other preventive therapies may find that erenumab can prevent their migraines, according to a study...
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Conference Coverage
Blood Pressure Change Influences Outcome of Endovascular Therapy
LOS ANGELES—Decreases in blood pressure during endovascular therapy are common and associated with worse functional outcomes, according to...
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Conference Coverage
Interim Results Show Efficacy for a Novel MS Drug
LOS ANGELES—Preliminary results for annualized relapse rate and MRI parameters support ALKS 8700 (also known as BIIB098) as an oral treatment for...
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Conference Coverage
Staging System Classifies Nearly All Patients With Lewy Body Synucleinopathy
LOS ANGELES—The Unified Staging System for Lewy Body Disorders (USSLB) enables the categorization of almost all brains with Lewy body...
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Conference Coverage
Noninvasive Neurostimulator Shows Efficacy in Episodic Migraine
LOS ANGELES—Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) is a rapidly effective, well-tolerated, and practical option for the acute treatment of...
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Conference Coverage
How Does TBI Differ Among Older Patients?
LOS ANGELES—Most older adults recover well from traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to research presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the...
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Conference Coverage
DMTs Are Associated With Reduced Stroke Risk in Patients With MS
LOS ANGELES—Among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), treatment with disease-modifying therapy is associated with a significantly decreased...
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Conference Coverage
How Common Are Comorbidities in Chronic Versus Episodic Migraine?
LOS ANGELES—Significantly more patients with chronic migraine versus episodic migraine report cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal,...
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Conference Coverage
IncobotulinumtoxinA May Reduce Sialorrhea in Parkinson’s Disease
LOS ANGELES—IncobotulinumtoxinA may treat sialorrhea in Parkinson’s disease and other neurologic disorders effectively, according to a trial...
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Conference Coverage
Multisensory Impairment Is Associated With Risk of Dementia
LOS ANGELES—Among older adults, the presence of a greater number of sensory impairments is associated with an increased risk of dementia,...
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Conference Coverage
Experimental Therapy Shows Promise in Early-Stage Huntington’s Disease
LOS ANGELES—IONIS-HTTRx, an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO), effectively reduced levels of the protein responsible for Huntington’s disease in...
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Conference Coverage
Long-Term Perampanel Treatment Is Safe and Effective for Adolescents
LOS ANGELES—Treatment for as long as four years with adjunctive perampanel is safe and effective for adolescents with secondarily generalized...
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Conference Coverage
Valbenazine Provides Long-Term Benefits for Tardive Dyskinesia
LOS ANGELES—Once-daily treatment with valbenazine for 48 weeks provides substantial improvements on clinician- and patient-reported outcomes in...
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Conference Coverage
AAN Publishes Practice Guideline on DMTs for MS
LOS ANGELES—Clinicians must engage in an ongoing dialogue with patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) regarding treatment decisions throughout the...
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Conference Coverage
Tear Proteins May Be Biomarkers for Parkinson’s Disease
LOS ANGELES—Tears may hold diagnostic clues as to whether someone has Parkinson’s disease, according to a preliminary study presented at the...
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Conference Coverage
Do Cardiovascular Risk Factors Contribute to Brain Atrophy in MS?
LOS ANGELES—Hypertension and heart disease may contribute to advanced central and white matter atrophy in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS)...
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Conference Coverage
Ubrogepant May Treat Acute Migraine Attacks Effectively
LOS ANGELES—Ubrogepant may relieve the pain of acute migraine attacks, as well as other bothersome migraine-related symptoms, according to data...
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Conference Coverage
Can a Finger Displacement Test Help Assess Parkinson’s Disease Dementia?
LOS ANGELES—A simple test of finger displacement may distinguish between Parkinson’s disease dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and help...
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Conference Coverage
Which Factors Predict Successful Epilepsy Reoperations?
LOS ANGELES—Among patients with intractable focal epilepsy who have failed one or more epilepsy surgeries, reoperation may provide long-term...
Literature Review
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Literature Review
Mild TBI May Increase Risk of Parkinson’s Disease Among Military Veterans
Among military veterans, mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with a 56% increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease over 12 years...
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Literature Review
Retinal Changes Indicate Parkinson’s Disease Pathology Severity
The accumulation of phosphorylated α-synuclein in the retina may serve as a biomarker of brain pathology severity and aid in diagnosis and...
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Literature Review
Patients Who Die of SUDEP Largely Live Alone and Die Unwitnessed at Home
Patients whose fatality is attributed to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) largely live alone; die unwitnessed at home at night, usually...
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Literature Review
Does Age of Exposure to Tackle Football Affect CTE Severity?
Younger age of exposure to tackle football is not associated with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) pathologic severity, Alzheimer’s disease...
News Roundup
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News Roundup
New and Noteworthy Information—June 2018
CSF can predict the future progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published online ahead of print May 9 in the Journal of...
Commentary
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Commentary
Epilepsy: Past, Present, and Future
Dr. Thadani is Professor of Neurology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He...