Parkinson's and Plant-Based Diets; AI and Dementia; Why Do Some People Develop ALS?

— News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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A healthful plant-based diet including vegetables, nuts, and tea was linked with a in the U.K. Biobank cohort, but an unhealthful plant-based diet was not. (Movement Disorders)

A football coach learned his 25-year-old son who died had a diagnosis of (CTE). (New York Times)

A GBA1 variant found in the genomes of people of African ancestry increased the disease. (Lancet Neurology)

U.S. military (TBI) had suicide rates 56% higher than veterans without TBI and three times higher than the general population. (JAMA Neurology)

Automated helped prognosticate neurological outcomes and mortality after acute brain injury. (Lancet Neurology)

At-home wearables and machine learning in ALS. (Nature Communications)

Experts outlined challenges to using . (Alzheimer's & Dementia)

An early trial showed was safe and feasible in post-stroke rehabilitation patients. (Nature Medicine)

The FDA approved multiple generics of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (Vyvanse) to treat (ADHD) in adults and children 6 and up.

Researchers offered guidance for conducting neuromuscular evaluations of (POTS). (Muscle & Nerve)

T cell–microglia signaling in a human neuroimmune axis model. (Nature Neuroscience)

Researchers identified patterns in patients with acute brain injury who appeared to be unconscious. (Brain)

Why do ? The BBC looks at the strides researchers have made to answer this question.

  • Judy George covers neurology and neuroscience news for , writing about brain aging, Alzheimer’s, dementia, MS, rare diseases, epilepsy, autism, headache, stroke, Parkinson’s, ALS, concussion, CTE, sleep, pain, and more.