SMA in Adults: Interim Data Back Nusinersen Efficacy New trial focuses on drug's performance in spinal muscular atrophy beyond childhood Apr 27, 2023
Confirmed: Mast Cell Drug Curbs ALS Mortality Trial's long-term follow-up fills gap left from primary analysis Apr 26, 2023
Treatment May Delay Earliest MS Events TERIS is the second trial to investigate radiologically isolated syndrome Apr 26, 2023
No Pills, No Surgery, No Electrodes for Parkinson's Disease? Minimally invasive devices to drip dopaminergic drugs edge closer to market Apr 26, 2023
Sigma-1 Selective Drug Disappoints in Huntington's Missed primary endpoint, but some temporary benefit in secondary measures Apr 25, 2023
Novel MS Drug Good as Gold in Phase II Study Yes, we mean element no. 79 on the periodic table Apr 25, 2023
Melatonin Gummies May Not Be What They Claim to Be Nearly 90% of brands were mislabeled, lab analysis shows Apr 25, 2023
Myasthenia Gravis Tied to Elevated Risk for Severe COVID Patients with autoimmune disorder should be prioritized for vaccines, antivirals, researchers say Apr 25, 2023
Stroke Prevalence Inches Upward in American Men Slight uptick in males since 1999, but other demographic groups remain stable Apr 24, 2023
Hints of Benefit for Novel Post-Herpetic Pain Drug Phase II study misses primary endpoint, but likely to move forward anyway Apr 24, 2023
Pilots Hide Health Problems to Avoid Losing Certification, Survey Shows May see disincentives to be truthful about their health Apr 24, 2023
Man Goes Blind After Binging on Booze and Crystal Meth Look beyond uremia and acidosis for rare cause of lentiform fork sign on MRI, authors say Apr 24, 2023
Will Proposed ACGME Requirements Have Consequences for Kids With Autism? More strategic and thoughtful updates are necessary Apr 21, 2023
Alzheimer's Proteins Reduced by Sleep Drug Both amyloid and tau levels fell in early trial Apr 21, 2023
Exciting Early Results With Novel Cell Therapy for Focal Epilepsy First two recipients show dramatic reductions in seizure frequency Apr 21, 2023
Oral Agent Shows Promise in Treatment-Resistant Migraine Gepant reduced number of monthly migraine days Apr 20, 2023
Test Predicts Transition From Normal to Impaired Cognition Sensitive, simple test detects subtle deficit at its earliest stage Apr 19, 2023
Cerebral Oximetry Not a Lifesaver for Extremely Preterm Infants No significant changes in death or brain injury in NICU patients Apr 19, 2023
Long COVID Neuro Symptoms May Be Shaped by Exposure to Other Coronaviruses Findings suggest possible role of original antigenic sin Apr 18, 2023
RF Ablation or Drugs for Afib: Choice May Matter for Cognitive Outcomes New study suggests one does a better job of protecting the brain Apr 18, 2023
SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Accumulates in the Skull and Brain Whether findings have implications for long COVID is unclear Apr 14, 2023
Chronic Pain Affects 21% of Americans, CDC Reports Nearly 7% have pain severe enough to restrict daily activities Apr 13, 2023
Parkinson's Biomarker Shows High Accuracy Assay identifies hallmark protein and could help diagnose people earlier Apr 12, 2023
Functional Neurological Disorder May Still Carry Stigma FND is a feminist issue, researchers and clinicians maintain Apr 11, 2023
Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best Pediatric neurologist braces himself for worst case scenario Apr 07, 2023 podcast
Brain Injury Seen in Two Neonates Whose Mothers Had COVID Infants were born early in the pandemic, before COVID vaccines were available Apr 07, 2023
CAR T-Cell Therapy Feasible, Safe in Advanced Neuroblastoma ORR of 63% with GD2-targeting product in kids with relapsed, refractory high-risk disease Apr 06, 2023
Detecting Alzheimer's in Speech; Manipulating CSF in Humans; Gut Microbiome and MS News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Apr 04, 2023
Brains Shrink With Anti-Amyloid Alzheimer's Drugs Treatments accelerate brain atrophy, but reasons why remain a mystery Mar 31, 2023
Cluster Headache, Migraine Linked to Circadian System Findings may influence treatment approaches for some patients Mar 29, 2023
Potter Will Be Vanderbilt's First Black Female Neurosurgery Resident A first since neurosurgery program opened in 1932 Mar 28, 2023
Pitolisant Safe and Effective in Children With Narcolepsy First study in a pediatric population, with findings similar to adults Mar 24, 2023
Functional Neurological Disorder Emerges After COVID Infection, Vaccines Long COVID functional manifestations differ from post-vaccine effects Mar 24, 2023
Autism Prevalence Is Up, CDC Report Shows But early evaluations in young children started to fall as pandemic set in Mar 23, 2023
FDA Panel Supports Tofersen for Rare Genetic ALS In a first, agency advisors back neurofilament light as a surrogate endpoint Mar 23, 2023
Investigational ALS Drug May Have Clinical Benefit, FDA Staff Says Neurofilament light will be evaluated as a surrogate endpoint in tofersen review Mar 20, 2023
Post-Op Delirium Linked to Accelerated Cognitive Decline Cognitive trajectory showed consistent pattern for most of 6-year follow-up Mar 20, 2023
More Data Suggest Concussion Raises Leg Injury Risk Causality still unclear but getting harder to argue against Mar 12, 2023
Fetus Removed From Brain of 1-Year-Old Girl Intracranial fetus-in-fetu identified in child with motor delay Mar 09, 2023
Longer Temperature Management No Better After Cardiac Arrest Device-based fever prevention beyond 36 hours shows no mortality or disability benefits Mar 08, 2023
