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NeuroVoices: Thomas M. Wisniewski, MD, on Raising Awareness for World Alzheimer’s Day
September 21st 2022The director of NYU Langone’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Center for Cognitive Neurology provided perspective on raising awareness for World Alzheimer’s Day and the ongoing challenges patients with the disease face.
Several Genetic Loci Show Increased Risk of Mortality, Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson Disease
September 19th 2022One of the identified loci related to clinical progression in Parkinson disease expresses ADORA2A in the cerebellum, which encodes the adenosine A2A receptor, a promising target for therapeutics in PD.
Celebrating the Expansion and Stressing the Importance of Newborn Screening
September 17th 2022The explosion of new science and legislative decisions have expanded the capabilities and reach of newborn screening, providing thousands of families every year an opportunity to seek early, and critical, care for their infants.
NurOwn Treatment Shows Positive Results in Phase 2 Study of Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
September 16th 2022Treatment with NurOwn resulted in response on several secondary outcomes, including timed 25-foot walk, 12-item multiple sclerosis walking scale, and low contrast letter acuity, among others.
Trauma and Discrimination Worsen Migrainous Headache in Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals
September 15th 2022Approximately half of the respondents with a history of headache screened positive for migrainous headache by ID-migraine criterion with most reporting moderate to severe intensity headache.
Increased Tau Burden Observed in Abnormal Central Vascular Hemodynamics
September 15th 2022Patients who demonstrated increased central pulse pressure and forward wave amplitude had greater entorhinal tau burden. These measures were not associated with amygdala, inferior temporal, nor precuneus tau burden.
LIFT-AD Study Amended to Assess Alzheimer Disease Agent Fosgonimeton as Monotherapy
September 13th 2022In a previous phase 2 study, patients treated with fosgonimeton alone demonstrated potentially beneficial change in ERP P300 latency, as well as cognitive improvement, compared with placebo at 26 weeks.
NeuroVoices: Lynn Bekris, PhD, on sTREM2 and GFAP to Differentiate Cognitive Status, Trajectory
September 7th 2022The molecular biologist at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute provided commentary on how certain activity markers may help understand immune response differences in Alzheimer disease and related dementias.
Migraine Medication Rimegepant Shows Significant Ability to Lower Barbiturate Use
September 4th 2022Treatment with rimegepant, an FDA-approved treatment for acute and preventative migraine, resulted in decreases of more than 30% in monthly butalbital prescription fill and reductions of more than 25% in mean milligrams dispensed.
Vamorolone Shows Efficacy in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Safety Advantages Over Prednisone
September 3rd 2022Compared with placebo, vamorolone-treated patients showed significantly better outcomes on several secondary and exploratory end points, such as the NorthStar Ambulatory Assessment and time to climb 4 stairs.