Movement Disorders

Neurology News Network for the week ending November 11, 2023. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending November 10, 2023.

Catch up on any of the neurology news headlines you may have missed over the course of October 2023, compiled all into one place by the NeurologyLive® team.

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AI could revolutionize patient advocacy by bridging communication gaps between patients and providers, and the synergy of medicine and AI offers a promising avenue for enhanced patient care and operational efficiency.

Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is narcolepsy.

L. John Greenfield Jr, MD, PhD, “spoke” about the future of artificial intelligence in neurology with ChatGPT-4—one of the largest language modules that have grabbed the field’s interest.

There should be a holistic approach to how the systems in place affect equity: how medicine is practiced and research is conducted, the structure of academic institutions, and how media influence our perceptions of neurologic conditions.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending November 3, 2023.

In the phase 3 TOLEDO trial, treatment with SPN-830 resulted in significantly greater OFF time for patients with Parkinson disease in comparison with those on placebo.

Elevated creatine kinase levels were not found to be a prognostic factor for the development of PASC in encephalopathic COVID-19 patients, according to a retrospective chart review analysis.

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Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is ataxias.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending October 27, 2023.

The senior vice president of clinical development at Vaccinex provided commentary on a presentation from CTAD 2023 highlighting the therapeutic potential of peptinemab, an agent that’s shown success in Huntington disease, in patients with Alzheimer disease. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

In a small-scale trial, patients with Parkinson disease on accelerated theta-burst transcranial ultrasound demonstrated higher motor evoked potentials than those on sham, with no statistically significant changes in MDS-UPDRS-III scores.

The data suggest that central nervous system-derived extracellular vesicles in the blood will likely play a key role in biomarker development, especially for patients with Parkinson disease, in the coming years.

Diego Torres-Russotto, MD, chair of neurology at Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute, provided an overview of the upcoming 11th Annual Miami Neuroscience Symposium, a 3-day educational event held in early November.

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In animal models, HL192 showed disease-modifying effects, as demonstrated through improvements in behavioral deficits.

Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is rare and genetic neurological disorders.

Among football players, odds of having a parkinsonism or Parkinson disease diagnosis were greater with more seasons and higher level of football play.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending October 20, 2023.

PRO-PD showed good 6-month test-retest reliability, as well as good convergent validity between other widely used validated scales of PD.

During the progression of the movement disorder, older patients with Parkinson disease may see changes in their insulin-like growth factor and serum homocysteine indices but a potential therapy could improve these factors.

The chief of the Movement Disorders Division at Mass General Hospital discussed the challenges medical students face in pathing their career and the importance of a strong mentor figure. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

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Jay Alberts, PhD, the Edward F. and Barbara A. Bell Endowed Chair at Cleveland Clinic, provided comment on a recently published randomized controlled trial assessing the therapeutic potential of an augmented reality program for postural instability and gait dysfunction in Parkinson disease.

Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is the European Committe for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis.

Neurology News Network for the week ending October 14, 2023. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]