August 2021

This NeurologyLive® Peers & Perspectives series features experts in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer disease discussing the recent approval of aducanumab, its implications for Alzheimer disease, and other promising therapies and diagnostic technologies in development.

Tardive dyskinesia can present many challenges in its treatment and can be difficult to differentiate from similar disorders.

Experts provide a summary of the management of commonly encountered risk factors for secondary ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack based on the newly published 2021 AHA/ASA recommendations.

The agent’s safety profile has been studied in more than 1200 individuals to date across several inflammatory diseases, with data indicating that the high selectivity of fenebrutinib may limit off-target effects.

γ-Hydroxybutyrate, known as GHB or oxybate, is a physiological compound present in the human body as both a precursor and degradation product of GABA.

Recent advances in stereoelectroencephalography and laser ablation may help convert those who may be candidates for pediatric epilepsy surgery to those who proceed with a consultation.

Successful epilepsy surgery in adults has been followed by forced normalization, depression, and memory issues, resulting in questions about the use of the metrics in the study of broader outcomes—a problem even more prominent in pediatric epilepsy surgery.

Janet Woodcock, MD, acting commissioner of the FDA, called for an inquiry by the Office of the Inspector General into possible interactions between agency officials and Biogen that "may have occurred outside of the formal correspondence process."

Mike Hennessy Sr, Chairman and founder, MJH Life Sciences™, offers his perspective on the questions around the origin of COVID-19 and applauds the extensive efforts to produce vaccines.

These consensus guidelines are significant not only for their key updates to clinical practice but for their representation of a more unified, global approach to diagnosing and monitoring patients with multiple sclerosis.