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In honor of Brain Awareness Week, a group of experts in the care of patients with neurological conditions—Ronald C. Petersen, MD, PhD; Brian Grosberg, MD, FAHS; James Beck, PhD; Michael Levy, MD, PhD; Stanley H. Appel, MD —shared their perspectives on hot topics of treatment and management in neurology.

Published findings showed that narcolepsy has a significant impact on social relationships in adolescents, thus suggesting that structured routine for assessing social health is a vital first step for treatment.

At the 2023 ACTRIMS, the post-doctoral associate in the department of clinical neurosciences at the University of Calgary, spoke on the impact of researching T-Bet+ memory B cells for new therapies in multiple sclerosis. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

Plasma P-tau217 was associated with cognitive decline across several cognitive tests in 2 different cohorts and with conversion to AD dementia in the large-scale, longitudinal BioFINDER-1 cohort.

Originally approved under the accelerated approval pathway, a final decision on a traditional approval for lecanemab is expected to come in early July.

Findings showed that global cognition declines in the prediagnostic period in men but not women with incident Parkinson disease, further indicating cognitive heterogeneity in the prodromal period by sex.

Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you an exclusive interview with Jeffrey L. Neul, MD, PhD. [LISTEN TIME: 12 minutes]

Among countries with non-zero mechanical thrombectomy access, there was a 460-fold difference in availability of this care between the country with the highest and lowest access rate reported.

At the 2023 ACTRIMS Forum, the post-doctoral associate in the department of clinical neurosciences at the University of Calgary talked about the main findings he observed with B cell therapies in patients with MS. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Here's some of what is coming soon to NeurologyLive® this week.

Omar Al-Louzi, MD, director of the Visual Outcomes Laboratory at Cedars Sinai, provided his clinical perspective on role of imaging and viral infections in patients with MS at the 2023 ACTRIMS forum.

The director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at NYU Langone provided insight on a recently published study assessing the metabolic effects of short-term modified Atkins diet in patients with epilepsy. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

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 movement disorders.

Despite higher baseline scores, Expanded Disability Status Scale scores remained stable over time in Black patients treated with ocrelizumab for multiple sclerosis.

Early data has shown a substantial neuroprotective benefit in response to c-Abl inhibition by IkT-148009.

The therapy, marketed as Daybue, is the first therapy indicated for Rett syndrome with supporting data from the pivotal phase 3 LAVENDER study.

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

Literature reveals an inconsistency in sex differences between women and men, among individuals living with dementia with Lewy bodies and their caregivers.

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

The associate professor at Harvard Medical School talked about the currently approved therapies and the state of care for patients with NMOSD from a clinician perspective. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

On PET imaging, amyloid continued to accumulate over time, with participants in the solanezumab and placebo groups showing similar increases over time.

The first and only approved CGRP nasal spray for acute migraine is expected to be available in pharmacies in July 2023.

Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you an exclusive interview with Eli Pollard. [LISTEN TIME: 31 minutes]

The associate professor of neurology at Columbia University and medical consultant and care center director for MDA offered his insight into the latest progress in ALS treatment and some of what will be discussed at the upcoming MDA Clinical & Scientific Conference.

The phase 2b trial investigating SciSparc’s SCI-110 for Tourette syndrome was recently granted approval to proceed by the Israeli Ministry of Health.

Expression of CD16 and activation markers in natural killer and natural killer-T cells may be responsible for the escalating autoimmune activity in NMOSD.

The senior vice president and chief scientific officer of the Parkinson’s Foundation discussed the potential for new therapies that target genetically mutated forms of Parkinson disease. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Treatment with a lower dose of CNM-Au8 resulted in significantly decreased risk of death, feeding tube placement, assisted ventilation, and all-cause hospitalization, among other survival outcomes.

Batoclimab, a fully human anti-FcRn monoclonal antibody, has demonstrated an ability to significantly alleviate patients’ symptoms and improve quality of life in myasthenia gravis.

A group of experts in the care of patients with multiple sclerosis—Marisa McGinley, DO; Farrah Mateen, MD, PhD; Laura Piccio, MD, PhD; Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD; and Bruce Cree, MD, PhD, MAS, FAAN—shared their perspectives on hot topics of treatment and management from the 2023 ACTRIMS Forum.