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Lauren Seidman, a second-year medical student at NYU Langone’s Grossman School of Medicine, provided perspective on a poster at AAN 2024 highlighting the use of binocular visual function testing in Alzheimer disease.

Between those with NMOSD and NAION, the data showed differences in disc edema, peripapillary nerve fiber layer thickening, vision loss, and the symptoms that preceded vision loss.

The director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology discussed the safety of ravulizumab and the ways to avoid risks of meningococcal infection. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) Coding Test score, SAGE-718 failed to distinguish itself from placebo.

Foralumab's anti-CD3 mechanism modulates T cell function, offering potential benefits for the challenging-to-treat na-SPMS patients.

Mark Bain, MD, a neurosurgeon at Cleveland Clinic’s Cerebrovascular Center, provided commentary on the ENRICH trial, a positive study of minimally invasive removal of intracerebral hemorrhage.

The director of the MedStar Georgetown Headache Center talked about an intravenous migraine treatment that could offer long-term relief for most patients who respond well to the initial dose. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

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Larry Gifford, a patient living with Parkinson Disease and president of the PD Avengers, discussed sleep issues and nighttime symptoms faced by millions of patients with the disease worldwide.

Ofatumumab showed a consistent and long-term reduction in relapse rates and MRI lesion activity in patients with recently diagnosed, treatment-naïve relapsing multiple sclerosis.

The assistant professor of neurosurgery and biomedical informatics at the State University of New York at Buffalo talked about the efficacy and safety of using embolization as a promising treatment for subdural hematomas. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

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Tavapadon's phase 3 success complements ongoing monotherapy trials, addressing the need for effective and well-tolerated PD therapies.

The research grant aims to diversify Friedreich ataxia treatments, addressing challenges in trial design and therapeutic strategies for this condition.

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Patients experienced improvements in ON/OFF time and motor function, with favorable tolerability, paving the way for a phase 2 trial.

The instructor in neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital talked about research exploring takotsubo syndrome, a heart condition often triggered by emotional or physical stressors, and its relationship with brain lesions. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

Neal K. Shah, CEO of CareYaya Health Technologies, an AI innovator in neurological care, discussed how technology is poised to transform the fight against Parkinson, with the potential to improve millions of lives and advance health equity.

Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you an interview with Ian Kremer. [LISTEN TIME: 35 minutes]

The chief of the Division of MS and Neuroimmunology at UConn Health talked about the unevenly distributed progress in multiple sclerosis care, impacting minority populations who often face worse disease outcomes. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

Paula Emanuela Voinescu, MD, PhD, director of the Women's Epilepsy Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital, talked about the influence of sex hormones on maternal outcomes in pregnant women with epilepsy treated with antiseizure medication.

The assistant professor of neurosurgery and biomedical informatics at the State University of New York at Buffalo talked about the potential of embolizing the middle meningeal artery in patients with subdural hematomas. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Across 2, phase 3 studies, fremanezumab provided significant effects on monthly migraine days, regardless of whether patients were obese or not.

Even when combining both adult and pediatric patients, diazepam nasal spray administered within 5 minutes of a seizure led to quicker seizure termination.

The assistant professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School talked about integrative therapies that may offer promising alternatives to traditional treatments for aiding neurological conditions. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

Kate Labiner, MD, a pediatric epileptologist at Child Neurology Consultants of Austin, talked about the potential of cenobamate in pediatric patients with refractory focal epilepsy who have failed multiple medications.

The neurology resident at Massachusetts General Brigham talked about assessing the safety of cancer treatments in patients with multiple sclerosis using checkpoint inhibitors. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

Investigators found no trends in amyloid-imaging abnormality rates based on centile tertile levels for lecanemab-treated patients.

A trio of experts from university hospitals discussed a study that aimed to uncover the prevalence and associations of limb swelling in patients with Dravet syndrome in hopes of improving care. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]