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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive's highlights from the week ending August 14, 2020.
Welcome to NeurologyLive's Friday 5! Every week, the staff compiles 5 highlights of NeurologyLive's widespread coverage in neurology, ranging from newsworthy study findings and FDA action to expert interviews and peer-to-peer panel discussions.
Shai Efrati, MD, director, Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research, Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center, offers insight into the attempt to regenerate injured tissue in the brain as a way to potentially treat Alzheimer disease and dementia.
"Mind Moments," a podcast from NeurologyLive, brings you an exclusive interview with Richard Finkel, MD, on the recent approval of risdiplam for SMA.
Expert neurologists Crystal Proud, MD; Emma Ciafaloni, MD; and Amy Harper, MD, provide advice for community physicians treating patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Larger social network effective size correlated with better physical function, while network constraint correlated with worse physical function in those with multiple sclerosis.
A literature and clinical evidence review suggests that the gammaCore device (electroCore) is safe and effective for the treatment of cluster headache and migraine, and carries potential to treat more.