NeurologyLive® Top Expert Interviews: November 2021

The NeurologyLive^® team has been as busy as always bringing you the latest clinical news and research updates in neurology over the last month, including conducting several interviews with experts across a number of different and varying topics.

Among these included a conversation on the use of focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier for Alzheimer disease therapy with Ali Rezai, MD; the potential of MCHR1 antagonists in the treatment of narcolepsy with Thomas Scammell, MD; preparing teens with multiple sclerosis for the transition to adult care with Vikram Bhise, MD; the findings of the NAVIGATE-ESUS trial in stroke with Alexander Merkler, MD, MS; and the possibility of short-term heart rate variability as a biomarker for sudden unexplained death in epilepsy with Orrin Devinsky, MD.

Click through the slides to see and read more from each expert’s exclusive conversation with NeurologyLive^® in November 2021.

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4. Merkler AE, Pearce LA, Kasner SE, et al. Left ventricular dysfunction among patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source and the effect of rivaroxaban vs aspirin: a subgroup analysis of the NAVIGATE ESUS randomized clinical trial. JAMA Neurol. Published online October 25, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.3828
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