Neurology News

Mounting evidence suggests that herpes simplex virus 1 may be associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according to a systematic review of published studies.

For clinicians who treat patients with Alzheimer’s disease, quantification of amyloid positron emission tomography was feasible and possessed a high degree of concordance with visual analysis, according to a presentation at CTAD.

The FDA has approved a 40 mg/mL oral suspension of Agamree to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy in patients aged 2 years and older, according to a release from the manufacturer.

Technology was found to be both easy to use and highly acceptable in a cohort of those with Alzheimer’s-related agitation and their caregivers, according to a poster presentation at CTAD.

A customized speech transcription model logged roughly 30% fewer errors compared with manual or automated methods and may be a more effective tool in assessing verbal Alzheimer’s disease-related impairment.

Individuals with mild cognitive impairment performed faster on functional skills assessments and logged fewer dropouts when undergoing concurrent burst cognitive training, according to a poster from CTAD.

Participation in memory-based digital cognitive testing and blood-based biomarker assays for Alzheimer’s-related pathology was linked to successful enrollment into clinical trials for disease-modifying treatment, according to research.

Compared with placebo, donanemab slowed disease progression and reduced amyloid presence at 76 weeks for carriers and noncarriers of the APOE ε4 allele in early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease, according to data presented at CTAD.

Beckley Psytech announced dosing of the first patient in a phase 2b clinical trial of BPL-003, an intranasal synthetic formulation of the psychedelic compound 5-MeO-DMT for treatment-resistant depression.

Health care workers face an escalating mental health crisis that is made worse by increased harassment, according to results from a new CDC Vital Signs report.