Neurosciences News

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023, Andrew G. Lee, MD, discusses how neuro-ophthalmologists can decide whether a patient needs to be scanned or not.

Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Clene Inc. announced proof-of-concept evidence of potential neuroprotective effects of CNM-Au8, an oral therapeutic for patients with stable relapsing-remitting MS.

Treatment with inebilizumab was associated with reduction in aquaporin-4 antibody titers and B cells for those with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, according to an expert at ECTRIMS 2022.

CHICAGO – An app-based cognitive assessment tool set baseline scores for college football players and may be useful in rapid sideline concussion diagnosis, according to a poster at the 2022 American Neurological Association meeting.

A 41-year-old woman was referred to the neuro-ophthalmology service at the New England Eye Center for left-sided proptosis, left upper lid edema and progressively worsening vision in the left eye for about 5 months.

Blinkcns Inc. and the Zucker Institute for Innovation Commercialization at the Medical University of South Carolina have announced a licensing agreement to advance blink reflex technology and software EyeStat.

SAN DIEGO — Light exposure and stimulation of the locus coeruleus may be a promising way to delay Alzheimer’s disease progression, according to a presenter at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.

Macular retinal nerve fiber layer thickness may be a prognostic biomarker of cognitive decline in older individuals, according to a group of researchers.

A 54-year-old man developed constant binocular diagonal diplopia. He was initially diagnosed with a fourth nerve palsy.

An OCT study on spaceflight crew members found ocular morphology alterations potentially related to weightlessness and chronic headward fluid shift were not reversed by short-duration lower body negative pressure countermeasures.