Neurology News

For all the multitudes of diseases and diversity of organ systems rheumatologists are adept at managing and analyzing, the brain, spinal cord and related neurological conditions are often not among them.

CHICAGO – Jeffrey Chamberlain, PhD, professor of neurology at the University of Washington, discussed types of gene therapy as a possible treatment for muscular dystrophy at ANA 2022.

CHICAGO — Behavioral impulsivity in Parkinson’s disease may be linked to several factors, including connections between the limbic system and motor function, per a presenter at the American Neurological Association annual meeting.

CHICAGO – Mark Hallett, MD, chief of the motor control section at NINDS, discussed the pathology and etiology of functional neurological movement disorders at ANA 2022.

CHICAGO – Jennifer A. Frontera, MD, professor of neurology at NYU School of Medicine, discussed possible therapeutic strategies for those with long COVID who are experiencing neurological symptoms at ANA 2022.

CHICAGO — The neurological pathology of COVID-19 becomes more complex as symptoms persist and tends to affect the central nervous system more prominently, according to an expert at the American Neurological Association annual meeting.

CHICAGO — Alzheimer’s disease-related dementia among older adults is linked to a combination of neurodegenerative and vascular pathologies, according to a presenter at the 2022 American Neurological Association annual meeting.

CHICAGO – Felicia Chow, MD, MAS, a neuro-infectious specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, discussed the care and approach to neurological infections during a panel at ANA 2022.

CHICAGO – Ray Dorsey, MD, MBA, neurology professor at the University of Rochester, discusses a presentation he gave on environmental risk factors that may be associated with Parkinson’s disease at ANA 2022.

Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced the FDA does not plan to hold an advisory committee meeting to discuss the company’s new drug application for an investigational therapeutic to treat Friedreich’s ataxia.