Neurology News

Pregnant women with epilepsy had higher rates of depressive and anxiety symptoms during and after pregnancy compared with women who were pregnant only or had epilepsy only, according to data published in Neurology.

In this edition, light stimulation may help delay Alzheimer’s progression; sleep EEGs may predict future disease and mortality; updated data on the prevalence of tinnitus and more.

The Cleveland Clinic has developed an immersive virtual reality experience that combines traditional VR software with an omnidirectional treadmill to treat freezing of gait, which can accompany Parkinson’s disease.

SYNAPS Dx has announced the opening of a new laboratory to support the launch of DISCERN, a minimally invasive diagnostic test to identify Alzheimer’s disease in people with dementia.

Therapist-supported internet-based exposure and response therapy led to higher response rates and was cost effective for young persons with Tourette syndrome or chronic tic disorder compared with internet-delivered tic education.

About 7% of children hospitalized with COVID-19 at major pediatric hospitals in the United States experienced a neurologic complication of some kind, even if they were otherwise healthy, a study in Pediatrics reported.

The NIH has awarded $3.35 million to Oligomerix Inc. for clinical development of its lead program, OLX-07010, an oral tau self-association small molecule inhibitor for the treatment of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.

In a decision analysis comparing left atrial appendage occlusion and oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation, left atrial appendage occlusion tended to be favored when patients were at low risk for stroke and high risk for bleeding.

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research has awarded a research grant to health care technology company Koneksa to evaluate Parkinson’s disease progression using digital measures.

An artificial intelligence-based algorithm was able to provide reports of brain abnormalities in cases of drug-resistant focal cortical dysplasia, a leading cause of epilepsy, researchers reported in Brain.