Cognitive Symptoms

Around one-third of former professional football players perceived themselves as having chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to results from a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Neurology.

Cognition appeared associated with likelihood that individuals would return to work 2 years after breast cancer diagnosis, according to results of a case series study.

A self-administered assessment tool was effective in identifying cognitive impairment vs. routine care in primary care settings, according to results recently published in Frontiers in Medicine.

SAN DIEGO — In a small cohort of adults with headache, the most common prodromal symptoms were light and sound sensitivity, fatigue and neck pain, according to research presented at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

The FDA has accepted a new drug application from Karuna Therapeutics for KarXT, an investigational muscarinic antipsychotic for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults, the company announced in a press release.

Myrtelle Inc. announced updated findings of the open-label phase 1/2 clinical trial of its recombinant adeno-associated virus vector-based investigational gene therapy for Canavan disease, a fatal genetic disorder in children.

SAN DIEGO — Cognitive reserve acted as a protective factor that preserved executive function in older adults with benefits mitigated by depression level, according to a presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.

Neuropsychiatric and cognitive symptoms were common across the Alzheimer’s disease continuum but evolved differently during the course of the disease, according to results of a single-center observational study published in Neurology.

Findings from a prospective cohort study of patients with mild traumatic brain injury demonstrated that women were more likely than men to experience persistent cognitive and somatic symptoms related to the injury.

Carriers of the Huntington’s disease gene frequently experienced “functionally debilitating” psychiatric and cognitive symptoms, according to results from a registry of more than 6,300 patients published in Neurology.