Neuropathology

Plasma biomarkers shed light on concussion-related neuropathology in adolescents who played contact sports in Canada, supporting their use in pathophysiology, according to new research.

The incidence of frontotemporal labor degeneration-associated disorders is more common in Europe than previously thought, with an estimated 12,057 new cases per year, researchers reported in JAMA Neurology.

CHICAGO — Divyanshu Dubey, MBBS, discusses the use of antibody evaluations in the workup for neuropathies during a presentation at the 2022 American Neurological Association’s annual meeting.

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.

Differences in neurodevelopmental maturation of structural brain networks leave certain adolescents at high genetic risk for bipolar disorder, according to an Australian study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

The National Institute on Aging has awarded a $17.2 million grant to University of Washington School of Medicine assistant professor of ophthalmology Cecilia Lee, MD, to lead a research team looking to make connections between eye diseases and Alzheimer’s disease.