Neurology Updates

Neurology Updates

Here you will find regular scientific news from our Scientific Panels. We cover all areas of neurology, including rare diseases. The most recent news are displayed below. You will find all news of different areas sorted into the subsections of the respective scientific panel. Enjoy reading!

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| Multiple Sclerosis  

The 2017 McDonald criteria showed higher sensitivity, lower specificity, and similar accuracy in predicting clinically definite multiple sclerosis…

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| Multiple Sclerosis  

Insidious disability accrual starts already in the earliest phases of multiple sclerosis and becomes dominant over the disease course, suggesting an…

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| Neuroimaging  

In multiple sclerosis, an impairment of the glymphatic system may contribute to pathology accrual in the central nervous system and disability…

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| Neuroimaging  

Baseline characteristics of Aβ-positive individuals can help identify those who will remain tau-negative for at least 5 years.

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| Neuroimaging  

Greater diffusion restriction in the white matter of amyloid-beta-positive cognitively unimpaired individuals supports the role of inflammation in…

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| Palliative Care  

The palliative care out-patient clinic approach for people with Parkinson’s disease improves the quality of life for patients and reduces the…

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| Stroke  

A randomized clinical trial of alteplase administered after endovascular stroke treatment showed a statistically significant benefit toward favourable…

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| Stroke  

The revised Boston criteria allow for a more accurate diagnosis of cerebral amyloid angiopathy

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| Rare Neurological Diseases  

WGS can reliably assess the most common neurological disease-causing repeat expansions, further supporting its implementation in clinical practice

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| Palliative Care  

The use of prognostic indicators for end of life palliative care for Parkinson’s disease and related disorders have been shown, in a systematic…

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| Epilepsy  

Overlapping pathophysiological mechanisms may contribute to some cases of epilepsy and cognitive impairment.

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| Epilepsy  

Recent insights into premature mortality in epilepsy and potential mitigating factors

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