Neurology Updates

The American Academy of Neurology Clinical Guidance on Neuropalliative care outlines the need for neurologists to be involved in the palliative care…

The care of someone with dementia raises many ethical issues – of communication, decision making, care, symptom and behavioural support and carer…

The social isolation and physical inactivity during the COVID-19 pandemic has increased symptom and psychosocial issues for people with neurological…

Palliative care outpatient clinics, with a multidisciplinary team, helps patients with Parkinson’s disease and related disorders and their families

Event Related Potentials might be an accurate neurophysiological biomarker for early diagnosis of AD and prediction of MCI to AD conversion.

A medical mystery solved after more than 60 years- analysis of archival brain tissue allows characterization of rare fatal disease

The major problem for epilepsy patients is unpredictability of seizures attacks, which carry a risk of accidents and has negative impact on normal…

The world has changed for patients and parents of children suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1. Without treatment these children…

SMA is a perfect example of rare neurological disease, and should be regarded as a prototype concerning the medical and social aspects of its…

Patients using angiotensin-II-stimulating antihypertensives have 45% lower risk to develop demenia compared to those that use…

Study results suggest that RO948 F 18 has a high specificity for Alzheimer disease–type tau and highlight its potential as a diagnostic marker.

Blood p-tau 181 is sensitive for identifying clinically diagnosed AD patients in the very early disease stages; differentiates AD from other…