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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| Rare Neurological Diseases | Pain  

Novel Treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia

Classical trigeminal neuralgia is a rare painful chronic disorder. Carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine are first line treatments and act by blocking…

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Created by Martin Rakusa1, 2, Sofia Gak2, Nadine Attal2,3, Giorgio Cruccu2, 4 1Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia. 2 EAN Scientific Panel Pain, Vienna, Austria. 3INSERM U-987, Centre d'Evaluation et de Traitement de la Douleur, Hôp
| Muscle & Neuromuscular Junction Disorders | Rare Neurological Diseases  

New treatments in Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Dear colleagues, 

we would like to drive your attention to the recent developments in Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Two different approaches (use of…

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Created by Toscano, Schoser and others
| Rare Neurological Diseases | Sleep disorders  

A mouse model in narcolepsy to explain the immunopathological pathway

In the past years multiple publications have focused on the immunological etiology of narcolepsy. Despite the extremely tight association with HLA…

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Created by Prof. Dr. Geert Mayer Hephata Clinic, Schwalmstadt, Germany University of Marburg, Germany
| Neuropathies | Rare Neurological Diseases  

News on transthyretin-related hereditary amyloidosis for clinicians

Hereditary transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis (hATTR) is a devastating, progressive and ultimately fatal genetic disease with limited treatment…

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Created by Davide Pareyson
| Rare Neurological Diseases  

Rare Disease Day 2017

On 28th February, the world celebrates the Rare Disease Day 2017, sponsored by Eurordis.

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Created by Rare Diseases Task Force
| Rare Neurological Diseases | Higher Cortical Functions  

Theta-Alpha Oscillations Bind the Hippocampus, Prefrontal Cortex, and Striatum during Recollection: Evidence from Simultaneous EEG-fMRI.

Advances in understanding memory mechanisms have crucial implications for cognitive neurology, and it is very good news that current studies combining…

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Created by Stefano F. Cappa
| Rare Neurological Diseases | Autonomic nervous system disorders  

Dysautonomia in prodromal α-synucleinopathy: peripheral versus central autonomic degeneration

Searching for early biomarkers for alpha synucleinopathies, a recent study by Drahms et al. revealed that cardiac/vascular dysfunction in prodromal…

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Created by Walter Struhal
| Rare Neurological Diseases | Clinical neurophysiology  

Tilt table testing in neurology and clinical neurophysiology

Syncope is a frequent clinical presentation in neurology departments. This clinical event, situated at the border between neurology and cardiology, is…

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Created by Dr. Tudor Lupescu