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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| Coma & Chronic Disorders of Consciousness  

Disorders of Consciousness (DoC): different DoC categories or a continuum of responisveness recovery?

Behavioural scales, such as the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R), are universally considered the gold standard for responsiveness assessment,…

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Created by Rita Formisano, MD

| Headache  

New perspectives for chronic migraine

The last months saw the publication of large clinical trials on the efficacy of CGRP antibodies in chronic migraine. This offers a new perspective for…

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Created by Stefan Evers, MD PhD, Professor of Neurology, University of Münster and Krankenhaus Lindenbrunn, Coppenbrügge, Germany

| Neurocritical care | Rare Neurological Diseases  

An ignored rare condition in neurointensive unit; heparin induced thrombocytopenia

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a rare but very important condition characterized by a sudden decrease in the platelet count of more than…

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Created by Serefnur Ozturk- Selcuk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Konya-Turkey

| All others  

The reduction in the risk of disability progression after smoking cessation in MS is significant and time-dependent.

Although smoking is associated with a more severe disease course in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), the magnitude of effect of smoking cessation…

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Created by Dr Radu Tanasescu, Academic Clinical Neurology, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

| ALS and frontotemporal dementia | Rare Neurological Diseases  

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

It was l suggested a long time ago, that ALS is rather a cortical than a spinal disease. The work of Heiko Braak and collaborators has demonstrated…

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Created by Prof. Andrew Eisen, Vancouver

| Palliative Care | Rare Neurological Diseases  

Collaboration between Palliative care and Neurology

There are increasing close links between palliative care and neurology.  The European Association for Palliative Care has a close relationship with…

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Created by Professor David Oliver, University of Kent, Co-Chair of Palliative Care Panel

| Neuroimmunology | Rare Neurological Diseases  

Stopping faciobrachial dystonic seizures can prevent the development of cognitive impairment in people with antibodies to leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 and limbic encephalitis

Antibodies to leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 (LGI1) are associated with faciobrachial dystonic seizures (FBDS) and limbic encephalitis. Although…

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Created by Radu Tanasescu Academic Clinical Neurology, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, UK & Maarten Titulaer Department of Neurology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam - The Netherlands

| 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

| Neurogenetics  

Next Generation Sequencing: Sweet and Lowdown

McNeill and colleagues describe a patient suffering from leukoencephalopathy, brain calcifications and cysts (LCC).

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Created by Dr. Ettore Salsano – Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta – via Celoria 11 – 20133 Milano - ITALY

| Neuroepidemiology  

Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders during 1990-2015

The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) Study provides information on the worldwide and country-specific distribution, trends…

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Created by Ettore Beghi MD (IRCCS Istituto Mario Negri, Milano, Italy), Maura Pugliatti MD (Department of Biomedical and Surgical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy)

| 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