Neurology Minute

In part 1 of a 2 part series, Elaine Wirrell, MD, FRCP(C), FAAN, discusses her article, "Evaluation of First Seizure and Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy" from the April Continuum Epilepsy issue. This article and the accompanying Continuum Audio interview are open to all until July 1, 2022, at http://continpub.com/EvalFirstSeiz.

Dr. Zafer Keser reviews the article, "Stroke Prevention in Symptomatic Large Artery Intracranial Atherosclerosis Practice Advisory" published in the March 21, 2022, Neurology Journal. Show references: https://n.neurology.org/content/98/12/486

Dr. Gregg Day discusses amyloid-targeting treatments for Alzheimer's disease as well as how to navigate conversations about aducanumab with patients.

Dr. Purdue-Smithe discusses her abstract, "Pre-pregnancy migraine and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes". Show references: https://index.mirasmart.com/aan2022/PDFfiles/AAN2022-000412.html

Dr. Matthew Hart discusses his abstract, "Hospital Teleneurology Role Leads to Significant Wait Time Reduction for Follow Up Appointments and Increased Access to Subspecialists". Show references: https://index.mirasmart.com/aan2022/PDFfiles/AAN2022-002138.html    

Dr. Erika Peterson discusses her abstract, "Durability of 10-kHz Spinal Cord Stimulation for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy: 18-Month Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Results"   Show references: https://index.mirasmart.com/aan2022/PDFfiles/AAN2022-003466.html  

Dr. Barbara Decker discusses maternal obstetric complications and non-elective postpartum readmissions in women with prior stroke, migraine, multiple sclerosis, and myasthenia gravis. Show references: https://n.neurology.org/content/early/2022/02/15/WNL.0000000000200007  

In part 2 of a 2 part series, Marco Mula, MD, PhD, FRCP, FEAN, discusses his article, "Neuropsychiatric and Cognitive Comorbidities in Epilepsy" from the April Continuum Epilepsy issue. This article and the accompanying Continuum Audio interview are available to subscribers at continpub.com/PsychCogEpilepsy.

In part 1 of a 2 part series, Marco Mula, MD, Ph. D., FRCP, FEAN, discusses his article, "Neuropsychiatric and Cognitive Comorbidities in Epilepsy" from the April Continuum Epilepsy issue. This article and the accompanying Continuum Audio interview are available to subscribers at continpub.com/PsychCogEpilepsy.

Dr. Katrina Ignacio discusses the emerging subspecialty of Neuroinformatics.

Dr. Aurora Pujol discusses diagnosing genetic white matter disorders by singleton whole-exome and whole-genome sequencing using interactome-driven prioritization. Show references:  https://n.neurology.org/content/98/9/e912/tab-figures-dat a

Dr. Todd Schwedt discusses the treatment of chronic migraine with medication overuse through the patient-centered Medication Overuse Treatment Strategy (MOTS) clinical trial.  Show references: https://n.neurology.org/content/early/2022/02/15/WNL.0000000000200117?rss=1

Dr. Magnus Boesen discusses his abstract, "Magnetic Resonance Imaging Criteria at Onset to Differentiate Pediatric MS from Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis". Show references: https://index.mirasmart.com/aan2022/  

Dr. Lily Zhou discusses her abstract, "Mortality and One-Year Readmission Rates Following Hospital Discharge in a Large Canadian Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Cohort". Show references: https://index.mirasmart.com/aan2022/  

Dr. Rae Bacharach discusses the  Neurology Today article, "Large Population-Based Study Finds an Association Between Cancer and Guillain-Barré Syndrome". Show references: https://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/Fulltext/2022/03170/Large_Population_Based_Study_Finds_an_Association.8.aspx

Dr. Charlotte Sumner discusses spinal muscular atrophy, highlighting the historic milestone reached with three medications receiving FDA approval for the treatment of SMA.

Drs. Ariane Lewis and David Magnus discuss the need to update the Uniform Declaration of Death Act (UDDA), aligning the legal criteria with the medical standards used to determine death by neurological criteria.  Show references: https://n.neurology.org/content/early/2022/01/25/WNL.0000000000200024

Dr. Keng Lam discusses LGI1 antibody encephalitis.

Dr. Katrina Ignacio discusses the emerging subspecialty of Transcranial Stimulation.

Dr. Mary Angela O'Neal discusses the February Continuum issue on the Neurology of Pregnancy.

Dr. Raquel Gardner discusses the development of a clinically-relevant definition of poor cognitive outcome one year after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and whether outcomes can be predicted by baseline clinical variables.  Show references: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35173018/

Show references: https://www.alzforum.org/news/research-news/aduhelm-phase-3-data-aria-common-sometimes-serious

In part 2 of a 2 part series, Yi Li, MD, Ph. D., discusses her article, "Epilepsy and Pregnancy" from the February Neurology of Pregnancy Continuum issue. This article and the accompanying Continuum Audio interview are available to all at continpub.com/EpilepsyPreg until May 1, 2022.