Neurology Updates

Pure autonomic failure (PAF) is both, a rare condition and a pathogenetic mystery, first described by Bradbury and Eggleston in 1925, as a syndrome…

The use of tracheostomy with invasive ventilation (TIV) for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is challenging and raises the most delicate questions…

Despite its large use, recommendations for the use of brain F-18 FDG-PET in clinical practice were still lacking. The European Academy of Neurology…

Among the different environmental variables that may play a role in the pathogenesis of MS, the influence of the microorganisms living in or on the…

Functional gastrointestinal disturbances affect the vast majority of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) patients before appearance of the cardinal motor…

Differential diagnosis of tremor syndromes is challenging task for neurologists. The need of a new classification scheme arises from recent…

Recently two trials reported results about effectiveness of thrombectomy for patients with acute ischemic stroke with large-vessel occlusion of…

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

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…

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

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

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…