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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| Palliative Care | Rare Neurological Diseases  

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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| Neuroimmunology | Rare Neurological Diseases  

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

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| Rare Neurological Diseases | Pain  

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

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| Muscle & Neuromuscular Junction Disorders | Rare Neurological Diseases  

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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| Neurogenetics  

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

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| Neuroepidemiology  

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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| Rare Neurological Diseases | Sleep disorders  

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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| Neurotraumatology  

According to current guidelines [1] by the Brain Trauma Foundation in traumatic brain injury (TBI), intracranial pressure monitoring (ICP) is still…

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| Neurorehabilitation | Stroke  

Recently, a meta-analysis was published indicating  a beneficial effect of Cerebrolysin, a multimodal molecule, in the early rehabilitation of…

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| Neuro-oncology  

Several key papers regarding advances in brain tumors have been published in 2016 and 2017, and all are practice changing. A pivotal European/Canadian…

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| Neuropathies | Rare Neurological Diseases  

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

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| Autonomic nervous system disorders  

The principal autonomic neurotransmitters, acetylcholine and noradrenaline, are involved in immune regulation in the context of inflammation through…

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