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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| Neuroscience/ Translational neurology  

The first clinical trial with intrathecally transplanted neural stem-cells for progressive multiple sclerosis

Genchi et al. reported the first single-center phase 1 clinical trial assessing safety of intrathecally transplanted human fetal neural progenitor…

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Created by Radu Tanasescu

| Neuroscience/ Translational neurology | Rare Neurological Diseases  

Complement-dependent and -independent pathomechanisms of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)-Abs: implications for therapeutic strategies in MOG-antibody-associated disease (MOGAD)

Mader et al. dissect the MOG IgG effector mechanisms that characterize MOG-antibody-associated disease. FcR pathway mediates the MOG-Abs enhanced…

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Created by Marina Boziki

| Neuroscience/ Translational neurology | Rare Neurological Diseases  

Base editing treatment for SMA-promising data from basic science studies

Arbab et al. (2023) showed for the first time the feasibility of genome editing as permanently restoring SMN protein levels in cellular and animal…

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Created by Magdalena Mroczek

| COVID-19 | Neuroscience/ Translational neurology  

COVID Breaking news: CNS injury biomarkers elevated in COVID patients

Kanberg et al., 2020: Neurochemical evidence of astrocytic and neuronal injury commonly found in COVID-19.

In this paper, the authors investigated…

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Created by Magda Mroczek on behalf of the EAN Neuroscience/Translational Neurology Panel

| COVID-19 | Neuroscience/ Translational neurology  

EAN Scientific Panel Neuroscience/Translational neurology Statement on COVID-19

Highly pathogenic coronavirus infections are well-established sources of previous epidemics (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus: SARS‐CoV,…

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Created by Antonio Pisani, Luís F. Maia