In this new article the authors (Kristina Szabo et al. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000009783) analyze how the evidence of hippocampal diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) lesions may support the clinical diagnosis of transient global amnesia (TGA).
Trials have evaluated the use of clopidogrel and aspirin to prevent stroke after an ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). In a previous trial, ticagrelor was not better than aspirin in preventing vascular events or death after stroke or TIA.
Alzheimer's disease can present clinically with either the typical amnestic phenotype or with atypical phenotypes, such as logopenic progressive aphasia and posterior cortical atrophy.
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-9 facilitates the migration of T-cells to central nervous system (CNS), while tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1(TIMP-1) inhibits the function of MMP-9.
The association between sleep and overall health and well-being has long been of interest to physicians, researchers, and the general public. At the highest level, a simple U-shaped association between total sleep time and mortality has been described from as early as 1964. Those who sleep approximately 7 hours are at the lowest point in the curve,...
Low to moderate alcohol consumption is associated with better cognitive function and slower cognitive decline in middle-aged and older adults, new research suggests.
Two early studies are raising hopes that some genetic forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can be treated.
A new clinical research study by Dr. Marjan Rafiee and Dr. Taufik Valiante of the Krembil Brain Institute at Toronto Western Hospital, part of University Health Network, has found that a Mozart composition may reduce seizure frequency in patients with epilepsy.
Heat headaches are unlikely to result from the heat itself.
During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the infection risk for each individual is determining their ability to work, interact with their partners, children and parents. Many of us have changed our treatment practices for MS and related diseases out of fear of a potentially lethal infection, but what do we know about the risk of infection in a patient...
