Lucid Moments in Late Dementia; Seizure Dogs and Epilepsy; Wildfire Smoke Effects

Researchers characterized lucid episodes among people with late-stage Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. (Alzheimer’s & Dementia)

Seizure dogs reduced seizure frequency in adults with medically refractory epilepsy, the EPISODE study showed. (Neurology)

Varoglutamstat, an investigational oral glutaminyl cyclase inhibitor being studied in early Alzheimer’s disease, did not meet its primary endpoint in the phase IIb VIVIAD study, Vivoryon Therapeutics said.

Epstein-Barr virus was strongly associated with pediatric multiple sclerosis. (Annals of Neurology)

A systematic review highlighted measures of gait and navigation from wearable digital devices that may identify individuals at risk of dementia-causing diseases. (Alzheimer’s & Dementia)

Neural networks appeared to synchronize to direct cerebrospinal fluid perfusion and brain clearance during sleep, an animal study showed. (Nature)

Lifestyle behaviors that were tied to frequent headaches in children and youth included meal irregularity, late chronotype, prolonged screen exposure, and frequent substance use or exposure. (Neurology)

A Nature Reviews Neurology paper looked at Parkinson’s disease pathology in inflammatory bowel disease.

Researchers called for a more concerted effort to investigate links between wildfire smoke exposure and possible neurologic effects in humans. (JAMA Neurology)

A STAT investigation showed how efforts to use buprenorphine and methadone to treat people with opioid addiction are thwarted in the U.S.

  • Judy George covers neurology and neuroscience news for MedPage Today, writing about brain aging, Alzheimer’s, dementia, MS, rare diseases, epilepsy, autism, headache, stroke, Parkinson’s, ALS, concussion, CTE, sleep, pain, and more. Follow

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