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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Neurology

Neurology current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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May 2025

Advances in diagnosis, classification, and management of pain in Parkinson's disease

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis caused by hexanucleotide repeat expansions in C9orf72: from genetics to therapeutics

Asymmetrical glymphatic dysfunction in patients with Long COVID associated neurocognitive impairment- correlation with BBB disruption

Can non-thymomatous late-onset myasthenia gravis benefit from thymectomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinical insights in enzyme replacement therapy for metabolic storage disorders: lessons from Pompe disease

Comorbidities as risk factors for migraine onset: a systematic review and three-level meta-analysis

Cortisol and 10-year cognitive decline in older people from the general population

Crossing the blood–brain barrier: emerging therapeutic strategies for neurological disease

The effects of disease-modifying therapies on optic nerve degeneration in multiple sclerosis

Epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures: an update on genetic causes, nosological limits, and treatment strategies

Fenfluramine for treating seizures associated with Lennox–Gastaut syndrome in people 2 years and over (new NICE guideline TA1050)

Fractures in hereditary neuromuscular disorders: frequency, risk factors, and implications

Free water as a marker of early small vessel disease in healthy aging

Insights into disability and disability progression in people with multiple sclerosis using large-scale healthcare data

Multiple sclerosis and COVID-19: interactions and unresolved issues

Neurological Long COVID in the outpatient clinic: is it so long?

Neuroprotective mechanisms of exercise and the importance of fitness for healthy brain ageing

Non‐pharmacological and non‐surgical treatments for low back pain in adults: an overview of Cochrane reviews

Projections for prevalence of Parkinson’s disease and its driving factors in 195 countries and territories to 2050: modelling study of Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Reactive pleocytosis after repeated lumbar puncture—implications for clinical practice

Rituximab for people with multiple sclerosis (new Cochrane intervention review)

Sex differences in embolic stroke of undetermined source: echocardiographic features and clinical outcomes

Sulfonylurea drugs for people with severe hemispheric ischemic stroke (new Cochrane intervention review)

Sources

BMC Neurology (Mar); BMJ, The (Mar); Cochrane Library (Mar-Apr); European Journal of Neurology (Mar-Apr); Lancet, The (Mar); Lancet Neurology, The (Mar-Apr); NICE website (Mar)

March 2025

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis caused by FUS mutations: advances with broad implications

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis caused by SOD1 variants: from genetic discovery to disease prevention

Cognitive deficits and cortical volume loss in COVID-19-related hyposmia

Cognitive domains affected post-COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Comorbidities and neurosurgical interventions in a cohort with connective tissue disorders

Diagnosis and management of status epilepticus: improving the status quo

Do immune checkpoint inhibitors affect the course of multiple sclerosis? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Epilepsies in children, young people and adults (updated NICE guideline NG217)

The European Academy of Neurology NeuroCOVID-19 Task Force: a lesson for the future

Functional connectivity and metabolic brain alterations in sleepwalkers

Inequities in neurological care: access to services, care gaps, and other barriers—a systematic review

The influence of menopause on multiple sclerosis

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) as fluid biomarker in neurodegenerative disorders: a systematic review

Neurocognitive performance in functional neurological disorder

Perspectives on the diagnosis and management of functional cognitive disorder

Persistent symptoms, exacerbations and drug side effects despite treatment in myasthenia gravis

The presence and burden of cognitive issues: discordance between the perception of neurologists and people living with multiple sclerosis

Scoping review of clinical decision support systems for multiple sclerosis management: leveraging information technology and massive health data

Small fiber neuropathy associated with COVID-19 infection and vaccination: a prospective case–control study

Small fiber neuropathy in the post‐COVID condition and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: clinical significance and diagnostic challenges

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension — neurological symptoms, diagnosis, and outcome

Unique considerations in the assessment and management of traumatic brain injury in older adults

Unraveling brain fog in post-COVID syndrome: relationship between subjective cognitive complaints and cognitive function, fatigue, and neuropsychiatric symptoms

Sources

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology (Oct-Nov); European Journal of Neurology (Jan-Feb); Frontiers in Neurology (Jan); Lancet Neurology, The (Jan-Feb)

January 2025

Antiseizure medications and cardiovascular events in older people with epilepsy

Antiseizure medication use and outcomes after suspected or confirmed acute symptomatic seizures

Azathioprine for people with multiple sclerosis (new Cochrane intervention review)

Beyond seizure freedom: reduction in anti-seizure medication after epilepsy surgery

Clinical trials for Lennox–Gastaut syndrome: challenges and priorities

Comorbidity and disease activity in multiple sclerosis

Differential diagnosis of suspected multiple sclerosis in pediatric and late-onset populations: a review

Dysphagia assessment in patients with multiple sclerosis – an additional piece to disability burden

Efficacy and safety of erenumab for nonopioid medication overuse headache in chronic migraine: a phase 4, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Evaluating the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation for refractory epilepsy: a meta-analysis of RCTs and non-RCTs

Hearing loss, incident Parkinson disease, and treatment with hearing aids

Innovative technology-based interventions in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Intravenous glibenclamide for cerebral oedema after large hemispheric stroke (CHARM): a phase 3, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial

Mobile stroke unit management in patients with acute ischemic stroke eligible for intravenous thrombolysis

Multiple system atrophy: advances in pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment

Neurotoxicity of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: evidence and future directions

Perceived chronic traumatic encephalopathy and suicidality in former professional football players

Prevalence, clinical characteristics and outcomes of seizures in neurofibromatosis type 1: a systematic review and single arm meta-analysis

Risk of inflammatory central nervous system diseases after tumor necrosis factor–inhibitor treatment for autoimmune diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Rituximab in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: a meta-analysis

Sensitivity and specificity of a seed amplification assay for diagnosis of multiple system atrophy: a multicentre cohort study

Uncovering the genetic basis of Parkinson's disease globally: from discoveries to the clinic

Sources

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology (Oct-Nov); Cochrane Library (Nov-Dec); Epilepsy Research (Dec); JAMA Neurology (Nov-Dec); Journal of Hazardous Materials (Dec); Lancet Neurology (Dec)

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