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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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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 postā€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)

November 2024

Altered brain perfusion and oxygen levels relate to sleepiness and attention in post-COVID syndrome

Assistive technologies, including orthotic devices, for the management of contractures in adults after a stroke (new Cochrane intervention review)

Amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA): diagnosis, management, and care in the setting of amyloid-modifying therapy

CNS disease associated with enhanced type I interferon signalling

A comparison of natalizumab and ocrelizumab on disease progression in multiple sclerosis

Differential diagnosis of suspected multiple sclerosis: global health considerations

See also: Differential diagnosis of suspected multiple sclerosis: considerations in people from minority ethnic and racial backgrounds in North America, northern Europe, and Australasia

Endovascular stroke thrombectomy for patients with large ischemic core: a review

Exergaming for dementia and mild cognitive impairment (new Cochrane intervention review)

Frailty for neurologists: perspectives on how frailty influences care planning

The impact of diagnosis delay on European patients with generalised myasthenia gravis

Itching frequency and neuroanatomic correlates in frontotemporal lobar degeneration

MRI evidence of gray matter loss in COVID-19 patients with cognitive and olfactory disorders

Muscle hypertrophy following acquired neurogenic injury: systematic review and analysis of existing literature

The neural substrates of social cognition deficits in newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis patients

Neuroprotection of low dose carbon monoxide in Parkinson’s disease models commensurate with the reduced risk of Parkinson’s among smokers

New onset status epilepticus and its long-term outcome: a cohort study

Objective and subjective cognitive outcomes one year after COVID-19

Pituitary cyclase-activating polypeptide targeted treatments for the treatment of primary headache disorders

Prevalence of epilepsy in people of sexual and gender minoritized groups

Psychosis and schizophrenia among patients with epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Retinal optical coherence tomography measures in multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Risk of perinatal and maternal morbidity and mortality among pregnant women with epilepsy

Social impact of brain fog and analysis of risk factors: Long COVID in Japanese population

Sources

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology (Jul-Sep); Cochrane Library (Sep-Oct); Epilepsy Research (Oct-Nov); JAMA Neurology (Sep-Oct); Lancet Neurology (Oct-Nov); NPJ Parkinson’s Disease (Aug)

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