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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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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)

September 2024

Acetaminophen and ibuprofen in pediatric central nervous system malaria

Advancing thalamic neuromodulation in epilepsy: bridging adult data to pediatric care

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

Cenobamate add‐on therapy for drug‐resistant focal epilepsy (new Cochrane intervention review)

Clinical and subclinical microemboli following neuroangiography in children

Congenital and acquired Chiari syndrome

Detecting awareness after acute brain injury

Effects of spaceflight on the brain

Endovascular therapy for anterior circulation emergent large vessel occlusion stroke in patients with large ischemic cores: a report of the SNIS Standards and Guidelines Committee

Endovascular therapy in acute ischemic stroke with poor reperfusion is associated with worse outcomes compared with best medical management: a HERMES substudy

European Stroke Organisation (ESO) and European Society for Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) guideline on acute management of basilar artery occlusion

Evaluation of microstructural brain changes in post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with neurological symptoms: a cross-sectional study

Expanding clinical spectrum of anti-GQ1b antibody syndrome: a review

Flow diversion for the treatment of intracranial bifurcation aneurysms: a systematic review and meta-analysis

In-hospital outcomes in people with autism and epilepsy – a population-based study

Intracranial pressure monitoring in adult patients with traumatic brain injury: challenges and innovations

Mechanical disorders of the cervicocerebral circulation in children and young adults

Mechanical thrombectomy for treatment of acute ischemic stroke in frail patients

Neurological hypertensive emergencies: correlation of blood pressure values with in-hospital outcomes in ischemic stroke

Parkinson’s disease (NEJM review)

Periprocedural unfractionated heparin bolus during endovascular treatment in acute ischemic stroke does more harm than good

Posttraumatic epilepsy: Integrating clinical, inflammatory, and genetic profiles in traumatic brain injury patients

Quality of life during usual epilepsy care for anxiety or depression symptoms

Reducing unnecessary investigations in paediatric seizures in the emergency department

Sleep and sleep disorders in people with Parkinson's disease

Surface modification of neurovascular stents: from bench to patient

A systematic review of electroencephalographic findings in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Sources

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology (Jun); BMJ, The (Jun); Cochrane Library (Jul-Aug); Epilepsy Research (Aug-Sep); European Journal of Internal Medicine (Jun); JAMA Neurology (Jul-Aug); Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery (Aug-Sep); Lancet Neurology (Aug-Sep); NEJM (Jun-Jul); QIMS (Aug)

July 2024

Antithrombotic treatment for cervical artery dissection 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1141

Association between exposure to antibiotics during pregnancy or early infancy and risk of autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disorder, language disorder, and epilepsy in children 10.1136/bmj-2023-076885

B cell-targeting chimeric antigen receptor T cells as an emerging therapy in neuroimmunological diseases 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00140-6 

Climate change and disorders of the nervous system 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00087-5

Clinical evaluation of pulsatile tinnitus 10.1136/jnis-2023-020440

Clopidogrel plus aspirin vs aspirin alone in patients with acute mild to moderate stroke  10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.0146

Complex regional pain syndrome: advances in epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00076-0

Early seizure prophylaxis in mild and moderate traumatic brain injury 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.0689

Endovascular thrombectomy beyond 24 hours from last known well 10.1136/jnis-2023-020443

Glioblastoma and brain connectivity: the need for a paradigm shift 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00160-1

Haemorrhagic stroke and brain vascular malformations in women: risk factors and clinical features 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00122-4

Improving epilepsy diagnosis across the lifespan: approaches and innovations 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00079-6

Intracranial atherosclerosis update for neurointerventionalists 10.1136/jnis-2022-019628

A meta-analysis of the relationship between abnormal pretreatment EEG and epilepsy recurrence 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2024.107368

Neurological disorders caused by novel non-coding repeat expansions: clinical features and differential diagnosis 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00167-4

Non‐pharmacological interventions for improving language and communication in people with primary progressive aphasia (new Cochrane intervention review) 10.1002/14651858.CD015067.pub2

Percutaneous closure device for the carotid artery: an integrated review and design analysis 10.1136/jnis-2023-020702

Predictors of aneurysm occlusion after treatment with flow diverters 10.1136/jnis-2022-019993

Progress in pharmacologic management of neuropsychiatric syndromes in neurodegenerative disorders 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.0586

Recent advances in diagnosing, managing, and understanding the pathophysiology of cluster headache 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00143-1

Spinal dural and epidural fistulas: role of cone beam CT in diagnosis and treatment 10.1136/jnis-2022-019950

Treatment of refractory status epilepticus with continuous intravenous anesthetic drugs 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.0108

Sources

BMJ, The (22nd May); Cochrane Library (May-Jun); Epilepsy Research (Jul); Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery (May-Jul); JAMA Neurology (May-Jun); Lancet Neurology (May-Jul)