Hearing Loss-Cognition Link; Circadian Brain Changes; Repetitive Head Impact Markers

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The in middle age was linked with several domains of cognitive impairment. (JAMA Network Open)

Two Omani siblings who presented with had a mutation in SGIP1. (Cell Reports Medicine)

An adaptive platform trial showed that neither memantine nor trazodone improved either functional outcome or mortality in . (Lancet Neurology)

Who should pay for ? (JAMA)

Circadian rhythms were tied to changes in in a man who had 40 MRIs and blood tests over a month. (Journal of Neuroscience)

Tavapadon, an investigational D1/D5 dopamine receptor partial agonist, improved scores on the combined part II and III Movement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) in disease, AbbVie announced.

And interim data showed sustained improvements in regardless of antipsychotic use, Neurocrine said.

Anti-CD20 drugs did not delay in patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis. (Neurology)

Plasma biomarkers p-tau181, p-tau231, glial fibrillary acidic protein, and neurofilament light may help characterize neuropathologies associated with . (Alzheimer's & Dementia)

The Transmitter looked at the life of the , whose foundational book NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity helped shape scientific attitudes about people with autism.

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