Marco Meglio
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neurologylive.com | Marco Meglio
The treatment landscape for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is rapidly evolving, driven by advances in gene therapy, exon skipping, and steroid-sparing strategies. While corticosteroids have long served as the mainstay of care, newer therapies, like Del-zota (Avidity Biosciences), aim to more directly target the underlying defects responsible for the progressive muscle degeneration seen in DMD.
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neurologylive.com | Marco Meglio
A research study published in Neurology, Neurosurgery, & Psychiatry found that microRNA (miRNA)-214, which targets the NCKAP1 gene, is linked to disease progression, severity, and survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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neurologylive.com | Marco Meglio
Leucine-rich repeat kinase (LRRK2) is a multifunctional enzyme implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease (PD) and, to a lesser extent, in other neurodegenerative and inflammatory disorders. Mutations in the LRRK2 gene, particularly G2019S, are the most common known genetic cause of autosomal dominant familial PD and are also found in sporadic cases.
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neurologylive.com | Marco Meglio
In a recently published cross-sectional study, findings revealed that among patients with migraine, those with aura (MwA) had significantly longer afterimage duration than compared with those without aura (MwoA) as well as healthy controls (HCs). Afterimage duration–the length of time an image lingers in a person’s vision after exposure to a bright or high-contrast stimulus–can provide insight into visual processing abnormalities, especially in neurological conditions.
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neurologylive.com | Marco Meglio
The FDA has approved an expanded indication for diazepam nasal spray (Valtoco; Neurelis), now allowing its use in children ages 2 to 5 for the treatment of seizure clusters, also known as acute repetitive seizures.
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