Ear stimulation to treat walking in Parkinson's? Transcutaneous electrostimulation of the auricular branch of the vagal nerve? YES says a new paper. Check out this randomized motion sensor study in Parkinson's by Vesna van Midden and colleagues Movement Disorders Journal Key Points: -

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When we see the #lecanemab and #donanemab data for what it shows rather than for what we want to see, there is no net benefit for patients with #Alzheimers. The risks of brain edema, hemorrhage, and accelerated brain atrophy are high. eneuro.org/content/eneuro…

Say bye to questions about bilateral thalamic lesions! Feeling bipolar about bilateral thalamic lesions?   Unfortunately, the differential for bilateral thalamic lesions isn’t binary!   But here’s an easy mnemonic that can help you to remember: THALAMIC! Here's how it works: T

AC-ASPECTS, ACh-ASPECTS, and H-ASPECTS: new imaging scales to assess territorial and total cerebral hemispheric ischemic injury frontiersin.org/journals/neuro… Felicitaciones Maria Paz Rodriguez David S Liebeskind

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What causes the placebo effect? What are the neural circuits underpinning the placebo pain? What's the pons got to do with it? Chong Chen, Grégory Scherrer and colleagues hit it out of the park with their new paper nature. Key Points: - The authors remind us that the placebo

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Could levodopa induce the breakdown of amyloid-β in a mouse model of Alzheimer's? YES. Is it a bridge too far to extrapolate the findings to humans? ALSO, YES. Watamura and colleagues have a hot new paper in Science, Space & Robots Science Signaling . Key Points: - In Alzheimer's mice, adding

What Is the Role of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Signaling in the Nervous System and Its Potential Neuroprotective Effects? bit.ly/4ccNGVh #NeuroTwitter

Kudos to Ryan Reynolds Ryan Reynolds for telling the story of his father with Parkinson's disease, and also sharing his pops battle w/ Parkinson's disease psychosis. I feel a teaching moment coming on. Tips: Here are few tips I share w/ people in my practice and a few up to

In a man with impaired speech from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, an intracortical speech neuroprosthesis achieved more than 97% accuracy in decoding his intended speech and making it audible in his natural voice. Read the full results: nej.md/3yBmrWC

This editorial describes the science behind reports of communication facilitated by brain–computer interfaces. Read the full editorial: nej.md/46ZSpc5

Neuroprognostication After Cardiac Arrest chestcc.org/article/S2949-…

Are you pretty bad about knowing when to give gad? Do you know which gadolinium contrast is safe to give? Know what to do w/gadolinium in patients w/kidney disease? Here’s the gadolinium cheat sheet you NEED from @theAJNR SCANtastic! Read on... ajnr.org/content/45/8/1… ➡️RISK

Your baby’s all grown up! Cerebellum may mean “little brain” but its anything but little! How well do YOU know cerebellar anatomy? Do you just say “cerebellar hemisphere” & hope nobody asks? Here's the functional anatomy that you NEED to know in the cerebellum! Everyone

Exciting discovery: CSF flow isn't confined to the brain and spinal cord—it also extends to peripheral nerves! Science Magazine science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Groundbreaking research from UF Health FLORIDA #neurotwitter #neuroscience #AcademicChatter

Boom! Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow extends to peripheral nerves. Alexander Ligocki, Ed Scott and colleagues FLORIDA UF Health blow our minds. New paper Science Advances. What will we call it now? Cerebro-spinal-nerve fluid (CSNF)? or maybe brain-spinal-nerve fluid (BSN)? Just when

Antibodies in Autoimmune Neuropathies: What to Test, How to Test, Why to Test bit.ly/3XyWbWC #NeuroTwitter