Articles Tagged With: neurodegenerative
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Plasma Phospho-Tau217 Is a Promising Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker
Validation and replication of findings in the use of the blood biomarker phospho-tau 217 for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease holds out the possibility for a new era in the early diagnosis and treatment of this debilitating illness.
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Neuroimmunology and Movement Disorders: When Should We Test for Autoantibodies?
Autoantibody-associated neurological disorders can mimic neurodegenerative and other movement disorders, but are likely under-diagnosed, resulting in missed treatment opportunities. This review is a “must read” for all neurologists.
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Association of Traumatic Brain Injury with Late-life Neurodegenerative Diseases
This study analyzed pooled clinical and neuropathological data of older adults free of dementia from three prospective cohort studies and found that traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness was associated with risk for Lewy body accumulation, Parkinson’s disease, and progression of Parkinsonism, but not dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, neuritic plaques, or neurofibrillary tangles.
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REM Behavior Disorder — A Unique Window into the Mysteries of Neurodegenerative Disease
REM behavior disorder may precede α-synucleinopathies by decades and may be a biomarker of future disease.