Patients who experience acute, unilateral optic neuritis have a favorable long-term visual prognosis, even when they have multiple sclerosis. Medscape Medical News
The monoamine oxidase metabolite of dopamine -- 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde or DOPAL-- triggers the aggregation of alpha-synuclein (AS), a key feature of Parkinson disease, according to a report in the October 27th advance publication of Acta Neuropathologica. Reuters Health Information
The neural response to rapid auditory stimuli is disrupted in children with developmental dyslexia, but it can be improved with training, according to a report in the October 16th issue of Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. Reuters Health Information
Primary central nervous system vasculitis (PCNSV) appears to be a variable syndrome that consists of several subsets of heterogenous disease, researchers report in an early online issue of the Annals of Neurology. Reuters Health Information
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with seizure exacerbation in older patients with epilepsy, and its treatment might reduce the incidence of such manifestations, researchers report in the November issue of Neurology. Reuters Health Information
New research suggests self-reported seizure counts among patients with focal epilepsy do not provide an accurate assessment of seizure frequency — a finding that has major implications for epilepsy management as well as clinical research. Medscape Medical News
A study shows that shorter sleep duration in childhood, but not sleep problems, is associated with childhood overweight concurrently or 3 years later. Medscape Medical News
There is no convincing evidence that prenatal binge-drinking, unlike chronic heavy drinking, has adverse effects on the developing fetus, researchers report based a literature review. Reuters Health Information
In patients taking OAC or combined therapy, does paroxysmal AF carry a lower stroke risk than persistent or permanent AF? Is there a difference in efficacy between the 2 treatments in paroxysmal AF? Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Investigators have identified the first biomarker that allows them to noninvasively detect and track neural stem and progenitor cells in the living human brain — a finding that could lead to significantly better diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of brain tumors as well as a range of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Medscape Medical News
