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Cenobamate helps reduce focal seizure in a dose-dependent manner in Asian patients, while being generally well tolerated, according to a study.

A miniature externally powered implantable stimulator (MEPS) that is approximately 50 times smaller than conventional VNS devices shows significant potential for vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) based on findings from a compilation of three clinical trials.

In the management of fibromyalgia, multiple-session home-based anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (A-tDCS) on the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex helps improve disability due to pain, as shown in a study.

In the treatment of patients with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs), the selective serotonin 5-HT2C receptor agonist bexicaserin is well tolerated and appears to reduce the frequency of countable motor seizures, according to a phase Ib/IIa study.

In patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), the high risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) at the time of diagnosis correlates with low levels of plasma triglycerides (P-TG) and an interaction between change in BMI and P-TG prior to diagnosis, reports a study.

Intra-arterial alteplase (IAA) resulted in a higher likelihood of excellent functional outcome at 90 days among patients with acute, anterior-circulation, large-vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke who achieved successful endovascular reperfusion by mechanical thrombectomy, a study in China has found.

The TREM2 H157Y variant gene significantly increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in ethnic Chinese and is associated with more rapid clinical progression and more severe neurodegeneration, researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have found.

Infants appear to have a more than fivefold greater odds of experiencing seizures in the presence of congenital heart disease (CHD), according to a study.

Elevated blood pressure (BP) levels exert a detrimental effect on the brain, and this effect accumulates over a person’s lifetime, as suggested in a study.