A neuroscientist offered a guide to reading studies about high coffee consumption and low dementia risk. (Washington Post)
A longitudinal study of U.K. Biobank participants showed that focal epilepsy patients with poor sleep had a higher risk of dementia compared with stroke patients and healthy controls. (Neurology)
An analysis of cognitively unimpaired adults with Alzheimer’s biomarkers identified three divergent patterns of cognitive decline: stable, slow decliners, and fast decliners. (Alzheimer’s & Dementia)
A mouse study suggested that brain motion was correlated with abdominal movement and may drive interstitial fluid through and out of the brain into the subarachnoid space. (Nature Neuroscience)
A study in mice also showed that dopamine deficiency could underlie memory impairment in Alzheimer’s disease. (Nature Neuroscience)
New research shed light on alterations in brain development in Down syndrome. (Science)
Details of the failed phase II trial of investigational vemircopan in generalized myasthenia gravis were published in JAMA Neurology.
A report described a case of mumps encephalitis with seizure in an adult with Crohn’s disease on immunosuppression. (BMJ Case Reports)
A study of 18,700 people from 34 countries suggested that exposure to negative physical and social factors accelerated brain aging. (Nature Medicine)
Exposure to ambient air pollution and climate factors were associated with increased migraine activity in a population-based case-crossover study of migraineurs in Israel. (Neurology)
The FDA may make it illegal to use electric shocks on disabled children, including those with autism, as punishment, Mother Jones reported.
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