Oral Relaxin Improves Poststroke Recovery

by Ket Patel | Sep 4, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke

Oral relaxin therapy resulted in significantly improved cognitive and functional recovery in poststroke patients participating in a randomized controlled trial. “We speculate that in the near future, relaxin hormone could represent a new therapeutic and...

Insomnia Drug Helps Patients Sleep Sooner, Longer

by Ket Patel | Sep 3, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Sleep Disorders

The promise of shorter time to sleep, longer sleep duration, and fewer side effects associated with the experimental sleep drug suvorexant has sleep medicine clinicians and their patients eagerly anticipating the approval of the first-in-class agent. Suvorexant’s...

Nocturnal Sleep Boosts Working Memory Training in Parkinson’s

by Ket Patel | Sep 3, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Movement Disorders

Nocturnal sleep enhances working memory training in patients with Parkinson’s disease but not in those with Lewy body dementia, results from a novel study demonstrated. The observed performance improvements “are striking because working memory capacity is...

Changing How We Prescribe Antipsychotics for Dementia

by Ket Patel | Sep 1, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease

The vast majority of patients with Alzheimer’s disease will show agitation, delusion, and other disruptive behaviors during the course of their illnesses. These behaviors cause suffering and distress for patients and for caregivers and families, often diminishing...

Dysfunctional Brain Areas May Fuel Inattention in Absence Epilepsy

by Ket Patel | Sep 1, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Epilepsy

Major Finding: Functional magnetic resonance imaging correlated with EEG in children with absence epilepsy and matched healthy controls. Data Source: Results from Continuous Performance Task test done by 34 children (aged 7 to 8 years) and 21 healthy controls...