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Parkinson's and Plant-Based Diets; AI and Dementia; Why Do Some People Develop ALS?

— News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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A healthful plant-based diet including vegetables, nuts, and tea was linked with a in the U.K. Biobank cohort, but an unhealthful plant-based diet was not. (Movement Disorders)

A football coach learned his 25-year-old son who died had a diagnosis of (CTE). (New York Times)

A GBA1 variant found in the genomes of people of African ancestry increased the disease. (Lancet Neurology)

U.S. military (TBI) had suicide rates 56% higher than veterans without TBI and three times higher than the general population. (JAMA Neurology)

Automated helped prognosticate neurological outcomes and mortality after acute brain injury. (Lancet Neurology)

At-home wearables and machine learning in ALS. (Nature Communications)

Experts outlined challenges to using . (Alzheimer's & Dementia)

An early trial showed was safe and feasible in post-stroke rehabilitation patients. (Nature Medicine)

The FDA approved multiple generics of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (Vyvanse) to treat (ADHD) in adults and children 6 and up.

Researchers offered guidance for conducting neuromuscular evaluations of (POTS). (Muscle & Nerve)

T cell–microglia signaling in a human neuroimmune axis model. (Nature Neuroscience)

Researchers identified patterns in patients with acute brain injury who appeared to be unconscious. (Brain)

Why do ? The BBC looks at the strides researchers have made to answer this question.

  • Judy George covers neurology and neuroscience news for MedPage Today, writing about brain aging, Alzheimer’s, dementia, MS, rare diseases, epilepsy, autism, headache, stroke, Parkinson’s, ALS, concussion, CTE, sleep, pain, and more.