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Tetanus Shots and Parkinson's; Predicting Future Dementia; Cognition-Depression Link

— News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Tetanus shots were associated with of Parkinson's disease in a preprint paper on medRxiv.

Bone marrow transplants from young mice appeared to influence amyloid-beta levels and behavioral deficits in a disease. (Science Advances)

Meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies produced new insights about the genetic profile, biology, and risk of . (Nature Genetics)

A model based on changes in the brain's predicted future dementia incidence and time to diagnosis. (Nature Mental Health)

A working group looked at the ethical, legal, and policy using portable MRI. (Journal of Law and the Biosciences)

About 7% of U.S. adults have , Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data showed. (JAMA)

Serial measurements of serum glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and neurofilament light (NfL) helped track with sport-related concussion. (JAMA Network Open)

Investigational was well tolerated in the phase II SURVEYOR study of Huntington's disease, but the trial was not powered to show significant cognitive changes, Sage Therapeutics said.

Elevated appeared to extend beyond EBNA1 in people with multiple sclerosis. (PLOS Pathogens)

A small study looked at disease. (Brain Communications)

More research investigated the relationship between in older adults. (JAMA Network Open)

CNN chronicled the experiences of the with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder.

An examined the lessons he learned from his mother, who also had the disease. (New York Times)

  • 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.