OBJECTIVES Biochemical markers for Alzheimer’s disease would be of great value, especially to help in diagnosis early in the course of the disease. A pronounced increase in CSF tau protein (CSF-tau) ...

Background Functional neurological disorder (FND) is characterised by neurological symptoms, such as seizures and abnormal movements. Despite its significance to patients, the clinical features of ...

Objective To determine the feasibility of conducting a randomised controlled trial of a specialist physiotherapy intervention for functional motor symptoms (FMS). Methods A randomised feasibility ...

Objective To determine clinical manifestations, immunotherapy responsiveness and outcomes of glutamic acid decarboxylase-65 (GAD65) neurological autoimmunity. Methods We identified 323 Mayo Clinic ...

Background Pain is an important symptom in Huntington’s disease (HD), however, not systematically studied and understood. The objective of the current study is to assess the prevalence of pain, pain ...

Background n-3 fatty acids inhibit neuronal excitability and reduce seizures in animal models. High-dose fish oil has been explored in two randomised trials in drug resistant epilepsy with negative ...

Objective To determine whether apathy or depression predicts all-cause dementia in small vessel disease (SVD) patients. Methods Analyses used two prospective cohort studies of SVD: St. George’s ...

Objective First, to determine the sensitivity and specificity of six stroke recognition scores in a single cohort to improve interscore comparability. Second, to test four stroke severity scores ...

Biography Dr Lucy Vanes is a lecturer in Neuroscience and Psychology at the Department of Neuroimaging, King’s College London. She completed her PhD in 2017, studying the neural correlates of ...

Objectives To assess the diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder (SSD) in patients with unexplained neurological symptoms occurring after SARS-CoV-2 infection, also referred to as long COVID. Design ...

Peripheral nerve ultrasound (US) has emerged as a promising technique for the diagnosis of peripheral nerve disorders. While most experience with US has been reported in the context of nerve ...

We aimed to study the influence of smoking habits, exposure to passive smoking and snuff use on disease progression, cognitive performance and quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).