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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Adriano Chiò, M.D., email achio@usa.net. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story  Links for this study and editorial will be live at the embargo time: http://archneur.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.1129. JAMA Neurology Bottom Line: The blood biomarkers serum albumin…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, M.Sc., call Todd Datz at 617-432-8413 or email tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu. To contact editorial author Michael Swash, M.D., email mswash@btinternet.com. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story  Links for this study and editorial will be live…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Prashanthi Vemuri, Ph.D., call Duska Anastasijevic at 507-538-7003 or email anastasijevic.duska@mayo.edu.   JAMA Neurology   Bottom Line: Higher scores that gauged education (years of school completed) and occupation (based on attributes, complexities of a job), as well as higher levels…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author David L. Brody, M.D., Ph.D., call Judy Martin at 314-286-0105 or email martinju@wustl.edu.   JAMA Neurology   Bottom Line: Military personnel with concussive traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by a blast or a nonblast-related event had similar outcomes, including…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Tom S. Olsen, M.D., Ph.D., email tso@dadlnet.dk   JAMA Neurology   Bottom Line: Researchers found no evidence of an “obesity paradox” (some studies have suggested overweight or obese patients have lower mortality rates than underweight or normal weight patients)…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Maartje I. Kester, M.D., Ph.D., email m.kester@vumc.nl. JAMA Neurology   Bottom Line: Cerebral small-vessel disease (SVD) and Alzheimer disease (AD) pathology appear to be associated. Author:  Maartje I. Kester, M.D., Ph.D., of the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Cornelia I. Bargmann, Ph.D., call Zach Veilleux at 212-327-8982 or email zveilleux@rockefeller.edu.   JAMA Neurology Viewpoint Highlight   JAMA Neurology is publishing online a Viewpoint written by Cornelia I. Bargmann, Ph.D., of Rockefeller University, New York, and William T. Newsome,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Timothy M. Hughes, Ph.D., M.P.H., call Marguerite Beck at 336-716-4587 or email marbeck@wakehealth.edu. Please visit our For the Media website http://bit.ly/QbIRTK for a related editorial. JAMA Neurology Study Highlight   Bottom Line:  Stiffening of the arteries appears to be associated…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Elliot M. Frohman, M.D., Ph.D., call Remekca Owens at 214-648-3404 or email remekca.owens@utsouthwestern.edu. An author podcast will be available when the embargo lifts at http://bit.ly/LSa1MM.   JAMA Neurology   Bottom Line:  Treatment with natalizumab in patients with multiple sclerosis…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Michelle M. Mielke, Ph.D., call Nick Hanson at 507-266-4945 or email hanson.nicholas@mayo.edu. JAMA Neurology     Bottom Line:  A diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in older adults was associated with increased risk for mild cognitive impairment (MCI),…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 9 A.M. (CT), THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Pastun Shahim, M.D., email pashtun.shahim@neuro.gu.se. To contact corresponding editorial author Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, M.D., Ph.D., call Gwendolyn Smalls at 301-295-3981 or email gwendolyn.smalls@usuhs.edu.   JAMA Neurology   Bottom Line: Ice hockey players in Sweden with a sports-related concussion had higher…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Graham S. Jackson, Ph.D., email g.s.jackson@prion.ucl.ac.uk.   JAMA Neurology Study Highlights   Bottom Line: A blood test accurately screened for infection with the agent responsible for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), a fatal neurological disease.   Author: Graham S. Jackson, Ph.D.,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author M. Arfan Ikram, M.D., Ph.D., email m.a.ikram@erasmusmc.nl. Please visit our For the Media site (https://media.jamanetwork.com) for a related editorial.     JAMA Neurology Study Highlights   Intracranial Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis Associated with Increased Stroke Risk   A build-up of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, February 3, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Ilan Tur-Kaspa, M.D., call 312-493-3068 or email iturkaspa@gmail.com or DrTK@infertilityIHR.com and for corresponding author Murali Doraiswamy, M.B.B.S., F.  R.C.P., call Rachel Harrison at 919-419-5069 or email rachel.harrison@duke.edu.   JAMA Neurology Study Highlights   Genetic testing of embryos for a…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Jason R. Richardson, Ph.D., call Robin Lally at 848-932-0557 or email rlally@ucm.rutgers.edu. Please visit our For the Media website (https://media.jamanetwork.com/) for a related editorial.   JAMA Neurology Study Highlights   An increased risk for Alzheimer disease (AD) appears to be…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Alberto Ascherio, M.D., Dr.P.H., call Karen Feldscher at 617-432-8439 or email kfeldsch@hsph.harvard.edu.   JAMA Neurology Study Highlights   Vitamin D status appears to be associated with reduced disease activity in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and a slower rate of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Anna Karin Hedstrӧm, M.D., email anna.hedstrom@ki.se.   JAMA Neurology Study Highlights   Drinking alcohol appears to have a dose-dependent inverse (opposite) association with the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) and researchers suggest their findings give no support to advising…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Ajay K. Parsaik, M.D., call Deborah M. Lake at 713-500-3030 or email Deborah.M.Lake@uth.tmc.edu. CHICAGO – Hypothyroidism was not associated with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in a study of older patients, according to a report published by JAMA Neurology, a JAMA…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Michael A. Schwarzschild, M.D., Ph.D., call Mike Morrison at 617-724-6425 or email mdmorrison@partners.org. CHICAGO – The drug inosine appears to be a safe and effective way to raise blood and cerebrospinal fluid urate levels in patients with early Parkinson…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author David K. Menon, Ph.D., FMedSci, email dkm13@wbic.cam.ac.uk.   JAMA Neurology Study Highlights   Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) had increased deposits of β-Amyloid (Αβ) plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer Disease (AD), in some areas of their brains in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Adam P. Spira. Ph.D., call Natalie Wood-Wright at 410-614-6029 or email nwoodwri@jhsph.edu.   CHICAGO – Getting less sleep and poor sleep quality are associated with abnormal brain imaging findings suggesting Alzheimer disease (AD) in older adults, according to a report…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Gyri Veiby, M.D., email gyri.veiby@hotmail.com. To contact editorial author Paul C. Van Ness, M.D., call Remekca Owens at 214-648-3404 or email remekca.owens@utsouthwestern.edu. CHICAGO – Prenatal exposure to antiepileptic medications was associated with an increased risk of impaired fine motor skills…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Walter A. Rocca, M.D., M.P.H., call Nick Hanson at 507-284-5005 or email Hanson.Nicholas@mayo.edu.   JAMA Neurology Study Highlights   Study Examines Parkinsonism in 1 County in Minnesota   Walter A. Rocca, M.D., M.P.H., of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Evan Fletcher, Ph.D., call Phyllis Brown at 916-734-9023 or email phyllis.brown@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.   JAMA Neurology Study Highlights   Brain Circuitry Loss May Be Sign of Cognitive Decline in Healthy Elderly   White matter loss in an area of the brain known…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2013   JAMA Neurology Viewpoint Highlights   The 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)…The Neurological Perspective by Raad Shakir, F.R.C.P., of Charing Cross Hospital, London, United Kingdom, and Sanjeev Rajakulendran, M.D., Ph.D., of the UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, write, “Neurology as…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Karen Marder, M.D., M.P.H., call Karin Eskenazi at 212-342-0508 or email ket2116@columbia.edu.     JAMA Neurology Study Highlights   Following A Mediterranean Diet Not Associated With Delay To Clinical Onset Of Huntington Disease   Adhering to a Mediterranean-type diet…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Leslie M. Shaw, Ph.D., call Kim Menard at 215-662-6183 or email Kim.Menard@uphs.upenn.edu. JAMA Neurology Study Highlights Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of tau proteins, ɑ-synuclein, and β-amyloid 1-42 (Αβ1-42) appear to be associated with early stage Parkinson disease (PD) in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Ekaterina Rogaeva, Ph.D., call 416-946-7927 or email Ekaterina.Rogaeva@utoronto.ca. JAMA Neurology Study Highlights Runs of homozygosity (ROHs, regions of the genome where the copies inherited from parents are identical) may contribute to the etiology (origin) of Alzheimer disease (AD), according…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Beau M. Ances, M.D., Ph.D., call Michael Purdy at 314-286-0122 or email purdym@wustl.edu.   JAMA Neurology Study Highlights   Study Evaluates Relationship Between Spinal Fluid Biomarkers of Alzheimer Disease And Brain Functional Network Integrity On Imaging Studies   Both…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Lorina Naci, Ph.D., call Stephen Ledgley at 519-661-2111 or email sledgley@uwo.ca.   JAMA Neurology Study Highlights   Non-Responsive Patients May Use Selective Auditory Attention To Convey Ability To Follow Commands and Communicate   A case study using functional magnetic…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2013   JAMA Neurology Viewpoint Highlights     Network for Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials by Marissa Natelson Love, M.D., and Hassah Fathallh-Shaykh, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, write: “The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) recently launched the…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Valentina Moskvina, Ph.D., email moskvinav1@cf.ac.uk.   JAMA Neurology Study Highlights   Alzheimer Disease and Parkinson Disease Do Not Appear To Share Common Genetic Risk, Study Suggests   A study by Valentina Moskvina, Ph.D., of the Cardiff University School of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Richard J. O’Brien, M.D., Ph.D., call Stephanie Desmon at 410-955-8665 or email sdesmon1@jhmi.edu.   Glucose Intolerance, Diabetes or Insulin Resistance Not Associated with Pathological Features of Alzheimer Disease   CHICAGO – Glucose intolerance or insulin resistance do not appear to…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 22, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Daniel O. Claassen, M.D., M.S., call 615-939-1007 or email Daniel.Claassen@Vanderbilt.edu.   JAMA Neurology Study Highlights   Report on 3 Patients with Vascular Complications of Fungal Meningitis After Contaminated Spinal Injections   A case series by researchers at Vanderbilt University,…