Background Autopsy studies of former contact sports athletes, including soccer and rugby players, frequently report chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative pathology associated with ...

Correspondence to Dr Satoshi Kuwabara, Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan; kuwabara-s{at}faculty.chiba-u.jp While ...

Background Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis (NMDARE) is a severe autoimmune disorder with high morbidity and mortality. Current treatments have limitations including relapse, ...

Correspondence to Professor Piero Parchi, Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Bologna 40138, Italy; piero.parchi{at}unibo.it Objective To compare ...

Objective Antibodies against contactin-associated protein-like 2 (CASPR2-Abs) have been described in acquired neuromyotonia, limbic encephalitis (LE) and Morvan syndrome (MoS). However, it is unknown ...

Correspondence to Dr Kazumoto Shibuya, Neurology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba 260-8670, Japan; kazumoto{at}net.email.ne.jp Background Previous studies have shown that patients ...

Correspondence to Professor Eduardo Nobile-Orazio, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milano 20122, Lombardia, Italy; eduardo.nobile{at}unimi.it ...

Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a common and disabling disorder that is often considered difficult to treat, particularly in adults. Psychological therapies are often recommended for FND.

Correspondence to Dr Shigeaki Suzuki, Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan; sgsuzuki{at}z3.keio.jp Objective To elucidate ...

Correspondence to Professor Gen Sobue, Research Division of Dementia and Neurodegenerative Disease, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466 8550, Japan; ...

Background Depression has been consistently linked to the onset of dementia, but the temporality and nature of this ...

Objective To retrospectively investigate safety and efficacy of nusinersen in a large cohort of adult Italian patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Methods Inclusion criteria were: (1) clinical ...