This content is machine translated Neuroregeneration in multiple sclerosis Involved cells and supporting drug identified Regeneration in the CNS is a rare event and is strongly limited to the replacement of so-called oligodendroglial cells and their electrically insulating elements of the axons, called myelin sheaths.…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Pain Management Living at last – on the track of the individually best therapy Improving care in pain and palliative situations was the focus of this year’s Pain Congress. Patients with chronic pain in particular require individualized treatment in order to finally be able…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Head and neck tumors New prognostic models and biomarkers in focus of development Malignant tumors in the head and/or neck area always pose challenges for experts. Immunotherapy can now be used to treat a wide range of cancers, but the response rate often…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Multiple sclerosis The role of astrocytes in progress management. In chronic neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis, CNS cells make various adaptations during neuroinflammation. The main cells involved in this inflammatory process are the glial cells, among which the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated NMOSD Current figures speak for early therapy management Rare autoimmune diseases such as neuromyelitis optica spectrum disease (NMOSD) and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) are united by ignorance of quality of life and socioeconomic costs of illness.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Sleep Medicine Residual excessive daytime sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep serves the physical and psychological recovery as well as the strengthening of the hormone balance or immune system and the detoxification of the brain. But there are some things…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Pain Management Living at last – Focus on individual pain management Improving care in pain and palliative situations was the focus of this year’s Pain Congress. Patients with chronic pain in particular require individualized treatment in order to finally be able…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Neurogeriatrics Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo – what to do when it fluctuates? Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is a frequently idiopathic disorder. Among other things, it often occurs in old age, after trauma, in severe systemic diseases or even migraine. Repositioning therapy is…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Vascular dementia Ginkgo biloba extract, cholinesterase inhibitor, or both? In a retrospective study, 12 months of treatment with a Ginkgo biloba special extract as monotherapy or in combination with cholinesterase inhibitors resulted in a reduction in cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Chorea Detect rare movement disorders using red flags Autoimmune movement disorders occur very rarely and can appear like neurodegenerative diseases. That’s what makes it so difficult to make the right diagnosis. However, characteristic phenotypes and red flags may…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Multiple sclerosis therapy Early use of highly effective therapies In recent years, the number of disease-modifying therapies for the treatment of multiple sclerosis has increased dramatically. Increasing data support the early use of highly effective therapies (HRT), which can…
