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Tag Archives: Neurological Disease
Deep Brain Stimulation for Improving Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease (BBC News)
Summary A brief BBC News item explores the potential of deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy for improving wellbeing and cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia. “Although we are not talking about treating the Alzheimer’s … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, Andres Lozano (Neurosurgeon), Brain Imaging, Canada, Deep Brain Stimulation, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Alzheimer Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Dementia, Deep Brain Stimulation of Nucleus Basalis of Meynert (NBM DBS), Dr Carol Routledge: Alzheimer's Research UK, LaVonne Moore, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurological Disease, Nucleus Basalis of Meynert, Nucleus Basalis of Meynert (NBM), Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Parkinson’s Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease Dementia, Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, United States, USA, Wexner Medical Center: Ohio State University
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A Further Set-Back for Progress in Dementia Drug Development? (BBC News)
Summary Drug company Pfizer is to cease activity in its neuroscience drug discovery programmes, which will impact on ongoing research into drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease. Paradoxically the company does promise plans to create a new fund dedicated … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Big Pharma, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Disease Modifying Treatment by 2025 (Aim), Disease-Modifying Therapies, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, Drug Discovery Programmes, Drug Identification, Drug Trials Failure Rate, Drug-Development Pipeline, Global Context, Global Outlook, International Organisations, International Programmes, Neurological Conditions, Neurological Disease, Neurological Disorders, Neuroscience Drug Discovery Programmes (Pfizer), Neuroscience Research, Pfizer, Pfizer Inc., Pharmaceutical Industry, Research and Development, Research and Innovation, Research Commitment, Research Funding
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Parkinson’s Disease in Adults: Updated Guidance (NICE / BBC News / NHS Choices / Lancet)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recently released an updated guideline on the diagnosis and management of Parkinson’s Disease in patients aged over 18 years. This guidance updates and replaces their earlier “NG35 – Parkinson’s disease in … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Parkinson's Disease, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
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Tagged : National Institute on Aging (USA), Amantadine, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Biomedical Research Centres (NIHR), Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit: University College London, COMT Inhibitors, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Diagnosing Parkinson's Disease, Dopamine Agonists, Dr Brian Fiske: The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Exenatide, Exenatide as Potential Treatment for Patients with Parkinson's Disease, GLP-1 Agonists for Parkinson's Disease, Impulse Control Disorders, Impulse Control Disorders (ICDs), Impulsive-Compulsive Disorders, Impulsivity, Information and Support, Institute of Nuclear Medicine: University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, Intramural Research Program: National Institute on Aging, Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neuroscience Centre, Levodopa, Levodopa–Carbidopa Intestinal Gel, MAO‑B Inhibitors, Michael J Fox Foundation, Movement Disorders Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS), National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery: UCL Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery: University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centres, National Institute for Health Research UCL Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, National Institutes of Health (Baltimore), Neurological Disease, Neurological Disorders, NHNN: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, NIHR Biomedical Research Centres, Non-Pharmacological Management of Symptoms, Occupational Therapy, Off-Label Drug Repurposing Trials, Palliative Care, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease in Over 20s (Updated and Replaced), Parkinson’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis, Parkinson’s Disease In Adults: NICE Guidance (NG71), Parkinson’s Disease in Adults: Updated Guidance (NICE 2017), Parkinson’s Pathway, Parkinsonian Symptoms, Pharmacological Management of Motor Symptoms, Pharmacological Management of Non-Motor Symptoms, Potential Repurposing of Drugs to Slow Progression of Parkinson’s Disease, Professor David Dexter: Parkinson's UK, Repurposing GLP-1 Agonists, Repurposing of Drugs, Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience (UCL), Speech and Language Therapy (SALT), Translational Gerontology Branch: National Institute on Aging, Type 2 Diabetes Drug: Exenatide, University College London (UCL), University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, University College London Institute of Neurology, University College London Institute of Neurology and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, US National Institute of Aging
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Perioperative Care of Patients With Neurological Conditions (Health Service Insights)
Summary A US review covers the peri-operative care of patients with neurological conditions. It examines, in particular, aspects of the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care for persons with conditions including delirium, stroke, epilepsy, myasthenia gravis, and Parkinson Disease. Full Text … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Delirium, Diagnosis, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Parkinson's Disease, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Stroke
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Tagged Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center (New York), Carotid Artery Disease and Stroke During Coronary Artery Bypass, Contraindications for Thrombolytic Therapy, Department of Medicine: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Department of Medicine: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Epilepsy, Health Service Insights (Journal), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York), Intraoperative Care, Medications Which May Worsen Myasthenia Gravis, Myasthenia Gravis, Neurological Conditions, Neurological Disease, Neurological Disorders, Peri-Operative Care of the Elderly, Perioperative Care, Perioperative Care of Patients With Neurological Conditions, Perioperative Stroke, Postoperative Care, Preoperative Care, USA
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Progression of Neurological Diseases Presaged By Hidden Alterations in Artistic Style? (BBC News / Neuropsychology)
Summary Psychological researchers performed detailed mathematical analysis (“fractal analysis”) of barely perceptible changes to the brushstrokes used by artists, some of whom later developed neurological diseases. Analysis of hidden patterns of change in the fractal dimension of paintings reveals that … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Alterations to Artistic Style, and Wear Valleys NHS Trust, Artworks, BBC Health News, Department of Computer Science: Maynooth University, Department of Psychology: University of Liverpool, Disease Progression, Fine Art, Fine Motor Control, Fractal Analysis of Artistic Brushstrokes, Fractal Analysis of Neurological Changes (In Artists), Fractal Analysis of Paintings, Ireland, Maynooth University, Neurological Conditions, Neurological Disease, Neurological Disorders, Neuropsychology (Journal), Progression of Neurological Diseases, Pyschology of Art, Symptoms and Progression of Dementia, Tees Esk, University of Liverpool, Variations in Motor Control
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Fourth Annual Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Think Tank (Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience / International Journal of Neuroscience)
Summary An annual round-up of developments in the field of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). (x3). Full Text Link Reference Deeb, W. Giordano, JJ. [and] Rossi, PJ. [et al] (2016). Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank: a … Continue reading →
Posted in Depression, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Parkinson's Disease, Quick Insights
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Tagged Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, Alpert Medical School: Brown University Providence, Alzheimer's Disease, Asia Pacific Centre for Neuromodulation: Queensland Brain Institute, Barrow Neurological Institute: St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Basolateral Nucleus of the Amygdala, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Brown University Providence, Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration: University of Florida, Center for Neuromodulation: New York University Langone Medical Center New York, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Centromedian Thalamus, Clinical Assessment and Management of Tremor, Closed Loop Systems, Closed-Loop DBS, Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering: University of Florida, DARPA-SUBNETS: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - Systems-Based Neurotechnology for Emerging Therapies, Deep Brain Stimulation, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Alzheimer Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Dementia, Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), Department of Bioengineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering: Duke University, Department of Neurology and Neuroethics Studies Program: Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, Department of Neurology: Alpert Medical School Brown University Providence, Department of Neurology: Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Department of Neurology: Mayo Clinic (Rochester), Department of Neurology: New York University Langone Medical Center New York, Department of Neurology: University Clinic of Würzburg, Department of Neurology: University of California San Francisco, Department of Neurology: University of Florida, Department of Neurosurgery: New York University Langone Medical Center New York, Department of Neurosurgery: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center Lexington, Department of Psychiatry: Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Departments of Neurological Sciences: Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Drug Addiction, Duke University, Electrical Current Shaping, Electrocorticogram, Emory University School of Medicine (Atlanta), Epilepsy, Fludeoxyglucose, Focused Ultrasound, Food and Drug Administration, Fourth Annual Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Think Tank, Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, Germany, High Frequency Stimulation, Humanitarian Device Exemption, International Deep Brain Stimulation Registry and Database for Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome, International Journal of Neuroscience, Investigational Device Exemption, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience: University of California, Local Field Potential, Local Field Potentials (LFPs), Low Frequency Stimulation, Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston), Mayo Clinic: Rochester, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Medial Prefrontal Cortex, Medtronic Modulation Minneapolis (USA), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Movement Disorders Program: Alpert Medical School, National Neurotechnology Initiative, Netherlands, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neuroimaging, Neuroimaging of Dementia, Neurological Disease, Neurological Information Non-Discrimination Act, Neurology, Neuropsychology, New York University: Langone Medical Center New York, NSF Engineering Research Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (Seattle), Obesity, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics: Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Queensland Brain Institute: University of Queensland Brisbane, Responsive Neurostimulator, Rhode Island Hospital, Rush University Medical Center: Chicago, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute: University of Utah Salt Lake City, Second Annual Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Think Tank, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Stanford University, Stroke, Subcallosal Cingulate, Subthalamic Nucleus, Third Annual Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Think Tank, Tourette Syndrome (TS), Transdiagnostic Restoration of Affective Networks by System Identification and Function Oriented Real-Time Modeling in Deep Brain Stimulation, Treatment Resistant Depression, United States, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Amsterdam, University of California, University of California San Francisco, University of Florida, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center Lexington, University of Queensland Brisbane, University of Utah Salt Lake City, University of Washington (Seattle), USA, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Viability of a DBS Industry Roadmap and Consortium
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Early Indications Suggest Zika Virus Might Damage Adult Brains Resulting in Long-Term Neurological Conditions (NHS Choices / Cell Stem Cell)
Summary The Zika virus has been linked with microcephaly in human babies, and has also – more tentatively – been linked to Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), but until now was not thought likely to affect the adult population beyond minor short-term … Continue reading →
Posted in Animal Studies, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Aging and Stem Cell Regeneration: Sanford Burnham Prebys Discovery Institute, Apoptosis and Reduced Cellular Proliferation, Apoptotic Neural Cell Death, Behind the Headlines, California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Caribbean Countries, Cell Stem Cell (Journal), Central America, Central Nervous System Abnormalities, CNS Infections, Del. E. Webb Center for Neuroscience: Sanford Burnham Prebys Discovery Institute, Dementia Risk Factors, Dengue Virus, Department of Neurosciences: University of California, Division of Inflammation Biology: La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Environmental Risk Factors, Flaviviruses, Genetically Engineered Mice, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), Hippocampus, Hippocampus-Based Cognitive Processes, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Rockefeller University, Infection, Infection and Infectious Diseases, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Genomic Medicine, Laboratory for Pediatric Brain Diseases: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Long Term Neurological Conditions, Microcephaly, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institutes of Health (US), Neural Progenitor Cells (NPCs), Neurobiology of ZIKV and Potential Neuropsychiatric Manifestations, Neurogenesis, Neurological Complications, Neurological Conditions, Neurological Disease, Neurological Disorders, Pathogenesis, Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine: University of California, Risk Factors, Risks to Immunocompromised Adults, Rockefeller University, Sanford Burnham Prebys Discovery Institute, Simons Foundation of Autism Research Initiative, South America, Subgranular Zone (SGZ) of Hippocampus, Subventricular Zone (SVZ) of Anterior Forebrain, Systemic ZIKV Can Infect Neural Progenitor Cells in the Adult Brain, The Americas, TKO Mice (Mice With Immune Cells Knocked Out), United States, University of California, USA, World Health Organization (WHO): Zika Public Health Emergency of International Concern, Zika Fever, Zika Infection Leading to Neural Cell Death and Reduced Cell Division, Zika Virus, Zika Virus (ZIKV) Infection, Zika Virus Epidemiology and Recent Epidemics, Zika Virus Infection: Public Health Issues, Zika Virus Outbreaks in the Americas, ZIKV Pandemic
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New Models of Care in Community Neurology (Neurological Alliance / Thames Valley Strategic Clinical Network)
Summary Thames Valley Strategic Clinical Network has published an extensive “Transforming Community Neurology: What Commissioners Need to Know” briefing, on improving community services for people with long-term neurological conditions. This report comprises three parts: Part A: Transformation Guide. Part B: … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Parkinson's Disease, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 3-Tier Framework of Care Stratification, 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Access to Care, Access to Community Rehabilitation and Support Services, Admission Avoidance, Aggregated Data, Arlene Wilkie: Chief Executive of Neurological Alliance, Barnet Community Neuro Conditions Management Team, Benchmarking, Benchmarking Tools, Benefits of Community Models of Care, Block Contracts and Payments-by-Results (PbR), Capacity Payments, Capitated Payments, Capitation Models, Care Closer to Home, Care Co-ordination, Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), care.data, Carer Support Services, Carer’s Surveys, Carers Alert Thermometer, Carers and Families, Case Study Report on Sandwell, Changing Lives Reintegration Service (Tyneside), Changing Lives: Community Integration Service, Charity and Patient Organisation User Groups, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Payment Project, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), CNCMT: Community Neuro Conditions Management Team, Colchester Community Neuro-Rehabilitation Team, Colchester Neuro Rehab Team, Colchester Neuro-Rehabilitation Team, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Community Care Models, Community Comorbidity Management, Community Information Data Set (CIDS), Community Neuro Conditions Management Team, Community Neurology Conference (June 2016), Community Neurology Project, Community Neurology Services, Community Neurology Services: What Commissioners Need to Know, Community Outreach, Community Outreach Rehabilitation, Community Patient Currencies, Community Rehabilitation and Support, Community Service Funding Arrangements, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Core Team Competencies, Cost(s) of Neurological Conditions, Cumbria Headache Forum, Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Currencies for Healthcare Services, Data Aggregation, Data Linked by NHS Number, Data Linking, Dawn Langdon: Royal Holloway University of London, Dementia Long-Term Services, Dr Rishi Mannan: 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(SSNAP), Service Redesign, Services Reducing Use of Hospitals, Sheffield Health and Social Care Foundation Trust, Sheffield Neuro Case Management Service, Short and Long-Term Neuro-Rehabilitation Services, Socio-Economic Burden of Long-Term Neurological Conditions, Southampton and Royal Holloway London Universities, St Clare Hospice in West Essex, Staying Independent, Stephen Williams: Community Neurology Project, Stratification of Care (Levels 1-3), Sue Ryder, Sunderland and Gateshead CABIS, Sunderland and Gateshead Community Acquired Brain Injury Service (CABIS), Supporting Family and Carers, Supporting Self-Care, Sustainability, Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP), Tees Valley Durham and North Yorkshire (TVDNY) Neurological Alliance, Thames Valley SCN, Thames Valley Strategic Clinical Network, Thames Valley Strategic Clinical Network (SCN), Third Sector Organisations, Three-Tier Framework of Care Stratification, Tier 1: Care Coordination, Tier 2: Needs Led Intervention, 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Non-Alzheimer’s Dementias: Three Reviews (Lancet)
Summary The Lancet has published a series of three up-to-date reviews concerning non-Alzheimer’s dementia. Full Text Link (Note: This article requires a suitable Athens password, a journal subscription or payment for access). Reference Dementia – not all about Alzheimer’s. [Editorial]. … Continue reading →
Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Akershus University Hospital and University of Oslo, Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic and Treatment Centers (ADDTC), Alzheimer's Disease With Cardiovascular Disease, APOE e4 (Apolipoprotein E e4), ApoE e4 Allele, Association of RBD with Synucleinopathies, Behavioural Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), Behavioural Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), Biomarkers, Brain Imaging, BV-FTD, C677T, C9orf72 MAPT and GRN Genes, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Campus for Ageing and Vitality: Newcastle upon Tyne, Center for Sleep Medicine: Mayo Clinic, Center for Sleep Medicine: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Centre for Age-Related Diseases: Stavanger University Hospital, Cerebrovascular Disease, CeVD: Cerebrovascular Disease, Clinical Symptoms Characteristic of Frontotemporal Dementia, Cognitive Assessments / Screening Tools, Constipation, Delirium and Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Dementia with Lewy Bodies Symptoms, Department of Geriatric Psychiatry: Akershus University Hospital, Department of Neurology: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry: University of Cambridge, Diagnosis of Vascular Dementia, Differential Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis of Memory Problems, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, DLB: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dopamine Transporter Single Photon Emission CT, Early Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Epidemiology of Frontotemporal Dementia, Epidemiology of Major Neurological Disorders, Fluctuating Cognition, Fluctuations, Fluorodeoxyglucose PET, Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Frontotemporal Dementia Symptoms, Frontotemporal Dementia With Motor Neurone Disease (FTD-MND), Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD), Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration FUS, FTLD: Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Genetic and Pathological Correlation in FTLD, Genetics, Genetics of DLB, Haemorrhagic Dementia, Hallucinations, Hallucinations and Delusions in Parkinson's Disease, Hallucinations in People with Dementia, Hereditary Vascular Dementia (CADASIL), Hypoperfusion Dementia, Imaging, Increased Salivation, Institute of Neuroscience and Newcastle University Institute for Ageing: Newcastle University, Lancet, Lewy Body Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), Lewy Body Dementia Symptoms Checklists, Management of Vascular Dementia, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (USA), Memory and Aging Center: University of California, Mental Health Unit: St Margaret's Hospital (Epping), Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease (MCI-PD), MTHFR, Multi-Infarct Dementia (Cortical Vascular Dementia), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the Association Internationale pour la Recherche et l'Enseignement en Neurosciences (NINDS-AIREN), Neurological Disease, Neurological Disorders, Neuropathological Features, Neuropathology, Neuropathology in FTLD-tau and FTLD-TDP, Newcastle University, NFV-PPA, Non-Alzheimer’s Dementia, Non-Fluent Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia, Nondegenerative Neurological Diseases (NNDs), North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Norway, Norway Stavanger University Hospital, Nosology of Vascular Dementia, Olfactory Dysfunction, Parkinson’s Disease Dementia, Parkinsonism, Pathological Staging, Pick’s Disease (Frontotemporal Dementia), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Prevalence of Cerebrovascular Disease, Prevalence of Neurological Disorders, Prodromal Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder (RBD), RBD: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder, Sandler Neurosciences Center (San Francisco), Semantic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia, Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), Small Vessel Arteriosclerosis, Small Vessel Dementia (Subcortical Vascular Dementia), SNCA and LRRK2 Genes, SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography), Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger University Hospital; Norway, Strategic Infarct Dementia, Subtypes of Vascular Dementia, SV-PPA, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Timely Diagnosis, Treatments for Dementia With Lewy Bodies and Parkinson's Disease Dementia, United States, University College London, University of California, University of California: San Francisco School of Medicine, University of Cambridge, USA, VaD: Vascular Dementia, Vascular Dementia Symptoms, Visual Hallucinations
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Local Variations in Neurology Outpatient Services in England (PHE)
Summary The Public Health England (PHE) Neurology Intelligence Network (NIN) has published a statistical briefing concerning neurological outpatient activity in England. This concentrates particularly on local CCG services. Quality improvements may be achievable by examining variations in local service provision, … Continue reading →
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