Overview from the 2025 Alzheimer's Association International Conference

Dr. Greg Cooper and Dr. Claudia Suemoto discuss the association between consumption of low- and no-calorie sweeteners and cognitive decline.  Show citations:  Gonçalves NG, Martinez-Steele E, Lotufo PA, et al. Association Between Consumption of Low- and No-Calorie Artificial Sweeteners and Cognitive Decline: An 8-Year Prospective Study. Neurology. 2025;105(7):e214023. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000214023

Dr. Paul Crane discusses Oropouche virus and its neurologic complications. 

In the second part of this two-part series, Dr. Kaitlyn Palmer explains how these biomarkers change our approach to diagnosing multiple sclerosis.  Show reference:  Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2024 revisions of the McDonald criteria. Montalban, Xavier, et al. The Lancet Neurology, Volume 24, Issue 10, 850 - 865

In part one of this two-part series, Dr. Kaitlyn Palmer discusses two new MRI biomarkers to increase diagnostic specificity for multiple sclerosis.  Show reference:  Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2024 revisions of the McDonald criteria. Montalban, Xavier, et al. The Lancet Neurology, Volume 24, Issue 10, 850 - 865

Dr. Katie Krulisky and Dr. Rosemary Dray-Spira discuss the trends in prenatal exposure to antiseizure medications over the past decade.  Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000213933  Citation:  Pouneh S, Jérôme D, Sara M, et al. Trends in Prenatal Exposure to Antiseizure Medications Over the Past Decade: A Nationwide Study. Neurology. 2025;105(4): e213933. 

Dr. Greg Cooper and Dr. Jonathan Graff-Redford discuss the key takeaways from the recent Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC). 

Dr. Margarita Fedorova discusses whether living near a golf course impacts the risk of Parkinson disease.  Show reference:  Krzyzanowski B, Mullan AF, Dorsey ER, et al. Proximity to Golf Courses and Risk of Parkinson Disease. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(5):e259198. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.9198 

In the second episode of this two-part series, Dr. Justin Abbatemarco and Dr. Jennifer E. Fugate discuss patient outcomes and how to manage these individuals both in the hospital and outside the hospital.  Show reference: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(25)00232-7/abstract 

In the first episode of this two-part series, Dr. Justin Abbatemarco and Dr. Jennifer E. Fugate discuss posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), highlighting both typical and atypical MRI findings.  Show reference: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(25)00232-7/abstract 

Dr. Gregg Day and Drs. Laura Baker and Melissa Yu discuss interventions that enhance or safeguard cognitive function in older adults at risk of cognitive decline and dementia.  Show reference: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2837046