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VAI researchers believe a cough medication could be key to slowing Parkinson’s disease - WOODTV.com

VAI researchers believe a cough medication could be key to slowing Parkinson’s disease - WOODTV.com
Jan 29, 2023 56 secs

A recent Cedars-Sinai study indicates that some patients diagnosed with behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia, an incurable condition causing loss of behavior control and daily living abilities, may actually have a treatable cerebrospinal fluid leak instead.

“A knowledgeable radiologist, neurosurgeon or neurologist should check the patient’s MRI again to make sure there is no evidence for brain sagging,” Schievink said.

When the fluid leaks through a tear or cyst in the surrounding membrane, it is visible on CT myelogram imaging with the aid of contrast medium.

To detect these leaks, technicians must use a specialized CT scan and observe the contrast medium in motion as it flows through the cerebrospinal fluid.

The remaining 12 study participants, whose leaks could not be identified, were treated with nontargeted therapies designed to relieve brain sagging, such as implantable systems for infusing the patient with CSF.

Reference: “The reversible impairment of behavioral variant frontotemporal brain sagging syndrome: Challenges and opportunities” by Wouter I. Schievink, Marcel Maya, Zachary Barnard, Rachelle B. Taché, Ravi S. Prasad, Vikram S. Wadhwa, Franklin G. Moser and Miriam Nuño, 18 December 2022, Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions.

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