In this next Q&A we welcome Prof. Dr Murat Emre. Prof. Emre studied medicine in Istanbul University and specialized in neurology in Zurich University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland. After his training he did fellowships in movement disorders in Queen Square Hospital London and in behavioural neurology in Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, he also worked in clinical research to develop new drugs for Parkinson's disease and Azlheimer disease. Upon his return to Turkey he founded the Movement Disorders and behavioural Neurology Unit in the Department of Neurology, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine. His main areas of interest are Parkinson!'s disease, in particular cognitive aspects/dementia and Alzheimer disease.

In our next expert Q&A we are delighted to welcome Prof. Bengt Winblad. Prof. Winblad is a prominent figure in geriatric medicine and Alzheimer's research, having served as Head of the Division of Neurogeriatrics at Karolinska Institutet and ...

Watch leading experts discuss recent developments in Alzheimer’s disease, including the use of biomarkers.

Watch leading spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) experts discuss current trends in pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapy use, barriers to use of these standards of care, and potential solutions to improve access as patients age.

In our next expert Q&A we are delighted to welcome Dr Stewart Tepper. Dr Tepper, is a distinguished figure in the field of Neurology, currently serving as the Vice President of the New England Institute for Neurology and Headache (NEINH) in Stamford, Connecticut, and as a Professor of Neurology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.

A new guideline has been issued to assist neurologists and clinicians in selecting the best anti-seizure medications for people with epilepsy who may become pregnant. Published in Neurology, the guideline is a collaboration between the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the American Epilepsy Society (AES) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), with endorsement from the Child Neurology Society. It updates parts of the 2009 AAN and AES guidelines regarding birth malformations and child development in children born to people with epilepsy.

In a new consensus statement, the American Headache Society recommends CGRP-targeting therapies as first-line options for migraine prevention, alongside existing treatments, without necessitating prior failure of other preventive treatments.

We're excited to launch a new series of expert Q&As with our editorial board, highlighting their career milestones, top advice, and future insights in their specialties. In this first interview we are honoured to welcome Dr Ruben I Kuzniecky, MD, an internationally recognized leader in epilepsy, epilepsy surgery and neuroimaging.

The European neuromuscular expert working group has published an updated European consensus on the use of gene therapy for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) .