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August 2024, Vol 81, No. 8, Pages 788-889

Viewpoint

Tapping the Brakes on New Parkinson Disease Biological Staging

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):789-790. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2054

This Viewpoint cautions against the premature adoption and implementation of biological definitions for Parkinson disease proposed in February 2024.

Medical Forecasting—A Skill Set Worthy of Attention

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):791-792. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1711

This Viewpoint discusses the importance of developing medical forecasting skills to improve clinician/patient/family communications regarding prognosis.

On the Brain

Zoey’s First Haircut

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):793-794. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1217

This essay describes the author’s experience with her daughter’s brain cancer and her reflections on her responsibilities as a physician.

Editorial

β-Amyloid in Cognitively Unimpaired Individuals—Blame Mom?

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):795-797. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1748
Original Investigation

Parental History of Memory Impairment and β-Amyloid in Cognitively Unimpaired Older Adults

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):798-804. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1763

This cross-sectional study assesses maternal history or paternal history of memory impairment (as a proxy for Alzheimer disease dementia) and brain β-amyloid burden and cognition in older adults.

Recurrent Ischemic Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation While Receiving Oral Anticoagulants

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):805-813. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1892

This cohort study of patients in Denmark with atrial fibrillation investigates whether discontinuation of oral anticoagulation is associated with an increased risk of recurrent ischemic stroke.

Acute Clinical Events Identified as Relapses With Stable Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):814-823. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1961

This cohort study evaluates clinical events identified as relapses not associated with T2 lesions or gadolinium-enhanced T1 lesions on magnetic resonance imaging.

Sleep, 24-Hour Activity Rhythms, and Subsequent Amyloid-β Pathology

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):824-834. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1755

This cohort study evaluates associations of sleep and 24-hour activity rhythms with amyloid-β deposition.

Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants and Antiseizure Medications for Atrial Fibrillation and Epilepsy and Risk of Thromboembolic Events

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):835-844. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2057

This cohort study assesses rates of thromboembolic events in adults with atrial fibrillation (AF) and epilepsy receiving direct-acting oral anticoagulants (OACs) and enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications (ASMs) vs direct-acting OACs with non–enzyme-inducing ASMs.

Tau Positron Emission Tomography for Predicting Dementia in Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):845-856. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1612

This cohort study evaluates the use of tau positron emission tomography in estimating risk of progression to dementia in individuals with mild cognitive impairment.

Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen in Pediatric Central Nervous System Malaria: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):857-865. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1677

This randomized clinical trial analyzes data for children with central nervous system malaria whose fever was treated aggressively with preemptive acetaminophen and ibuprofen to assess reduction in maximum temperature vs that achieved with usual care.

Angiotensin Receptor Blockers for Hypertension and Risk of Epilepsy

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):866-874. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1714

This cohort study uses propensity score matching to evaluate the association of angiotensin receptor blockers use with risk of incident epilepsy compared with other antihypertensive drugs in subgroups of US patients with hypertension.

Derivation and Validation of ICD-10 Codes for Identifying Incident Stroke

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):875-881. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2044

This cohort study assesses the derivation and validation of International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes in detecting incident stroke events in Medicare inpatient fee-for-service claims data.

Images in Neurology

Cold-Induced Reflex Epilepsy

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):882-883. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.0884

This case report describes a woman cold-induced reflex seizures.

Selenosis in a Woman With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):884-885. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.0975

This case report describes hypointensity in the cerebellum and midbrain in a 56-year-old woman with double vision and weakness and ptosis of eyelids.

Bilateral Calcification of the Meckel Cave Causing Hemicrania Continua

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):886-887. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1601

This case report describes a woman with bilateral orbital and frontal throbbing pain with stabbing exacerbations and dystrophic calcification of dura mater and arachnoid granulations.

Comment & Response

Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Nontraumatic Subdural Hemorrhage

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):888. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1595

Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Nontraumatic Subdural Hemorrhage—Reply

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):888. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1598

Incorrect Nomenclature May Lead to Questionable Concepts

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):889. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1660
Correction

Errors in Table 1 and Figure 2

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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):889. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2195
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JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(8):788. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.3779
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