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Yoga for Memory
The authors of this small pilot study showed that a six-week yoga class led to benefits in working memory and mindfulness.
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Eating Blue for Your Gray Matter: A Review of Blueberries and Cognitive Function
Healthy older adults, as well as those with subjective cognitive impairment or meeting criteria for mild cognitive impairment, could consider including blueberries as part of a Mediterranean-like diet to help reduce the risk of cognitive decline.
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End-Stage Renal Disease, Hyperkalemia, and Dialysis
Evaluation and management of patients with end-stage renal disease and patients on hemodialysis can be challenging because they are at risk for a multitude of complications.
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EEG Reactivity for Prediction of Neurological Outcomes After Cardiac Arrest
This prospective, multicenter cohort study aimed to determine the utility of electroencephalographic reactivity (EEG-R) testing in neurological prognostication of comatose patients after cardiac arrest. The authors found that EEG-R testing, by itself, is not sufficiently reliable to predict neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest.
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Statin Use Moderately Reduces Dementia Risk After Concussions in Older Individuals
In a large population study, concussion in older adults resulted in significantly higher risk for dementia that was modestly reduced among those taking a statin.
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Essential Tremor and Dystonic Tremor: Similar Appearance but Different Cerebral Networks
Using MRI BOLD and seed-based functional connectivity, during a grip-force task, network-level connectivity was shown to be highly distinct between two otherwise phenotypically overlapping tremor types — dystonic tremor and essential tremor.
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Clinical Features of Subdural Fluid Collections With Intracranial Hypotension
Clinical features of patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension and bilateral subdural fluid collections differ from patients who sustained previous head trauma vs. those with cerebrospinal fluid leaks.
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Episodic Vertigo? Consider and Treat as Vestibular Migraine
Vertigo is a common and integral component of migraine and occurs with neuro-otologic abnormalities and psychiatric comorbidities. Treatment of episodic vertigo suspected to be due to vestibular migraine should mirror the multimodality treatment of migraine.