Background Smoking is a significant risk factor for neurological disorders, yet its global impact on these conditions remains underexplored. Methods Using Global Burden of Diseases 2021 data, we ...

4 Institute of Cardiovascular and Cell Sciences, St Georges University of London, London, UK 5 School of Health Professions, Peninsula Allied Health Centre, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK ...

1 Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong 2 Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, ...

Background Cerebellar ataxias are the result of diverse disease processes that can be genetic or acquired. Establishing a diagnosis requires a methodical approach with expert clinical evaluation and ...

Background Depression is often cited as a major modifiable risk factor for dementia, though the relative contributions of a true causal relationship, reverse causality and confounding factors remain ...

Correspondence to Dr William Stewart, Department of Neuropathology, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK; william.stewart{at}glasgow.ac.uk Introduction There is growing recognition of an ...

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK Correspondence to: Dr Arup Mallik Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute ...

Introduction The association between chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and diabetes is uncertain despite important diagnostic and management implications. Methods We ...

Objective Antibodies against contactin-associated protein-like 2 (CASPR2-Abs) have been described in acquired neuromyotonia, limbic encephalitis (LE) and Morvan syndrome (MoS). However, it is unknown ...

Over the past two decades, a multistep process has been proposed to explain amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) pathogenesis, implicating genetic factors, environmental exposures and time.1 These ...

1 King's College London, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Weston Education Centre, London, UK 2 King's College London, Department of General Practice, London, UK ...

Correspondence to Dr Laura McWhirter, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; laura.mcwhirter{at}ed.ac.uk Communication problems (eg, dysphonia, ...