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Abstracts of Distinction
Distinction is awarded to the abstract deemed to be the top in its topic category in quality of study and interest to the neurologic community. Following are the 26 abstracts that have been awarded the merit of distinction in 2021.
Aging and Dementia
S19 Tuesday, April 20 2:24 p.m.–2:32 p.m. ET
History of Psychiatric Disease Inversely Correlates with Age of Onset in Alzheimer’s Disease
Emily Eijansantos, Isabel Allen, Jessica Deleon, Stephanie Grasso, Nicole Rogers, Rian Bogley, David Perry, Virginia Sturm, Howard Rosen, Lea Grinberg, William Seeley, Bruce Miller, Gil Rabinovici, Maria Gorno Tempini, Zachary Miller
Autoimmune Neurology
S7 Sunday, April 18 2:40 p.m.–2:48 p.m. ET
The Positive Predictive Value of Aquaporin-4 Antibody Live Cell-based Assay in a Tertiary Referral Center
Mayra Montalvo, Sean Pittock, Elia Sechi, James Fryer, Andrew McKeon, John Mills, John Chen, Eoin P. Flanagan
Autonomic Disorders
Poster Saturday, April 17, 7:00 a.m. ET–Thursday, April 22, 5:00 p.m. ET
Immunogenetic Risk Markers in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
Zachary Orban, Amanda Miller, Kate Bourne, Juliana Nitis, Willie Hu, Ruth Reinsel, Lauren Stiles, Artur Fedorowski, Jonas Axelsson
Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology
S14 Monday, April 19 2:00 p.m.–2:08 p.m. ET
Cortical Microstructure in Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Multicenter Study
Ignacio Illan-Gala, Victor Montal, Sergi BorregoEcija, Neus Falgàs, Maria Luisa Mandelli, Ariane E Welch, Jordi Pegueroles, Daniel Alcolea Rodriguez, María Belén Sánchez-Saudinós, Jordi Clarimón, Nuria Bargalló, Sofía González-Ortiz, Albert Lladó, Rafael Blesa, Howie Rosen, Bruce Miller, Maria Luisa Gorno Tempini, Raquel Sánchez Valle, Alberto Lleo, Juan Fortea
S22 Tuesday, April 20 2:08 p.m.–2:16 p.m. ET
What are the Molecular Mechanisms of Axonal Degeneration in Stroke?
Jack Wang
Child Neurology and Developmental Neurology
S4 Saturday, April 17 4:32 p.m.–4:40 p.m. ET
Improving Triaging of EEG Referrals for Rule Out Infantile Spasms (ITERIS)
Djurdja Djordjevic, Jennifer Tracey, Cristina Go
Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology (EEG)
S1 Saturday, April 17 2:00 p.m.–2:08 p.m. ET
Fetal Antiseizure Medication Effects on Neuropsychological Outcomes at Age 3 Years in the MONEAD Study
Kimford Meador, Morris Cohen, David Loring, Carrie Brown, Chelsea Robalino, Page Pennell
General Neurology
Clinical Trials Plenary Session Tuesday, April 20 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET
Efficacy and Safety Results of the Avalglucosidase alfa Phase 3 COMET Trial in Late-Onset Pompe Disease Patients
Hani Kushlaf, Shahram Attarian, Joao Lindolfo Borges, Francoise Bouhour, Yin-Hsiu Chien, YoungChul Choi, Paula Clemens, John Day, Jordi DiazManera, Sevim Erdem-Ozdamar, Ozlem Goker-Alpan, Sergey Illarioshkin, Priya Kishnani, Anna KosteraPruszczyk, Shafeeq Ladha, Tahseen Mozaffar, Mark Roberts, Volker Straub, Antonio Toscano, Ans van der Ploeg, Kristina An Haack, Christopher Hug, Olivier Huynh-Ba, Tianyue Zhou, Judith Johnson, Mazen Dimachkie, Benedikt Schoser
Poster Saturday, April 17, 7:00 a.m. ET–Thursday, April 22, 5:00 p.m. ET
Longitudinal Analysis of Cognition and Depression in Children and Adolescents with HIV in Zambia
Hannah Smith, Gauri Patil, Heather Adams, Esau Mbewe, Pelekelo Kabundula, Sylvia MwanzaKabaghe, Michael Potchen, Gretchen Birbeck, David Bearden
Headache
Clinical
Trials Plenary
Session
Tuesday, April 20 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET
Atogepant Significantly Reduces Mean Monthly Migraine Days in the Phase 3 Trial (ADVANCE) for the Preventive Treatment of Migraine
Jessica Ailani, Richard Lipton, Peter Goadsby, Hua Guo, Rosa Miceli, Lawrence Severt, Michelle Finnegan, Joel Trugman
Health Care Disparities
S18 Monday, April 19 4:32 p.m.–4:40 p.m. ET
An Assessment of Gender and Racial/ Ethnic Diversity amongst Neurology Residents and Physicians
Fabiola Valenzuela, Minerva A. Romero Arenas
History of Neurology
S17 Monday, April 19 4:08 p.m.–4:16 p.m. ET
Powdered Human Skulls in New Spain: Epilepsy Care before Pedro de Horta, the First American Epileptologist
Guillermo Delgado-Garcia, Carolina RodriguezNavarez, Bruno Vidal
Infectious Disease
S31 Wednesday, April 21 4:24 p.m.–4:32 p.m. ET
Neuropathological Features of COVID-19
Erica Normandin, Shamik Bhattacharyya, Shibani Mukerji, Kiana Keller, Ahya Ali, Gordon Adams, Jason Hornick, Robert Padera, Pardis Sabeti, Isaac H Solomon
S27 Wednesday, April 21 2:40 p.m.–2:48 p.m. ET
Essential Tremor versus “ET-plus”: A Postmortem Study
Elan Louis, John Gionco, Whitney Hartstone, Regina Martuscello, Sheng-Han Kuo, Phyllis Faust
MS and CNS Inflammatory Disease
S2 Saturday, April 17 2:00 p.m.–2:08 p.m. ET
Neurite Density Explains Cortical T1-/T2Weighted Ratio in Multiple Sclerosis
Paolo Preziosa, Piet M. Bouman, Svenja Kiljan, Martijn D Steenwijk, Alessandro Meani, Petra Pouwels, Maria A. Rocca, Massimo Filippi, Jeroen JG Geurts, Laura Jonkman
Neuro Trauma and Sports Neurology
Poster Saturday, April 17, 7:00 a.m. ET–Thursday, April 22, 5:00 p.m. ET
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Calcitonin Gene-related Polypeptide are Related to the Magnitude of Headache Symptoms After Concussion: A Preliminary Observation
Michael La Fountaine, Anthony Testa
Neurocritical Care
S26 Wednesday, April 21 2:00 p.m.–2:08 p.m. ET
Higher Systolic Blood Pressure Variability After Endovascular Thrombectomy Is Associated with Poor Functional Outcome
Ayush Prasad, Jessica Kobsa, Sreeja Kodali, Cindy Khanh Nguyen, Darko Quispe Orozco, Mudassir Farooqui, Cynthia Zevallos, Santiago Ortega Gutierrez, Mohammad Anadani, Eyad Almallouhi, Joon-Tae Kim, Ilko Maier, Nolwenn Riou-Comte, Stacey Wolfe, Patrick Brown, Kyle Fargen, Eva Mistry, Hiba Fakhri, Akshitkumar Mistry, Ka-Ho Wong, Adam De Havenon, Fabio Nascimento, Kevin Sheth, Nils Petersen
Neuroepidemiology
S21 Tuesday, April 20 2:00 p.m.–2:08 p.m. ET
Effect Of Linoleic Acid On Ischemic Stroke: A Mendelian Randomization Study
David Wu, Huijun Huang, Yu Qian, Yingying Mao
Neuromuscular and Clinical Neurophysiology (EMG) Contemporary Clinical Issues Plenary Session Monday, April 19 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET
Long-Term Survival of Participants in the CENTAUR Trial of AMX0035 for ALS
Sabrina Paganoni, Suzanne Hendrix, Samuel Dickson, Newman Knowlton, Eric Macklin, Josh Cohen, Justin Klee, Kent Leslie, Patrick Yeramian, Merit Cudkowicz
Neuro-oncology
S16 Monday, April 19 4:24 p.m.– 4:32 p.m. ET
Adult Pilocytic Astrocytoma in the Molecular Era: Surveying the Prevalence of MAPK Pathway Dysfunction and Overlap with Aggressive Features
Timothy A Gregory, Lyndon B Chumbley, Brett J Theeler
Neuro-ophthalmology/Neuro-otology
Poster Saturday, April 17, 7:00 a.m. ET–Thursday, April 22, 5:00 p.m. ET
Evaluation of rAAV2/2-ND4 Gene Therapy Efficacy in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Using an External Control Group of Untreated Patients
Nancy Newman, Patrick Yu-Wai-Man, Valerio Carelli, Mark Moster, Catherine Vignal-Clermont, Alfredo Sadun, Chiara La Morgia, Francesco Bandello, Lorena Castillo Campillo, Stéphanie Leruez, Dean Cestari, Rod Foroozan, Rustum Karanjia, Laure Blouin, Michel Roux, Magali Taiel, Jose-Alain Sahel
Neuro-rehabilitation
Poster Saturday, April 17, 7:00 a.m. ET–Thursday, April 22, 5:00 p.m. ET
Real-life Data on the Time to Retreatment with Botulinum Toxin A in Upper Limb Spasticity Management
Jorge Jacinto, Stephen Ashford, Klemens Fheodoroff, Allison Brashear, Pascal Maisonobe, Andreas Lysandropoulos, Lynne Turner-Stokes
Pain and Palliative Care
Clinical Tuesday, April 20
Trials Plenary 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET
Session
Sustained Benefits for 10 kHz Spinal Cord Stimulation Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy - Six Month Results from a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
Erika Petersen, Thomas Stauss, James Scowcroft, Elizabeth Brooks, Judith White, Shawn Sills, Kasra Amirdelfan, Maged Guirguis, Jijun Xu, Cong Yu, Ali Nairizi, Denis Patterson, Vincent Galan, Richard Bundschu, Neel Mehta, Dawood Sayed, Shivanand Pramod Lad, David DiBenedetto, Khalid Sethi, Paul Wu, Charles Argoff, Christian Nasr, Rod Taylor, David Caraway, Nagy Mekhail
Practice, Policy, and Ethics
Poster Saturday, April 17, 7:00 a.m. ET–Thursday, April 22, 5:00 p.m. ET
Identifying and Understanding Microaggressions among Michigan Medicine African-American Faculty Members
Larry Charleston IV
Research Methodology and Education
S23 Tuesday, April 20 4:00 p.m.– 4:08 p.m. ET
Feasibility and Short-Term Outcomes of the MGH Youth Neurology Education and Research Program
Madison Ellin, Alazar Ayele, Johanna Jobin, Tara Brady, Nicte Mejia
Sleep
S9 Sunday, April 18 2:32 p.m.–2:40 p.m. ET
Cutaneous Alpha-Synuclein is Correlated with Autonomic Impairment in Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Mitchell Miglis, Jennifer Zitser-Koren, Sharika Rajan, Emmanuel During, Logan Schneider, Safwan Jaradeh, Roy Freeman, Christopher Gibbons
