Following the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy‘s (FPN) recent webinar on current research trends, Lindsay Colbert, FPN’s Executive Director, caught up with the program’s panelists, Dr. Senda Ajroud-Driss, Dr. Ahmet Höke and Dr. Gordon Smith to follow-up on some important questions that the program did not have time to cover. In this “Ask the Expert” series, […]
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In the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy’s March 2019 e-newsletter, Dr. Joseph Breitenstein, a professor of psychology and licensed psychologist at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and two of his students, Jimmy Conway and Anna Larson, invited people with peripheral neuropathies to participate in a survey on coping with peripheral neuropathy. The main part of the […]
by Jessica Robinson-Papp MD, MS, FAAN Mount Sinai Medical Center, andSara Dehbashi, MD, Neuromuscular Fellow, Mount Sinai Medical Center Medical marijuana use is becoming more common in the U.S. due to legalization in many states. The U.S. federal government still considers all forms of marijuana illegal, however so far they have mostly not interfered with […]
In a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, scientists have blocked the destruction of nerve axons in mice, a step toward helping patients with various neurodegenerative disorders, including peripheral neuropathy. The findings of this report, originally reported by Julia Evangelou Strait, can be found below. Nerve axons serve as the […]
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The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy receives many inquiries from patients about stem cell treatments for peripheral neuropathy. An article, ‘Snake Oil’ Stem Cell Clinics Peddle False Hope for High Prices recently appeared in The Medium (www.medium.com) on the rise of stem cell treatments for any number of conditions. Is it a real hope or false […]
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The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy (FPN) is pleased to announce a new partnership to further research on anti-MAG IgM paraprotein-associated peripheral neuropathy. FPN will be partnering with the IMAGiNe study, a global research collaborative focusing on anti-MAG and IgM paraprotein-associated peripheral neuropathy. Thanks to a donation from the Atlantic Philanthropies Director/Employee Designated Gift Fund, FPN […]
Blocking the Pathway of Neuropathy Pain An international collaboration between Indiana University in Bloomington and the Turku Center for Biotechnology in Finland made early inroads into a new approach to reducing neuropathy pain. The researchers identified the correlation between the formation of a certain protein in the cell (NOS1AP) and the transmission of neurological pain. […]
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What do zebrafish have to do with peripheral neuropathy research? In September 2017, we reported that Dr. Sandra Rieger had received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant to continue her study of nerve regeneration and peripheral neuropathy. (See MDI Biological Laboratory Scientist Receives Grant to Study Peripheral Neuropathy.) In this study, she noticed […]
Data from the Peripheral Neuropathy Research Registry (PNRR) helps scientists examine the relevance of mutations in sodium channels, yielding a new discovery in peripheral neuropathy research. In 2012, the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy (FPN) initiated and funded the Peripheral Neuropathy Research Registry (PNRR) to advance research in acquired axonal peripheral neuropathies, which affects millions of Americans. […]
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Prescription of foot and ankle orthoses for children with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: a review of the evidence Grant Scheffers, Claire Hiller, Kathryn Refshauge, Joshua Burns Background: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common inherited peripheral neuropathy and is associated with debilitating lower limb impairments and activity limitations. These impairments and activity limitations are potentially amendable to […]
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