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Research

Papers of the month: September 2026

Check out some of the papers that were recently published by DMCBH members: Jan Lünemann: De-Escalating and Discontinuing Immunotherapies in Patients With NMOSD and MOGAD   Journal: Neurology  New antibody tests and targeted treatments have greatly improved care for conditions such as aquaporin-4 antibody neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (AQP4-Ab NMOSD) and MOG-antibody-associated disease (MOGAD), reducing relapses and improving long-term outcomes. However, researchers…

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Dr. Yves De Koninck: Chloride dysregulation as a new therapeutic target: from chronic pain to neurodegenerative diseases

October 5

2215 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3 Canada

I will present work we have pursued to identify key mechanisms explaining aberrant pain processing by the nervous system as well as co-morbidities that develop from sustained pain hypersensitivity. This includes the discovery of impaired inhibition resulting from chloride dysregulation in neuropathic pain conditions, leading to crosstalk between sensory channels, a probable substrate of abnormal touch-evoked pain (allodynia), and ectopic…

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