What neurology is researching now
The topics gaining the most ground, ranked by the PubDaily Trend Score: new research, stronger evidence, new trials and new guidelines. 291 topics in 22 specialties, updated 18 Oct 2026.
Monthly reportThe fastest-rising topics in medicine: October 2026Read →Blood tests for Alzheimer's disease
Plasma p-tau and other blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's pathology.
Focused ultrasound for tremor
MR-guided focused ultrasound for essential tremor and Parkinson's disease.
Key point: MRgFUS thalamotomy is safe, effective, and durable for refractory essential tremor; it appears safe and effective for Parkinson disease tremor, with uncertain durability.
Auricular vagus nerve stimulation
Studies of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS), a non-invasive neuromodulation technique.
CGRP-targeted migraine treatment
Gepants and anti-CGRP antibodies for migraine.
Tenecteplase in stroke
Tenecteplase as the thrombolytic for acute ischaemic stroke.
Key point: Intravenous tenecteplase before thrombectomy showed benefit in ASPECTS <8, but no functional improvement and possible safety concerns in ASPECTS 8-10.
Post-stroke dysphagia
Studies of swallowing disorders after stroke and their treatment, including neuromodulation.
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How the Trend Score works
Four signals
Growth in new papers (35%), growth in randomised trials, meta-analyses and systematic reviews (25%), new clinical trials registered (20%), and new guidelines and consensus statements (20%), each over the last 12 months against the 12 before.
A score out of 100
Each signal is ranked against every topic we follow, so a score of 90 means the topic is ahead of about 90% of them. Rising fast: 80 and above. Rising: 55 to 79. Emerging: fewer than 100 papers the year before, too few to rank.
What it does not tell you
More research on a topic is not evidence that a treatment works. Open a topic to read the papers and guidelines themselves. Counts come from PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov.