Neurology® Podcast

Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Nico Dosenbach about topographic brain organization and redrawing the homunculus. Read the related article in Nature. For links to articles and previous podcast episodes, please visit NPUb.org/Podcast.

Dr. Farrah Mateen talks with Dr. Deanna Saylor about proposed competencies that can serve as a basis for global neurology training programs. Read the related article in Neurology. For links to articles and previous podcast episodes, please visit NPUb.org/Podcast. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000207184

Dr. Gordon Smith talks with Dr. Suma Babu about a new approved treatment for ALS that is associated with a mutation in the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) gene. Read the related article on the FDA website. For links to articles and previous podcast episodes, please visit NPUb.org/Podcast.

Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Farrah Mateen about clinical information that neurologists and other clinicians can use to treat people who are forcibly displaced. Read the related article in Neurology. For links to articles and previous podcast episodes, please visit NPUb.org/Podcast. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000206857

Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Prof. Bastiaan Bloem about the latest developments in biomarkers and treatments for movement disorders, which have been described in numerous research papers from 2022. Read the related article in The Lancet. For links to articles and previous podcast episodes, please visit NPUb.org/Podcast.

Dr. Tesha Monteith talks with Dr. Mark Burish about circadian-targeted research into cluster headache and migraine. Read the related article in Neurology. For links to articles and previous podcast episodes, please visit NPUb.org/Podcast.

Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Sophie Cho, Program Director in the Division of Clinical Research at NINDS, about the state of Parkinson disease research. For links to previous podcast episodes, please visit NPUb.org/Podcast.

Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Raúl Martínez-Fernández about the long-term outcome of unilateral FUS-STN treatment for Parkinson disease. Read the related article in Neurology.

The May 2023 Neurology Recall showcases five dynamic interviews around multiple sclerosis. This episode features conversations with Dr. Bruce Bebo on cost burden of MS in the United States; followed by an interview with Dr. Christian Cordano on retinal and cortical atrophy in MS; leading into an interview with Dr. Alberto Ascherio on the association of EBV and MS. May's Neurology Recall concludes with conversations with Dr. Tyler Ticomb on the efficacy of diet on fatigue and quality of life in MS and an interview with Dr. Matilde Inglese on hematopoietic stem cell transplant in secondary progressive MS. For links to associated articles, visit the NPub.org/Podcast website.

Dr. Andrew Southerland talks with Dr. Alejandro Rabinstein and Hassan Kobeissi about comparing outcomes between CTP and NCCT for EVT selection in the late therapeutic window. Read the related article in Neurology.

Dr. Matthew Harms talks with Dr. Emily Plowman about the effects of inspiratory and expiratory respiratory strength training (RST) programs in individuals with ALS. Read the related article in Neurology.

Prof. Jon Stone speaks with Drs. Tamara Pringsheim and Davide Martino about the latest updates on functional tic-like behaviors and new diagnostic criteria. For more information on this topic, check out the previous conversation from January 2022 with Prof. Jon Stone and Dr. Tamara Pringsheim. Read the related article in The New York Times. Read the other related articles in the European Journal of Neurology by Dr. Martino and Dr. Pringsheim.

Dr. Tesha Monteith talks with Dr. Alexandra Jean Sinclair about disease course and long-term outcomes in pregnant women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Read the related article in Neurology.

Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Vikas Kotagal about how neighborhood socioeconomic factors vary among individuals with different types of clinical movement disorders. Read the related article in Neurology: Clinical Practice.

Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Christopher Gibbons about the need for accurate diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for MSA and its differentiation from other synucleinopathies. Read the related article in Neurology.

Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. David Lynch about the use of omaveloxolone for patients with friedreich ataxia. Read the related article in Annuals of Neurology.

Dr. Tesha Monteith talks with Dr. Martin Underwood about supportive self-management programs for people living with chronic migraine or chronic tension type headache with episodic migraine. Read the related article in Neurology.

The April 2023 replay of past episodes showcases our November 2022 headache series hosted by Dr. Tesha Monteith. The first episode features a conversation with Dr. Peter Goadsby about value offered by headache classifications, followed by and interview with Drs. Simona Sacco and Jessica Ailani about an update on migraine guidelines. Next in the episode, Dr. Lars Edvinsson discusses CGRP and role of sex hormones. The April recall closes out with an interview with Dr. Rebecca Burch about hot topics in headache medicine. For links to associated articles, visit Npub.org/Podcast

This episode features Dr. Stacey Clardy in conversation with the 2023 Ted Burns Humanism in Neurology Award winner, Dr. Deanna Saylor.

Dr. Stacey Clardy and Dr. Heather Leeper discuss the social ramifications of a neurological diagnosis and the importance of palliative care. They emphasize the role of social workers in these difficult conversations and highlight the valuable resources they can connect patients to. Read the related article in Neurology.