Neurology® Podcast

Dr. Farrah Mateen talks with Dr. Nicoline Schiess about the WHO Brain Health Unit and the Intersectoral Global Action Plan for Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders. This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.

Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Lucilla Parnetti about the clinical application of α-synuclein seed amplification assays (SAAs) in the identification of Parkinson disease and other synucleinopathies. Read the full article in Neurology. This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.

The August 2022 replay of past episodes showcases recent interviews in the realm of Parkinson disease (PD), with topics ranging from initial clinical management to more advanced methodologies to optimize treatment. This episode features conversations with Dr. Anthony Lang, Dr. Meredith Bock, and Dr. Jan Rusz on dopamine-based therapies in early PD, factors associated with quality of life in PD, and new research on speech impairment subtypes in PD, respectively. The episode concludes with Dr. Michael Fox discussing brain networks and their role in cognitive decline after DBS surgery.

Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Manu Sharma about the genome-wide association of age-at-onset in Parkinson disease. Read the full article in Neurology. This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.

Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Micaela Hernández about transient global amnesia and the prevalence and risk factors of relapse. Read the full article in Neurology: Clinical Practice. This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.

Dr. Derek Stitt talks with Dr. Monica Shieu about the impact of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy on incidence of cognitive disorders and decline among adults with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Read the full article in Neurology. This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.

Dr. Gregg Day talks with Prof. Barbara Sahakian about the associations of social isolation and loneliness with later dementia. Read the full article in Neurology. This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.

Dr. Tesha Monteith talks with Prof. Rigmor Højland Jensen about psychiatric co-morbidities in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Read the full article in Neurology.

In this episode dedicated to the memory of Neurology Podcast Founder Dr. Ted Burns, Dr. Jeff Ratliff narrates a compilation of excerpts from a previously recorded discussion between Dr. Stacey Clardy and Ted Burns in 2021 about Ted’s journey with the podcast and his impact on neurology education.

Dr. Jeff Ratliff discusses the suppression of mutant C9orf72 expression by a potent mixed backbone antisense oligonucleotide with Drs. Jonathan Watts and Robert Brown.

Dr. Gregg Day talks with Dr. Avi Nath, Clinical Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), about COVID brain fog and other cognitive syndromes. Read the full article referenced in this podcast in the Washington Post.

Dr. Justin Abbatemarco talks with Prof. Sarosh Irani about the use of corticosteroids as a first-line agent in the treatment of LGI1 antibody encephalitis.

Dr. Jeff Burns talks with Dr. Ron Petersen, Director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, about Medicare's recent decision to officially limit Aduhelm (aducanumab) coverage to patients in clinical trials. Read the full article discussed in this interview in the New York Times.

Dr. Karen Hirsch talks with Dr. Linnéa Grindegård about the association between EEG patterns and serum neurofilament light as a marker of neuroaxonal injury after cardiac arrest. Read the full article in Neurology. 

Drs. B.J. Hicks and Andy Southerland talk with Dr. Scott Mendelson about racial and ethnic disparities in the rates of declination of thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Read the full article in Neurology.

Dr. Justin Abbatemarco talks with Prof. Gráinne Gorman about the use of L-arginine in the treatment of mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes (MELAS). Read the full article in Neurology. 

Dr. Fábio Nascimento talks with Dr. Elaine Pang about the identification and characterization of pure sleep epilepsy after first-ever seizures from sleep in adults. Read the full article in Neurology.