Neurology® Podcast

1) Pregnancy outcomes in aquaporin-4 positive neuromyelitis optica2) What's Trending: Safety and tolerability of resveratrol for Alzheimer disease3) Topic of the month: Endovascular Stroke Therapy This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Melanie Ward interviews Dr. Maria Isabel S. Leite about her paper on pregnancy outcomes in aquaporin-4 positive neuromyelitis optica. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Dr. R. Scott Turner for our “What's Trending” feature of the week about his paper on a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of resveratrol for Alzheimer disease. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Prachi Mehndiratta interviews Dr. Pooja Khatri about the topic of broad overview of the new clinical trials in endovascular stroke therapy. DISCLOSURES: Dr. Leite serves as an editorial board member for Neuromuscular Disorders; has received travel grant

1) Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation Journal: Basal ganglia T1-hyperintensity in LGI1-autoantibody faciobrachial dystonic seizures and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jeff Waugh interviews Dr. Eoin Flanagan about his Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation paper on basal ganglia T1-hyperintensity in LGI1-autoantibody faciobrachial dystonic seizures. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about genetic testing in facioscapulohumeral dystrophy. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Steve Ringel about a Neurology Today story on the topic of immunotherapy for autoimmune cerebellar ataxia. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Numis, Burns and Ringel.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident

1) Response to shunting and predictors of response in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Farrah Mateen interviews Dr. John Halperin about the AAN guideline on response to shunting and predictors of response in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Dr. Qadeer Arshad for our “What's Trending” feature of the week about his paper on electrocortical therapy for motion sickness. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Lorenz Studer about a Neurology Today story on the topic of stem cell therapy in Parkinson disease.The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Mateen, Halperin, Burns and Studer. Dr. Mateen received research support from the Canadian Institute of Health Research.Dr. Halperin

1) Endovascular versus medical management of acute ischemic stroke and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Kevin Barrett interviews Dr. Brad Worrall about his paper on endovascular versus medical management of acute ischemic stroke. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Dr. Daniel Kaufer for our “What's Trending” feature of the week about the AAN Behavioral Neurology Section Workgroup paper on improving clinical cognitive testing. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Steve Ringel about a Neurology Today story on the topic of defective nuclear transport and endogenous retrovirus in ALS. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Barrett, Worrall, Burns, Kaufer and Ringel.Dr. Kevin Barrett serves as an Associate Editor of Neurohospitalist; serves as an editorial boar

1) Stroke risk stratification in acute dizziness presentations and 2) Topic of the month: Neuromyelitis optica. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Kevin Kerber about his paper on stroke risk stratification in acute dizziness presentations. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about focal cortical dysplasia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Stacey Clardy interviews Dr. Jacqueline Palace about the topic of aquaporin-4 molecular mimicry/pathogenesis/research developments. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Southerland, Kerber, Wesley, Clardy and Palace.Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Deputy Editor for Neurology®; serves as Clinical Research Advisor for Totier Technologies, Inc.Dr. Kerber received funding for travel from Elsevier Inc. and the American Academy of Neurology; receives ro

1) Autoimmune post-herpes simplex encephalitis in adults and teenagers and 2) Topic of the month: Neuromyelitis optica. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Heather Harle interviews Dr. Josep Dalmau about his paper on autoimmune post-herpes simplex encephalitis in adults and teenagers. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about immunotherapy-responsive seizures. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Stacey Clardy interviews Dr. Dean Wingerchuk about the topic of new guidelines for neuromyelitis optica. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Dalmau, Wesley, Clardy and Wingerchuk.Dr. Dalmau serves as an editorial board member of Neurology® and UptoDate; serves as Editor-in-Chief of Neurology® Neuroimmunology and Neuroimflammation; is a consultant for Advance Medical; receives royalties for the following patents: Patent Ma2 aut

1) Spectrum of cognition short of dementia and 2) Topic of the month: Neuromyelitis optica. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jeff Burns interviews Dr. David Knopman about his paper on the spectrum of cognition short of dementia. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Dr. Terrence Cascino for our “What's Trending” feature of the week about what AAN is doing to combat the trend of physician burnout. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Stacey Clardy interviews Dr. Sean Pittock about the topic of neuromyelitis optica assay development, treatments and mimics, including MOG antibodies. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Jeff Burns, Knopman, Burns, Cascino, Clardy and Pittock.Dr. Jeff Burns serves on the editorial board for Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; receives royalties for the publications of Early diagnosis and treatment of mild cognitive

1) Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation: Rituximab in treatment-resistant CIDP with antibodies against paranodal proteins and 2) Topic of the month: Neuromyelitis optica. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Kelly Gwathmey interviews Dr. Isabel Illa about her Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation paper on rituximab in treatment-resistant CIDP with antibodies against paranodal proteins. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Dr. Murray Grossman for our “What's Trending” feature of the week about his paper on the classification of primary progressive aphasia and its variants. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Stacey Clardy interviews Dr. Jeff Bennett about the topic of latest developments in neuromyelitis optica using his antibody library. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Illa, Burns, Grossman, Clardy and Bennett.

1) Infection, vaccination and childhood arterial ischemic stroke and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark McAllister interviews Dr. Heather Fullerton about her paper on infection, vaccination and childhood arterial ischemic stroke. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Lafora body disease. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Jim Bernat about his Neurology Today book review about “The Digital Doctor.” The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Fullerton, Numis, Burns and Bernat.Dr. Fullerton serves as an editorial board member of Stroke; serves on a DSMB for the NIH for clinical trials related to sickle cell disease and stroke; and receives research support from American Heart Association Established Investigator Award.Dr. Numis serves

1) Neurology® Genetics: Phenotypic and molecular analyses of primary lateral sclerosis and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Elliot Dimberg interviews Dr. Hitoshi Mitsumoto about his Neurology: Genetics paper on the phenotypic and molecular analyses of primary lateral sclerosis. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Steve Ringel about a Neurology Today story on the topic of systemic exertion intolerance disease. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Dimberg, Mitsumoto, Numis, Burns and Ringel.Dr. Dimberg serves as an editorial board member of Nerve and Muscle Junction Podcast.Dr. Mitsumoto is a consultant for Biogen Idec; receives research support

1) Longitudinal study of normal cognition in Parkinson disease and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Matthew Barrett interviews Dr. Daniel Weintraub about his paper on studying normal cognition in Parkinson disease. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Mike Avery for our “What's Trending” feature of the week about things happening in the Beltway of interest to neurologists. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Steve Ringel about a Neurology Today story on the topic of uptick in cases of narcolepsy. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Barrett, Weintraub, Burns and Ringel.Dr. Barrett received research support from the Virginia Center of Alzheimer´s and Related Diseases Research Award Fund.Dr. Weintraub serves as an editorial board member of Movement Disorde

1) Evaluation of outcome measures for neurogenic claudication and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. John Markman about his paper on a patient-centered approach for evaluation of outcome measures for neurogenic claudication. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Dr. Robert Gross for our “What's Trending” feature of the week about Neurology's spoke journals. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Steve Ringel about a Neurology Today story on the topic of acute flaccid myelitis. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Markman and Ringel.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with UCB, CSL Behring, Walgreens and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Dr. Markman serves

1) Hemorrhagic stroke following use of the synthetic marijuana "spice" and 2) Topic of the month: Updates in tele-neurology. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Justin Sattin interviews Dr. David Rose about his paper on hemorrhagic stroke following use of the synthetic marijuana "spice." Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Hirayama disease. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Jennifer Majersik about the topic of tele-neurology quality measures. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Rose, Wesley, Southerland and Majersik.Dr. Rose serves as an editorial board member of Neurohospitalist Journal and serves on the Speakers' bureau of Boehringer Ingelheim.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Deputy Editor

1) Acute headache diagnosis in pregnant women and 2) Topic of the month: Updates in tele-neurology. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Teshamae Monteith interviews Dr. Matthew Robbins about his paper on acute headache diagnosis in pregnant women. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about primary lateral sclerosis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Jack Tsao about the topic of reimbursement, credentialing, and policy updates. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Monteith, Robbins, Wesley, Southerland and Tsao.Dr. Monteith serves as an editorial advisory board member for Neurology Now; and receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Robbins serves as an editorial board member of Headache and The Einstein Journal of Biology and Medicine; received honoraria for educational content and pres

1) Neurology® Clinical Practice: Medical Marijuana: Between a plant and a hard place and 2) Topic of the month: Updates in tele-neurology. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Matthew Wong interviews Dr. David Gloss about his Neurology Clinical Practice paper on medical marijuana: Between a plant and a hard place. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about arterial retinal ischemic disease. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Bert Vargas about the topic of teleconcussion. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Gloss, Wesley, Southerland and Vargas.Dr. Gloss serves as an evidence-based medicine consultant for the American Academy of Neurology; serves as an LOE associate editor for Neurology® and receives royalties from the publicationof the book Neurology for the Specialty Boards.Dr. Wesley s

1) Pathogenic effects of antibodies on gut and brain neurons in anti-DPPX encephalitis and 2) Topic of the month: Updates in tele-neurology. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Michelle Fullard interviews Dr. Johannes Piepgras about his paper on pathogenic effects of antibodies on gut and brain neurons in anti-DPPX encephalitis. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Morgan Sorenson for our "What's Trending" feature of the week about twitter handles. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Kevin Barrett about the topic of teleneurology (non-stroke applications). The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Sorenson, Southerland and Barrett.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Morgan Sorenson

Interviews with Oliver Sacks. Lesson of the Week interviews from January 2011.

1) Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation: Aquaporin-4 autoimmunity and 2) Topic of the month: Updates in tele-neurology. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Melanie Ward interviews Dr. Vanda Lennon about her Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation paper on aquaporin-4 autoimmunity. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Kathy Pieper for our "What's Trending" feature of the week about you tube videos. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Kevin Barrett about the topic of updates in telestroke. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Lennon, Burns, Pieper, Southerland and Barrett.Dr. Lennon receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with UCB, CSL Behring, Walgreens and Alexion Pharmaceu

1) Migraine and risk of stroke in older adults and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Teshamae Monteith about her paper on migraine and risk of stroke in older adults. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about neurosyphilis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Keith Josephs about his Frontiers in Neuroscience Lecture at the AAN Meeting about the topic of antemortem signatures of neurodegenerative proteinopathies. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Southerland, Monteith, Numis, Espay and Josephs.Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Deputy Editor for Neurology®; serves as Clinical Research Advisor for Totier Technologies, Inc.Dr. Monteith serves as an editorial advisory board member for Neurology Now

1) Opioids for chronic non-cancer pain and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Stephen Nadeau and Gary Franklin about their papers on opioids for chronic non-cancer pain and the policy behind prescribing them. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about vaccinations and seizures. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Virginia Lee about her Frontiers in Neuroscience Lecture at the AAN Meeting about the topic of transmission of alpha-Synuclein in Parkinson disease: Pathogenesis and implications for therapy. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Nadeau, Franklin, Numis, Espay and Lee.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL