Neurology® Podcast

1) CIDP diagnostic pit-falls and perception of treatment benefits 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. Michelle Mauermann interviews Dr. Jeffrey Allen about his paper on chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy diagnostic pit-falls and perception of treatment benefits. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about exam findings in hemifacial spasms. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Howard Weiner about his Frontiers in Neuroscience Lecture at the AAN Meeting about the topic of immune mechanisms in neurologic diseases. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Mauermann, Allen, Numis, Espay and Weiner.Dr. Mauermann receives research support from ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the NIH.Dr. Allen i

Josep O. Dalmau, Editor of Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinfammation introduces the podcast inverview. Dr. Laura Benjamin interviews Dr. Don Gilden about his paper Widespread arterial infection by varicella zoster virus explains refractory giant cell arteritis.J. Damlau is the editor of Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation, is on the editorial board for Neurology UpToDate, holds patents for and receives royalties from Ma2 autoantibody test, NMDA receptor autoantibody test, GABA(B) receptor autoantibody test, GABA(A) receptor autoantibody test, DPPX autoantibody test, IgLON5 autoantibody test, received research support from Euroimmun, NIH, Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias de la Seguridad Social (Spanish Government); L. Benjamin reports no disclosures; D. Gilden is a senior Associate editor for Journal of NeuroVirology, is on the editorial board for In Vivio, Journal of Virology, Scientific American Medicine, Virus Genes, Neurology, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, received researc

1) Aerobic training and post-exercise protein in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy 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. Erik Ensrud interviews Dr. Grete Andersen about her paper on aerobic training and post-exercise protein in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about non-invasive imaging of arterial dissection with MRI. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Stefan Pulst about his George C. Cotzias Lecture at the AAN Meeting about the topic of degenerative ataxias: From genes to therapies. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Ensrud, Numis, Espay and Pulst.Dr. Ensrud serves on the data safety monitoring board for phase II trial of methotrexate in myastenia gravis; is a consultant for

Inflammatory myopathy. Lesson of the Week interviews from May 2015.

1) Evaluation, diagnosis and management of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy 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 Dr. Rabi Tawil about his paper on the evaluation, diagnosis and management of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about vertical nystagmus. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Helen Mayberg about her Robert Wartenberg Lecture at the AAN Meeting on the topic of what deep brain stimulation has taught us about the neurology of depression. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Tawil, Wesley and Espay.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Phar

1) Paraneoplastic neurologic disorders in small cell lung carcinoma 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. Elliot Dimberg interviews Dr. Paul Gozzard about his paper on paraneoplastic neurologic disorders in small cell lung carcinoma. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Balint Syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Lloyd Kasper about his Hot Topic Lecture at the AAN Meeting on the topic of digesting the gut microbiome: role in CNS demyelinating disease. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Dimberg, Wesley and Espay.Dr. Dimberg serves as an editorial board member of Nerve and Muscle Junction Podcast.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espay serves as an Associ

1) Early EEG contributing to multimodal outcome prediction of postanoxic coma 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 Schomer interviews Dr. Jeannette Hofmeijer about her paper on early EEG contributing to multimodal outcome prediction of postanoxic coma. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Susac syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Daniel Lowenstein about his H. Houston Merritt Lecture at the AAN Meeting on the topic of advances in the treatments for epilepsy. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Wesley, Espay and Lowenstein.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espay serves as an Associate Editor of Movement Disorders, Frontiers in Movement Disorders an

1) Switching from natalizumab to fingolimod in patients with remitting-relapsing multiple sclerosis 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. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Ludwig Kappos about his paper on switching from natalizumab to fingolimod in patients with remitting-relapsing multiple sclerosis. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about dopamine-responsive dystonia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Timothy Pedley about his Presidential Lecture at the AAN Meeting about the topics of neurologists' burnout, cost and quality of healthcare, value of neurology to congress and payers along with maintenance of certification. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Keegan, Kappos, Wesley, Espay and Pedley.Dr. Keegan serves as Chief Edi

Stroke in Systemic Disease. Lesson of the Week interviews from March 2015.

1) Screening with MRI for accurate and rapid stroke treatment and 2) Topic of the month: Voices of encephalitis. 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. Amie Hsia about her paper on screening with MRI for accurate and rapid stroke treatment. Dr. James Addington is reading our e-Pearl of the week about intracranial hypotension. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Lara Marcuse interviews Mia about the topic of Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate. The participants had nothing to disclose except Dr. Loddenkemper and Addington.Dr. Barrett serves as an Associate Editor for Neurohospitalist; serves as an editorial board member of Neurology; and receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Addington serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.

1) Time from convulsive status epilepticus onset to anticonvulsant administration in children and 2) Topic of the month: Voices of encephalitis. 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. John Mytinger interviews Dr. Tobias Loddenkemper about his paper on time from convulsive status epilepticus onset to anticonvulsant administration in children. Dr. James Addington is reading our e-Pearl of the week about cannabis in epilepsy. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Lara Marcuse interviews Stephen Haslett about the topic of herpes simplex virus encephalitis. The participants had nothing to disclose except Dr. Loddenkemper and Addington.Dr. Loddenkemper performs video EEG long term monitoring, EEGs and other electrophysiological studies at Boston Children's Hospital (20% effort); evaluates pediatric neurology patients; serves on the Laboratory Accreditation Boar

1) Tele-stroke and tele-neurology and 2) Topic of the month: Voices of encephalitis. 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. Nina Solenski interviews Dr. Sunil Mutgi about his paper on tele-stroke and tele-neurology. Dr. James Addington is reading our e-Pearl of the week about cerebral vasospasm in subarachnoid hemorrhage. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Lara Marcuse interviews Kenneth Kearins and his wife Patricia Kennedy about the topic of autoimmune encephalitis with antibodies to LGI-1. The participants had nothing to disclose except Dr. Addington.Dr. Addington serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.

Implementation of Genetic Testing. Lesson of the Week interviews from April 2015.

1) Rising cost of multiple sclerosis drugs in the U. S. and 2) Topic of the month: Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy. 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. David Jones interviews Dr. Daniel Hartung about his paper on the rising cost of multiple sclerosis drugs in the U. S. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Walker-Warburg syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Andy Mammen about the topic of treatment overview of immunotherapy for the immune-mediated myopathies. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Jones, Hartung, Numis, Burns and Mammen.Dr. Jones has received personal compensation for attending consultant meetings for Biogen Idec, Novartis and Genzyme Corporation.Dr. Hartung serves on the data safety monitoring board for Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research; is a consultant

1) Looking ahead by looking back at practicing neurology and 2) Topic of the month: Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy. 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. Steven Ringel about his paper on looking ahead by looking back at practicing neurology. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about neurologic complications of heroin inhalation. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Andy Mammen about the topic of inclusion body myositis. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Ringel, Numis, Burns and Mammen.Dr. Ringel serves as Editor of Neurology Today.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Phar

1) Prevalence and distribution of VZV in temporal arteries of patients with giant cell arteritis and 2) Topic of the month: Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy. 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. Jennifer Bickel interviews Dr. Don Gilden about his paper on the prevalence and distribution of VZV in temporal arteries of patients with giant cell arteritis. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about unresponsive CIDP: Is it POEMS? In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Andy Mammen about the topic of dermatomyositis. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Gilden, Numis, Burns and Mammen.Dr. Gilden serves as an Senior Associate Editor for Journal of NeuroVirology; serves as an editorial board member of In Vivo, Journal of Virology, Scientific American Medicine, Virus Genes, Neurology and Journal of the Neu

1) Dystonia: Five new things and 2) Topic of the month: Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy. 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 Ratliff interviews Dr. Brian Berman about his paper on five new things about dystonia. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Andy Mammen about the topic of immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Berman, Numis, Burns and Mammen.Dr. Berman serves on the Medical Advisory Boards for the Benign Essential Blepharospasm Research Foundation and the National Spasmodic Torticollis Association; has received funding for travel to conferences from Parkinson Study Group, American Neurological Association, Movement Disorder Society, Dystonia Medical Research Foundati

Autoimmune & Paraneoplastic Encephalitis. Lesson of the Week interviews from February 2015.

1) Medicare payments to the Neurology workforce in 2012 and 2) Topic of the month: Implementation of genetic testing. 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 with Drs. Lesli Skolarus and Kevin Kerber about their paper on Medicare payments to the Neurology workforce in 2012. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about dural arteriovenous fistulas. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Daniel MacArthur about other issues related to genetic testing. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Southerland, Kerber, Skolarus, Wesley and Burns.Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Deputy Editor for Neurology®; serves as Clinical Research Advisor for Totier Technologies, Inc.Dr. Kerber received honoraria from Elsevier Inc., Michigan Academy of Family Physicians and American Academy of Neurolog

1) How C90orf72 promotor hypermethylation is neuroprotective and 2) Topic of the month: Implementation of genetic testing. 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. Corey McMillan about his paper on how C90orf72 promotor hypermethylation is neuroprotective. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Daniel MacArthur about the variants of unknown significance. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, McMillan and Wesley.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Dr. McMillan received payment for being plenary speaker at the 2015 International Conference on Frontotemporal Degenerat