Neurology® Podcast

1) An index to identify stroke-related versus incidental patent foramen ovale in cryptogenic stroke and 2) Topic of the month: Frontotemporal degeneration. 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. Bryan Eckerle interviews Dr. David Kent about his paper on using an index to identify stroke-related versus incidental patent foramen ovale in cryptogenic stroke. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about superior quadrantopia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Brandy Matthews focuses her interview with Dr. Bill Seeley about clinical presentations and bedside evaluation in frontotemporal degeneration. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Kent, Numis, Matthews and Seeley.Dr. Kent is a consultant for WL Gore Associates and receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and F

1) Optic nerve head component responses of multifocal electroretinogram in MS and 2) Topic of the month: AAN Plenary Sessions. 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. Beau Bruce interviews Drs. Teresa and Elliot Frohman about their paper on optic nerve head component responses of multifocal electroretinogram in MS. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Terson's syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. John Trojanowski about progressive accumulation of tau pathology in patients with Alzheimer disease and how it occurred in a stereotypical manner. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Bruce, Teresa Frohman, Eliot Frohman, Numis, Espay, and Trojanowski.Dr. Bruce is a consultant for Kaiser Permanente of Georgia for the CDC Vaccine Safety Datalink; receives research support from Novartis, Pfiz

In this special podcast for the Neurology Journal, Dr. Ted M. Burns plays a dozen of the many interesting audio clips from Neurology Podcasts of the 2012-2013 academic year.

In this special Podcast from the Neurology Resident & Fellow (R&F) Section, members of the R&F Editorial team interview some residents who presented posters at the 2013 AAN Annual Meeting in San Diego. Other interesting segments include the Top 10 Ways for Program Directors to the Use the Neurology Resident & Fellow Section and interviews of authors this year's R&F Highlights booklet. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Cahill, Wong, Strowd, Sarkar, Pressman and Clardy.Dr. Cahill serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.Dr. Wong served on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.Dr. Strowd serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.Dr. Sarkar received honoraria from the Young Researcher Award from CNS.Dr. Pressman serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.Dr. Clardy served on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.

1) Evidence-based guideline: Treatment of tardive syndromes and 2) Topic of the month: AAN Plenary Sessions. 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 Drs. Roongroj Bhidayasiri and Gary Gronseth about the AAN evidence-based guideline on treatment of tardive syndromes. Dr. Roy Strowd is reading our e-Pearl of the week about CTA spot sign. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Marsel Mesulam about his H. Houston Merritt Lecture on the selective cognitive impairments and distinct neuropathological entities of the primary progressive aphasias. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Bhidayasiri, Gronseth, Strowd, Espay and Mesulam.Dr. Bhidayasiri served as Editor-in-Chief for The Thai Journal of Neurology; serves on the scientific advisory board for Ministry of Public Heath, Thailand and Excellence

1) Rasmussen's encephalitis treated with natalizumab and 2) Topic of the month: AAN Plenary Sessions. 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 Prof. Heinz Wiendl about his paper on Rasmussen's encephalitis treated with natalizumab. Dr. Roy Strowd is reading our e-Pearl of the week about watching for Whipple's: Oculomasticatory myorhythmia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Pooja Khatri on intra-arterial therapy being used as standard treatment for acute stroke. The participants had nothing to disclose except Prof. Wiendl, Drs. Strowd, Espay and Khatri.Prof. Wiendl received honoraria for travel to attend meetings from Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen Idec, Elan Corporation, Sanofi- Aventis, Schering-Plough Corp., Merck Serono, Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.; has served as a consultant or is current

1) Development and validation of a clinical guideline for diagnosing blepharospasm and 2) Topic of the month: AAN Plenary Sessions. 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. Binit Shah interviews Dr. Giovanni Defazio about his paper on development and validation of a clinical guideline for diagnosing blepharospasm. Dr. Roy Strowd is reading our e-Pearl of the week about iatrogenic botulism. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Salvatore DiMauro about his Robert Wartenberg Lecture on Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies: 50 years on. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Defazio, Strowd, Espay and DiMauro.Dr. Defazio receives research support from the Italian Ministry of University and Comitato Promotore Telethon.Dr. Strowd serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espay is suppo

1) Surveillance neuroimaging and neurologic examinations affecting care for intracerebral hemorrhage and 2) Topic of the month: AAN Plenary Sessions. 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. Mike Brogan interviews Dr. Matthew Maas about his paper on surveillance neuroimaging and neurologic examinations affecting care for intracerebral hemorrhage. Dr. Roy Strowd is reading our e-Pearl of the week about dopamine dysregulation syndrome in Parkinson disease. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Drs. Stephen Reich and C. Warren Olanow on levodopa being initiated at time of diagnosis of movement disorders. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Maas, Strowd, Espay, Olanow and Reich.Dr. Maas receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Strowd serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espa

1) Depressive symptoms and white matter dysfunction in retired NFL players with concussion history and 2) Topic of the month: AAN Plenary Sessions. 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. Christopher Giza interviews Dr. John Hart about his paper on depressive symptoms and white matter dysfunction in retired NFL players. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about ice-cream headache. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Drs. Ron Postuma and Brad Boeve about clinicopathologic correlations in 172 cases of REM sleep behavior disorder. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Giza, Hart, Numis, Espay, Postuma and Boeve.Dr. Giza serves on the data safety monitoring board for LAbiomed Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; is a consult for NHL Player's Association; serves on the speakers' bureau for the Medical

Stroke Update 2013

1) Guideline update: Evaluation and management of concussion in sports and 2) Topic of the month: AAN Plenary Sessions. 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. Howard Goodkin interviews Christopher Giza about this guideline update on evaluation and management of concussion in sports. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about anti -MuSK antibody myasthenia gravis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Merit Cudkowicz about her plenary session on ALS pathways to treatments. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Goodkin, Giza, Numis, Espay and Cudkowicz.Dr. Goodkin serves as an editorial board member of Neurology and Surgical Neurology International; receives royalties from Up-to-Date for co-authorship of The Choking Game and other strangulation activities in children and adolescents; receives research

1) Creation of the AAN Global Health Section and 2) Topic of the month: AAN Plenary Sessions. 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. Amy Lee about her paper on the creation of the AAN Global Health Section. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Tullio phenomenon. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Jerome Posner about receiving the 2013 President's Award at the AAN Meeting and discussing his lecture on the importance of teaching and mentoring in neurology. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Mateen, Numis, Espay and Posner.Dr. Mateen has consulted for the World Health Organization, Global Polio Eradication Initiative, and Caritas.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espay is supported by the K23 career develo

Genetic causes of ataxia

1) Evidence-based guideline on periprocedural management of antithrombotic medications and neurovascular disease and 2) Topic of the month: Treatment of movement disorders. 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. Melissa Armstrong about the guideline on periprocedural management of antithrombotic medications and neurovascular disease. Dr. Roy Strowd is reading our e-Pearl of the week about HINTS of stroke. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Binit Shah interviews Dr. Kapil Sethi about management of of non-dopa responsive axial motor symptoms. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Armstrong, Strowd and Sethi.Dr. Armstrong serves on Neurology, Level of Evidence Review Team; received funding for a trip to the MDS International Congress; received research support from Abbott and was partially funded by a Edmond

1) Growing burden of neurodegenerative conditions and 2) Topic of the month: Treatment of movement disorders. 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. Binit Shah interviews Dr. Ray Dorsey about his paper on obtaining care for the growing burden of neurodegenerative conditions. Dr. Roy Strowd is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Huntington disease and the milk maid grip. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Binit Shah interviews Dr. Michael Okun about surgical management of Parkinson disease. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Dorsey and Strowd.Dr. Dorsey serves on the scientific advisory board for Lundbeck Inc. and Huntington's Disease Society of America; serves as an editorial board member of Journal of Huntington's Disease; is a consultant for Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc., Clintrex, Lundbeck, Inc., Medtronic, Inc., National Insti

1) MRI sign of progressive supranuclear palsy and 2) Topic of the month: Treatment of movement disorders. 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 Morgan interviews Dr. Luke Massey about his paper on an MRI sign of progressive supranuclear palsy. Dr. Roy Strowd is reading our e-Pearl of the week about the hummingbird sign. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Matthew Barrett interviews Dr. Fred Wooten about late treatment of motor symptoms. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Morgan, Massey and Strowd.Dr. Morgan is a consultant for Impax Laboratories, Inc. and Veloxis Pharmaceuticals; serves on the speakers' bureaus of GlaxoSmithKline, Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd., UCB and GE Healthcare; performed CME for Oakstone Publishing, LLC; receives research support from the NIH and received compensation for review of medical records an

1) Diagnosis of gluten ataxia and 2) Topic of the month: Treatment of movement disorders. 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. Marios Hadjivassiliou about his paper on the diagnosis of gluten ataxia. Dr. Roy Strowd is reading our e-Pearl of the week about tonic spasms in multiple sclerosis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Matthew Barrett interviews Dr. Fred Wooten about early treatment of motor symptoms. The participants had nothing to disclose except Dr. Strowd.Dr. Strowd serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.

Immune mediated, toxic & infectious ataxias

1) Exposure to stroke belt on incident stroke and 2) Topic of the month: Stroke trials. 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. Virginia Howard about her paper on exposure to the stroke belt on incident stroke in adulthood. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Neuro-Behcet's disease. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Brett Kissela focuses his interview with Dr. Chelsea Kidwell about the MR Rescue trial. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs Howard, Numis, Kissela and Kidwell.Dr. Howard serves on DSMB for NIH-NIDA; is a consultant for NIH review committees and receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Kissela serves on scientific advisory board for Allergan, Inc.; has received funding for travel and spe

1) Atrial fibrillation and unexplained stroke and 2) Topic of the month: Stroke trials. 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. Bryan Eckerle interviews Dr. Paul Cotter about his paper on incidence of atrial fibrillation and unexplained stroke. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about LGI-1 antibodies in limbic encephalitis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Brett Kissela interviews Drs. Opeolu Adeoye and Art Pancioli about the CLEAR-ER trial. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs Cotter, Numis, Kissela and Adeoye.Dr. Cotter receives research support from the UK National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge biomedical Research Center and Clinical Research Fellowship.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Kissela serves on scientific advisory board for Allergan, Inc.; h