Neurology® Podcast

1) Statin pretreatment is associated with better outcomes in large-artery atherosclerotic stroke2) e-Pearl topic: Fatal familial insomnia3) Topic of the month: Pediatric multiple sclerosis 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. Georgios Tsivgoulis about his paper on how statin pretreatment is associated with better outcome in large-artery atherosclerotic stroke. Dr. Steve O'Donnell is reading our e-Pearl of the week about fatal familial insomnia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie interviews Dr. Emmanuelle Waubant about the topic of vitamin D in pediatric multiple sclerosis. DISCLOSURES: Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Deputy Editor for Neurology; serves as Clinical Research Advisor for Totier Technologies, Inc.Dr. Tsivgoulis serves as Associate Editor for Neurosonology; serves as an editorial board mem