Neurology® Podcast

1) Age of first exposure to football and the effect of later-life cognitive impairment on former NFL players and 2) Topic of the month: Stroke in systemic disease. 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 Dr. Robert Stern about his paper on the age of first exposure to football and the effect of later-life cognitive impairment on former NFL players. Dr. James Addington is reading our e-Pearl of the week about REM behavior disorder. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Michelle Johansen interviews Dr. Kevin Barrett about the topic of stroke in the setting of Endocrine disorders. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Goodkin, Stern, Addington, Johansen and Barrett.Dr. Goodkin serves on the scientific advisory board for Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance and CURE Infantile Spasms; serves as an editorial board member of Neurol