Neurology® Podcast

1) Risk factors for dementia with Lewy bodies 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. David Geldmacher interviews Dr. Brendon Boot about his paper on risk factors for dementia with Lewy bodies. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Brandy Matthews focuses her interview with Dr. Bill Seeley about therapeutics and future directions in frontotemporal degeneration. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Geldmacher, Numis, Matthews and Seeley.Dr. Geldmacher serves as an editorial board member of Brain Injury; serves on a Data Safety Committee for GlaxoSmithKline; received research support from Baxter International Inc., Elan Corporation, Eisai Inc.; received honoraria for consulting from Abb