Neurology® Podcast

1) Preclinical Alzheimer disease and 2) Topic of the month: Cerebellar ataxias. 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 Burns interviews Prof. Michael Ewers about his paper on preclinical Alzheimer disease. Dr. Stacey Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about neurologic symptoms in relapsing polychondritis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Susan Perlman and Jeremy Schmahmann about the topic of inherited ataxias and sporadic, degenerative ataxias. In concluding, there is a brief statement where to find other up-to date patient information and current Patient Page. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs Jeff Burns, Ewers, Clardy, Ted Burns, Perlman and Schmahmann.Dr. Jeff Burns serves on the editorial board for Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; receives royalties for the publications of Early diagnosis and