Neurology® Podcast

1) Niemann-Pick type C 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. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Matthis Synofzik about his paper on Niemann-Pick type C. Dr. Stacey Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about cephalic tetanus. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Susan Perlman and Jeremy Schmahmann about the topic of inherited ataxias. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs Burns, Synofzik, Clardy, Perlman and Schmahmann.Dr. Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Pharmaceuticals.Dr. Synofzik receives honoraria from Actelion Pharmaceuticals; receives travel funding from Movement Disorders Society and receives research support from the Volkswagen Foundation.Dr. Clardy served on the