Neurology® Podcast

1) Neuromyelitis optica phenotype and 2) Topic of the month: Bedside Neuro-ophthalmology. 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. Nick Johnson with Dr. Jacqueline Palace about her paper on neuromyelitis optica phenotype. Dr. Stacey Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Duret hemorrhage. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Beau Bruce interviews Dr. Jonathan Trobe about bedside visual field examination. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Palace, Clardy, and Bruce.Dr Palace serves on the scientific advisory board for Charcot Foundation, Biogen Idec, Merck Serono Ltd, Bayer Schering Pharma, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Uk Ltd, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; receives research support from the National MS Society, QIDIS, Oxford Health Services Research Committee, John Fell Research Fund, Merck Serono Ltd. and Bayer Schering Pharma