Neurology® Podcast

1) MRI cortical thickness biomarker and 2) Topic of the month: Ethics Issues. 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 Dr. Brad Dickerson about his paper on the MRI cortical thickness biomarker. In the next segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about the empty delta sign. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Tony Lang about placebo use for psychgenic disorders. Over the next three weeks, we will have additional interviews regarding ethic issues. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Dickerson, Clardy, Espay and Lang.Dr. Dickerson serves on the editorial board of Hippocampus; serves as a consultant for Pfizer Inc; and receives research support from the NIH and the Alzheimer's Association.Dr. Clardy serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Sec