Neurology® Podcast

1) Infection, vaccination and childhood arterial ischemic stroke and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. 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. Mark McAllister interviews Dr. Heather Fullerton about her paper on infection, vaccination and childhood arterial ischemic stroke. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Lafora body disease. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Jim Bernat about his Neurology Today book review about “The Digital Doctor.” The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Fullerton, Numis, Burns and Bernat.Dr. Fullerton serves as an editorial board member of Stroke; serves on a DSMB for the NIH for clinical trials related to sickle cell disease and stroke; and receives research support from American Heart Association Established Investigator Award.Dr. Numis serves

1) Neurology® Genetics: Phenotypic and molecular analyses of primary lateral sclerosis and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. 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. Elliot Dimberg interviews Dr. Hitoshi Mitsumoto about his Neurology: Genetics paper on the phenotypic and molecular analyses of primary lateral sclerosis. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Steve Ringel about a Neurology Today story on the topic of systemic exertion intolerance disease. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Dimberg, Mitsumoto, Numis, Burns and Ringel.Dr. Dimberg serves as an editorial board member of Nerve and Muscle Junction Podcast.Dr. Mitsumoto is a consultant for Biogen Idec; receives research support

1) Longitudinal study of normal cognition in Parkinson disease and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. 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. Matthew Barrett interviews Dr. Daniel Weintraub about his paper on studying normal cognition in Parkinson disease. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Mike Avery for our “What's Trending” feature of the week about things happening in the Beltway of interest to neurologists. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Steve Ringel about a Neurology Today story on the topic of uptick in cases of narcolepsy. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Barrett, Weintraub, Burns and Ringel.Dr. Barrett received research support from the Virginia Center of Alzheimer´s and Related Diseases Research Award Fund.Dr. Weintraub serves as an editorial board member of Movement Disorde

1) Evaluation of outcome measures for neurogenic claudication and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. 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. John Markman about his paper on a patient-centered approach for evaluation of outcome measures for neurogenic claudication. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Dr. Robert Gross for our “What's Trending” feature of the week about Neurology's spoke journals. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Steve Ringel about a Neurology Today story on the topic of acute flaccid myelitis. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Markman and Ringel.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with UCB, CSL Behring, Walgreens and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Dr. Markman serves

1) Hemorrhagic stroke following use of the synthetic marijuana "spice" and 2) Topic of the month: Updates in tele-neurology. 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. Justin Sattin interviews Dr. David Rose about his paper on hemorrhagic stroke following use of the synthetic marijuana "spice." Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Hirayama disease. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Jennifer Majersik about the topic of tele-neurology quality measures. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Rose, Wesley, Southerland and Majersik.Dr. Rose serves as an editorial board member of Neurohospitalist Journal and serves on the Speakers' bureau of Boehringer Ingelheim.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Deputy Editor

1) Acute headache diagnosis in pregnant women and 2) Topic of the month: Updates in tele-neurology. 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. Teshamae Monteith interviews Dr. Matthew Robbins about his paper on acute headache diagnosis in pregnant women. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about primary lateral sclerosis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Jack Tsao about the topic of reimbursement, credentialing, and policy updates. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Monteith, Robbins, Wesley, Southerland and Tsao.Dr. Monteith serves as an editorial advisory board member for Neurology Now; and receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Robbins serves as an editorial board member of Headache and The Einstein Journal of Biology and Medicine; received honoraria for educational content and pres

1) Neurology® Clinical Practice: Medical Marijuana: Between a plant and a hard place and 2) Topic of the month: Updates in tele-neurology. 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. Matthew Wong interviews Dr. David Gloss about his Neurology Clinical Practice paper on medical marijuana: Between a plant and a hard place. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about arterial retinal ischemic disease. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Bert Vargas about the topic of teleconcussion. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Gloss, Wesley, Southerland and Vargas.Dr. Gloss serves as an evidence-based medicine consultant for the American Academy of Neurology; serves as an LOE associate editor for Neurology® and receives royalties from the publicationof the book Neurology for the Specialty Boards.Dr. Wesley s

1) Pathogenic effects of antibodies on gut and brain neurons in anti-DPPX encephalitis and 2) Topic of the month: Updates in tele-neurology. 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. Michelle Fullard interviews Dr. Johannes Piepgras about his paper on pathogenic effects of antibodies on gut and brain neurons in anti-DPPX encephalitis. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Morgan Sorenson for our "What's Trending" feature of the week about twitter handles. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Kevin Barrett about the topic of teleneurology (non-stroke applications). The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Sorenson, Southerland and Barrett.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Morgan Sorenson

Interviews with Oliver Sacks. Lesson of the Week interviews from January 2011.

1) Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation: Aquaporin-4 autoimmunity and 2) Topic of the month: Updates in tele-neurology. 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. Melanie Ward interviews Dr. Vanda Lennon about her Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation paper on aquaporin-4 autoimmunity. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Kathy Pieper for our "What's Trending" feature of the week about you tube videos. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Kevin Barrett about the topic of updates in telestroke. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Lennon, Burns, Pieper, Southerland and Barrett.Dr. Lennon receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with UCB, CSL Behring, Walgreens and Alexion Pharmaceu

1) Migraine and risk of stroke in older adults and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. 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. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Teshamae Monteith about her paper on migraine and risk of stroke in older adults. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about neurosyphilis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Keith Josephs about his Frontiers in Neuroscience Lecture at the AAN Meeting about the topic of antemortem signatures of neurodegenerative proteinopathies. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Southerland, Monteith, Numis, Espay and Josephs.Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Deputy Editor for Neurology®; serves as Clinical Research Advisor for Totier Technologies, Inc.Dr. Monteith serves as an editorial advisory board member for Neurology Now

1) Opioids for chronic non-cancer pain and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. 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 Drs. Stephen Nadeau and Gary Franklin about their papers on opioids for chronic non-cancer pain and the policy behind prescribing them. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about vaccinations and seizures. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Virginia Lee about her Frontiers in Neuroscience Lecture at the AAN Meeting about the topic of transmission of alpha-Synuclein in Parkinson disease: Pathogenesis and implications for therapy. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Nadeau, Franklin, Numis, Espay and Lee.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL

1) CIDP diagnostic pit-falls and perception of treatment benefits and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. 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. Michelle Mauermann interviews Dr. Jeffrey Allen about his paper on chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy diagnostic pit-falls and perception of treatment benefits. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about exam findings in hemifacial spasms. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Howard Weiner about his Frontiers in Neuroscience Lecture at the AAN Meeting about the topic of immune mechanisms in neurologic diseases. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Mauermann, Allen, Numis, Espay and Weiner.Dr. Mauermann receives research support from ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the NIH.Dr. Allen i

Josep O. Dalmau, Editor of Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinfammation introduces the podcast inverview. Dr. Laura Benjamin interviews Dr. Don Gilden about his paper Widespread arterial infection by varicella zoster virus explains refractory giant cell arteritis.J. Damlau is the editor of Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation, is on the editorial board for Neurology UpToDate, holds patents for and receives royalties from Ma2 autoantibody test, NMDA receptor autoantibody test, GABA(B) receptor autoantibody test, GABA(A) receptor autoantibody test, DPPX autoantibody test, IgLON5 autoantibody test, received research support from Euroimmun, NIH, Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias de la Seguridad Social (Spanish Government); L. Benjamin reports no disclosures; D. Gilden is a senior Associate editor for Journal of NeuroVirology, is on the editorial board for In Vivio, Journal of Virology, Scientific American Medicine, Virus Genes, Neurology, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, received researc

1) Aerobic training and post-exercise protein in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. 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. Erik Ensrud interviews Dr. Grete Andersen about her paper on aerobic training and post-exercise protein in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about non-invasive imaging of arterial dissection with MRI. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Stefan Pulst about his George C. Cotzias Lecture at the AAN Meeting about the topic of degenerative ataxias: From genes to therapies. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Ensrud, Numis, Espay and Pulst.Dr. Ensrud serves on the data safety monitoring board for phase II trial of methotrexate in myastenia gravis; is a consultant for

Inflammatory myopathy. Lesson of the Week interviews from May 2015.

1) Evaluation, diagnosis and management of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. 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. Rabi Tawil about his paper on the evaluation, diagnosis and management of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about vertical nystagmus. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Helen Mayberg about her Robert Wartenberg Lecture at the AAN Meeting on the topic of what deep brain stimulation has taught us about the neurology of depression. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Tawil, Wesley and Espay.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Phar

1) Paraneoplastic neurologic disorders in small cell lung carcinoma and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. 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. Elliot Dimberg interviews Dr. Paul Gozzard about his paper on paraneoplastic neurologic disorders in small cell lung carcinoma. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Balint Syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Lloyd Kasper about his Hot Topic Lecture at the AAN Meeting on the topic of digesting the gut microbiome: role in CNS demyelinating disease. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Dimberg, Wesley and Espay.Dr. Dimberg serves as an editorial board member of Nerve and Muscle Junction Podcast.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espay serves as an Associ

1) Early EEG contributing to multimodal outcome prediction of postanoxic coma and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. 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. Andy Schomer interviews Dr. Jeannette Hofmeijer about her paper on early EEG contributing to multimodal outcome prediction of postanoxic coma. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Susac syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Daniel Lowenstein about his H. Houston Merritt Lecture at the AAN Meeting on the topic of advances in the treatments for epilepsy. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Wesley, Espay and Lowenstein.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espay serves as an Associate Editor of Movement Disorders, Frontiers in Movement Disorders an

1) Switching from natalizumab to fingolimod in patients with remitting-relapsing multiple sclerosis and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. 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. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Ludwig Kappos about his paper on switching from natalizumab to fingolimod in patients with remitting-relapsing multiple sclerosis. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about dopamine-responsive dystonia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Timothy Pedley about his Presidential Lecture at the AAN Meeting about the topics of neurologists' burnout, cost and quality of healthcare, value of neurology to congress and payers along with maintenance of certification. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Keegan, Kappos, Wesley, Espay and Pedley.Dr. Keegan serves as Chief Edi