1. Featured Article: Interdisciplinary Response to Contemporary Concerns about Brain Death Determination2. What's Trending: Gene Drive, part 2This podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the February 27, 2018 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Andy Schomer talks with Dr. Ariane Lewis about her paper on the determination of brain death. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Ted Burns speaks with Dr. Kevin Esvelt fo...
Feb 26, 2018•29 min
1. Featured Article: Intravenous thrombolysis and platelet count2. What's Trending: Gene Drives, part IThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the February 6, 2018, issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Kevin Barrett talks with Dr. Henrik Gensicke about his article on the effect of platelet count on bleeding risk and mortality in stroke patients treated with IV thrombolysis. In the second part of the podcast, you...
Feb 19, 2018•21 min
1. Featured Article: Medical Retirement from Sport after Concussions: a practical guide for a difficult discussion2. What's Trending: CGRP drugs and treatment of migraineThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the February 13, 2018 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. James Noble about his Neurology® Clinical Practice paper on athletes who retire from sport following concussion. In t...
Feb 12, 2018•31 min
Featured Article: Burnout, Wellness, and the Future of Our ProfessionThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the February 6, 2018, issue of Neurology. This week, Dr. Ted Burns talks with Dr. Terry Cascino about his special address on burnout and the future of neurology. DISCLOSURES: Dr. Burns is the deputy section editor of the Neurology® podcast; has served on scientific advisory boards for Argenx, UCB, and CSL Behring;...
Feb 05, 2018•34 min
This month's Delayed Recall episode comprises an update regarding recent developments in the field of stroke, and includes four interviews from 2017 that focused on this topic. The first interview aired in the September 12 episode, and features a discussion between Dr. Kevin Barrett and Dr. Tudor Jovin regarding the recent DAWN trial. Next, Dr. David Ackerman and Dr. Gene Latorre take a look at the stroke rehabilitation quality measurement set update that was published in Neurology® in October o...
Feb 01, 2018•47 min
1. Featured Article: Racial disparities in refusal of stroke thrombolysis in Chicago2. Lesson of the Week: Emergency management of migraineThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the January 30, 2018, issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Jennifer Majersik talks with Dr. Scott Mendelson about his paper on differences in tPA refusal in black vs non-black patients with acute ischemic stroke. In the second part of t...
Jan 29, 2018•26 min
1) Featured Article: Collateral response modulates the time–penumbra relationship in proximal arterial occlusions2) Lesson of the Week: Migraine and neuromodulationThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the January 23, 2018, issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Kevin Barrett talks with Dr. Smriti Agarwal about her paper on collateral circulation in proximal arterial occlusions and extending the scope of thrombo...
Jan 22, 2018•23 min
1. Featured Article: Practice guideline update summary: Mild cognitive impairment2. Lesson of the Week: Migraine and hormonesThis Neurology® Podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the January 16, 2018, print issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Jeff Burns talks with Dr. Ronald Petersen about the updated 2001 AAN guideline on prevalence, prognosis, and treatment of MCI. For the Lesson of the Week, Dr. Teshamae Montei...
Jan 15, 2018•26 min
1) Featured Article: Quality improvement in neurology: Child neurology quality measure set2) Lesson of the Week: Update on chronic migraine risk factors, management, and treatmentThis Neurology® Podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the January 9, 2018, issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Adam Numis talks with Dr. Jeffrey Buchhalter and Dr. Anup Patel about their quality measure set executive summary article regar...
Jan 08, 2018•26 min
1) Featured Article: Clinical biomarkers differentiate myelitis from vascular and other causes of myelopathy 2) What's Trending: Clinical Trials in Alzheimer Disease This Neurology® Podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Carlos Pardo about his paper on clinical biomarkers and differential diagnosis of myelitis. For the "What's Trending" segm...
Jan 01, 2018•29 min
Patient Perspectives, Part II (January 2018)This month's Delayed Recall episode is the second part of our feature including interviews that focus on the patient perspective. The first part of this feature aired as the Delayed Recall episode for December 2017. We feature four interviews in this second installment; the first is Dr. Alberto Espay's interview with Dr. Ted Burns in the Sept. 3, 2013 episode, in which they discuss Dr. Burns' cancer diagnosis and his subsequent experience as a patient....
Dec 31, 2017•47 min
1) Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation: Cryptogenic NORSE: Its distinctive clinical features and response to immunotherapy 2) What's Trending: R&F section update with Dr. Roy StrowdThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the December 12, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Takahiro Iizuka about his paper on diagnosis and treatment of new-onset refractory stat...
Dec 11, 2017•21 min
Show description/summary:1) Long-term benefit of enzyme-replacement therapy in Pompe disease: A 5-year prospective study2) What's Trending: ACTH or prednisolone for infantile ataxiaThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the December 5, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Kelly Gwathmey talks with Dr. Nadine van der Beek about her paper on enzyme-replacement therapy in Pompe disease. In the second part of ...
Dec 04, 2017•20 min
This month's Delayed Recall episode is the first in a duo of episodes featuring interviews that focus on the patient perspective. The second part of this feature will appear as the Delayed Recall episode for January 2018. As the first of the three interviews included in December's episode, we feature an interview by Dr. Ted Burns with Dr. Oliver Sacks regarding Dr. Sacks' experience with ocular melanoma. This interview originally aired in January 2011, and appeared again as part of a Delayed Rec...
Dec 01, 2017•32 min
1) Midlife systemic inflammatory markers are associated with late-life brain volume: The ARIC study2) What's Trending: Neurology paper on breast feeding, ovulatory years, and risk of multiple sclerosisThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the November 28, 2017 issue of Neurology In the first segment, Dr. Jeff Burns talks with Dr. Keenan Walker about his paper on the association between systemic inflammation and brain v...
Nov 27, 2017•24 min
Show description/summary:1) Multiparametric MRI changes persist beyond recovery in concussed adolescent hockey players 2) Neurology Today® paper on the increase in gabapentinoid prescriptionThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the November 21, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Ted Burns talks with Dr. Kathryn Manning and Dr. Ravi Menon about their paper regarding the effects of concussion on adolescen...
Nov 20, 2017•20 min
Show description/summary:1) Infliximab for the treatment of central nervous system sarcoidosis: A multi-institutional series2) What's Trending: Sonic traumatic brain injuryThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the November 14, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Siddharama Pawate and Dr. Jeff Gelfand about their paper on infliximab for treatment of central nervous system sarc...
Nov 13, 2017•26 min
Show description/summary:1) This variant alters protein function, but is it pathogenic? (Neurology® Genetics)2) What's Trending: PFO UpdatesThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the November 7, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Michelle Mauermann talks with Dr. Massimo Pandolfo about his recent Neurology® Genetics editorial, entitled "This variant alters protein function, but is it pathogenic?". In the...
Nov 06, 2017•34 min
This month's Delayed Recall episode features Dr. Stacey Clardy's Lesson of the Week interviews on the topic of immunotherapy, which originally aired in July 2017. In the first interview, Dr. Clardy speaks with Dr. Dennis Bourdette about new immunotherapies in neurology. This interview first appeared in the July 4 episode. In the interview from July 11, Dr. Clardy continues the discussion about new immunotherapies with Dr. Jeffrey Cohen. The third interview, from the July 18 episode, features Dr....
Oct 31, 2017•59 min
Show description/summary:1) Change in multimodal MRI markers predicts dementia risk in cerebral small vessel disease2) What's Trending: dabigatran reversal in patients with uncontrolled bleeding This podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the October 31, 2017, issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Matthew Elliot talks with Dr. Hugh Markus about his paper multimodal MRI markers and dementia risk in cerebral small vess...
Oct 30, 2017•28 min
Show description/summary:1) Persistent focal enhancement of the cisternal segment of oculomotor nerve in ophthalmoplegic migraine (Neurology® Clinical Practice)2) What's Trending: Tenecteplase for acute ischemic strokeThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the October 24, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Heather Harle talks with Dr. Ihtesham Qureshi about his Neurology® Clinical Practice paper on ophth...
Oct 23, 2017•21 min
Show description/summary:1) Qualitative study of burnout, career satisfaction, and well-being among US neurologists in 20162) What's Trending: gene editing in human embryosThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the October 17, 2017, issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Pearce Korb talks with Dr. Janis Miyasaki about her paper on burnout, career satisfaction and well-being among US neurologists. In the second pa...
Oct 16, 2017•21 min
Show description/summary:1) Quality improvement in neurology: Stroke and stroke rehabilitation quality measurement set update2) Neurology Today® paper on Parkinson disease and autoimmunityIn the first segment, Dr. Dan Ackerman talks with Dr. Gene Latorre about his paper on the updated quality measurement set for stroke and stroke rehabilitation. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Alberto Espay focuses his interview with Dr. David Sulzer on Parkinson disease and autoimmunity. Disclosures can ...
Oct 09, 2017•28 min
Show description/summary:1) Functional impairments for outcomes in a randomized trial of of unruptured brain AVMs2) What's Trending: Hurricane Harvey and patient care in TexasThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the October 3, 2017, issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Andrew Southerland talks with Dr. JP Mohr about his paper on functional impairment outcome measurements in a randomized trial of unruptured br...
Oct 02, 2017•20 min
This special Delayed Recall episode is the second installment of our new Practice Current segment. In this episode, Dr. Luca Bartolini speaks with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) experts Dr. Tarso Adoni and Dr. Michael Levy. They discuss the results of a recent Practice Current (a section of Neurology® Clinical Practice) survey regarding NMO treatment, and share their thoughts on best practices. This is the first appearance of this interview in the podcast.
Sep 30, 2017•19 min
Show description/summary:1) Neurology® Genetics: ExACtly zero or once: A clinically helpful guide to assessing genetic variants in mild epilepsies 2) What's Trending: Orphan drug pricingThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the September 26, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Jim Kiely talks with Dr. Samuel Berkovic about his Neurology® Genetics paper on assessing genetic variants in mild epilepsies. In...
Sep 25, 2017•24 min
Show description/summary:1) Medication-overuse headache: An entrenched idea in need of scrutiny 2) What's Trending: DAWN TrialThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the September 19th, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Alex Menze talks with Dr. Elizabeth Loder about her paper on medication overuse headache. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Kevin Barrett focuses his interview with Dr. Tudor Jovin o...
Sep 18, 2017•34 min
Show description/summary:1) National randomized controlled trial of virtual house calls for Parkinson disease2) Neurology Today: Interview with Joseph Safdieh, the new Editor-in-Chief of Neurology Today®This podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the September 12, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Ray Dorsey about his paper on virtual house calls for Parkinson disease. In the seco...
Sep 11, 2017•19 min
Show description/summary:1) Longitudinal diffusion changes following postoperative delirium in older people without dementia2) What's Trending: Poor sleep is associated with CSF biomarkers of amyloid pathology in cognitively normal adultsThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the September 5, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Pearce Korb talks with Dr. Michele Cavallari and Dr. David Alsop about their p...
Sep 04, 2017•15 min
The first interview in this month's Delayed Recall episode is from March 17, 2015; in this interview, Dr. Howard Goodkin and Dr. Robert Stern discuss the effect that age of first exposure to football has on later-life cognitive impairment in former NFL players. The second interview, from August 29, 2017, is a discussion between Dr. Jason Crowell and Dr. Jesse Mez about a July 2017 JAMA paper on occurrence of CTE in American football players. In the third interview, Dr. Christopher Giza speaks wi...
Sep 01, 2017•49 min
