Neurology® Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

The September 2024 recall features previously posted Neurology Minute episodes by Dr. Alison Christy, focusing on Women in History Minutes. Dr. Christy has curated an outstanding series highlighting numerous women and their significant contributions to the field of neurology. In honor of Women in Medicine Month, we’ve compiled some of the best moments from her series to celebrate these remarkable pioneers. Tune in to celebrate the remarkable contributions of these women and their lasting impact on the medical field.

Mary Putnam Jacobi

Eliska Klimkova-Deutschova

Dorothy Russell

Louise Eisenhardt

Rita Levi Montalcini

Sarah McNutt

Augsta Dejerine-Klumpke

Forence Rena Sabin

Kinuko Suzuki

Marian Molly Putnam

Ema Gibbs

Mary Broadfoot Walker

Isabelle Rapin

Mary Spink and Alice Bennett

Marie Joubert

Mary Anne Guggenheim

 

Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

Dr. Gregg Day talks with Dr. Sebastian Palmqvist about the use of blood biomarkers to streamline the diagnostic workup and treatment of Alzheimer disease.

Read the related article in JAMA.

Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

Dr. Halley Alexander talks with Dr. Kimford J. Meador about perinatal exposure to anti-seizure medications and its effects on creativity and executive function in children.

Read the related article in Neurology. 

Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

 

Dr. Jennifer Majersik talks with Samantha Cote about the relationship between lifetime hormone exposure and cerebral small vessel disease in postmenopausal women in the UK-Biobank.

Read the related article in Neurology. 

Visit NPub.org/Podcast for associated article links.

1) Management of headache and 2) Topic of the month: Aphasia. 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. Kelly Gwathmey interviews Professor Peter Goadsby about his paper on management of headache. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about electrodiagnostic features of axonal neuropathy. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Keith Josephs for the next part of our discussion on aphasias for our Lesson of the Week. The participants had nothing to disclose except Professor Goadsby, Drs. Overman, Espay and Josephs. Prof. Goadsby has served as a consultant for or served on a scientific advisory board for Advanced Bionics, Allergan, Inc., Almirall, Amgen, ATI, AstraZeneca, Belgian Research Council, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boston Scientific, CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Coherex Medical, Inc., Eli Lilly & Company, Fidelity Foundation, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Kalypsys Inc., Medtronic, Inc., MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Migraine Research Foundation, Migraine Trust, Minster Pharmaceuticals plc, Medical Research Council-UK, Merck & Co., Inc., the NIH/ NINDS (Consultant); Netherlands Research Council, Neuralieve, NeurAxon Inc. NeuroTherapeutics Pharma, Organisation for Understanding Cluster Headache-UK and US, and Pfizer Inc; receives royalties from the publication of Mechanism and Management of Headache, 7th ed. (Elsevier, 2005); and has received research support from GlaxoSmithKline, Neuralieve, Merck & Co., Inc., Johnson & Johnson, and MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Overman serves as Deputy Editor on the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section editorial team and the Neurology® Podcast Committee.Dr. Espay received has personal compensation as a consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim; grant support from Codman; Medtronic, Inc; Allergan, Inc.; and CleveMed, and honoraria from UCB-SCHWARZ PHARMA AG; Medtronic, Inc. and Novartis.Dr. Josephs is funded by R01- DC010367 (PI), the Dana Foundation (PI), and the Morris K. Udall PD Research Center of Excellence NIH/NINDS P50 NS40256 (Co-I).

1) Muscular dystrophy and 2) Topic of the month: Aphasia. 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. Richard Finkel about his paper on muscular dystrophy. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about anti-NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Keith Josephs for the next part of our discussion on aphasias for our Lesson of the Week. Over the subsequent two weeks, we will continue to highlight the disorders of language. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Dimberg, Finkel, Overman, Espay and Josephs. Dr. Dimberg serves as an editorial board member of AANEM Nerve and Muscle Junction Podcasts and as part of the Neurology® Podcast Panel, has received honoraria from ePocrates.com and Harris Interactive. Dr. Finkel serves on advisory boards for PTC Therapeutics, Inc., DuchenneConnect, Families of SMA, the National Fabry Disease Foundation, and TREAT-NMD; has received travel expenses for lectures not funded by industry; receives research support from PTC Therapeutics, Inc., Genzyme Corporation, Santhera Pharmaceuticals, the NIH (U54 AR0526446-03 [Co-I] and 1U54 NS0657-12-01 [Co-I]), the SMA Foundation, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and the Foundation for the Eradication of Duchenne; and his spouse serves on the editorial board of Arthritis Research and Therapy, holds and has received license fees for numerous patents related to T cell activation and HIV, and receives research support from Merck Serono and the NIH in the field of T cell activation, HIV and genomics of juvenile arthritis.Dr. Overman serves as Deputy Editor on the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section editorial team and the Neurology® Podcast Committee.Dr. Espay received has personal compensation as a consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim; grant support from Codman; Medtronic, Inc; Allergan, Inc.; and CleveMed, and honoraria from UCB-SCHWARZ PHARMA AG; Medtronic, Inc. and Novartis.Dr. Josephs is funded by R01- DC010367 (PI), the Dana Foundation (PI), and the Morris K. Udall PD Research Center of Excellence NIH/NINDS P50 NS40256 (Co-I).

1) Depression in Parkinson disease and 2) Topic of the month: Aphasia. 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. Russ Swerdlow interviews Dr. Massimo Filippi about his paper on depression in Parkinson disease. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about five clues to the diagnosis of inclusion body myositis...and...amphiphysin antibody-associated stiff-person syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Keith Josephs about post-stroke aphasias for our Lesson of the Week. Over the next subsequent three weeks, we will highlight primary progressive aphasias. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Filippi, Overman, Espay and Josephs. Dr. Filippi serves on scientific advisory boards for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Genmab A/S; has received funding for travel from Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen-Dompe AG, Genmab A/S, Merck-Serono, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; serves on editorial boards of the American Journal of Neuroradiology, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Erciyes Medical Journal, Journal of Neuroimaging, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Journal of Neurovirology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Multiple Sclerosis, and Neurological Sciences; serves as a consultant to Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen-Dompe AG, Genmab A/S, Merck-Serono, Pepgen Corporation, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; serves on speakers' bureaus for Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen-Dompe AG, Genmab A/S, Merck-Serono, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; and receives research support from Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen-Dompe AG, Genmab A/S, Merck-Serono, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla, and Fondazione Mariani. Dr. Overman serves as Deputy Editor on the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section editorial team and the Neurology® Podcast Committee. Dr. Espay received has personal compensation as a consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim; grant support from Codman; Medtronic, Inc; Allergan, Inc.; and CleveMed, and honoraria from UCB-SCHWARZ PHARMA AG; Medtronic, Inc. and Novartis. Dr. Josephs is funded by R01- DC010367 (PI), the Dana Foundation (PI), and the Morris K. Udall PD Research Center of Excellence NIH/NINDS P50 NS40256 (Co-I).

1) Seasonal prevalence of MS and 2) New Clinical Practice Journal. 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. John Scagnelli interviews Dr. Dominik Meier about his paper on MS disease activity. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about drug-induced parkinsonism...and...alteplase-associated hemi?orolingual angioedema from the e-Pearl archives. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. John Corboy about the first issue of the new Clinical Practice Journal for our Lesson of the Week. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Meier, Overman, Burns and Corboy. Dr. Meier has received research support from the NIH (R01 AG022092-01 [co investigator] and NCRR P41 RR013218 [consultant]. Dr. Overman serves as Deputy Editor on the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section editorial team and the Neurology® Podcast Committee.Dr. Burns receives a stipend as Podcast Editor for Neurology®, and performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (30% effort).Dr. Corboy serves as Editor for Clinical Practice Journal and Section Editor for Neurology Today, receives research support from Novartis [CFTY720D2309], the NIH [ NINDS1UO1NS4571901A1], and National MS Society and gave expert testimony in the trial of Colorado Anthony vs Loop, Morgan County District Court. A fixed 25 % of his salary is paid by the Rocky Mountain MS Center.

1) Cerebral artery infarctions 2) Antibiotics-cause of encephalopathy. 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. Adam Kelly about his paper on cerebral artery infarctions. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about highlights from the e-Pearl archive. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Matthew Flaherty interviews Dr. Steven Lewis on antibiotics as a cause of encephalopathy for our Lesson of the Week. In concluding, there is a brief statement where to find other up-to date patient information and current Patient Page. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Overman, Flaherty and Lewis.

1) Nonfluent primary progressive aphasia and 2) MuSK antibodies. 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. Farrah Mateen interviews Dr. Jonathan Rohrer about his paper on nonfluent primary progressive aphasia. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about the Stransky sign. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Beau Bruce interviews Dr. Donald Sanders about MuSK antibodies for our Lesson of the Week. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Rohrer, Mateen, Overman, Bruce and Sanders. Dr. Mateen has received grant funding from the AAN/AANF 2010 Practice Research Fellowship. Dr. Rohrer has received research support from the Wellcome Trust (Clinical Research Fellowship) and Brain (Exit Scholarship).Dr. Overman serves as Deputy Editor on the Neurology(R) Resident and Fellow Section editorial team and the Neurology(R) Podcast Committee.Dr. Bruce has received grant funding from the AAN/AANF Practice Research Fellowship and is funded by NIH grants UL1-RR025008 and KL2-RR025009.Dr. Sanders is a consultant for Accordant Health Services, Inc, Bayhill Therapeutics, Inc, Jacobus Pharmaceutical Co., Inc, BioMarin, Inc, Baxter International Inc., CytoKinetics, GlaxoSmithKline, and GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc, receives royalties from the publication of the book Single Fiber EMG and serves on the speakers' bureau of Athena Diagnostics and Talecris Biotherapeutics.