Neurology® Podcast

Dr. Jeff Burns speaks with Dr. Michael Weiner about his New York Times article on blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease. Read the article here: https://nyti.ms/3cKheMW.

In the first segment, Dr. Jeffrey Ratliff talks with Dr. Elizabeth Matthews about her paper on super-refractory status epilepticus. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell speaks with Matthew Futterman about hit New York Times article on neurologic sequela in sledding athletes. Read the NYT article here: https://nyti.ms/3mNBlhE.  Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. CME Opportunity: Listen to this week’s Neurology Podcast and earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by completing the online Podcast quiz.

In honor of the recent Nobel Prize award for chemistry awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for their discovery of the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. This episode highlights past coverage of CRISPR, starting with Dr. Ted Burns talking with Eric Olson, from the 2016 Annual Meeting. Dr. Jason Crowell focuses his discussion with Dr. Heidi Ledford on CRISPR babies and what's needed to make gene editing safe, from August 2019. From May 6th, 2019, Dr. Jason Crowell speaks with Pam Belluck of the NYT on gene editing and CRISPR. Finally, we highlight a December 2018 episode where Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Josephine Johnston of the Hastings Center on the ethical and philosophical implications of gene editing.

In the first segment, Dr. Jeffrey Ratliff speaks with Dr. A.M. Madelein van der Stouwe about her Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry article on diagnosing arm tremor. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/3iETrQD. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Andrew Southerland talks with Dr. Michael Knoflach and Dr. Lukas Mayer about their paper discussing extracellular matrix protein in cervical artery dissection.  Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. CME Opportunity: Listen to this week’s Neurology Podcast and earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by completing the online Podcast quiz.

Dr. Jason Crowell continues his discussion with Dr. Sonia Vallabh on a profile of prion disease, in the second part of a 2-part interview. 

In this month's replay of past episodes, we cover movement disorder emergencies, featuring discussion between podcast editors Dr. Jeffrey Ratliff and Dr. Jason Crowell, from July 13th and 20th. For discussion questions for your next journal club talk, go here.

In the first part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell speaks with Dr. Sonia Vallabh about her life and work in prion disease, in the 1st part of a 2-part series. Dr. Vallabh has been profiled in WIRED and the New York Times. Next, Dr. Teshamae Monteith talks with Dr. Joanne Fielding about her paper discussing visual processing in visual snow syndrome. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. CME Opportunity: Listen to this week’s Neurology Podcast and earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by completing the online Podcast quiz.

In the first segment, Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Eric Pachman about his report on copaxone and drug pricing. Next, Dr. Jeffrey Ratliff talks with Dr. Yi Li about her Neurology: Clinical Practice paper discussing ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture.  Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. No CME this week: Interviews based on articles from Neurology: Clinical Practice®, Neurology® Genetics, and Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation are excluded from the CME program.

Dr. Teshamae Monteith talks with Dr. Ralph Sacco about health disparities and inequities in light of COVID-19. 

In the first segment, Dr. Dan Ackerman and Dr. Andrew Southerland finish their discussion on managing ischemic stroke, in the 5th of a 5-part series. Next up, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Luise Appeltshauser about her paper discussing paranodal antibodies in acute autoimmune neuropathy. Read Dr. Appelshauser's paper in Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation: https://nn.neurology.org/content/7/5/e817.  Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. No CME this week: Interviews based on articles from Neurology: Clinical Practice®, Neurology® Genetics, and Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation are excluded from the CME program.

Dr. Dan Ackerman and Dr. Andrew Southerland continue their discussion on managing ischemic stroke, in the 4th of a 5-part series. Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Lara Jehi about her paper discussing surgery costs in temporal lobe epilepsy. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. CME Opportunity: Listen to this week’s Neurology Podcast and earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by completing the online Podcast quiz.

In this month's replay of past episodes, we cover treatment and management of status epilepticus, featuring discussion between Dr. Halley Alexander and Dr. Michael Sperling. For discussion questions for your next journal club talk, go here. 

Dr. Dan Ackerman and Dr. Andrew Southerland continue their discussion on managing ischemic stroke, in the 3rd of a 5-part series. In the second segment, Dr. Halley Alexander talks with Dr. Martha Morrell about her paper discussing neurostimulation in focal epilepsy. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. CME Opportunity: Listen to this week’s Neurology Podcast and earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by completing the online Podcast quiz.

In the 2nd of a 5-part series on managing ischemic stroke, Dr. Andrew Southerland talks with Dr. Dan Ackerman. Dr. Gregg Day talks with Dr. Brian Appleby about his paper discussing diagnostic testing for prion disease.  Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. CME Opportunity: Listen to this week’s Neurology Podcast and earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by answering the multiple-choice questions in the online Podcast quiz.

In the 1st of a 5-part series on managing ischemic stroke, Dr. Andrew Southerland talks with Dr. Dan Ackerman. Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Elizabeth Coon about her paper discussing phenoconversion in pure autonomic failure.  Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. CME Opportunity: Listen to this week’s Neurology Podcast and earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by completing the online Podcast quiz.

Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Avindra Nath on an update on COVID-19, what we know, update on vaccines, and where we go from here.

Dr. Jeffrey Ratliff talks with Dr. Nico Dosenbach about plasticity of functionally connected motor networks. Read Dr. Dosenbach's paper in Neuron: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0896627320303536?via%3Dihub.  

In this replay of previous episodes, we feature discussions on Huntington's disease. There's the discussion between Dr. Jeffrey Ratliff and Dr. Ruth Walker from November 2016. Then, we have 2 Neurology Minute episodes on the history of HD. The next segment features Dr. Jason Crowell talking with Dr. Nancy Wexler from May 2020, on her life's work in HD research and on her life. From July 2019, Dr. Jeffrey Ratliff talks with Dr. Sarah Tabrizi on targeting HD expression in patients. Finally, in July 2020, Dr. Jason 

In the first segment, Dr. Andrew Southerland speaks with Dr. J.G. Makin about his Nature article on thought-to-text technology. Then, Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Jonathan Kimmelman about his paper on expert crowd prediction on clinical trial response. Dr. Makin's article is available online at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-0608-8. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. CME Opportunity: Listen to this week’s Neurology Podcast and earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by answering the multiple-choice questions in the online Podcast quiz.

In the first segment, Dr. Kathryn Nevel and Dr. Jennie Taylor discuss neuro-oncology. Next, Dr. Jeffrey Ratliff talks with Dr. David Charles about his paper discussing deep brain stimulation in early Parkinson disease. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. CME Opportunity: Listen to this week’s Neurology Podcast and earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by answering the multiple-choice questions in the online Podcast quiz.