Neurology® Podcast

Dr. Gordon Smith talks with Dr. Suma Babu about a new approved treatment for ALS that is associated with a mutation in the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) gene. Read the related article on the FDA website. For links to articles and previous podcast episodes, please visit NPUb.org/Podcast.

Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Farrah Mateen about clinical information that neurologists and other clinicians can use to treat people who are forcibly displaced. Read the related article in Neurology. For links to articles and previous podcast episodes, please visit NPUb.org/Podcast. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000206857

Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Prof. Bastiaan Bloem about the latest developments in biomarkers and treatments for movement disorders, which have been described in numerous research papers from 2022.  Read the related article in The Lancet. For links to articles and previous podcast episodes, please visit NPUb.org/Podcast.

Dr. Tesha Monteith talks with Dr. Mark Burish about circadian-targeted research into cluster headache and migraine. Read the related article in Neurology. For links to articles and previous podcast episodes, please visit NPUb.org/Podcast.

Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Sophie Cho, Program Director in the Division of Clinical Research at NINDS, about the state of Parkinson disease research. For links to previous podcast episodes, please visit NPUb.org/Podcast.

Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Raúl Martínez-Fernández about the long-term outcome of unilateral FUS-STN treatment for Parkinson disease. Read the related article in Neurology.

Dr. Andrew Southerland talks with Dr. Alejandro Rabinstein and Hassan Kobeissi about comparing outcomes between CTP and NCCT for EVT selection in the late therapeutic window. Read the related article in Neurology.

Dr. Matthew Harms talks with Dr. Emily Plowman about the effects of inspiratory and expiratory respiratory strength training (RST) programs in individuals with ALS. Read the related article in Neurology.

Prof. Jon Stone speaks with Drs. Tamara Pringsheim and Davide Martino about the latest updates on functional tic-like behaviors and new diagnostic criteria.  For more information on this topic, check out the previous conversation from January 2022 with Prof. Jon Stone and Dr. Tamara Pringsheim. Read the related article in The New York Times. Read the other related articles in the European Journal of Neurology by Dr. Martino and Dr. Pringsheim.   

Dr. Tesha Monteith talks with Dr. Alexandra Jean Sinclair about disease course and long-term outcomes in pregnant women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Read the related article in Neurology®.

Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Vikas Kotagal about how neighborhood socioeconomic factors vary among individuals with different types of clinical movement disorders.  Read the related article in Neurology®: Clinical Practice.

Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Christopher Gibbons about the need for accurate diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for MSA and its differentiation from other synucleinopathies. Read the related article in Neurology®.

Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. David Lynch about the use of omaveloxolone for patients with friedreich ataxia. Read the related article in Annuals of Neurology. 

Dr. Tesha Monteith talks with Dr. Martin Underwood about supportive self-management programs for people living with chronic migraine or chronic tension type headache with episodic migraine. Read the related article in Neurology®.

The April 2023 replay of past episodes showcases our November 2022 headache series hosted by Dr. Tesha Monteith. The first episode features a conversation with Dr. Peter Goadsby about value offered by headache classifications, followed by and interview with Drs. Simona Sacco and Jessica Ailani about an update on migraine guidelines. Next in the episode, Dr. Lars Edvinsson discusses CGRP and role of sex hormones. The April recall closes out with an interview with Dr. Rebecca Burch about hot topics in headache medicine.  

This episode features Dr. Stacey Clardy in conversation with the 2023 Ted Burns Humanism in Neurology Award winner, Dr. Deanna Saylor.

Read the related article in Neurology®.

In this episode, dedicated to the memory of the 35th president of the AAN, Dr. Ralph Sacco, Dr. Tesha Monteith talks with Dr. Mitch Elkind and Dr. Orly Avitzur, as they talk about the life, legacy, and incredible achievements of Dr. Ralph Sacco for all that he touched and for those left to be inspired.  Read Dr. Sacco's In Memoriam article.  

Dr. Halley Alexander talks with Dr. Anto Bagic about the utilization of specific surgical techniques for epilepsy from the National Association of Epilepsy Centers.  Read the related article in Neurology.