Neurology® Podcast
American Academy of Neurology
The Neurology Podcast provides practical information for neurologists and clinicians to practice the best possible medicine for patients. Examining methods and findings in peer-reviewed journals, the show provides insights that impact clinical practice and patient care. From the journal Neurology and the American Academy of Neurology, providing education and expert analysis since 2007.
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Jun 15, 2020 • 23min
Use of Progenitor Cells in Parkinson Disease
Dr. Jeffrey Ratliff talks with Dr. Jeffrey Schweitzer about his NEJM paper discussing progenitor cells for Parkinson disease. Read the NEJM article here: https://bit.ly/2XjHvuc.
Jun 8, 2020 • 21min
Managing Migraine, pt. 2
You'll hear the second part of an interview on migraine between Dr. Jason Crowell and Dr. David Watson, focusing on special patient populations in management of migraine.
Jun 1, 2020 • 19min
Managing Migraine; How to improve using Quality Outcomes Measurement Sets
In the first segment, Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. David Watson about managing migraine in the first part of a two-part series. In the second segment, Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Jason Jonathan Sico about his Neurology paper on improving quality outcomes measurement sets. Part of the information in the discussion with Dr. Watson can be found in this paper in Current Pain and Headache Reports: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11916-019-0749-1. 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.
May 29, 2020 • 1h 7min
Neuromyelitis Optica Treatment (Neurology Recall June 2020)
In this replay of previous episodes, we features discussions on the treatment of neuromyelitis optica. We begin with Dr. Ted Burns' interview of Dr. Stacey Clardy from Dec. 2019 on treatment and prevention of disease activity. From October 2019, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Sean Pittock on eculizumab in aquaporin-4–positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. The 3rd segment is from Nov. 2019 and features Dr. Clardy's talk with Dr. Silvia Tenembaum about prognostic indicators of improvement with therapeutic plasma exchange in pediatric demyelination. Next, there's Stacey Clardy's talk with Dr. Richard Burt on autologous, nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation for neuromyelitis optica. Finally, Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Maureen Mealy, from May 2020, about scrambler therapy for NMO-related pain.
May 25, 2020 • 19min
Insomnia Treatment in the Elderly; Living with Huntington's Part 2
In the first segment, Dr. Jeffrey Ratliff talks with Dr. Yves Dauvilliers about their paper on insomnia treatment in the elderly. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell continues his talk with Dr. Nancy Wexler about living with Huntington's 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.
May 18, 2020 • 26min
Living with Huntington's Disease (part 1); Latest on PFO and stroke
In the first segment, you'll hear the first part of an interview between Dr. Jason Crowell and Dr. Nancy Wexler on living with Huntington's disease. In the second segment, Dr. Andrew Southerland talks with Dr. Steven Messe on his practice advisory update summary paper on patent foramen ovale and secondary stroke prevention. 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.
May 17, 2020 • 41min
Neurology Recall: Topics in Connectome
In this replay of past episodes, we focus on interviews about the connectome. In the first interview, from Feb. 2019, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Michael Fox on mapping symptoms to brain networks. From Aug. 2019, Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks again with Dr. Michael Fox about network localization of cervical dystonia based on causal brain lesions. In the final interview, Dr. Nico Dosenbach talks about neural networks as they relate to deep brain stimulation, from a talk with Dr. Jeff Ratliff from April 2020.
May 11, 2020 • 22min
Treatment of Adult ADHD
Dr. Teshamae Monteith talks with Dr. Scott Hirsch about treatment of adult ADHD.
May 6, 2020 • 16min
SPECIAL REPORT: Dr. Renee Shellhaas on Demonstrating Courage in a Time of Uncertainty
Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Renee Shellhaas on courage during COVID-19 and on demonstrating leadership as neurologists in these circumstances. Read Dr. Shellhaas' special editorial: https://n.neurology.org/content/early/2020/04/24/WNL.0000000000009496. For a clearing house of neurology related information on the coronavirus go to https://www.aan.com/tools-and-resources/covid-19-neurology-resource-center/ to stay up-to-date.
May 4, 2020 • 26min
Epilepsy in the Elderly; Scrambling Pain in NMO
In the first segment, Dr. Jeff Ratliff speaks with Dr. Scott Mintzer about epilepsy in the elderly. In the second segment, Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Maureen Mealy about her paper on the use of scrambler therapy for pain in neuromyelitis optica. 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.
