Neurology® Podcast

1) Dietary treatment in adults with refractory epilepsy and 2) Topic of the month: Movement disorder emergencies. 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. Lara Marcuse interviews Dr. Pavel Klein about his paper on dietary treatment in adults with refractory epilepsy. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about intraventricular neurocysticercosis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. David Taplinger interviews Dr. Steven Frucht about the movement disorder emergency: dystonic storm. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Klein, Numis and Frucht.Dr. Klein serves on the scientific advisory board for Eisai Inc., Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Acorda Therapeutics.; serves on the speakers' boards of UCB, Eisai Inc., Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; receives research support from UCB, SK Life Science, Inc., Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Lundbeck Inc.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Frucht is a consultant for Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Impax Pharmaceuticals and receives royalties from the publication of the book Movement Disorders Emergencies.

1) DPPX potassium channel antibody and 2) Topic of the month: Movement disorder emergencies. 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. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Oliver Tobin about his paper on the DPPX potassium channel antibody. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about cortical vein thrombosis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. David Taplinger interviews Dr. Steven Frucht about the movement disorder emergency: neuroleptic malignant syndrome. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Numis and Frucht.Dr. Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Frucht is a consultant for Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Impax Pharmaceuticals and receives royalties from the publication of the book Movement Disorders Emergencies.

1) Imaging prodromal Parkinson disease and 2) Topic of the month: Movement disorder emergencies. 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. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Danna Jennings about her paper on imaging prodromal Parkinson disease. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about distal hereditary neuropathies. In the next part of the podcast Dr. David Taplinger interviews Dr. Steven Frucht about the movement disorder emergency: serotonin syndrome. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Espay, Jennings, Numis and Frucht.Dr. Espay serves as an Associate Editor of Movement Disorders, Frontiers in Movement Disorders and Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders; serves as an editorial board member of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders and The European Neurological Journal; receives royalties for publications of books from Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins and from Cambridge University Press; serves on the scientific advisory board for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), Chelsea Therapeutics, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Impax Pharmaceuticals, Merz, Pfizer Inc, Solstice Neurosciences, LLC, Eli Lilly and Company, US WorldMeds; is a consultant for Chelsea Therapeutics, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie); serves on the speakers' bureaus of Novartis, UCB, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., American Academy of Neurology, Movement Disorders Society; receives research support from CleveMed/Great Lakes Neurotechnologies, Michael J. Fox Foundation and the NIH.Dr. Jennings received speaker honoraria from Novartis; serves on the speaker board of UCB; receives research funding from Michael J. Fox Foundation, FORUM Pharmaceuticals, Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Omeros, Amgen, Abbvie, Merck Serono, Eli Lilly and Company, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc.; Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.; Eisai Inc., TauRx Therapeutics Ltd and Biogen Idec.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Frucht is a consultant for Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Impax Pharmaceuticals and receives royalties from the publication of the book Movement Disorders Emergencies.

Oral Anticoagulants in Stroke. Lesson of the week interviews from February 2014.

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation and 2) Topic of the month: Neuro-infectious diseases. 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. Prachi Mehndiratta interviews Dr. Aaron Berkowitz about his paper on cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about nasociliary reflex. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Chenjie Xia interviews Dr. Karen Roos about neurocysticercosis, its common manifestations, investigations and treatment. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Numis and Roos.Dr. Berkowitz received speaker honoraria from Stevens Institute of Technology and receives royalties from the publications of the books Clinical Pathophysiology Made Ridiculously Simple, MedMaster and The Improvising Mind, Oxford.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Roos receives royalties for five published books.

1) Blood pressure management in stroke and 2) Topic of the month: Neuro-infectious diseases. 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. Bryan Eckerle interviews Dr. Ritvij Bowry about his paper on blood pressure management in stroke. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Ondine's curse. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Chenjie Xia interviews Dr. Karen Roos about Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, its clinical symptoms, signs, natural course and treatment. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Numis and Roos.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Roos receives royalties for five published books.

1) Why brain death is considered death and 2) Topic of the month: Neuro-infectious diseases. 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. Mike Brogan interviews Drs. Chris Burkle and Eelco Wijdicks about their paper on why brain death is considered death. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about equine encephalitides. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Chenjie Xia interviews Dr. David Clifford about progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and neurologic care of patients with HIV/AIDS. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Wijdicks, Numis and Clifford.Dr. Wijdicks served as Editor-in-Chief of Neurocritical Care and receives royalties from the publication of several books published by Oxford University Press.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Clifford has served/serves on scientific advisory boards for Amgen, Biogen Idec/Quintiles, BMS, Genentech, Inc., Genzyme Corporation, Pfizer Inc, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Sanofi-aventis; received a speaker honorarium from Sun Pharmaceuticals; serves/has served as a consultant for Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Genzyme Corporation, Biogen Idec, IAS-USA, CMSC/ACTRIMS, ECTRIMS, Drinker, Biddle, Reath, Cytheris and Novartis; receives research support from Lilly, Roche, Alzheimer Association and the NIH (NIMH, NINR); and has provided consultation in medico-legal cases.

1) Clinical and ethical judgment and 2) Topic of the month: Neuro-infectious diseases. 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. Dan Larriviere interviews Dr. Ciro Ramos-Estebanez about his paper on clinical and ethical judgment. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Brun's nystagmus. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Chenjie Xia interviews Dr. Justin McArthur about the salient and clinically relevant features of HIV and its neurologic complications. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Larriviere, Numis and McArthur.Dr. Larriviere serves as an Associate Editor of Continuum Audio; serves on the editorial advisory board of Neurology Today and receives speaker honoraria from American Association for the Advancement of Science.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. McArthur serves on the scientific advisory board of Relevare Pharmaceuticals LTD.; holds stock options in Relevare Pharmaceuticals LTD.; holds a patent for a device for thermal stimulation of small neural fibers with the World Intellectual Property Organization, International Publication Number WO 03/040672 A2, medical device for treatment of ulnar neuropathy. UlnarGuard ™ (JHU Ref: 4545) and immunophilin ligand treatment of antiretroviral toxic neuropathy (Provisional application number 60/466,650).

Mitochondrial disorders. Lesson of the week interviews from March 2014

1) The takeaway Frenzel goggles: a Fresnel-based device and 2) Topic of the month: Management of sports concussion. 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. Reza Seyedsadjadi interviews Dr. Michael Strupp about his paper on the takeaway Frenzel goggles: a Fresnel-based device. Dr. James Addington is reading our e-Pearl of the week about steroid-responsive encephalopathy. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Stephen Donahue interviews Dr. Michael Jaffee about the impact of concussion and traumatic brain injury in society. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Strupp, Addington and Jaffee.Dr. Strupp serves as Joint-Chief Editor of the Journal of Neurology, Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers in Neuro-otology Section Editor of F1000; serves on the scientific advisory board for Abbott and Pierre-Fabre; receives royalties from the publication of the book Vertigo and dizziness - common complaints; received speaker honoraria from Abbott, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Serono, Henning Arzneimittel GmbH & Co. KG, Pierre Fabre Laboratories, UCB and Eisai Inc. Dr. Addington serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Jaffee serves on the scientific advisory boards for WETA (Public Television) Brainline, U. S. Army Peer Review Alzheimer Research Program and the NIH translational research outcome consortium review.