This month's podcast discusses the themed stroke issue coinciding with the International Stroke Conference taking place in San Francisco in early February. Also discussed is the first of a series of articles on stroke in developing countries.

Highlights from the January issue of The Lancet Neurology, includes a research article on epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa and the Leading Edge urging WHO to prioritise neurological diseases.

December's Listen to The Lancet Neurology highlights the negative outcome of a trial of the drug TCH346 as a neuroprotective agent for Parkinson's disease, a Review about meningiomas, and depression among people with neurological disease.

Editor Helen Frankish discusses the highlights from the November issue, which this month has a focus on Parkinson's disease.

October's TLN podcast includes a discussion of a paper on epilepsy in China, and a Forum article on possible infectious causes of multiple sclerosis.