Neurology® Podcast

Show description/summary:1) Quality improvement in neurology: Stroke and stroke rehabilitation quality measurement set update2) Neurology Today® paper on Parkinson disease and autoimmunityIn the first segment, Dr. Dan Ackerman talks with Dr. Gene Latorre about his paper on the updated quality measurement set for stroke and stroke rehabilitation. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Alberto Espay focuses his interview with Dr. David Sulzer on Parkinson disease and autoimmunity. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Espay serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders; serves as an editorial board member of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders and The European Neurological Journal; serves on the scientific advisory board for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Impax, Merz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pfizer Inc, Solstice Neurosciences, Eli Lilly and Company, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and USWorldMeds; is a consultant for Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd., Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cynapsus and Lundbeck, Inc; receives royalties for publications of books from Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins and Cambridge University Press; serves on the speakers' bureau of UCB, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., American Academy of Neurology and Movement Disorders Society; receives research support from the CleveMed/Great Lake Neurotechnilogies, Michael J. Fox Foundation and the NIH.All other participants report no disclosures.

Show description/summary:1) Functional impairments for outcomes in a randomized trial of of unruptured brain AVMs2) What's Trending: Hurricane Harvey and patient care in TexasThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the October 3, 2017, issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Andrew Southerland talks with Dr. JP Mohr about his paper on functional impairment outcome measurements in a randomized trial of unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell focuses his interview with Dr. Aziz Shaibani on Hurricane Harvey and its effect on patient care in Texas. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology; receives research support from the American Heart Association-American Stroke Association National Clinical Research Program, American Academy of Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Health Resources Services Administration and the NIH; has a provisional patent application titled: "Method, system and computer readable medium for improving treatment times for rapid evaluation of acute stroke via mobile telemedicine;" and gave legal expert review.Dr. Mohr serves as Associate Editor for History of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease; has consulted for Schering-Plough; has given expert testimony on unruptured brain AVMs; and has received research support from NINDS associated with the ARUBA trial. Dr. Crowell reports no disclosures.Dr. Shaibani is President-Elect for the Texas Neurology Society.

This special Delayed Recall episode is the second installment of our new Practice Current segment. In this episode, Dr. Luca Bartolini speaks with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) experts Dr. Tarso Adoni and Dr. Michael Levy. They discuss the results of a recent Practice Current (a section of Neurology® Clinical Practice) survey regarding NMO treatment, and share their thoughts on best practices. This is the first appearance of this interview in the podcast.

Show description/summary:1) Neurology® Genetics: ExACtly zero or once: A clinically helpful guide to assessing genetic variants in mild epilepsies 2) What's Trending: Orphan drug pricingThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the September 26, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Jim Kiely talks with Dr. Samuel Berkovic about his Neurology® Genetics paper on assessing genetic variants in mild epilepsies. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell focuses his interview with Dr. Gordon Smith on orphan drug pricing. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Kiely is employed at InTouch Health Physician Services as a teleneurologist, and holds stock with InTouch Health. Dr. Berkovic serves on scientific advisory board for UCB Pharma and Eisai Australia; has served on editorial boards for Brain, Epileptic Disorders, and Lancet Neurology; is an investor listed on a Bionomics Inc patent on diagnostic testing using SCN1A gene (WO2006/133508), and is an investor on a pending patent for a therapeutic compound related to a genetic cause of familial epilepsy with mental retardation in females (WO61/010176); receives research support from UCB, SciGen, and Eisai Australia, the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (Program Grant #1091593; 2016-2020), and NINDS (U01 NS077367-01; 2011-2014).Dr. Smith serves on the Celegene data monitoring committee; serves as editor for NeuroLearn; has consulted for Regenesis, Allergan, and Viromed; and receives research support from Impeto Medical, and NIDDK (DK064814), NINDS (U10NS077305 and U10NS086606).Dr. Crowell reports no disclosures.

Show description/summary:1) Medication-overuse headache: An entrenched idea in need of scrutiny 2) What's Trending: DAWN TrialThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the September 19th, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Alex Menze talks with Dr. Elizabeth Loder about her paper on medication overuse headache. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Kevin Barrett focuses his interview with Dr. Tudor Jovin on the DAWN trial on Trevo thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Menze reports no disclosures.Dr. Loder has received travel funding from the American Headache Society and American Migraine Foundation and The British Medical Journal; has served on the editorial boards of The British Medical Journal, Cephalalgia, and Headache; receives publishing royalties from Cambridge University Press; and has received research support from Harvard Medical School.Dr. Barrett serves on the editorial boards of Neurology and Neurohospitalist; receives publishing royalties from Wiley-Blackwell; and has received research support from NINDS.Dr. Jovin has served on the Codman Neurovascular Data Safety Monitoring Board; has received travel funding from Stryker Neurovascular and Fundacio Ictus; and holds stock/stock options in Silk Road Medical, Anaconda, and Blockade Medical.

Show description/summary:1) National randomized controlled trial of virtual house calls for Parkinson disease2) Neurology Today: Interview with Joseph Safdieh, the new Editor-in-Chief of Neurology Today®This podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the September 12, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Ray Dorsey about his paper on virtual house calls for Parkinson disease. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Joseph Safdieh about Dr. Safdieh's new position as Editor in Chief of Neurology Today. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Ratliff has received a speaker honorarium from Haverford College.Dr. Dorsey has served on the scientific advisory boards of Shire Pharmaceuticals and Huntington's Disease Society of America; has received travel funding and/or honoraria from the American Academy of Neurology and the American Neurological Association; has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Huntington's Disease, HD Insights, and Digital Biomarkers; has been a consultant for 23andMe, Abbott Nutrition, Abbvie, Amgen, Biogen, Clintrex, GlaxoSmithKline, Grand Rounds, Lundbeck MC10, MedAvante, Medico Legal services, NIH/NINDS Optio, Shire, Sunovion Pharma, Teva, UCB, Voyager Therapeutics, State of Georgia, Mednick Associates, and Putnam Associates; has performed clinical practice, including telemedicine, as a movement disorder neurologist; has received research support from Abbvie, AMC Health, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, BioMarin, GlaxoSmithKline, Great Lakes Neurotechnologies, Lundbeck, Medtronic, Prana Biotechnology, Raptor Pharmaceuticals, Roche, Teva Pharmaceuticals, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, University of California Irvine, Duke University, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Davis Phinney Foundation, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Safra Foundation, Greater Rochester Health Foundation, Huntington Study Group, and National Science Foundation; holds Grand Rounds and BlackFlynn stock options; and has received compensation for expert testimony.Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology; receives research support from the American Heart Association-American Stroke Association National Clinical Research Program, American Academy of Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Health Resources Services Administration and the NIH; has a provisional patent application titled: "Method, system and computer readable medium for improving treatment times for rapid evaluation of acute stroke via mobile telemedicine;" and gave legal expert review.Dr. Safdieh has served on the scientific advisory board for Upsher Smith; is the Editor-in-Chief of Neurology Today, has received publishing royalties from Elsevier, and has performed consultant work regarding legal proceedings.

Show description/summary:1) Longitudinal diffusion changes following postoperative delirium in older people without dementia2) What's Trending: Poor sleep is associated with CSF biomarkers of amyloid pathology in cognitively normal adultsThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the September 5, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Pearce Korb talks with Dr. Michele Cavallari and Dr. David Alsop about their paper on longitudinal diffusion changes following postoperative delirium in people without dementia. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jeff Burns focuses his interview with Dr. Barbara Bendlin on poor sleep and biomarkers of amyloid pathology in cognitively normal adults. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Alsop serves as associate editor for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; has received research support from GE Healthcare Technologies, NIH (P01 AG031720, R01 MH080729, R01 NS047029, R21 EB014471, R01 CA169470, P20 DK108276, R44 DK111260); and receives royalty payments for Patent 7,545,142 (arterial spin labeling with pulsed radio frequency sequences) and from GE Healthcare, Philips Healthcare, Siemens Medical, Hitachi Medical, and Animage Technology.Dr. Cavallari has received research support from NIA (P01AG03172).Dr. Burns has served on the DSMB for NIH-funded trials (non-profit entities); serves on the editorial board for Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; has consulted for Grifols, USA; has served on Eli Lilly Amyvid Speaker's Bureau; and has received research support from Eli Lilly, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Toyama Chemical Company, Merck, Biogen, AbbVie, Novartis, vTv Therapeutics, Janssen, and NIH (R01AG058557, R01AG053312, R01AG034614, R01AG03367, R01AG043962, P30AG035982, U10NS077356, UL1TR000001). Dr. Bendlin serves as associate editor for Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; and has received research support from NIH/NIA (Alzheimer's Disease Connectome Project, U01AG051216, P50 AG033514, R01AG037639, R56AG052698, R21AG053738, P50 AG033514, 1U54AI117924).Dr. Korb reports no disclosures.

The first interview in this month's Delayed Recall episode is from March 17, 2015; in this interview, Dr. Howard Goodkin and Dr. Robert Stern discuss the effect that age of first exposure to football has on later-life cognitive impairment in former NFL players. The second interview, from August 29, 2017, is a discussion between Dr. Jason Crowell and Dr. Jesse Mez about a July 2017 JAMA paper on occurrence of CTE in American football players. In the third interview, Dr. Christopher Giza speaks with Dr. John Hart about Dr. Hart's paper regarding depressive symptoms and white matter dysfunction in retired NFL players with concussion history. This interview originally appeared in the July 1, 2013 episode. The fourth and final interview is a discussion between Dr. Ted Burns and former NFL player Ben Utecht, regarding Mr. Utecht's Sept 23, 2014 editorial, "Concussed."

Show description/summary:1) Prognostic relevance of MOG antibodies in children with an acquired demyelinating syndrome2) What's Trending: CTE and American football playersThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the August 29, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Nicholas Brenton talks with Dr. Kevin Rostásy about his paper on the prognostic relevance of MOG antibodies in children with an acquired demyelinating syndrome. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell focuses his interview with Dr. Jesse Mez on chronic traumatic encephalopathy and American football players. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Rostásy serves on a scientific advisory board for Novartis regarding a fingolimod project, and has received speaker honoraria for Merck-Serono.Dr. Smith serves on the Celegene data monitoring committee; serves as editor for NeuroLearn; has consulted for Regenesis, Allergan, and Viromed; and receives research support from Impeto Medical, and NIDDK (DK064814), NINDS (U10NS077305 and U10NS086606).All other participants report no disclosures.

Show description/summary:1) Oral fluoroquinolones and risk of secondary pseudotumor cerebri syndrome2) Neurology Today: FDA Approves Edaravone for ALS: Phase 3 Trial Finds It Slows ProgressionThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the August 22, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Halley Alexander talks with Mr. Mohit Sodhi about his paper on oral fluoroquinolones and risk of secondary pseudotumor cerebri syndrome. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Kelly Gwathmey focuses her interview with Dr. Terry Heiman-Patterson on a Neurology Today® story about the FDA-approval of edaravone for the treatment of ALS. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: All participants report no disclosures.