Neurology® Podcast

1) Stroke risk stratification in acute dizziness presentations and 2) Topic of the month: Neuromyelitis optica. 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. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Kevin Kerber about his paper on stroke risk stratification in acute dizziness presentations. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about focal cortical dysplasia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Stacey Clardy interviews Dr. Jacqueline Palace about the topic of aquaporin-4 molecular mimicry/pathogenesis/research developments. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Southerland, Kerber, Wesley, Clardy and Palace.Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Deputy Editor for Neurology®; serves as Clinical Research Advisor for Totier Technologies, Inc.Dr. Kerber received funding for travel from Elsevier Inc. and the American Academy of Neurology; receives royalties from the publication of the book Clinical Neurophysiology of the Vestibular System, 4th edition; is a consultant for the American Academy of Neurology, University of California San Francisco (including work on a project funded by AstraZeneca), and Best Doctors, Inc.; receives research support from the NIH; received speaker honoraria from American Academy of Neurology and University of California San Francisco and loan repayment award from the NIH; reviewed legal records of Phil Pearsons, MD, JD and National Medical Consultants.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.Dr. Clardy receives research support from the Western Institute for Biomedical Research.Dr. Palace serves as on the scientific advisory board for Merck Serono, Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen Idec, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd., Sanofi-aventis, Alexion; received support for attending ECTRIMS Merck Serono Novartis and Biogen Idec Talks at scientific meetings (majority have CME) Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Medimmune; is a consultant for Ono Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Chugai Pharma Ltd., CI Consulting, Biogen Idec, GlaxoSmithKline, Alexion; serves on the speakers' bureau of Teva The CMSC, U. S.; receives research support from Bayer Schering Pharma, Merck Serono, Novartis Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., MS Society UK, Guthy Jackson Foundation and Department of Health Risk Sharing Scheme, Clinical Coordinator since 2002 Department of Health funding for a neuromyelitis optica service and a congenital myasthenia service; receives revenue from a patent from ISIS innovation Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Oxford, has filed a patent application (WO2013/117930 A2) to protect for the use of metabolomics as a method to diagnose and stage disease in multiple sclerosis.

1) Autoimmune post-herpes simplex encephalitis in adults and teenagers and 2) Topic of the month: Neuromyelitis optica. 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. Heather Harle interviews Dr. Josep Dalmau about his paper on autoimmune post-herpes simplex encephalitis in adults and teenagers. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about immunotherapy-responsive seizures. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Stacey Clardy interviews Dr. Dean Wingerchuk about the topic of new guidelines for neuromyelitis optica. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Dalmau, Wesley, Clardy and Wingerchuk.Dr. Dalmau serves as an editorial board member of Neurology® and UptoDate; serves as Editor-in-Chief of Neurology® Neuroimmunology and Neuroimflammation; is a consultant for Advance Medical; receives royalties for the following patents: Patent Ma2 autoantibody test, Patent NMDAR autoantibody test, patent application for the use of GABA(B) receptor, DPPX and IgLON5 autoantibody tests; received license fee payments for DPPX and IgLON5 autoantibody tests from Euroimmun; receives research support from Euroimmun, ISCIII, and the NIH.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.Dr. Clardy receives research support from the Western Institute for Biomedical Research.Dr. Wingerchuk serves as an editorial advisory board member for Current Medical Research and Opinion and Drugs in Context; serves as an editorial board member for Journal of Clinical Apheresis; serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Neurologist; served on the adjudication committee for therapeutic trial for MedImmune; is a consultant for Alexion and MedImmune; receives research support from Alexion, TerumoBCT and Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation.

1) Spectrum of cognition short of dementia and 2) Topic of the month: Neuromyelitis optica. 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. Jeff Burns interviews Dr. David Knopman about his paper on the spectrum of cognition short of dementia. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Dr. Terrence Cascino for our "What's Trending" feature of the week about what AAN is doing to combat the trend of physician burnout. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Stacey Clardy interviews Dr. Sean Pittock about the topic of neuromyelitis optica assay development, treatments and mimics, including MOG antibodies. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Jeff Burns, Knopman, Burns, Cascino, Clardy and Pittock.Dr. Jeff Burns serves on the editorial board for Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; receives royalties for the publications of Early diagnosis and treatment of mild cognitive impairment and Dementia: An atlas of investigation and diagnosis; is a consultant for PRA International and receives research support from the NIH, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, Elan, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., Wyeth, Pfizer Inc, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Danone, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Merck Serono and for clinical trials. Dr. Knopman served as Deputy Editor for Neurology®; serves on a Data Safety Monitoring Board for Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals and for the DIAN study; is an investigator in clinical trials sponsored by TauRX Pharmaceuticals, Lilly Pharmaceuticals and the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study; serves as a consultant to the Bluefield Project to Cure Frontotemporal Dementia; and receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with UCB, CSL Behring, Walgreens and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Dr. Cascino serves as President for the American Academy of Neurology.Dr. Clardy receives research support from the Western Institute for Biomedical Research.Dr. Pittock receives research support from Alexion, Guthy Jackson Charitable Foundation and the NIH.

1) Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation: Rituximab in treatment-resistant CIDP with antibodies against paranodal proteins and 2) Topic of the month: Neuromyelitis optica. 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. Kelly Gwathmey interviews Dr. Isabel Illa about her Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation paper on rituximab in treatment-resistant CIDP with antibodies against paranodal proteins. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Dr. Murray Grossman for our "What's Trending" feature of the week about his paper on the classification of primary progressive aphasia and its variants. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Stacey Clardy interviews Dr. Jeff Bennett about the topic of latest developments in neuromyelitis optica using his antibody library. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Illa, Burns, Grossman, Clardy and Bennett.Dr. Illa received a travel grant from Genzyme; serves as an editorial board member of Neurologia; holds a patent for Dysferlin detection in monocytes; has consulted for Grifols; received research support from Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias and ISCIII, Ministry of Health (Spain), Fundacion Gemio.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with UCB, CSL Behring, Walgreens and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Dr. Grossman serves on the scientific advisory board for Forum; serves as an editorial board member of Neurology®, Journal of Neurolinguistics, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; serves on the editorial advisory board for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration; receives research support from Wyncote Foundation, ALS Association and the NIH; received travel funding for a site visit from Max-Planck Society.Dr. Clardy receives research support from the Western Institute for Biomedical Research.Dr. Bennett serves on the scientific advisory board for Apsara Therapeutics; serves as an editorial board member of Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology, Multiple Sclerosis Journal and Neurology® Neuroimmunology and Neuroimflammation; has patents for compositions and methods for the treatment of neuromyelitis optica and novel blocking monoclonal therapy for neuromyelitis optica; is a consultant for EMD-Serono, Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Alnaylam Pharmaceuticals, Medimmune, Abbvie, Novartis, Chugai Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., Genzyme Corporation, Genentech, Inc.; receives license fee payments from Aquaporumab; has rights for future royalty payments from Aquaporumab; holds stock options in Apsara Therapeutics; receives research support from Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, NIH and Guthy-Jackson Foundation.NO CME WILL BE OFFERED THIS WEEK.

1) Infection, vaccination and childhood arterial ischemic stroke and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. 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. Mark McAllister interviews Dr. Heather Fullerton about her paper on infection, vaccination and childhood arterial ischemic stroke. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Lafora body disease. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Jim Bernat about his Neurology Today book review about "The Digital Doctor." The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Fullerton, Numis, Burns and Bernat.Dr. Fullerton serves as an editorial board member of Stroke; serves on a DSMB for the NIH for clinical trials related to sickle cell disease and stroke; and receives research support from American Heart Association Established Investigator Award.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with UCB, CSL Behring, Walgreens and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Dr. Bernat serves as an editorial board member of Neurocritical Care, Neurology Today, The Physician's Index for Ethics and Medicine and Multiple Sclerosis and Related Diseases; receives royalties from the publication of the books Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology, Ethical Issues in Neurology, 3rd ed. and Palliative Care in Neurology.

1) Neurology® Genetics: Phenotypic and molecular analyses of primary lateral sclerosis and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. 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. Elliot Dimberg interviews Dr. Hitoshi Mitsumoto about his Neurology: Genetics paper on the phenotypic and molecular analyses of primary lateral sclerosis. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Steve Ringel about a Neurology Today story on the topic of systemic exertion intolerance disease. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Dimberg, Mitsumoto, Numis, Burns and Ringel.Dr. Dimberg serves as an editorial board member of Nerve and Muscle Junction Podcast.Dr. Mitsumoto is a consultant for Biogen Idec; receives research support from Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Sanofi-aventis, Biogen Idec and the NIH.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with UCB, CSL Behring, Walgreens and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Dr. Ringel serves as editor of Neurology Today.NO CME WILL BE OFFERED THIS WEEK.

1) Longitudinal study of normal cognition in Parkinson disease and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. 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. Matthew Barrett interviews Dr. Daniel Weintraub about his paper on studying normal cognition in Parkinson disease. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Mike Avery for our "What's Trending" feature of the week about things happening in the Beltway of interest to neurologists. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Steve Ringel about a Neurology Today story on the topic of uptick in cases of narcolepsy. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Barrett, Weintraub, Burns and Ringel.Dr. Barrett received research support from the Virginia Center of Alzheimer´s and Related Diseases Research Award Fund.Dr. Weintraub serves as an editorial board member of Movement Disorders Journal and Journal of Parkinson's Disease; serves on the scientific advisory boards for Pfizer, Inc, Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd., Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Merck Serono, Lundbeck Inc. UCB, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novartis, Clintrex, LLC, Theravance Biopharma, Medivation, Inc. Non-profit-CHDI, ADCS; receives licensing fees from the University of Pennsylvania for licensing of Questionnaire for Impulsive-Compulsive Disorders in Parkinson's Disease; receives research support from Novartis, Michael J. Fox Foundation and the NIH; gave expert testimony for defense in 2012-2014 in two lawsuits related to impulse control disorders in Parkinson disease.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with UCB, CSL Behring, Walgreens and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Dr. Ringel serves as editor of Neurology Today.

1) Evaluation of outcome measures for neurogenic claudication and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. 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. John Markman about his paper on a patient-centered approach for evaluation of outcome measures for neurogenic claudication. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Dr. Robert Gross for our "What's Trending" feature of the week about Neurology's spoke journals. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Steve Ringel about a Neurology Today story on the topic of acute flaccid myelitis. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Markman and Ringel.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with UCB, CSL Behring, Walgreens and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Dr. Markman serves on the scientific advisory board for Allergan, Inc., Pfizer Inc, Purdue Pharma L. P., Chromocell Corporation, Plasma Surgical, Nektar, Depomed, Inc., Regeneron Pharmaceuticals; serves as an editorial board member of Merck Serono; is a consultant for Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd. and Nektar; receives research support from Depomed, Inc., Pfizer Inc and as a special government employee of the Food and Drug Administration.Dr. Gross is supported for educational endeavors from the University of Rochester Medical Center's Clinical and Translational Science Award from the NIH, since his appointment as Editor-in-Chief in 2009, he has ceased participation in industry-sponsored clinical trials and speakers' bureaus, receives an honorarium from AAN as Editor-in-Chief of Neurology.Dr. Ringel serves as editor of Neurology Today.

1) Hemorrhagic stroke following use of the synthetic marijuana "spice" and 2) Topic of the month: Updates in tele-neurology. 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. Justin Sattin interviews Dr. David Rose about his paper on hemorrhagic stroke following use of the synthetic marijuana "spice." Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Hirayama disease. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Jennifer Majersik about the topic of tele-neurology quality measures. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Rose, Wesley, Southerland and Majersik.Dr. Rose serves as an editorial board member of Neurohospitalist Journal and serves on the Speakers' bureau of Boehringer Ingelheim.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Deputy Editor for Neurology®; serves as Clinical Research Advisor for Totier Technologies, Inc.Dr. Majersik receives research support from the NIH.

1) Acute headache diagnosis in pregnant women and 2) Topic of the month: Updates in tele-neurology. 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. Teshamae Monteith interviews Dr. Matthew Robbins about his paper on acute headache diagnosis in pregnant women. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about primary lateral sclerosis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Jack Tsao about the topic of reimbursement, credentialing, and policy updates. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Monteith, Robbins, Wesley, Southerland and Tsao.Dr. Monteith serves as an editorial advisory board member for Neurology Now; and receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Robbins serves as an editorial board member of Headache and The Einstein Journal of Biology and Medicine; received honoraria for educational content and presentation American Headache Society and Prova Education and receives royalties from the publication of the book Headache (Neurology in Practice series).Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Deputy Editor for Neurology®; serves as Clinical Research Advisor for Totier Technologies, Inc.Dr. Tsao receives royalties from the publication of the book Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis, Management, and Rehabilitation and receives research support from the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and the Wounded, Ill & Injured Directorate, US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.