Author Bruce Taubman, MD, discusses his two articles The Timing of Cognitive and Physical Rest and Recovery in Concussion and Repeat Concussion and Recovery Time in a Primary Care Pediatric Office. Kyle Lenz, a third-year medical student at Oregon Health and Science University, presents this month’s learning topic on pediatric post-traumatic headache. And Dr. David Rothner, a pediatric neurologist, discusses how he became the "headache guru."

Read Dr. Taubman's articles here and here.

Read the pediatric post-traumatic headache review here. 

Author David Lynch, PhD, discusses his article Comorbid Medical Conditions in Friedreich Ataxia: Association With Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Growth Hormone Deficiency. This month we talk to Dr. Jonathan Mink, a specialist in movement disorders, about his career path. 

Read Dr. Lynch's article here. 

Author Charles Hammond discusses his article Moyamoya Syndrome in South African Children With HIV-1 Infection. Medical student Louisa Chatroux presents the learning topic on neurologic manifestation of HIV In children. Lastly, Dr. Jennifer McGuire discusses what led her to a career in pediatric neurology. 

Read Dr. Hammond's article here. 

Editor-In-Chief Randolph J. Nudo talks with authors Ilse Lamers and Peter Feys about their article in the September 2016 issue of Neurorehabilitation & Neural Repair: "Upper Limb Rehabilitation in People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review."

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A conversation with Dr. Elisabeth B. Marsh, Assistant Professor of Neurology and the Medical Director of a stroke center at the Johns Hopkins University Bayview Medical Center, discussing her article "The NIH Stroke Scale Has Limited Utility in Accurate Daily Monitoring of Neurologic Status." Dr. Marsh notes that while the NIH Stroke Scale has numerous advantages, it can miss functional changes when used to measure improvement poststroke.

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Editor-In-Chief Randolph J. Nudo talks with authors Sook-Lei Liew and Surjo R. Soekadar about their article in the August 2016 issue of Neurorehabilitation & Neural Repair: "Improving Motor Corticothalamic Communication After Stroke Using Real-Time fMRI Connectivity-Based Neurofeedback."

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Author Nick Brenton, MD, discusses his article Approach to the Management of Pediatric-Onset Anti-N-Methyl-d-Aspartate (Anti-NMDA) Receptor Encephalitis: A Case Series. Second, Dr. Keith van Haren of Stanford discusses his career path and balance of research and clinical medicine.

Author Leigh Charvet, PhD, discusses her article Behavioral Symptoms in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis: Relation to Fatigue and Cognitive Impairment. Brenda Banwell, PhD, chair of pediatric neurology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia discusses what led to her career in child muscular neurobiology and her work-life balance.

Author Hannah Tully, MD, discusses her article Two Hundred Thirty-Six Children with Developmental Hydrocephalus published in the March 2016 issue of the Journal of Child Neurology. The learning topic this month is genetic diagnostics of early-onset epileptic encephalopathy. 

In the Journal of Child Neurology's inaugural podcast, resident and fellow Alison Christy, MD, PhD, has a conversation with author Kandice Varcin, PhD, about her article "Visual Evoked Potentials as a Readout of Cortical Function in Infants With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex," in the February 2016 issue of the Journal of Child Neurology. The podcast also delves into retinoblastoma, balancing patient care and medical research, and a case report on Guillain-Barre syndrome and HLH.

Articles discussed in this podcast:

Visual Evoked Potentials as a Readout of Cortical Function in Infants With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

Retinoblastoma

Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome in a 16-Month-Old Child