MDS Podcast

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Rosa De Micco on the functional MRI correlates of anxiety in Parkinson's disease, highlighting the main results of the article she recently published on the topic in the Movement Disorders journal. Read the article

Dr. Yiwen Wu discusses a newly-described peripherally-induced movement disorder (PIMD), and discusses with Dr. Schaefer the potential pathophysiologies of PIMDs. Read the article

Dr. Mcihele Matarazzo interviews Dr. David Standaert about the review article he recently published on neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease, including the main evidence of its role on the pathogenesis of the disease and how understanding it better may help us discovering new therapeutic targets. Read the article

Dr. Brit Mollenhauer discusses the recent advances in the use of neurofilament light chain for the diagnosis and follow up of Parkinson's disease and related disorders, highlighting the results of a recent longitudinal study. Read the article

Dr. Marta San Luciano shares the main findings of the recently published article on the impact of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs use on the risk of developing PD in a large LRRK2 mutation carriers cohort. Read the article

In this interview, Prof. Brit Mollenhauer provides insight into how researchers have been coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the article

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Kazuto Tsukita, the first author of the article awarded as "2020 Review Article from Movement Disorders " on the advances of in-vivo alpha-synuclein detection as a biomarker for Parkinson. Read the article

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Amy Amara, the first author of the article awarded as "2020 Research Article from Movement Disorders " on the effects of exercise on sleep in Parkinson's disease. Read the article

In this interview, Prof. Günther Deuschl highlights the main results of the EARLYSTIM project, focusing on non-motor outcomes, and especially on the effects of DBS on Social and Occupational Functioning in Parkinson's Disease. Read the article

Preprint articles of scientific results have been thrust into the spotlight due to the desire for rapid results pertaining to COVID-19. Here, we dive into the trend with Movement Disorders’ editor, Dr. Jon Stoessl. Read the article

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Anette Schrag about the recently published article on late-stage parkinsonism and related neuropsychiatric complications. Why is it important? And are we doing enough to help patients at this stage? Read the article

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Prof. Roy Alcalay on the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the clinical activity and how it is changing the way we see patients. Will telemedicine be an integrating part of our clinical practice?

In this interview the president of the MDS, Prof. Claudia Trenkwalder shares the main changes and strategies that the MDS is implementing to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the replacement of the International MDS congress with a virtual meeting.

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Prof. Angelo Antonini on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders patients and how to manage them. And also, what is the evidence of a link between COVID-19 and Parkinson's disease? Read the article

In this issue Dr. Filip Sheperjans shares the results of the article published in the March 2020 issue of the Movement Disorders journal on the effect of antibiotic exposure on the risk of developing Parkinson's disease. Read the article

Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Sarah Lidstone her recent paper in Movement Disorders Clinical Practice about a novel, multidisciplinary therapeutic intervention for functional movement disorders patients. Read the article

Dr. Viswas Dayal discusses with Dr. Michele Matarazzo how adjusting the pulse width of deep brain stimulation could impact Parkinson's disease, highlighting the results of the paper he recently published in the Movement Disorders journal. Read the article

Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Sarah Gregory her recent study on neuroimaging changes and fluid biomarkers in Huntington's disease, and how those may be used to better characterize the biological basis for neurodegeneration in this disease Read the article

Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Dr. Nicola Pavese about the imaging modalities currently in use and emerging to differentiate parkinsonian syndromes and Parkinson's subtypes, and how imaging helps us to understand, study, and treat these conditions. Read the article

As part of the MDS Congress 2019 Special Issue, Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Rodger Elble about recent advances in tremor classification, diagnosis and treatment approaches, and about the future plans of the MDS Tremor study group to overcome current challenges for clinicians and researchers.

As part of the MDS Congress 2019 Special Issue, Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Christos Ganos about the newly created MDS Tic Disorders and Tourette Syndrome Study Group, and the main news breakthroughs in the field, that have been discussed during the MDS Congress.

As part of the MDS Congress 2019 Special Issue, Dr. Matarazzo interviews Dr. K. Ray Chaudhuri about news in Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia, including new treatments, scales and other advances in early and late-stage PD. Read the article

As part of the MDS Congress 2019 Special Issue, Dr. Matarazzo interviews Dr. Alberto Espay about technology in movement disorders, highlighting recent advances and the goal of the MDS to create a platform that will combine technology-based data and e-diaries.

As part of the MDS Congress 2019 Special Issue, Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Gesine Respondek about atypical parkinsonisms, focusing on the MDS activities to advance in the knowledge and management of these diseases and facilitate clinical trials.

Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Jordan Kamel the role of botulinum toxin in the treatment of refractory upper limb tremor, and his center's tailored approach to provide relief for these patients. Read the article