MDS Podcast

For the second episode of the special series focused on the peer review process, Dr. Shweta Prasad speaks with Prof. Günther Deuschl about the crucial first part of the peer review process - identifying reviewers, and understanding when a reviewer should accept or decline an invitation to review.

Prof. Andres Lozano shares the results of the phase 2 clinical trial showing safety and feasibility of the staged bilateral MR-guided focus ultrasound thalamotomy in 10 patients. Read the article.

For the first episode of the special series focused on the peer review process, Dr. Daniel Di Luca speaks with Dr. Christopher Goetz about the importance and most important aspects of a peer review.

Dr. Hugo Morales discusses "Neuropsychiatric Features of Punding and Hobbyism in Parkinson’s Disease," by Dr. Pedro Barbosa et al., from Movement Disorders Clinical Practice . Read the article.

Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Professor Antonio Strafella and Dr. Cecilia Peralta their work from the MDS Neuroimaging Study Group published in Movement Disorders Clinical Practice on a "Pragmatic Approach on Neuroimaging Techniques for the Differential Diagnosis of Parkinsonisms." Read the article

Dr. Günter Hoglinger discusses the article he recently published in the Movement Disorders journal on tau imaging in a cohort of corticobasal syndrome patients, along with amyloid PET and CSF analysis to differentiate the neuropathological entity underlying the clinical manifestations. Read the article

Dr. Michele Matarazzo speaks with Prof. Maja Kojović about the paper awarded as 2021 best review article from the Movement Disorders journal, highlighting the impact on several factors on the variability of movement disorders. Read the article

Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Dr. Stanley Fahn about the origins of levodopa therapy for Parkinson's disease in the 1960s, how that generated an explosion of interest and research in dopamine's role in movement disorders and beyond, and how it all led to the dawning of the movement disorders field, journal, society, and community that we are all part of today. Read the article

The neurologists Dr. Francesca Morgante and Dr. Nicola Modugno and Cecilia Ferrari, a person with Parkinson's disease, share their experience swimming across the strait of Messina, highlighting the importance of physical activity in PD.

Dr. Michele Matarazzo speaks with Prof. Ryosuke Takahashi about the results of his recent study that shows how this anti-epileptic drug may inhibit the transmission of alpha synuclein in PD. While this was tested in animal models, future clinical trials are warranted to test the effects on PD progression. Read the article

Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Claudia Trenkwalder the 2021 Virtual MDS Congress, her tenure as the MDS president, and her hopes for the future of the MDS.

Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Dr. Anumantha Kanthasamy about RT-QuIC from skin tissues as a potential new biomarker for Parkinson's disease. Read the article

Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Dr. Caroline Olvera about trending videos of tics and other neurological syndromes on social media. Read the article

Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Dr. Carlos Camargo about the non-motor and prodromal features of dystonia. Read the article

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Prof. Gilberto Fisone about the role of autophagy in levodopa-induced dyskinesia. Read the article

Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Pedro Garcia Ruiz his recent paper in Movement Disorders Clinical Practice discussing the history and data behind the use of electroconvulsive therapy in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. Read the article

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Nicola Ray on a recently published article that demonstrates a relationship between changes in cholinergic nuclei in MRI and future gait disorders in Parkinson's 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

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