Neurology Minute

Dr. Vikram Karnik and Dr. Rob de Bie discuss early vs. delayed start of Levodopa in early Parkinson disease, and what it means for our clinical practice. Show reference: https://movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mds.29796   This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.

Dr. Justin Abbatemarco and Dr. Alice Tang discuss herpes simplex virus encephalitis in patients with autoimmune conditions and other factors.  Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209297   This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit  www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.

Dr. Tesha Monteith starts off this 6-part series with an introduction to neuromodulation. Show reference: https://practicalneurology.com/articles/2024-may-june/update-on-noninvasive-neuromodulation-devices-for-headache-treatment   This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit  www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.

In part two of this three-part series on non-epileptic events. Dr. Olga Alexeeva discusses disclosing a diagnosis of PNES to your patients in this episode. Show reference:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26633963/ This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.

Dr. Irfan Sheikh finishes out his five-part series about idiopathic generalized epilepsy with a discussion of epilepsy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures alone. This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.  

Dr. Halley Alexander, Dr. Jacqueline French, and Dr. Nora Jandhyala discuss investigating ED recognition of motor vs. non-motor seizures and its effect on the management and treatment of focal epilepsy in adolescents. Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209389  

In the second episode of this two-part series, Dr. Justin Abbatemarco and Dr. Bob Fox walk through what serum neurofilament light chain is measuring and how it applies more broadly to neurologic disease.  Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209357  

In the first episode of this two-part series, Dr. Justin Abbatemarco and Dr. Bob Fox walk through what serum neurofilament light chain is measuring and how it applies more broadly to neurological disease.  Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209357  

In part one of this three-part series on non-epileptic events. In this episode, Dr. Andy Ho Wing Chan provides an overview of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). Show reference: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/epi4.12060  

In the fourth episode of this five-part series, Dr. Irfan Sheikh talks about Idiopathic generalized epilepsy. In this episode, he talks about juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.  

Dr. Justin Abbatemarco and Dr. Ellen Iacobaeus discuss patient characteristics, disease-modifying therapy, and disability progression in patients with late-onset MS and adult-onset MS.   Show reference:  https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000208051

Dr. Jeff Ratliff and Dr. Chris Gibbons discuss the use of skin biopsies to detect phosphorylated α-synuclein in individuals with synucleinopathies.  Reference: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2816441

In the third episode of this five-part series, Dr. Irfan Sheikh talks about Idiopathic generalized epilepsy. In this episode, he talks about juvenile absence epilepsy.

Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Charles Chiu to discuss his paper "Pathogen Detection and Associated Patient Characteristics from Clinical Metagenomic Next-generation Sequencing Testing for Neurological Infections."  Show reference:  https://index.mirasmart.com/AAN2024/PDFfiles/AAN2024-002889.html

Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks about distinguishing functional tic-like behaviors from primary tic disorders.   Show references: https://movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mdc3.13977  

As part of our "Physician as Patient" series, Dr. Andy Southerland and Dr. Amy Hessler discuss her experience with a ruptured arteriovenous malformation as a 2nd-year neurology resident.   

In the second episode of this five-part series, Dr. Irfan Sheikh talks about idiopathic generalized epilepsy. In this episode, he discusses childhood absence epilepsy.    

Dr. Rae Bacharach talks with Dr. Erin Finn to discuss her paper "Robert Frost's Inaugural Woes: A Differential Diagnosis for his Acute Vision Loss." Show reference:  https://index.mirasmart.com/AAN2024/PDFfiles/AAN2024-002333.html  

As part of our "Physician as Patient" series, Drs. Andy Southerland and Joe Sirven discuss his experience with a ruptured arteriovenous malformation. If you're attending the AAN Annual Meeting in Denver, you can catch this conversation and more in a live Q&A session on April 16th at 2:30 pm MT at the publication stage.

Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Reghann LaFrance-Corey to discuss her paper "Evaluation of the diagnostic utility of caveolae-associated protein 4 (cavin-4) epitope-based ELISA in identification of immune mediated rippling muscle disease." Show reference:  https://index.mirasmart.com/AAN2024/PDFfiles/AAN2024-003093.html

Drs. Jeff Ratliff, Dara V. F. Albert, and Afsaneh Talai discuss understanding the gaps in resident education on psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/NE9.0000000000200111   This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.

Dr. Kait Nevel and Dr. Elizabeth Gerstner discuss the use of CAR-T cells in the treatment of glioblastoma.  Show reference:  https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2314390 This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.

Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Georgios Mangioris to discuss his paper "Defining the CSF Cytokine and Chemokine Signature of Neurosarcoidosis." Show reference: https://index.mirasmart.com/AAN2024/PDFfiles/AAN2024-005404.html   This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information. 

In part two of this series, Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Avindra Nathin, the 2024 Ted Burns Humanism in Neurology Award winner about what he strives to do in every patient visit.  Show Reference: https://www.aan.com/research/ted-burns-humanism-neurology-award    This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.

Dr. Halley Alexander talks with Dr. Steven Vernino to discuss his paper "Randomized Controlled Trial of Intravenous Immunoblobulin for Autoimmune Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (iSTAND)." Show reference:  https://index.mirasmart.com/AAN2024/PDFfiles/AAN2024-002916.html   This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.