Neurology Minute

Dr. Jason Crowell talks about Daylight Savings Time and effects on the brain, from a JAMA Neurology paper by Beth Malow et al., which can be read here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/article-abstract/2753446  

Dr. Will Rondeau talks with Dr. David Thaler about the current state of PFO closure and stroke prevention, in the first of a ten-part stroke series. 

Dr. Teshamae Monteith discusses lasmiditan as a migraine drug for acute migraine attacks. 

Dr. Sylvia Tenembaum discusses whether plasma exchange was safe and effective for children in her study this week in Neurology.

Dr. Ted Burns nerve conduction studies in CSF.

Dr. Sashank Prasad and Dr. Marc Dinkin discuss higher cortical visual disorders in the third part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Higher Cortical Visual Disorders" by Drs. Prasad and Dinkin in the October 2019 Neuro-ophthalmology issue of Continuum . 

Dr. Christopher Tarolli discusses his paper, "Symptom burden among individuals with Parkinson's disease". Show references: https://cp.neurology.org/content/early/2019/11/20/CPJ.0000000000000746/tab-article-info?versioned=true

Dr. Greg Day discusses sex-specific differences in dementia, from an October 9th article in Neurology. 

Dr. Ted Burns discusses genetic panel testing and hyperCKemia.

Dr. Sashank Prasad and Dr. Marc Dinkin discuss higher cortical visual disorders in the second part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Higher Cortical Visual Disorders" by Drs. Prasad and Dinkin in the October 2019 Neuro-ophthalmology issue of Continuum . 

Dr. Joel Salinas his editorial's definition of social health and the evidence demonstrating an association between social health and brain health. 

Dr. Andrew Hershey provides the main takeaways of his paper on pharmacologic treatment for pediatric migraine prevention

Dr. Teshamae Monteith discusses remote electrical neuromodulation. 

Dr. Ted Burns talks about CIDP basics and diagnosis. 

Dr. Sashank Prasad and Dr. Marc Dinkin discuss higher cortical visual disorders in the first part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Higher Cortical Visual Disorders" by Drs. Prasad and Dinkin in the October 2019 Neuro-ophthalmology issue of Continuum . 

Dr. Andrew Mammen talks about what clinicians need to know about this subtype of dematomyositis.

In a highlight from the second part of a two-part interview with Lawrence Weschler, Oliver Sacks biographer, he discusses Sacks' legacy.

Dr. Fabio Nascimento discuss distal parasthesias, from a Teaching Video NeuroImages article in Neurology.

Dr. Christopher Glisson discusses diplopia in the third part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Approach to Diplopia" by Dr. Glisson in the October 2019 Neuro-ophthalmology issue of Continuum . 

Dr. Richard Burt discusses the main takeaways from his paper on autologous, nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation for neuromyelitis optica.

Here's a highlight from the 1st part of our 2-part interview on the life of Oliver Sacks with Lawrence Weschler.

Dr. Eoin Flanagan discusses progressive solitary sclerosis.

Dr. Jeff Ratliff highlights a Neurology Today article in discussing cancer risk in Parkinson disease. Read the article here:  https://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/Fulltext/2019/09190/In_Small_Study,_Parkinson_s_Disease_Patients_with.1.aspx . 

Dr. Christopher Glisson discusses diplopia in the second part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Approach to Diplopia" by Dr. Glisson in the October 2019 Neuro-ophthalmology issue of Continuum . 

Dr. Randall Bateman gives the main takeaways from his paper addressing how high precision plasma amyloid-β 42/40 predicts current and future brain amyloidosis.