Neurology Minute

Dr. Stacey Clardy discusses the diagnosis of catatonia.

Dr. Halley Briglia Alexander begins a series on epilepsy basics. This first episode will focus on the neurostimulation device VNS (vagal nerve stimulator). Other episodes in the series: https://neurologyminute.libsyn.com/website/size/5/?search=epilepsy+basic

Dr. Jeffrey Burns interviews Dr. Amy Sanders on the AAN's new update to the dementia management quality measurement set.

Dr. Crowell interviews Dr. Timothy Yu about his article "Patient-customized oligonucleotide therapy for a rare genetic disease." Read the NEJM article: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1813279.

Dr. Brad Klein discusses the 2020 fee schedule.

Dr. Nicholas Johnson discusses myotonic muscular dystrophies in the fourth part of this four-part series. To learn more, read the article "Myotonic Muscular Dystrophies" by Dr. Johnson in the December 2019 Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders issue of Continuum, which is open to all until March 1, 2020, at continpub.com/MuscDys.

Dr. Nicholas Johnson discusses myotonic muscular dystrophies in the third part of this four-part series. To learn more, read the article "Myotonic Muscular Dystrophies" by Dr. Johnson in the December 2019 Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders issue of Continuum, which is open to all until March 1, 2020, at continpub.com/MuscDys.

Dr. Daniel Hartung discusses the take-home message from his paper, "Qualitative study on the price of drugs for multiple sclerosis".

Dr. Stacey Clardy discusses features and diagnosis of relapsing polychondritis.

Dr. Stacey Clardy talks about CTLA4 deficiency and relevance to neurology.

Dr. Nicholas Johnson discusses myotonic muscular dystrophies in the second part of this four-part series. To learn more, read the article "Myotonic Muscular Dystrophies" by Dr. Johnson in the December 2019 Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders issue of Continuum, which is open to all until March 1, 2020, at continpub.com/MuscDys.

Dr. Charles Bernick discusses the main points from his paper on repetitive head impacts in professional fighters and brain volume.

Dr. Amy Gelfand discusses the main points from her interview on infant colic and episodic syndromes and their association with migraine.

Dr. Stacey Clardy discusses GAD65-associated neurologic autoimmunity, including clues for diagnosis.

Dr. Nicholas Johnson discusses myotonic muscular dystrophies in the first part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Myotonic Muscular Dystrophies" by Dr. Johnson in the December 2019 Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders issue of Continuum,which is open to all until March 1, 2020 at continpub.com/MuscDys.

Dr. Dalmau and Dr. Graus discuss the main takeaways on their paper on Hashimoto's Encephalopathy and whether we should continue to use the term.

Dr. Richard Lipton and Dr. Dawn Buse discuss the main takeaways from their paper on migraine progression in migraine subgroups based on comorbidities.

Dr. Christopher Doughty discusses toxic myopathies in the third part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Toxic Myopathies" by Dr. Doughty in the December 2019 Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders issue of Continuum.

Dr. Mary Reilly discusses the main takeaways from her paper on next-generation, sequencing panels in the diagnosis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

Dr. Brad Klein provides updates for 2020 on evaluation & management (E&M) coding changes.

Dr. Christopher Doughty discusses toxic myopathies in the second part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Toxic Myopathies" by Dr. Doughty in the December 2019 Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders issue of Continuum.

Dr. Megan Seay talks about relative afferent pupillary defects (RAPDs).

Dr. Teshamae Monteith discusses the interaction between the nose and migraine.

Dr. Megan Seay discusses how to assess patients' eye movements.

Dr. Christopher Doughty discusses toxic myopathies in the first part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Toxic Myopathies" by Dr. Doughty in the December 2019 Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders issue of Continuum.

Dr. Jason Crowell discusses registration for the 2020 AAN Annual Meeting.

In his continuing series on medicine around the world, Dan Xia discusses treatment of epilepsy and neurologic care in Bhutan.

Dr. Emma Ciafaloni discusses myasthenia gravis in the third part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Myasthenia Gravis and Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes" by Dr. Ciafaloni in the December 2019 Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders issue of Continuum.

Dr. Megan Seay discusses examination of nystagmus and differentiation between jerk, pendular, and right-beating nystagmus.

Dr. Rae Bacharach discusses neuroinflammation and brain fog.

Dr. Emma Ciafaloni discusses myasthenia gravis in the second part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Myasthenia Gravis and Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes" by Dr. Ciafaloni in the December 2019 Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders issue of Continuum.

Dr. Emma Ciafaloni discusses myasthenia gravis in the first part of this three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Myasthenia Gravis and Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes" by Dr. Ciafaloni in the December 2019 Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders issue of Continuum.

Dr. Casey Halpern provides the main takeaways from his paper ona three-year follow-up of prospective trial of focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor.

In the continuation of a series on stroke, Dr. Andy Southerland discusses whether statins provide protection against intracerebral hemorrhage.

Dr. Halley Alexander discusses the latest developments in automated interpretation of EEGs and identifying IEDs in diagnosis.

In the 2nd part of a 10-part series on stroke and the second part of an interview with Dr. David Thaler, he discusses patient selection for PFO closure.

Dr. Stacey Clardy reports on the re-emergence of cases of eastern equine encephalitis.

Dr. Alberto Ascherio discusses the main takeaways from his paper on physical activity and prodromal features of Parkinson's disease. Show references: https://n.neurology.org/content/93/23/e2157/tab-article-info

Dr. Stacey Clardy talks about the main takeaways from her talk on treatment and prevention of NMO.

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.