Neurology® Podcast

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Interim Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. John Mytinger interview Drs. Stephen Ashwal and David Michelson about the AAN Guidelines on evaluation of the child with microcephaly. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Bruns syndrome. The podcast concludes where Dr. Chad Hales interviews Dr. Lori Schuh for the Lesson of the Week segment about her publication in the Resident & Fellow Section on the new locally administered Neurology Clinical Skills Examination. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Dr. Ashwal. Dr. Ashwal serves on the scientific advisory board of the Tuberous Sclerosis Association and the International Pediatric Stroke Society; serves as an editor of Pediatric Neurology; and receives research support from the NIH [# 1 R01 NS059770-01A2 (PI), # 1 R01 NS054001-01A1 (PI), and # R01 CA107164-03 (PI)].

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Interim Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Michael Benatar interview Dr. John Ravits about his paper on ALS motor phenotype heterogeneity, focality and spread. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about foreign accent syndrome. The podcast concludes where Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Octavian Adam for the Lesson of the Week segment about the Resident & Fellow Section paper on patient telephone calls in a Movement Disorders Center. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Drs. Ravits and Espay.Dr. Ravits serves as an editorial board member of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisand Other Motor Neuron Disorders and the Journal of Neurodegeneration andRegeneration; is funded by a research program development grant from Microsoft Research and private non-profit foundation grants from the Juniper Foundation, the Wyco Foundation, the Moyer Foundation, and the Benaroya Foundation; and received past research support from the NIH [#NS051738 (PI)] and the Department of Defense [#USAMRAA W81XWH-07-0246 (sub-PI)].Dr. Espay received has personal compensation as a consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim; grant support from Codman; Medtronic, Inc; Allergan, Inc.; and CleveMed, and honoraria from UCB-SCHWARZ PHARMA AG; Medtronic, Inc. and Novartis.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Interim Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jim Galvin interview Drs. Juan Troncoso and Diego Iacono about their paper on on clinically silent AD, neuronal hypertrophy and linguistic skills. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about pseudo-subarachnoid hemorrhage. The podcast concludes where Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Massimo Cincotta for the Lesson of the Week Toolbox segment about mirror movements. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Dr. Espay.Dr. Espay received has personal compensation as a consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim; grant support from Codman; Medtronic, Inc; Allergan, Inc.; and CleveMed, and honoraria from UCB-SCHWARZ PHARMA AG; Medtronic, Inc. and Novartis.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Interim Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Michael Sowell interview Dr. Tobias Kurth about his paper on risk of cardiovascular disease in women. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about mirror movements. The podcast concludes where Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Sheng-Han Kuo for the Lesson of the Week segment about his paper for the Resident & Fellow Section on translational research in movement disorders. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Drs. Espay and Kurth. Dr. Espay received has personal compensation as a consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim; grant support from Codman; Medtronic, Inc; Allergan, Inc.; and CleveMed, and honoraria from UCB-SCHWARZ PHARMA AG; Medtronic, Inc. and Novartis.Dr. Kurth has received funding for travel from the Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation; received honoraria for educational lectures from Genzyme and Pfizer; serves as a consultant to i3 Drug Safety and WHISCON, two for-profit companies evaluating drug safety and surveillance; receives research support from Merck (IISP ID# 35437) to study associations between migraine and cardiovascular disease and from the NIH [HL091880 (PI); NS061836 (PI)].

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Interim Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark Keegan interview Dr. Murali Ramanathan about his paper on how smoking is associated with multiple sclerosis. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about myoclonic status epilepticus. The podcast concludes where Dr. Beau Bruce interviews Dr. Emmanuel Mignot for the Lesson of the Week (Disease) segment about narcolepsy. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Drs. Ramanathan and Mignot.Dr. Ramanathan received research funding from EMD Serono, Pfizer, Novartis, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation. He received compensation for serving as an Editor from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. These are unrelated to the research presented in this report.Dr. Mignot receives research support from the NIH [#23724 (PI), #MH080957 (PI) and #NS062798 (PI)]. He is also funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and has received research gifts from Respironics; Cephalon, Inc.; Resmed; Elli Lilly and Company and Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Interim Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Andrew Southerland interview Dr. Farid Abdo about his paper on ataxia-telangiectasia in adulthood. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about the petite madelines phenomenon. The podcast concludes where Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Kapil Sethi for the Lesson of the Week (Toolbox) segment about paroxysmal movement disorders. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Drs. Espay and Sethi. Dr. Espay received has personal compensation as a consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim; grant support from Codman; Medtronic, Inc; Allergan, Inc.; and CleveMed, and honoraria from UCB-SCHWARZ PHARMA AG; Medtronic, Inc. and Novartis.Dr. Sethi serves on the editorial advisory board of the Journal, Current Neurology Neuroscience Review; has received personal compensation as a consultant/speaker for GlaxoSmithKline; Biogen Idec; Novartis; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.; Allergan, Inc.; and Ipsen Pharmaceuticals Inc.; receives research support from Biogen Idec; GlaxoSmithKline; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.; Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Novartis ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the NIH [NET-PD PROGENI]; has served as an expert consultant in a legal proceeding and was Treasurer of the AAN Foundation.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Interim Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Russell Swerdlow interview Dr. Charles Hall about his paper on how cognitive activities delay onset of memory decline. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about paraspinal myotonic discharges in acid maltase deficiency. The podcast concludes where Dr. Winn Cashion interviews Mr. Azhar Nizam for the Lesson of the Week segment about fixed effects and random effects. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Drs. Hall, Cashion and Mr. Nizam. Dr. Hall serves on the editorial board of The Open Neurology Journal; has received honoraria for serving on peer review panels for the National Cancer Institute, the Breast Cancer Research Program, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, the U.S. Army Department of Defense, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the NIA; has received salary support from the NIH [P01 AG03949 (Core Leader), P01 AG027734 (Biostatistician), UL1-RR025750-01 (Biostatistician), K30 HL 04110 (Biostatistician), P30 CA13330-35 (Biostatistician), R01 AG017854 , National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center project 2008-01 (Biostatistician), P30 CA13330-33 (Biostatistician), the U. S. Department of Defense grant BC043301 (Biostatistician), the US National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health grant U1O-OH008242 (Biostatistician)]; receives research support from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the American Cancer Society, and the NIH [5R01HL070785-05 (Consultant) and 5R01AG022092-05 (Consultant)]; and is a member of the American Statistical Association Media Experts List. Dr. Cashion received academic sponsorship from the Emory University MD/PhD Program. Mr. Nizam received royalties from Duxbury/Cengage for applied regression analysis and other multivariable methods in 2007; is a consultant/instructor for SAS Institute (2001 to present); has received research support from the NIH completed support [0000655466 (Principal Investigator), 2000009946 (Principal Investigator), 8311-97649-5 (Co-investigator), 1U01GM070749 (Co-Investigator), NIH ongoing support [5 R01 MH066767-06 (Biostatistician), MUSC08-041 (Biostatistician), and 4 U10 EY013287-06 (Biostatistician).

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Interim Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. David Geldmacher interview Drs. Clifford Jack and Prashanthi Vemuri about their papers on MRI and CSF biomarkers in normal, MCI and AD. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about electroencephalography in Moyamoya disease. The next part of the podcast is Dr. Beau Bruce interviews Dr. Dan Moore for our LOTW. In concluding, there is a brief statement where to find other up-to date patient information and current Patient Page. The participants had nothing to disclosure except Dr. Jack is an investigator in clinical trials sponsored by Pfizer, consults for Elan, and is funded by the NIH grant R01-AG11378 and the Alexander Family Alzheimer's Disease Research Professorship of the Mayo Foundation.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Interim Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Alberto Espay interview Dr. Ali Rajput about his paper on Parkinson disease subtypes. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about thoracic outlet syndrome and retrograde cerebral embolism. The podcast concludes where Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Leo Verhagen for our LOTW. The participants had nothing to disclosure except Drs. Rajput, Verhagen and Espay. Dr. Rajput has received honorarium from Novartis, and receives research support from the Parkinson Study Group, Schwartz Biosciences, TEVA, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Saskatchewan Parkinson's Disease Foundation, PrintWest Golf Classic, and Royal University Hospital Foundation. Dr. Verhagen is a consultant for Impax laboratories and Medtronic and speaker for Vernalis and Ipsen. Dr. Espay has received personal compensation as a consultant for Boehringer-Ingelheim, grant support from Codman, Medtronic, Allergan, and CleveMed, and honoraria from UCB-Schwarz Pharma, Medtronic, and Novartis.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Interim Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Juliana Lockman interview Dr. Cynthia Harden about the three AAN guidelines on women with epilepsy. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about HTLV-1 associated neurologic disease. The podcast concludes with Dr. Ted Burns interviewing Dr. Robert Griggs for an In Memoriam segment about the life of Dr. George Karpati, who died suddenly on February 7, 2009. The participants had nothing to disclose.

In this special podcast for the Neurology Journal, Dr. Ted M. Burns plays a dozen of the many interesting audio clips from Neurology Podcasts of the 2008-2009 academic year.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Interim Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Justin Sattin interview Drs. Alejandro Rabinstein and Tamika Burrus about their paper on acute thrombocytopenic purpura. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about the Flynn Phenomenon. The podcast concludes where Dr. Beau Bruce interviews Dr. Laura Balcer for the Lesson of the Week (Toolbox) segment about optical coherence tomography. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Deputy Editor, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. John Mytinger interview Dr. Linda Chang about her paper on prenatal methamphetamine exposure. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about headache in ischemic stroke. The podcast concludes where Dr. Matthew J. Barrett interviews Dr. Virginia Lee for the Lesson of the Week segment (Part 2). The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Deputy Editor, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ted Burns interview Drs. Valeria Iodice and Phillip Low about their paper on autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week. The podcast concludes where Dr. Julian Bragg interviews Dr. James Caress for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Dr. Caress who has received research funding from the NIH and consulting fees from Crawford and Crawford Attorney at Law.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Deputy Editor, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Kevin Barrett interview Dr. Peter Rothwell about his paper on risk and predictors of stroke in the first few hours after TIA. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Mal de debarquement. The podcast concludes where Dr. Casey Hall interviews Dr. Clay Johnston for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Dr. Johnston. Dr. Johnston has served on the scientific advisory board for Daiichi-Sankyo, Boerhinger-Ingelheim and Braingates, served as Vice-Editor Annuals of Neurology, received research support from Sanofi-Aventis, and gave expert testimony for the University of Washington in 2008.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Brett Kissela interview Dr. Dimitrios Georgiadis about his paper on anticoagulation in carotid artery dissection. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about cerebral venous sinus thrombosis as a cause of thunderclap headache. The podcast concludes where Dr. Osman Mir interviews Dr. Julie Matsumoto for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jeff Burns interview Drs. Lisa B. Hoffman and Vahram Haroutunian about their paper on Alzheimer disease neuropathology. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Gradenigo syndrome. The podcast concludes where Dr. Thomas Wingo interviews Dr. Elliott J. Mufson for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ted Burns interview Drs. Andrew Lees and Laura Silveira Moriyama about their paper on autonomic failure. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about mimics of spinal cord lesions. The podcast concludes where Dr. Matthew J. Barrett interviews Dr. Virginia Lee for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jeff Burns interview Dr. Rachelle Smith Doody about her paper on donepezil treatment of patients with MCI. In the next segment, Dr. Ted Burns is reading our e-Pearl of the week about demyelinating polyneuropathy. The podcast concludes where Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Russell Swerdlow for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Dr. Espay who has received personal compensation as consultant for Boehringer-Ingelheim, grant support from Codman, Allergan, Medtronic, and CleveMed and honoraria from UCB-Schwarz Pharma, Medtronic and Novartis.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jeffrey M. Burns interview Dr. Kejal Kantarci about his paper on risk of dementia in MCI. In the next segment, Dr. Ted Burns is reading our e-Pearl of the week about spinal tap in Guillain-Barré syndrome and CSF examination. The next part of the podcast is Dr. Kristi Nord interviews Dr. Robert Mulkern for the Lesson of the Week segment. In concluding, there is a brief statement where to find other up-to date patient information and current Patient Page. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Aman Savani interview Drs. David Vaillancourt and Deborah Little about their paper on substantia nigra of de novo Parkinson disease. In the next segment, Dr. Ted Burns is reading our e-Pearl of the week about positive neuropathic sensory symptoms. Andy Imholte is announcing the launch of the new mobile site for AAN members. URL is m.AAN.com. The podcast concludes where Dr. Govind Nair interviews Dr. John Carew for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Matthew H. Wong interview Dr. Ronald Postuma about his paper on idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder. In the next segment, Dr. Ted Burns is reading our e-Pearl of the week about diabetic lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathy (DLSRPN). The podcast concludes where Dr. Casey Hall interviews Dr. Michael Benatar for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. John Morgan interview Dr. Xiang Gao about his paper on obesity and restless legs syndrome. In the next segment, Dr. Ted Burns congratulates Dr. Ryan and Kelly Overman on the birth of their son, Julian on Monday, March 30. The podcast concludes where Dr. Jennifer Langer interviews Dr. Christine Klein for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Alexandra Degenhardt interview Dr. Gregory Albers about his paper on MR imaging in hemispheric TIA. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about clues in the diagnosis of essential tremor. The podcast concludes where Dr. David Spencer interviews Dr. Andrew Hershey for the Lesson of the Week segment about this issue's Patient Page along with a brief statement where to find other up-to date patient information. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Guillermo Solorzano interview Drs. Peter Nigel Leigh and Ammar Al-Chalabi about their paper on ALS variants. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Foix Chavany Marie syndrome. The podcast concludes where Dr. Michael Benatar interviews Dr. Rami Ibrahim for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Michael Melanson interview Dr. Ronald Postuma about his paper on restless legs syndrome in peripheral neuropathy. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about psychogenic visual field loss. The podcast concludes where Dr. Tamika Burrus interviews Dr. David Rye for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Erik Ensrud interview Dr. Matthew Menza about his paper on patients with Parkinson disease and depression. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about asterixis (part two). The podcast concludes where Dr. Julian Bragg interviews Dr. Steve Buyske for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Dr. Menza. Dr. Menza has received consulting honoraria from NIMH, NINDS, GSK, Kyowa, Lilly Research Laboratories, Pfizer, Sepracor, Takeda, and research support from NINDS, Astra-Zeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Forest Laboratories, GSK, Lilly, Pfizer, Sepracor, Takeda Wyeth and Sanofi-Aventis (where he has also received speaking fees).

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Branavan X. Mahadeva interview Dr. Darin T. Okuda about his paper on incidental MRI anomalies suggestive of multiple sclerosis. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about asterixis. Andy Imholte is announcing the launch of the new mobile site for AAN members. URL is m.AAN.com.The podcast concludes where Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. C. Miller Fisher for a Historical segment about a previously published paper. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Brett Kissela interview Dr. Seemant Chaturvedi about his paper on transient ischemic attack. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about the "fonzarelli" sign. The podcast concludes where Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. C. Miller Fisher for a Historical segment about a previously published paper. The participants had nothing to disclose except Dr. Chaturvedi. Dr. Chaturvedi has acted as a consultant for Pfizer. The honorarium received did not exceed $10,000.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Farrah Mateen interview Dr. Mitchell Elkind about his paper on teaching the next generation of neurologist. The podcast concludes where Dr. Chadwick Hales interviews Dr. Lori A. Schuh about IOM recommendations for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Elliot Dimberg interview Dr. Samuel Berkovic about his paper on genome wide association studies. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about tap three times for neoplasms. The podcast concludes with a Clinical Pearl session where Dr. Ryan Overman interviews Dr. Michelle L. Mauermann on her paper about evaluation of peripheral neuropathies for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ryan Overman interview Dr. Robert Fox about his paper on natalizumab and plasma exchange. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about keraunoparalysis. In this additional segment, Dr. Mitchell Elkind is describing the new writing award offered by the Resident & Fellow Section along with this year's winner. The podcast concludes where Dr. Michael Benatar interviews Dr. Rami B. Ibrahim for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Dr. Fox. Dr. Fox has received speaking fees, consulting honoraria, research support and served on clinical trial steering committees for Biogen Idec. Inc., Genentech and Teva Neurosciences.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Aman Savani interview Dr. Beau Bruce about his paper on intracranial hypertension in men. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about the neck-tongue syndrome. The podcast concludes where Dr. Shanna Patterson interviews Dr. Lori A. Schuh about her paper for the Resident & Fellow Section on neurology residency training in the new millennium for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ted Burns interview Dr. Russell Swerdlow about his paper on frontotemporal dementia. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Amphysin antibody-associated stiff-person syndrome. The podcast concludes where Dr. Thomas Wingo interviews Dr. John Trojanowski about TAR DNA-binding protein (TDP-43) for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ted Burns interview Dr. John D. England about the new AAN guidelines on distal symmetric polyneuropathy. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Aide's tonic pupil syndrome. The podcast concludes where Dr. Heather Harle interviews Dr. David Herrmann about distal symmetric polyneuropathy and its association with diabetes and impaired glucose intolerance for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jeff Burns interview Drs. James Connor and Zachary Simmons about their paper on CSF biomarkers in ALS. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about early electrodiagnosis of Guillain-Barre syndrome. The podcast concludes where Dr. Eddie Patton interviews Dr. Susanne May about Spearman rank and Pearson correlation coefficients for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Erik R. Ensrud interview Dr. Beth Brianna Murinson about her paper on stiff-person syndrome. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about anti-MuSK antibodies. The podcast concludes with a Clinical Pearl session where Dr. Farrah Mateen interviews Dr. Ian Galea on his paper about severe carotid stenosis for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ted Burns interview Drs. Marc Nuwer and Thomas Swift about their papers on the US health care system. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about inclusion body myositis. The podcast concludes where Dr. John Mytinger interviews Dr. Jennifer Anne Markowitz on her Child Neurology paper for the Resident & Fellow Section about chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. John Moran interview Drs. Monica Di Luca and Alessandro Padovani about their paper on progressive supranuclear palsy. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about re-emergent tremor in Parkinson disease. The podcast concludes with Dr. Adam Webb interviewing Dr. Anna Legedza on the topic of analysis of variance for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jason Mackey interview Dr. Dr. Ashis Tayal about his paper on cryptogenic TIA or stroke. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about the other Babinski sign. The podcast concludes with Dr. Brett Kissela interviewing Dr. Magdy Selim on the topic of current thinking about the classification of ischemic stroke for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Michael Benatar interview Dr. Gary Gronseth about the AAN special article on practice parameters and technology assessments. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about language localization in bilinguals. The podcast concludes with Dr. Bart Demaerschalk interviewing Dr. Gordon Guyatt on the topic of evidence based medicine for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Elliot Dimberg interview Dr. Frans Brugman about his paper on adult-onset upper motor neuron syndromes. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about ateplase-associated hemi-orolingual angioedema. The podcast concludes with Dr. Richard Bedlack interviewing Dr. Paul Gordon on the topic of primary lateral sclerosis for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Dr. Bedlack. He has a research grant from UCB Pharma related to a study on primary lateral sclerosis.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jason Mackey interview Dr. Magdy Selim about his paper on predicting hemorrhage after thrombolysis. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about a pearl and an oy-ster in headache: The 50-50 rule. The podcast concludes with Dr. Michael Benatar interviews Dr. Michael McDermott on the topic of ROC curves for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ted Burns interview Dr. Michael Benatar about his paper on myasthenia gravis. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about CT-negative intracerebral hemorrhage. The podcast concludes with Dr. Julian Bragg interviews Dr. Richard Barohn on the topic of quantitative myasthenia gravis score for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ryan Overman interview Drs. Daniel Larriviere and H. Richard Beresford about their paper on professionalism in neurology. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about hemiparkinsonism-hemiatrophy syndrome. The podcast concludes with a Clinical Pearl session where Dr. Ryan Overman interviews Dr. Yasser Aladdin on his paper about pontine hemorrhage for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Elliot Dimberg interview Dr. Gary Gronseth and Thomas Getchius about the new guidelines on diagnostic evaluation and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about cranial neuropathies in arterial dissection. The podcast concludes with Dr. Gavin Brown interviewing Dr. Peter Goadsby on the topic of facial pain and headache for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Drs. James Kiely and Christopher Wright interview Dr. Kimford Meador about his paper on pregnancy registries in epilepsy. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week. The podcast concludes with Dr. Chris Boes interviewing Dr. William Landau about his historical papers on Landau-Kleffner syndrome for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Dr. Meador. Dr. Meador disclosures are: Research Support (>$10K): NIH, Eisai, GlaxoSmithKline, Marius, McKnight Brain Institute, Myriad, Neuropace, Pharma, SAM Technology, UCB;

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. John Mytinger interview Dr. Roderick Duncan about his paper on psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week. The podcast concludes with Dr. Mithila Vullaganti interviewing Dr. Michael Goodman about odds ratios for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jeff Burns interview Dr. Stephen Gomperts about his paper on amyloid deposition in Lewy body diseases. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week. The podcast concludes with Dr. Jonathan Bui interviewing Dr. John Carew about PIB imaging methods for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Andrew Southerland and Dr. Jennifer Bickel interview Dr. Marcelo Bigal about his paper on the clinical course in migraine. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week. The podcast concludes with Dr. Richard Isaacson interviewing Dr. Stephen D. Silberstein about headache classification for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Dr. Silberstein.Dr. Silberstein is an investigator for the following companies: Abbott, Advanced Bionics, Advance Neur0-Modulation System, AGA, Allergan, AstraZeneca, Endo Pharmaceuticals, GSK, Lilly, Medtronic, Ortho-McNeil, Pfizer, Pozen, ProEthic, Valeant & Vernails, on theadvisory board for the following companies: Allergan, Endo Pharmaceuticals, GSK, Medtronic, Merck, NuPathe, Ortho-McNeil, Pfizer, Pozen & Valeant and speaker for the following companies: AstraZeneca, GSK, Merck, Ortho-McNeil & Pfizer.