Neurology® Podcast

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.

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. Mark Keegan and Dr. Myla Goldman interview Dr. Douglas Goodin about his paper on the use of natalizumab (tysabri) for treatment of multiple sclerosis. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week. The podcast concludes with Dr. Alexandra Degenhardt interviewing Dr. Neil Lava about practical aspects of natalizumab administration for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Dr. Goodin and Dr. Lava.Dr. Goodin has received honoraria for lectures or as a consultant (directly or indirectly) from Teva Neuroscience, Biogen/Idec, Merck-Serono, Bayer-Schering Healthcare and Berlex Laboratories. Dr. Goodin has received research support from Biogen-Idec, Bayer-Schering and Novartis. Dr. Lava received grants for research in the Sentinel Study.

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. Neeraj Kumar and Jason Mackey interview Drs. Sharon Nations and Jaya Trivedi about their paper on denture cream: an unusual source of excess zinc. The podcast concludes with Dr. Amy Kahn interviewing Dr. Neeraj Kumar about heavy metals 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. Juliana Lockman and Alan Ettinger interview Dr. Ley Sander about his paper on drowning in people with epilepsy. The podcast concludes with Dr. Ted Burns interviewing Dr. Sheldon Horowitz about maintenance of certification 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. John Morgan interviews Drs. Andrew Lees from UK and Regina Katzenschlager from Austria about their trial comparing three initial treatments for Parkinson disease. In this additional segment for this issue, Dr. Overman is introducing a new feature called 'e-pearls' which are brief educational points-pearls-that are often, though not necessarily always, tied to a Neurology article, podcast, or item on the website. The length of each E-Pearl is short and tailored to be read and absorbed within a few minutes. E-pearls are mailed to residents and fellows but in the future we hope to have them available on the website.The podcast concludes with a Clinical Pearl session where Dr. Ryan Overman interviews Dr. S. Nizam Ahmed. Podcast participants had nothing to disclose except for Drs. Lees and Katzenschlager. Dr. Lees received fees for speaking consulting and organizing educational events from Britannia and Novartis. Dr. Katzenschlager received unrestricted grants during first years of this study and fees for speaking and organizing educational events from Britannia and Novartis.

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. Michael Benatar and Dr. Bud Rowland interview Dr. Don Sanders about his papers describing the results of two recently completed RCT of cellcept in myasthenia gravis. The podcast concludes with Dr. Ted Burns interviewing Dr. Gary Cutter about outcome measures 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. David Geldmacher interview Drs. Caryn Cramer and Mary Haan from the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan about their paper on use of statins in a cohort study. The podcast concludes with Dr. Julian Bragg interviewing Dr. Susanne May about Cox proportional hazards modeling. 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 and Dr. Peter Kang interview Dr. Jerry Mendell, Director, Center for Gene Therapy at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital about his paper on gene therapy as a potential treatment for LGMD. The podcast concludes with Dr. Erik Ensrud interviewing Dr. Steve Karceski on the topic of translational research efforts. 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. E. Clarke Haley and Brett Kissela interview Dr. Juan F. Arenillas about his paper on metabolic syndrome and resistance to IV thrombolysis. The podcast concludes with Dr. Fadi Nahab interviewing Dr. Tanya Turan for the Lesson of the week. 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 interviews Dr. Alessandro Adami and Dr. Gian Paolo Anzola about their paper on increased white matter lesion load in migraine with aura patients. The podcast concludes with Dr. Sean Savitz interviewing Dr. Shunichi Homma for the Lesson of the week. 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. Michelle Mauermann and Dr. Chris White interview Dr. Thomas Bird about his paper on hereditary axonal neuropathies. The podcast concludes with Dr. Ted Burns interviewing Dr. Peter Dyck about two 1968 landmark publications that led to the commonly-used classification scheme for inherited neuropathies. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Dr. Thomas Bird. Dr. Thomas Bird receives Licensing Fees from Athena Diagnostics Inc and one of the co-authors of the paper, Dr. William Seltzer, is employed as Laboratory Director of Athena Diagnostics.)

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. Orly Avitzur interview Dr. James Bernat and Dr. Daniel Larriviere about their paper on threats to physician autonomy. The podcast concludes with Dr. Ryan Overman and Dr. Shanna Patterson interviewing Dr. Bradley Boeve for the first installment of a new series of podcasts called "E-Pearls" which discussed Balint's syndrome. 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. Beau Bruce interview Dr. Brian G. Weinshenker, Professor of Neurology from the Mayo Clinic about his team's paper on NMO-IgG predicts outcome of recurrent optic neuritis. The podcast concludes with Dr. Ted Burns interviewing Dr. Robert J. Joynt, Section Editor for the Changes People Comments Section with one to be published in this issue. 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. Kevin Barrett and Dr. Ryan Overman interview Dr. Terry Fife of the Barrow Neurological Institute and University of Arizona and Dr. Gary Gronseth of the University of Kansas about their practice parameter on benign paroxysmal positional vertigo therapies. The podcast concludes with Dr. Marat Reyzelman interviewing Dr. Sharon Hartman Polensek for the Lesson of the week on the topic of positioning maneuver for horizontal canal BPPV. Podcast 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. Erik Ensrud and Dr. Jason Mackey interview Dr. John Steele of Guam Memorial Hospital and Dr. Patrick McGeer of the University of British Columbia about their paper on ALS/PDC syndrome of Guam and the cycad hypothesis. The podcast concludes with reposting of Dr. Farah Mateen interviewing Dr. Donald Mulder on his work in Guam back in the fifties (originally heard as part of the January 8 2008 podcast). Podcast 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 and Dr. Carolyn Klein interview Dr. Steve Vernino from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center and Dr. Phillip Low form the Mayo Clinic about their paper on autonomic ganglia. The podcast concludes with Dr. Adam Heller interviewing Dr. Roy Freeman on the topic of the autonomic history for the Lesson of the Week. Podcast participants had nothing to disclose except Dr. Freeman. In the past 12 months, Dr Freeman has received consulting fees from Eli-Lilly, Pfizer, Solace, XtlBio, and Chelsea Pharmaceuticals, and honoraria for speaking from Pfizer and Eli-Lilly.Dr. Freeman has received personal compensation for his editorial activities (Editor) with Autonomic Neuroscience - Basic and Clinical.

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. David Anderson and Dr. Michael K. Hehir interview Dr. Anne Lindblad from the EMMES Corporation and Dr. Robert G. Hart from the University of Texas, Health Science Center about their paper on NINDS-sponsored studies. The podcast concludes with Dr. Brandy Fureman interviewing Dr. Walter Koroshetz on the topic of NIH clinical research collaboration for the Lesson of the Week. Podcast 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 and Dr. Richard Lewis interview Dr. Troels Staehelin Jensen from Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark and Dr. Rolf-Detlef Treede from University of Heidelberg in Germany about their paper on neuropathic pain: redefinition. The podcast concludes with Dr. Bernard Chang interviewing Dr. Gary Franklin for the Lesson of the Week. Podcast participants had nothing to disclose.