Neurology® Podcast

1) ALS studies and 2) Topic of the month: Evaluation of polyneuropathy. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ted Burns with Dr. Michael Benatar about his paper on studies in ALS. Dr. Jennifer Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Gradenigo syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Michelle L. Mauermann and P. James Dyck about evaluation of polyneuropathy, basics. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Benatar, Fugate and Mauermann.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (35% effort); and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Pharmaceuticals.Dr. Benatar serves as an editorial board member for Journal Watch Neurology; serves on the scientific advisory board for Cytokinetics; is a consultant for Cytokinetics and Asubio Pharmaceuticals Inc.; receives royalties from the publication of the books (1) Neuromuscular Disease: Evidence and Analysis in Clinical Neurology, (2) BluePrints in Neurology, (3) Field of Vision; receives travel funding from the (1) American Academy of Neurology, (2) Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America; receives research support from the CytRx Corporation, Food and Drug Administration, Muscular Dystrophy Association, ALS Association, Woodruff Foundation and the NIH; involved in legal proceedings with Sutter, O'Connel and Farchione Attorneys as well as Parker Waichmann LLP. Dr. Fugate serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Mauermann receives research support from Pfizer Inc and the NIH.

1) Indicators of amyloid burden and 2) Topic of the month: Evaluation of polyneuropathy. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jeff Burns with Dr. Michelle M. Mielke about her paper on indicators of amyloid burden. Dr. Jennifer Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about vestibular migraine. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Michael Shy about evaluation of the inherited neuropathy patient. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Jeff Burns, Mielke, Fugate, Ted Burns and Shy.Dr. Jeff Burns serves on the editorial board for Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; receives royalties for the publications of Early diagnosis and treatment of mild cognitive impairment and Dementia: An atlas of investigation and diagnosis; is a consultant for PRA International, Johnson County Clinical trials; receives speakers' fees from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Ltd; and receives research support from the NIH, Elan, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., Pfizer Inc, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Danone.Dr. Mielke has received research support from the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, Walter S. and Lucienne B. Driskill Foundation and the NIH.Dr. Fugate serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (35% effort); and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Pharmaceuticals.Dr. Shy serves as an editorial board member of Journal of Peripheral Nerve System; receives research support from Muscular Dystrophy Association, Charcot Marie Tooth Association and the NIH.

1) Orthostatic intolerance and 2) Topic of the month: Evaluation of polyneuropathy. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ted Burns with Dr. Paola Sandroni about her paper on orthostatic intolerance. Dr. Jennifer Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about bright tongue sign. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Vera Bril about symptomatic treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Sandroni, Fugate and Bril.Dr. Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (35% effort); and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Pharmaceuticals.Dr. Sandroni receives research funding from the NIH.Dr. Fugate serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Bril received speakers' fees from Pfizer Inc and for a talk last year for European Federation of Neurological Societies and received research funding from Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc..

Diagnosis of Alzheimer's and MCI

1) Vitamin D, cognition and dementia and 2) Topic of the month: Bedside Neuro-ophthalmology. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jeff Burns with Dr. Cynthia Balion about her paper on vitamin D, cognition and dementia. Dr. Stacy Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about single-shot fast spin echo. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Beau Bruce focuses his interview with Dr. Kathleen Digre about direct ophthalmoscopy tips. 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 except Drs. Burns, Balion, Clardy, Bruce and Digre.Dr. Burns serves on the editorial board for Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; receives royalties for the publications of Early diagnosis and treatment of mild cognitive impairment and Dementia: An atlas of investigation and diagnosis; is a consultant for PRA International, Johnson County Clinical trials; receives speakers' fees from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Ltd; and receives research support from the NIH, Elan, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., Pfizer Inc, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Danone.Dr. Balion receives research support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and Canadian Institutes of Health Research.Dr. Clardy serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Bruce received research funding from the NIH.Dr. Digre serves on the editorial board for Journal of Neuro-ophthlamology and Headache Currents; receives research support from Pfizer, Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy: possible trigger factors related to the development of AION and NEI: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial.

1) Neuromyelitis optica phenotype and 2) Topic of the month: Bedside Neuro-ophthalmology. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Nick Johnson with Dr. Jacqueline Palace about her paper on neuromyelitis optica phenotype. Dr. Stacey Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Duret hemorrhage. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Beau Bruce interviews Dr. Jonathan Trobe about bedside visual field examination. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Palace, Clardy, and Bruce.Dr Palace serves on the scientific advisory board for Charcot Foundation, Biogen Idec, Merck Serono Ltd, Bayer Schering Pharma, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Uk Ltd, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; receives research support from the National MS Society, QIDIS, Oxford Health Services Research Committee, John Fell Research Fund, Merck Serono Ltd. and Bayer Schering Pharma and conference expenses from Novartis and Merck Serono Ltd. Dr. Clardy serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Bruce received research funding from the NIH.

1) Epilepsy surgery and 2) Topic of the month: Bedside Neuro-ophthalmology. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Joanna Jen with Dr. Nathalie Jette about her paper on an outline tool to determine epilepsy surgery. Dr. Stacey Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about gelastic seizures. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Beau Bruce interviews Dr. Randy Kardon about "big pupil" consult. All participants have disclosures.Dr. Jen serves as Section Editor for Experimental Brain Research, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology and Associate Editor for Frontiers in Neuro-otology and is funded by the FDA and NIH. Dr. Jette serves on the editorial board for Epilepsia, is the holder of a Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience Health Services Research and receives research support from: Alberta Health and Wellness, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Alberta Innovates Health Solutions, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services.Dr. Clardy serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Bruce received research funding from the NIH.Dr. Kardon serves on the editorial board for Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology and Archives of Ophthalmology; has patents for method of characterizing focal pupil responses to light and method of assessing retinal function using infrared optical signals in response to light; receives royalties for the publication of Tissues and Organs: A text-atlas of scanning electron microscopy and for use of micrographs in other textbooks; is a consultant for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Ltd; receives research support from the Department of Veterans Affairs Iowa City Center of Excellence for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss, Department of Defense Vision Research Program (TATRC) and Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Division.

1) C90RF72 mutations and 2) Topic of the month: Bedside Neuro-ophthalmology. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ted Burns with Drs. Sharon Sha and Carol Dobson-Stone about their papers on frontotemporal dementia. Dr. Stacey Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Hanes sign. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Beau Bruce interviews Dr. Randy Kardon about relative afferent papillary defect. Dr. Bruce will interview Dr. Kardon next week about "big pupil" consult. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Dobson-Stone, Clardy, Bruce and Kardon.Dr. Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (30% effort); and has received research support from the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America and Knopp Neurosciences Inc..Dr. Dobson-Stone receives research funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia).Dr. Clardy serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Bruce received research funding from the NIH.Dr. Kardon serves on the editorial board for Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology and Archives of Ophthalmology; has patents for method of characterizing focal pupil responses to light and method of assessing retinal function using infrared optical signals in response to light; receives royalties for the publication of Tissues and Organs: A text-atlas of scanning electron microscopy and for use of micrographs in other textbooks; is a consultant for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Ltd; receives research support from the Department of Veterans Affairs Iowa City Center of Excellence for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss, Department of Defense Vision Research Program (TATRC) and Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Division.

Interviews with Dean Buonomono on memory function

1) Reportable neurologic disorders and 2) Topic of the month: Apraxias. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Shanna Patterson interviews Dr. Farrah Mateen about her paper on reportable neurologic disorders in refugee camps. Dr. Chafic Karam is reading our e-Pearl of the week about sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns focuses his interview with Dr. Ken Heilman about some of the neurologic diseases that cause apraxia. 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 except Drs. Karam, Burns and Heilman.Dr. Karam serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (30% effort); and has received research support from the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America and Knopp Neurosciences Inc..Dr. Heilman serves as an editorial board member for ACTA Neuropsychologia, The Journal of Contemporary Neurology, Journal of the International Neuropsychological, Neurocase, Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology-Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Brain and Cognition, Journal of Neuropsychology and Journal of Clinical Neurology; receives royalties for the publication of Clinical Neuropsychology, fifth edition, PGY1: Lessons in Caring, Neurological Therapeutics : Principles and Practice second edition, Creativity and the Brain, Clinical Neuropsychology, fourth edition, Neurological Therapeutics : Principles and Practice, The Matter of Mind, A Neurologist's View of Brain Behavior Relationships, Apraxia, Helping People with Memory Disorders: A Guide for You and Your Family, Clinical Neuropsychology, third edition, Clinical Neuropsychology, second edition, Neuropsychology of Human Emotion, Clinical Neuropsychology and The Differential Diagnosis of Neurological Diseases; and receives funding from current (active) funded research proposals, Alzheimer's Disease Initiative State of Florida, Dept. of Elder Affairs, Memory Disorder Clinics, and the NIH.