Neurology® Podcast

1) CIDP diagnostic pit-falls and perception of treatment benefits and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. 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. Michelle Mauermann interviews Dr. Jeffrey Allen about his paper on chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy diagnostic pit-falls and perception of treatment benefits. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about exam findings in hemifacial spasms. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Howard Weiner about his Frontiers in Neuroscience Lecture at the AAN Meeting about the topic of immune mechanisms in neurologic diseases. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Mauermann, Allen, Numis, Espay and Weiner.Dr. Mauermann receives research support from ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the NIH.Dr. Allen is a consultant for AxelaCare and CSL Behring.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espay serves as an Associate Editor of Movement Disorders, Frontiers in Movement Disorders and Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders; serves as an editorial board member of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders and The European Neurological Journal; receives royalties for publications of books from Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins and from Cambridge University Press; serves on the scientific advisory board for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), Chelsea Therapeutics, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Impax Pharmaceuticals, Merz, Pfizer Inc, Solstice Neurosciences, LLC, Eli Lilly and Company, US WorldMeds; is a consultant for Chelsea Therapeutics, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie); serves on the speakers' bureaus of UCB, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., American Academy of Neurology, Movement Disorders Society; receives research support from CleveMed/Great Lakes Neurotechnologies, Michael J. Fox Foundation and the NIH.Dr. Weiner is a consultant for Biogen Idec, Novartis, Merck Serono, Sanofi-aventis, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Therapix Biosciences Ltd.; served on the advisory board for The Guthy Jackson Charitable Foundation, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Biogen Idec, Novartis, Sanofi-aventis; receives research support from EMD, Merck Serono, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and the NIH.

Josep O. Dalmau, Editor of Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinfammation introduces the podcast inverview. Dr. Laura Benjamin interviews Dr. Don Gilden about his paper Widespread arterial infection by varicella zoster virus explains refractory giant cell arteritis.J. Damlau is the editor of Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation, is on the editorial board for Neurology UpToDate, holds patents for and receives royalties from Ma2 autoantibody test, NMDA receptor autoantibody test, GABA(B) receptor autoantibody test, GABA(A) receptor autoantibody test, DPPX autoantibody test, IgLON5 autoantibody test, received research support from Euroimmun, NIH, Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias de la Seguridad Social (Spanish Government); L. Benjamin reports no disclosures; D. Gilden is a senior Associate editor for Journal of NeuroVirology, is on the editorial board for In Vivio, Journal of Virology, Scientific American Medicine, Virus Genes, Neurology, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, received research support from NIH;

1) Aerobic training and post-exercise protein in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. 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. Erik Ensrud interviews Dr. Grete Andersen about her paper on aerobic training and post-exercise protein in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about non-invasive imaging of arterial dissection with MRI. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Stefan Pulst about his George C. Cotzias Lecture at the AAN Meeting about the topic of degenerative ataxias: From genes to therapies. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Ensrud, Numis, Espay and Pulst.Dr. Ensrud serves on the data safety monitoring board for phase II trial of methotrexate in myastenia gravis; is a consultant for Skulpt/Convergence Medical Devices and FDA; received honoraria and funding for travel from Osler Institute; received funding for travel from American Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; and received honoraria from American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espay serves as an Associate Editor of Movement Disorders, Frontiers in Movement Disorders and Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders; serves as an editorial board member of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders and The European Neurological Journal; receives royalties for publications of books from Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins and from Cambridge University Press; serves on the scientific advisory board for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), Chelsea Therapeutics, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Impax Pharmaceuticals, Merz, Pfizer Inc, Solstice Neurosciences, LLC, Eli Lilly and Company, US WorldMeds; is a consultant for Chelsea Therapeutics, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie); serves on the speakers' bureaus of UCB, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., American Academy of Neurology, Movement Disorders Society; receives research support from CleveMed/Great Lakes Neurotechnologies, Michael J. Fox Foundation and the NIH.Dr. Pulst serves as Editor-in-Chief of Current Genomics; serves as Editor of Neurology® Genetics; serves as an editorial board member of Journal of Cerebellum, NeuroMolecular Medicine, Continuum, Experimental Neurology, Neurogenetics, and Nature Clinical Practice Neurology; is author on patents re: Nucleic acids encoding ataxin-2 binding proteins; Nucleic acid encoding Schwannomin-binding-proteins and products related thereto; Transgenic mouse expressing a polynucleotide encoding a human ataxin-2 polypeptide; Methods of detecting spinocerebellar ataxia-2 nucleic acids; Nucleic acid encoding spinocerebellar ataxia-2 and products related thereto; Schwannomin-binding-proteins; and Compositions and methods for spinocerebellar ataxia; receives royalties from the publications of the books The Ataxias, Genetics in Neurology, Genetics of Movement Disorders, Neurogenetics, and Molecular Genetic Testing in Neurology, 2nd–5th ed.; serves on the speakers' bureau for Athena Diagnostics; receives research support from the NIH and the National Ataxia Foundation; receives license fee payments from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; and has provided expert testimony in a medico-legal case.

Inflammatory myopathy. Lesson of the Week interviews from May 2015.

1) Evaluation, diagnosis and management of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. 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 interviews Dr. Rabi Tawil about his paper on the evaluation, diagnosis and management of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about vertical nystagmus. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Helen Mayberg about her Robert Wartenberg Lecture at the AAN Meeting on the topic of what deep brain stimulation has taught us about the neurology of depression. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Tawil, Wesley and Espay.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Dr. Tawil serves as an editorial board member of Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases; serves on the safety monitoring board of Novartis; receives royalties from the publication of the books Neuromuscular Disorders (Rabi N. Tawil & Shannon Venance, Editors) and Neurology in Practice Series; receives research support from the NIH and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espay serves as an Associate Editor of Movement Disorders, Frontiers in Movement Disorders and Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders; serves as an editorial board member of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders and The European Neurological Journal; receives royalties for publications of books from Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins and from Cambridge University Press; serves on the scientific advisory board for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), Chelsea Therapeutics, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Impax Pharmaceuticals, Merz, Pfizer Inc, Solstice Neurosciences, LLC, Eli Lilly and Company, US WorldMeds; is a consultant for Chelsea Therapeutics, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie); serves on the speakers' bureaus of UCB, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., American Academy of Neurology, Movement Disorders Society; receives research support from CleveMed/Great Lakes Neurotechnologies, Michael J. Fox Foundation and the NIH.

1) Paraneoplastic neurologic disorders in small cell lung carcinoma and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. 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. Elliot Dimberg interviews Dr. Paul Gozzard about his paper on paraneoplastic neurologic disorders in small cell lung carcinoma. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Balint Syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Lloyd Kasper about his Hot Topic Lecture at the AAN Meeting on the topic of digesting the gut microbiome: role in CNS demyelinating disease. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Dimberg, Wesley and Espay.Dr. Dimberg serves as an editorial board member of Nerve and Muscle Junction Podcast.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espay serves as an Associate Editor of Movement Disorders, Frontiers in Movement Disorders and Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders; serves as an editorial board member of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders and The European Neurological Journal; receives royalties for publications of books from Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins and from Cambridge University Press; serves on the scientific advisory board for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), Chelsea Therapeutics, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Impax Pharmaceuticals, Merz, Pfizer Inc, Solstice Neurosciences, LLC, Eli Lilly and Company, US WorldMeds; is a consultant for Chelsea Therapeutics, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie); serves on the speakers' bureaus of UCB, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., American Academy of Neurology, Movement Disorders Society; receives research support from CleveMed/Great Lakes Neurotechnologies, Michael J. Fox Foundation and the NIH.

1) Early EEG contributing to multimodal outcome prediction of postanoxic coma and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. 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. Andy Schomer interviews Dr. Jeannette Hofmeijer about her paper on early EEG contributing to multimodal outcome prediction of postanoxic coma. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Susac syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Daniel Lowenstein about his H. Houston Merritt Lecture at the AAN Meeting on the topic of advances in the treatments for epilepsy. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Wesley, Espay and Lowenstein.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espay serves as an Associate Editor of Movement Disorders, Frontiers in Movement Disorders and Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders; serves as an editorial board member of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders and The European Neurological Journal; receives royalties for publications of books from Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins and from Cambridge University Press; serves on the scientific advisory board for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), Chelsea Therapeutics, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Impax Pharmaceuticals, Merz, Pfizer Inc, Solstice Neurosciences, LLC, Eli Lilly and Company, US WorldMeds; is a consultant for Chelsea Therapeutics, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie); serves on the speakers' bureaus of UCB, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., American Academy of Neurology, Movement Disorders Society; receives research support from CleveMed/Great Lakes Neurotechnologies, Michael J. Fox Foundation and the NIH.Dr. Lowenstein receives research support from the NIH.

1) Switching from natalizumab to fingolimod in patients with remitting-relapsing multiple sclerosis and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. 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. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Ludwig Kappos about his paper on switching from natalizumab to fingolimod in patients with remitting-relapsing multiple sclerosis. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about dopamine-responsive dystonia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Timothy Pedley about his Presidential Lecture at the AAN Meeting about the topics of neurologists' burnout, cost and quality of healthcare, value of neurology to congress and payers along with maintenance of certification. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Keegan, Kappos, Wesley, Espay and Pedley.Dr. Keegan serves as Chief Editor of eMedicine; serves as an editorial board member of Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; is a consultant for Novartis, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Bionest Partners and receives research support from Terumo BCT and Caridian BCT.Dr. Kappos serves as an editorial board member of Multiple Sclerosis Journal, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders and Journal of Neurology; receives research support from Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Addex, Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen Idec, Biotica, CSL Behring, Genzyme Corporation, Eli Lilly and Company, Merck Serono, Mitsubishi, Novartis, Ono Pharma, Pfizer Inc, Receptos, Roche, Sanofi-aventis, Santhera, Siemens, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., UCB, Xenoport, Swiss National Research Foundation and the European Union and The Swiss MS Society; honoraria and other payments for all these activities have been exclusively used for funding of research of his department.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espay serves as an Associate Editor of Movement Disorders, Frontiers in Movement Disorders and Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders; serves as an editorial board member of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders and The European Neurological Journal; receives royalties for publications of books from Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins and from Cambridge University Press; serves on the scientific advisory board for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), Chelsea Therapeutics, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Impax Pharmaceuticals, Merz, Pfizer Inc, Solstice Neurosciences, LLC, Eli Lilly and Company, US WorldMeds; is a consultant for Chelsea Therapeutics, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie); serves on the speakers' bureaus of UCB, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., American Academy of Neurology, Movement Disorders Society; receives research support from CleveMed/Great Lakes Neurotechnologies, Michael J. Fox Foundation and the NIH.Dr. Pedley serves as an editorial board member of Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology and Nature Reviews Neurology and as Editor-in-Chief (Neurology) for UpToDate; serves as President for the American Academy of Neurology; receives royalties form the publication of the books Current Practice of Clinical Electroencephalography, Epilepsy: A comprehensive Textbook and Merritt's Neurology.

Stroke in Systemic Disease. Lesson of the Week interviews from March 2015.

1) Screening with MRI for accurate and rapid stroke treatment and 2) Topic of the month: Voices of encephalitis. 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. Kevin Barrett interviews Dr. Amie Hsia about her paper on screening with MRI for accurate and rapid stroke treatment. Dr. James Addington is reading our e-Pearl of the week about intracranial hypotension. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Lara Marcuse interviews Mia about the topic of Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate. The participants had nothing to disclose except Dr. Loddenkemper and Addington.Dr. Barrett serves as an Associate Editor for Neurohospitalist; serves as an editorial board member of Neurology; and receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Addington serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.