

MDS Podcast
International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
Stay up to date on novel, clinically-relevant research findings in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. Each episode of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society podcast discusses a relevant development in the field, including highlighted journal articles and interviews with the authors.
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Sep 4, 2023 • 0sec
New loci for Parkinson disease is identified in Latin America cohorts
Dr. Sarah Camargos interviews Dr. Thiago Leal and Dr. Ignacio Mata about the need of genetic studies on underrepresented populations and the technical challenges they faced when alayzing admixture ancestries and X chromosome.
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Aug 31, 2023 • 0sec
Award Article: Long duration levodopa response and neuroplasticity in Parkinson’s disease
In this special issue celebrating the Movement Disorders journal Research Article of the Year 2023, Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Mario Zappia the effects of the short vs long duration responses to levodopa on cortical excitability and neuroplasticity in response to motor learning tasks in early Parkinson’s disease patients. Read the article »

Aug 31, 2023 • 0sec
Award Article: Have we forgotten what tics are?
In this special issue celebrating the Movement Disorders Clinical Practice journal Research Article of the Year 2023, Sara Schaefer discusses tic phenomenology in primary tic disorders vs. functional tic-like disorders with Dr. Tamara Pringsheim. Read the article »

Aug 4, 2023 • 0sec
Perry Disease
Dr. Wszolek shares with Dr. Schaefer his extensive knowledge about the clinical, genetic, and pathological findings in Perry disease, a rare and likely underdiagnosed parkinsonian condition.
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Jul 24, 2023 • 0sec
Pleiotropy in Parkinson´s disease and Cancer: Is there an association between these entities?
In this episode, Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Sugier discusses the epidemiological associations between PD and cancers. While investigating several European GWAS databases, his group raised the conundrum whether cancer and Parkinson's disease share common risk factors.
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Jul 7, 2023 • 0sec
Parkin Maintains Robust Pacemaking in Human iPSC-derived A9 Dopaminergic Neurons
In this episode, we interviewed Prof. Jian Feng about his most recent paper covering the role of parkin mutations in human A9 dopaminergic neurons and role they play in locomotor activities of early-onset PD.
Journal CME is available until July 20, 2024
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Jun 26, 2023 • 0sec
Getting involved in the MDS: a fruitful relationship
In this episode, Michele Matarazzo highlights the relevance of our society for the field and its members, with special guest Njideka Okubadejo.

Jun 12, 2023 • 0sec
A cross-sectional study of PPMI participants using alpha-synuclein seed amplification as a biomarker
In this episode Dr. Tiago Outeiro talks with Dr. Andrew Siderowf about the exciting new results in his most recent publication on alpha-synuclein seed amplification assay.
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May 29, 2023 • 0sec
Inflammation is an early feature of Parkinson's disease
Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Talene Yacoubian on an article recently published on the Movement disorders journal that reveals increased inflammatory markers in recently diagnosed patients with Parkinson's disease without medication, suggesting the important role of inflammation from the early stages of the disease. Furthermore, inflammatory biomarkers are related to cognition.
Journal CME is available until May 22, 2024
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May 15, 2023 • 0sec
Diagnosis of Late-Onset Wilson's Disease
Dr. Christelle Nilles talks with Dr. Hugo Morales Briceno about the clinical presentations of Wilson’s disease patients with onset after 40 years and the challenges of diagnosing patients with atypical neurological manifestations.
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