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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Aug 8, 2022 • 0sec
Measuring gait through brain metabolism in Parkinson's disease: How it can help understanding and treating gait disorders
Dr. Hilmar Sigurdsson shares the results of an FDG PET study that found 2 distinct patterns of brain metabolism related to gait disfunction in PD, suggesting that this objective measure could help better understand the neural basis of gait disorders and could also be used to predict gait involvement in clinical practice and as outcome measure in clinical trials. Read the article.
Jul 25, 2022 • 0sec
Peer review: Past, present and future
In the last episode focused on peer reviews, Dr. Michael Okun discusses historical perspectives and future directions of the peer review process.
Jul 18, 2022 • 0sec
MDS Criteria for the diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy: New features and implications
Dr. Eduardo de Pablo-Fernández interviews Dr. Iva Stankovic and Prof. Gregor Wenning on the newly published MDS Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy. Read the article.
Journal CME will be available for this article until June 17, 2023.
Jun 30, 2022 • 0sec
Parkinson's disease medications during hospitalization
Dr. Sara Schaefer and Dr. Georgia Richard discuss the breakdown in medication prescribing and administration in hospitalized Parkinson's patients, and potential strategies for improvement. Read the article.
Jun 27, 2022 • 0sec
How not to conduct a peer review: Fatal, avoidable errors.
In this episode of the special series focused on the peer review process, Dr. Shweta Prasad speaks with Prof. Jose Obeso to discuss some points on how NOT to conduct a peer review.
Jun 20, 2022 • 0sec
Update from the Synuclein Meeting 2022
In this episode we interviewed Prof. Veerle Baekelandt from KU Leuven, Belgium, who was the main organizer of the Synuclein Meeting 2022. We discussed the major highlights of the meeting, what to expect in the coming years, and what are the major questions still to be addressed.
Jun 13, 2022 • 0sec
The Ethics of Peer Review
For this episode of our special series focused on the peer review process, Dr. Alana Kirby speaks with Prof. Claudia Trenkwalder about the ethics of peer review.
Jun 6, 2022 • 0sec
Pesticide exposure and dream-enacting behavior
Dr. Hugo Morales interviews Dr. Chen Honglei about his most recent paper "High Pesticide Exposure Events and Dream-Enacting Behaviors Among US Farmers" published in the Movement Disorders journal. Read the article.Journal CME will be available for this article until May 20, 2023.
May 30, 2022 • 0sec
The role of young members in the peer review process
For this episode of the special series focused on peer reviews, Dr. Daniel Di Luca speaks with Prof. Marcelo Merello about the role of young members and trainees in the peer review process.
May 23, 2022 • 0sec
Unmet needs of women with Parkinson's disease: Gaps and controversies
Dr. Sarah Lidstone interviews Dr. Indu Subramanian about her recent paper, "Unmet needs of women with Parkinson's disease: Gaps and Controversies," in Movement Disorders. Read the article.
