

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 1, 2021 • 0sec
TikTok tics
Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Dr. Caroline Olvera about trending videos of tics and other neurological syndromes on social media. Read the article

Jun 1, 2021 • 0sec
Cognitive and visuospatial abilities in dystonia
Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Dr. Carlos Camargo about the non-motor and prodromal features of dystonia. Read the article

May 1, 2021 • 0sec
Autophagy in levodopa-induced dyskinesia: A new potential therapeutic target
Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Prof. Gilberto Fisone about the role of autophagy in levodopa-induced dyskinesia. Read the article

Apr 1, 2021 • 0sec
Electroconvulsive therapy in movement disorders
Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Pedro Garcia Ruiz his recent paper in Movement Disorders Clinical Practice discussing the history and data behind the use of electroconvulsive therapy in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. Read the article
Mar 1, 2021 • 0sec
Acetylcholine nuclei atrophy predicts gait changes in Parkinson's disease
Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Nicola Ray on a recently published article that demonstrates a relationship between changes in cholinergic nuclei in MRI and future gait disorders in Parkinson's disease. Read the article

Feb 1, 2021 • 0sec
Parkinsonian syndromes and Parkinson's subtypes: Will a single neuroimaging modality ever be enough?
Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Dr. Nicola Pavese about the imaging modalities currently in use and emerging to differentiate parkinsonian syndromes and Parkinson's subtypes, and how imaging helps us to understand, study, and treat these conditions. Read the article

Feb 1, 2021 • 0sec
Anxiety in parkinson's disease and its correlates in mri-based functional connectivity
Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Rosa De Micco on the functional MRI correlates of anxiety in Parkinson's disease, highlighting the main results of the article she recently published on the topic in the Movement Disorders journal.Read the article

Jan 9, 2021 • 0sec
Scar dancing syndrome
Dr. Yiwen Wu discusses a newly-described peripherally-induced movement disorder (PIMD), and discusses with Dr. Schaefer the potential pathophysiologies of PIMDs. Read the article

Jan 4, 2021 • 0sec
Neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease
Dr. Mcihele Matarazzo interviews Dr. David Standaert about the review article he recently published on neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease, including the main evidence of its role on the pathogenesis of the disease and how understanding it better may help us discovering new therapeutic targets. Read the article

Nov 20, 2020 • 0sec
Neurofilament light chain in Parkinson's disease
Dr. Brit Mollenhauer discusses the recent advances in the use of neurofilament light chain for the diagnosis and follow up of Parkinson's disease and related disorders, highlighting the results of a recent longitudinal study. Read the article