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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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
Nov 9, 2020 • 0sec
Anti-inflammatory drugs use impacts the risk of developing PD in LRRK2 mutation carriers
Dr. Marta San Luciano shares the main findings of the recently published article on the impact of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs use on the risk of developing PD in a large LRRK2 mutation carriers cohort. Read the article
Nov 6, 2020 • 0sec
The impact of COVID-19 on scientific research activities
In this interview, Prof. Brit Mollenhauer provides insight into how researchers have been coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the article
Oct 14, 2020 • 0sec
Value of invivosynuclein deposits in Parkinson's disease - Asystematic review and metaanalysis
Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Kazuto Tsukita, the first author of the article awarded as "2020 Review Article from Movement Disorders" on the advances of in-vivo alpha-synuclein detection as a biomarker for Parkinson. Read the article
Oct 14, 2020 • 0sec
Randomized controlled trial of exercise on objective and subjective sleep in Parkinson's disease
Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Amy Amara, the first author of the article awarded as "2020 Research Article from Movement Disorders" on the effects of exercise on sleep in Parkinson's disease. Read the article
