Neurology® Podcast

Dr. Jeff Burns talks with Dr. Ron Petersen, Director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, about Medicare's recent decision to officially limit Aduhelm (aducanumab) coverage to patients in clinical trials. Read the full article discussed in this interview in the New York Times.

Dr. Karen Hirsch talks with Dr. Linnéa Grindegård about the association between EEG patterns and serum neurofilament light as a marker of neuroaxonal injury after cardiac arrest. Read the full article in Neurology. 

Drs. B.J. Hicks and Andy Southerland talk with Dr. Scott Mendelson about racial and ethnic disparities in the rates of declination of thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Read the full article in Neurology.

Dr. Justin Abbatemarco talks with Prof. Gráinne Gorman about the use of L-arginine in the treatment of mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes (MELAS). Read the full article in Neurology. 

Dr. Fábio Nascimento talks with Dr. Elaine Pang about the identification and characterization of pure sleep epilepsy after first-ever seizures from sleep in adults. Read the full article in Neurology. 

The June 2022 replay of past episodes showcases a selection of interviews about the impact of the FDA's approval of aducanumab for the treatment of Alzheimer disease (AD). This episode features illuminating conversations with Drs. Gregg Day, Ron Petersen, and Jason Karlawish on the clinical science guiding amyloid-based treatments for AD, the importance of patient participation when considering the use of aducanumab, and the business of Alzheimer disease, respectively. This month's Recall concludes with an interview featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Pam Belluck on Medicare's limitations on aducanumab coverage.

Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Meredith Bock about the association of motor, non-motor, and behavioral symptoms with health-related quality of life in people with Parkinson disease. Read the full article in Neurology.

In the second part of our two-part series on neurodegeneration in professional football players, Dr. Shuvro Roy talks with Dr. Ann McKee about her career and work studying the consequences of repetitive traumatic brain injury (TBI) and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). For more information on the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank at the Boston University CTE Center, including brain donation inquiries, click here.

Dr. Justin Abbatemarco talks with Dr. Ming Lim about the diagnosis and management of opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome (OMAS) in children. Read the full article in Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation.

In the first part of our two-part series on neurodegeneration in professional football players, Dr. Shuvro Roy talks with Dr. Ann McKee about the high incidence and mortality rates of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in NFL athletes. For more information on the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank at the Boston University CTE Center, including brain donation inquiries, click here.

Dr. Derek Stitt talks with Dr. Anne Oaklander about the association of long COVID with incident polyneuropathy affecting the small-fiber axons. Read the full article in Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation.

Dr. Halley Alexander talks with Dr. Shóbi Sivathamboo about the incidence of serious cardiac arrhythmias detected by subcutaneous cardiac monitors in patients with chronic drug-resistant epilepsy. Read the full article in Neurology.

Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Andreas Rowald about the efficacy of activity-dependent spinal cord neuromodulation, which was shown to rapidly restore trunk and leg motor functions in patients with spinal cord injury after complete paralysis.

Dr. Stacey Clardy discusses the prognostic factors and efficacy of immunosuppressive treatments for spinal cord sarcoidosis with Dr. Antoine Gavoille. Read the full article in Neurology.

Dr. Justin Abbatemarco talks with Dr. Bruce Bebo about the estimated economic burden of multiple sclerosis in the US, highlighting direct and indirect cost drivers. Read the full article in Neurology. Please be sure to check out the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's "MS Navigator" resource, which connects patients with MS and their family members to experts who can help them navigate the challenges of MS, from making workplace accommodation requests to case management assessment.

Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Michael Fox about the association of connectivity between brain networks and sites of deep brain stimulation (DBS) with DBS-induced cognitive decline in patients with Parkinson disease. Check out the free clinical tool designed to help DBS programmers based on the research discussed in this episode here.

Dr. Halley Alexander talks with Dr. Mark Keezer about the risk of sudden death and cardiac arrhythmia in patients utilizing lamotrigine to treat epilepsy. Read the full article in Neurology.