MDS PODCAST: Defining Parkinson’s disease

Stay up to date on novel, clinically-relevant research findings in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders.

Stay up to date on novel, clinically-relevant research findings in Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.


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MDS Podcast Quality of life in Parkinson’s disease

Dr. Connie Marras discusses with Dr. Sara Schaefer her recent study in Movement Disorders Clinical Practice exploring the perspective of Persons with Parkinson’s disease on the definition of quality...

MDS Podcast New data to reframe the risks of DBS surgery for patients and providers

Myths and misconceptions related to the surgical risks of deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedures remain common despite many years of evidence demonstrating its relative safety. This leads to both...

MDS Podcast Ataxia Series: Treating cerebellar ataxia in 2026 – What’s new?

For many years ataxias, especially the genetic forms, were considered untreatable diseases. In this episode Dr. Orlando Barsottini and Dr. Liana Rosenthal discuss the new advances in the treatment...

MDS Podcast Prodromal autonomic dysfunction in Lewy body diseases

Prodromal autonomic dysfunction has emerged as an important area of research in understanding Lewy body diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, and dementia with Lewy bodies. Dr. Michelle Matarazzo sits down...

MDS Podcast Ataxia Series: Beyond the cerebellum – Non-motor features and multisystem care in genetic ataxias

Genetic ataxias have many non-motor features, such as fatigue, sleep disorders, and cognitive dysfunction. In this episode, Dr. Orlando Barsottini and Dr. Christofer Stephen discuss the most common non-motor...

MDS Podcast Modulating the peripheral immune response: LRRK2 and GBA1 mutations

Dr. Michele Matarazzo sits down with Dr. Rebecca Wallings to discuss  how two of the most important genetic forms for Parkinson’s disease, LRRK2 and GBA1, influence immune response to...

MDS Podcast Ataxia Series: Neuroimaging patterns not to miss in ataxia

In this episode, Dr. Orlando Barsottini and Dr. Malco Rossi discuss the main imaging findings and clues for the the diagnosis of genetic and sporadic ataxias.

MDS Podcast What is it? A young boy with deafness and twisting limb movements

In this episode Dr. Hugo Morales Briceno and Dr. Ai Huey Tan discuss how to approach deafness-dystonia syndrome and its etiological differential diagnoses. Read the discussed case.

MDS Podcast Ataxia Series: Recognizing sporadic ataxias

In this interview, Dr. Orlando Barsottini and Dr. Divyani Garg discuss the main forms of sporadic ataxias, how to approach them, and what steps not to miss.