In this episode, Dr. Hugo Morales interviews Dr. Bas Bloem and Dr. Victor Fung, co-authors of «The Wisdom of Our Mentors: Clinical Pearls in Movement Disorders,» who share clinical pearls and discuss how mentors’ and mentees’ interactions are at the center of mentorship in movement disorders and the MDS. Read the article
Read MoreProf. Paresh Doshi discusses with Dr. Sara Schaefer the short- and long-term outcomes of unilateral radiofrequency pallidotomy in focal and hemidystonia patients in this single-blind cohort study published in Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. Read the article
Read MoreDr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Robert Chen about the rapidly expanding applications of focused ultrasound-based neuromodulation in neurology, particularly in movement disorders, from tremor to Parkinson’s disease. Tune in to uncover the future and potential of non-invasive neurotherapies that are setting new standards in research and patient care.
Read MoreProf. Tiago Outeiro interviews Dr. Jing Zhang on his most recent paper in the Movement Disorder Journal on the erythrocytic alpha synuclein and the gut microbiome. Together they discuss alpha synuclein spreading pathology and the promising future of blood biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease. Journal CME is available until March 02, 2025 Read the article.
Read MoreDr. Jussi Sipilä joins Dr. Eduardo de Pablo-Fernandez to discuss the interesting findings of the article on mortality rate in Parkinson’s disease using nationwide data from multiple health registries in Finland. Read the article
Read MoreDr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Prof. Andrea Kühn on her recently published article showing the potential of local fields potentials to help the programming of deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Read the article
Read MoreDr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Prof. Xiang Gao and Xinming Xu on their study utilizing the UK biobank to explore the risk of Parkinson’s disease as it relates to family history of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or dementia and to the polygenic risk score for AD. They further explore the common pathophysiological underpinnings for protein aggregation…
Read MoreDr. Pasquini discusses the findings of his collaborative study that has helped to understand the progression of rest postural and kinetic tremor in Parkinson’s disease. Read the article
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