Podcast: MDS PODCAST: Defining Parkinson's disease

MDS Podcast Current genetic landscape for movement disorders • 2025 MDS Congress

The field of genetics often moves quickly, making it a challenge to stay informed. Dr. Gerard Saranza breaks down the current landscape, new discoveries and technologies, and what changes we can expect in the upcoming years.

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MDS Podcast Current landscape of pediatric movement disorders • 2025 MDS Congress

Due to genetic advancements, the pediatric movement disorder field is ever growing. Dr. Shekeeb Mohammad breaks down the current landscape of the field and how adult neurologists can advance their learning.

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MDS Podcast Motor rehabilitation for Parkinson’s disease • 2025 MDS Congress

Rehabilitation for movement disorders, like PD, has become increasingly prevalent for patient care. Prof. Alice Nieuwboer discusses how technology has shaped the field, how neurologists can support patient exercise, and what future updates she looks forward to.

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MDS Podcast What you missed: MDS Congress Day 4

The last full day of the #mdscongress was full of exciting sessions and events. Dr. Laura Silveira-Moriyama shares her excitement about the keynote speaker, updates on disease modifying clinical trials, and of course, the crowd pleasing MDS Video Challenge.

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MDS Podcast What you missed: MDS Congress Day 3

Dr. Huw Morris discusses the session highlights from #mdscongress day three, which included a plenary session on protein aggregation clearance, movement disorder grand rounds, and several exciting oral platforms.

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MDS Podcast What you missed: MDS Congress Day 2

Prof. Francesca Morgante breaks down the second day of the #mdscongress which included the presidential lectures, junior awardees, and several enlightening teaching sessions.

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MDS Podcast What you missed: MDS Congress Day 1

An eventful first day of the 2025 #mdscongress has come to a close. Listen here as Dr. Davide Martino reviews the events and interesting scientific sessions for those near and far. Don’t miss out!

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MDS Podcast Junior Awardee: Identifying a subthalamic nucleus cell subtype responsible for motor benefit in a Parkinsonian mouse model | Congress 2025

Dr. Mitra Afshari chats with Dr. Jung Hawn Shin, one of this year’s MDS Congress Junior Awardees. Together they discuss his career path and what lead him to studying, and ultimately deciphering specific neuronal cell-types within the subthalamic nucleus (STN) that could be responsible for anti-parkinsonian motor benefits, and potentially non-motor side effects, of stimulation…

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MDS Podcast Junior Awardee: Mitochondrial and oligodendrocytic processes in MSA | Congress 2025

Dr. Eduardo de Pablo-Fernández interviews one of the 2025 Junior Awardees, Dr. Lydia Chougar about her work combining neuroimaging with transcriptomics and PET maps to elucidate the biological underpinnings of structural abnormalities in multiple system atrophy.

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MDS Podcast MDCP Research Article of the Year: Are hyposmia and REM sleep behavior disorder reliable indicators of Lewy body pathology?

There is an important role for cost-effective clinical biomarkers in the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Eduardo de Pablo-Fernández and Dr. Cecilia Tremblay discuss how accurate hyposmia and REM sleep behavior disorder can predict Lewy pathology in a non-selected population using data from the Arizona clinicopathological study on Aging and Neurodegeneration. Read the article.

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