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 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.

MDS Podcast History of Movement Disoders: The influence of videography

Dr. Mattia Rosso joins Dr. Sara Schaefer to discuss the historical use of videography in movement disorder clinical practice and education, and how it influenced the evolution of the...

MDS Podcast Ataxia Series: Deconstructing late-onset idiopathic ataxia

Cases of late-onset cerebellar ataxias are a challenge for neurologists. In this episode Dr. Orlando Barsottini and Dr. José Luiz Pedroso discuss new advances on the investigation of late-onset...

MDS Podcast Rethinking Parkinson’s: The Somato-Cognitive Action Network (SCAN) hypothesis

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Prof. Hesheng Liu about his recent Nature paper proposing a major conceptual shift: Parkinson’s disease as a somato-cognitive action network (SCAN) disorder. Together they discuss...

MDS Podcast Ataxia Series: The ataxia exam – Phenomenology, classification, and a practical diagnostic roadmap

In this episode, Dr. Orlando Barsottini and Dr. Bart van de Warrenburg discuss the importance of precise neurological examination and classification of ataxias. The further discuss the rational etiological...

MDS Podcast Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients with Mass Social Media-Induced Illness Presenting with Functional Tic-like Behaviors

In this episode, Dr. Kirsten Müller-Vahl explores one of the first long-term follow-up studies of mass social media–induced functional tic-like behaviors (MSMI-FTLB). She discusses what their findings mean for...

MDS Podcast Revisiting the 2015 MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson’s disease

Dr. Eduardo de Pablo-Fernández is joined by Dr. Susan Fox and Dr. Claudia Trenkwalder to discuss how to improve the current MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson’s disease. Read...