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 An online mindfulness-based group intervention for tics

Dr. Hannah E. Reese and Mr. W. Alan Brown discuss their pilot study of a mindfulness-based group virtual intervention for tic disorders, that was co-developed with patients. Journal CME...

MDS Podcast Genetic dystonias and understanding molecular pathways • 2024 MDS Congress

Prof. Michael Zech takes a dive into his talk on gene discovery in dystonia. He explains how new findings can provide insight into the pathophysiology of dystonia and improve...

MDS Podcast Past, present, future: An interview with MDS President • 2024 MDS Congress

Dr. Victor Fung sat down with Dr. Michele Matarazzo at the #mdscongress to reflect on the advice from his predecessors and how that is helping him achieve his goals...

MDS Podcast What’s new in the pathophysiology of Parkinson’s disease? • 2024 MDS Congress

Alpha-synuclein based biomarkers have dominated the Parksinon’s disease field over the past few years. Dr. Andrew Siderowf shares his views on the future of these biomarkers and what else...

MDS Podcast The evolution of tremor • 2024 MDS Congress

Dr. Aasef Shaikh shares the exciting developments in the world of tremor and how he believes the use of technology will help answer some of the field’s big questions,...

MDS Podcast Better understanding functional movement disorders • 2024 MDS Congress

Dr. Alexander Lehn breaks down functional movement disorders; what is happening in the brain, what are the potential risk factors and what future treatments and clinical trials we have...

MDS Podcast New genes and technologies for movement disorder genetics • 2024 MDS Congress

Dr. Kishore Kumar shares the new genes associated with Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, and ataxia. He also shares how new technologies, like long read sequencing, can assist in finding epigenetic...

MDS Podcast Which protein is it? Copathologies • 2024 MDS Congress

Prof. Jeffrey Kordower shares the data in support of #PD being a copathology disease and what strategies may be in the future for protein aggregate clearance in age-related neurodegenerative...

MDS Podcast Biomarkers and basic science research • 2024 MDS Congress

Prof. Brit Mollenhauer shares her excitement about basic science, including biomarker research, and how she believes MDS’s diversity can help foster more collaboration between clinicians and basic scientists.