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 Disentangling the Cognitive Effects of Acute Levodopa in Parkinson’s Disease

In this episode, Dr. Joseph Seemiller and Dr. Kelly Mills discuss the changes in cognitive performance in the OFF and ON states during an acute levodopa challenge in a...

MDS Podcast Exploring postural control in functional motor disorders using virtual reality

In this episode, Drs. Gandolfi and Tinazzi discuss how virtual reality can be used as a therapeutic tool to modulate attention in patients with functional motor disorder, while measuring...

MDS Podcast Is levodopa disease modifying? Long-term LEAP study follow-up

Prof. Rob de Bie joins Dr. Sara Schaefer to discuss the 5-year follow up extension to the Levodopa in Early Parkinson’s disease (LEAP) study, including the results and indications...

MDS Podcast A post-hoc analysis of the Prasinezumab trial in early Parkinson’s disease

Dr. Gennaro Pagano discusses the findings of the post-hoc analysis of the PASADENA trial, a study using the monoclonal antibody Prasinezumab directed at aggregated α-synuclein, where motor progression trajectories...

MDS Podcast Do subjective cognitive complaints predict future incident cognitive impairment in people with Parkinson’s disease?

Dr. Eduardo Fernández and Dr. Daniel Weintraub discuss whether subjective cognitive complaints can predict future incident cognitive impairment and other questions related to early cognitive impairment in people with...

MDS Podcast Lixisenatide in Parkinson’s: A Diabetes Drug to Slow Disease Progression?

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Olivier Rascol on the results of the clinical trial recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Tune in to learn about the...

MDS Podcast Hot Topic: Limitations of phenomenology in functional movement disorders: what can we learn?

In this Hot Topic episode, Dr. Sarah Lidstone moderates a discussion with Dr. Mark Hallett and Prof. Mark Edwards on the limitations of phenomenology in movement disorders. Drawn from...

MDS Podcast Understanding corticobasal syndrome: Clinical and neuroimaging characteristics to unlock the underlying pathology

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Jacy Parmera about her recently published article on the clinical and neuroimaging characteristics of patients with corticobasal syndrome, with a focus on the potential...