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 The wisdom of our mentors: clinical pearls in movement disorders

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...

MDS Podcast Hot Topic: Focused Ultrasound in Movement Disorders – Blood-Brain Barrier Opening

In this Hot Topic episode, Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Nir Lipsman on the Focused Ultrasound-mediated Blood-Brain Barrier Opening, from technical challenges to current evidence and future perspective of...

MDS Podcast Pallidotomy for Focal and Hemidystonia

Prof. 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...

MDS Podcast Hot Topic: Focused Ultrasound in Movement Disorders – Neuromodulation

Dr. 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...

MDS Podcast Erythrocytic α-synuclein and spreading pathology in Parkinson’s disease

Prof. 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...

MDS Podcast Mortality in Parkinson’s disease: findings from a nationwide study from Finland

Dr. 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...

MDS Podcast Local fields potentials can help DBS programming in Parkinson’s disease in clinical practice

Dr. 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...

MDS Podcast Deep brain stimulation for GBA-related Parkinson’s disease: is it a reasonable option?

In this special issue Dr. Avenali and Prof. Valente share the results on a large cohort study investigating the results and risks of deep brain stimulation in people with...

MDS Podcast Family history and genetic Alzheimer’s risk and ties to Parkinson’s disease

Dr. 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...