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 History of Movement Disorders: Huntington’s Disease in Venezuela

As part of the History of Movement Disorders series, Dr. Sara Schaefer and Dr. David Standaert discuss the research and humanitarian work by Nancy Wexler and team starting in...

MDS Podcast Striatal Blood Brain Barrier Opening in Parkinson’s Dementia

Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Pineda-Pardo using focused ultrasound to temporarily open the striatal blood brain barrier in Parkinson’s disease dementia patients, and the implications for the results...

MDS Podcast Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease dementia: are we there yet?

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Prof. Marjan Jahanshahi on the long term results of the clinical trial of deep brain stimulation of the nucleus basalis of Meynert in people with...

MDS Podcast The Genetic Landscape of Complex Childhood-Onset Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders

In this episode, Dr. Hugo Morales Briceño discusses the spectrum of phenotypes and genotypes of children with hyperkinetic movement disorders with Dr. Belén Pérez Dueñas and Prof. Manju Kurian....

MDS Podcast Can dogs diagnose Parkinson’s disease?

Dr. Sarah Lidstone interviews Dr. Chang-Qing Gao & Prof. Ji-fung Guo about their recent research on the sensitivity of sniffer dogs for diagnosing Parkinson’s disease. Read the article.

MDS Podcast Nosology and Cut-Off Values for Axial Postural Abnormalities in Parkinsonism

Members of the task force for Axial Postural Abnormalities in Parkinsonism, Prof. Tinazzi, Dr. Geroin and Dr. Artusi, discuss new nosology and cut-off values. Read the article.

MDS Podcast COVID-19 and the Risk of Parkinsonism

Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Prof. Richard Smeyne how viruses including COVID-19 increase the susceptibility to oxidative stress-induced parkinsonism in mouse models, the historical evidence to support a virus-parkinsonism...

MDS Podcast Highlights on Tremor Disorders | Congress 2022

Dr. Claudia Testa shares with Dr. Sara Schaefer why she believes in the quickly shifting field of tremor, we should be more open-minded about changes in diagnoses over time.

MDS Podcast Genetic Highlights in Movement Disorders | Congress 2022

As genetics become more prominent in patient discussions, Professor Roy Alcalay outlines with Dr. Tiago Outeiro the key implications and opportunities as we enter «a different era of genetic...