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 Measuring gait through brain metabolism in Parkinson’s disease: How it can help understanding and treating gait disorders

Dr. Hilmar Sigurdsson shares the results of an FDG PET study that found 2 distinct patterns of brain metabolism related to gait disfunction in PD, suggesting that this objective...

MDS Podcast Peer review: Past, present and future

In the last episode focused on peer reviews, Dr. Michael Okun discusses historical perspectives and future directions of the peer review process.

MDS Podcast MDS Criteria for the diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy: New features and implications

Dr. Eduardo de Pablo-Fernández interviews Dr. Iva Stankovic and Prof. Gregor Wenning on the newly published MDS Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy. Read the article. Journal...

MDS Podcast Parkinson’s disease medications during hospitalization

Dr. Sara Schaefer and Dr. Georgia Richard discuss the breakdown in medication prescribing and administration in hospitalized Parkinson’s patients, and potential strategies for improvement. Read the article.

MDS Podcast How not to conduct a peer review: Fatal, avoidable errors.

In this episode of the special series focused on the peer review process, Dr. Shweta Prasad speaks with Prof. Jose Obeso to discuss some points on how NOT to...

MDS Podcast Update from the Synuclein Meeting 2022

In this episode we interviewed Prof. Veerle Baekelandt from KU Leuven, Belgium, who was the main organizer of the Synuclein Meeting 2022. We discussed the major highlights of the...

MDS Podcast The Ethics of Peer Review

For this episode of our special series focused on the peer review process, Dr. Alana Kirby speaks with Prof. Claudia Trenkwalder about the ethics of peer review.

MDS Podcast Pesticide exposure and dream-enacting behavior

Dr. Hugo Morales interviews Dr. Chen Honglei about his most recent paper «High Pesticide Exposure Events and Dream-Enacting Behaviors Among US Farmers» published in the Movement Disorders journal. Read...

MDS Podcast The role of young members in the peer review process

For this episode of the special series focused on peer reviews, Dr. Daniel Di Luca speaks with Prof. Marcelo Merello about the role of young members and trainees in...