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 Does glucocerebrosidase activity correlate with disease risk or phenotype severity in Parkinson’s disease?

A discussion with Dr. Avner Thaler on the findings and implications of a study on the background of importance of GBA mutations and GCase activity in Parkinson’s disease. Read...

MDS Podcast What are journal editors looking for in a good review?

This is the third episode of the special series focused on the peer review process. In this episode, Dr. Alana Kirby speaks with Dr. Jon Stoessl about what journal...

MDS Podcast When to accept or decline an invitation to review

For the second episode of the special series focused on the peer review process, Dr. Shweta Prasad speaks with Prof. Günther Deuschl about the crucial first part of the...

MDS Podcast Bilateral focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor, is it safe?

Prof. Andres Lozano shares the results of the phase 2 clinical trial showing safety and feasibility of the staged bilateral MR-guided focus ultrasound thalamotomy in 10 patients. Read the...

MDS Podcast Neuropsychiatric features of punding and hobbyism in Parkinson’s disease

Dr. Hugo Morales discusses «Neuropsychiatric Features of Punding and Hobbyism in Parkinson’s Disease,» by Dr. Pedro Barbosa et al., from Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. Read the article.

MDS Podcast Approach to neuroimaging in Parkinsonisms

Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Professor Antonio Strafella and Dr. Cecilia Peralta their work from the MDS Neuroimaging Study Group published in Movement Disorders Clinical Practice on a «Pragmatic...

MDS Podcast Tau imaging for the study of corticobasal syndrome: The first steps of in vivo neuropathology

Dr. Günter Hoglinger discusses the article he recently published in the Movement Disorders journal on tau imaging in a cohort of corticobasal syndrome patients, along with amyloid PET and...

MDS Podcast The most impactful paper related to movement disorders therapy in the 20th century

Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Dr. Stanley Fahn about the origins of levodopa therapy for Parkinson’s disease in the 1960s, how that generated an explosion of interest and research...