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 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 Variability of movement disorders: The influence of sensation

Dr. Michele Matarazzo speaks with Prof. Maja Kojović about the paper awarded as 2021 best review article from the Movement Disorders journal, highlighting the impact on several factors on...

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...

MDS Podcast Swim for Parkinson: Swimming together to improve together

The neurologists Dr. Francesca Morgante and Dr. Nicola Modugno and Cecilia Ferrari, a person with Parkinson’s disease, share their experience swimming across the strait of Messina, highlighting the importance...

MDS Podcast Perampanel may reduce alpha-synuclein transmission in Parkinson’s disease. A possible therapeutic target?

Dr. Michele Matarazzo speaks with Prof. Ryosuke Takahashi about the results of his recent study that shows how this anti-epileptic drug may inhibit the transmission of alpha synuclein in...

MDS Podcast An interview with Claudia Trenkwalder | Congress 2021

Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Claudia Trenkwalder the 2021 Virtual MDS Congress, her tenure as the MDS president, and her hopes for the future of the MDS.