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 Blinded RT-QuIC analysis of alpha-synuclein biomarker in skin tissue from Parkinson’s disease patients

Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Dr. Anumantha Kanthasamy about RT-QuIC from skin tissues as a potential new biomarker for Parkinson’s disease. Read the article

MDS Podcast TikTok tics

Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Dr. Caroline Olvera about trending videos of tics and other neurological syndromes on social media. Read the article

MDS Podcast Cognitive and visuospatial abilities in dystonia

Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Dr. Carlos Camargo about the non-motor and prodromal features of dystonia. Read the article

MDS Podcast Autophagy in levodopa-induced dyskinesia: A new potential therapeutic target

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Prof. Gilberto Fisone about the role of autophagy in levodopa-induced dyskinesia. Read the article

MDS Podcast Electroconvulsive therapy in movement disorders

Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Pedro Garcia Ruiz his recent paper in Movement Disorders Clinical Practice discussing the history and data behind the use of electroconvulsive therapy in...

MDS Podcast Acetylcholine nuclei atrophy predicts gait changes in Parkinson’s disease

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Nicola Ray on a recently published article that demonstrates a relationship between changes in cholinergic nuclei in MRI and future gait disorders in Parkinson’s...

MDS Podcast Anxiety in parkinson’s disease and its correlates in mri-based functional connectivity

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Rosa De Micco on the functional MRI correlates of anxiety in Parkinson’s disease, highlighting the main results of the article she recently published on...

MDS Podcast Scar dancing syndrome

Dr. Yiwen Wu discusses a newly-described peripherally-induced movement disorder (PIMD), and discusses with Dr. Schaefer the potential pathophysiologies of PIMDs. Read the article

MDS Podcast Neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s disease

Dr. Mcihele Matarazzo interviews Dr. David Standaert about the review article he recently published on neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s disease, including the main evidence of its role on the pathogenesis...