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 Definition and characteristics of early onset PSP: A different disease?

In this interview with Dr. Edwin Jabbari, we highlight the results of his study on the definition and genetic and neuropathological characteristics of early onset progressive supranuclear palsy. The...

MDS Podcast MDS PSP criteria in practice: From clinical phenotyping to pathological diagnosis

Dr. Farwa Ali discusses with Dr. Sara Schaefer the results of her study on the use of the MDS criteria for PSP with the MAX rules and their clinical...

MDS Podcast Iron imaging of substantia nigra in Parkinson’s disease: A possible biomarker?

Dr. Niels Bergsland discusses with Dr. Michele Matarazzo the results of the article he recently published in the Movement Disorders journal on longitudinal iron imaging in the substantia nigra...

MDS Podcast Patient vs. care partner assessment of cognitive disability in Parkinson’s: Who’s more accurate?

Benjamin Deck discusses with Dr. Schaefer the article he recently published in the Movement Disorders Clinical Practice on the patient vs. care partner assessment of cognition in Parkinson’s disease....

MDS Podcast Long-term outcomes of focused ultrasound in essential tremor

Dr. Jin Woo Chang shares the results of 4-year follow-up of MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy in essential tremor. In his article, recently published in the Movement Disorders journal, he...

MDS Podcast When should dopaminergic treatment be initiated in Parkinson’s disease?

Dr. Ruth Schneider discusses with Dr. Sara Schaefer about the article she recently published in the Movement Disorders Clinical Practice that investigates the outcomes of early vs delayed start...

MDS Podcast Advanced therapies for Parkinson’s disease: Are they all the same?

Dr. K. Ray Chaudhuri discusses with Dr. Michele Matarazzo his article on the differences between subthalamic nucleus DBS, intrajejunal levodopa and apomorphine infusion in Parkinson’s, published in the March...

MDS Podcast Is benign hereditary chorea really benign?

Dr. Mered Parnes discusses with Dr. Sara Schaefer his article on benign hereditary chorea recently published in the January 2019 issue of the Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. Read the...

MDS Podcast The Mediterranean diet in Parkinson’s disease

Dr. Nikolaos Scarmeas discusses with Dr. Michele Matarazzo the results of his article about the impact of the Mediterranean diet on the risk of Parkinson’s disease, published in the...