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 The lasting impacts of scholarly debates – MDS 40th Anniversary

To celebrate the 40th Anniversay of the MDS, Dr. Sara Schaefer sits down with two key leaders of the MDS European Regional Section, Prof. Marie Vidailhet and Prof. Alberto...

MDS Podcast Hot Topic: Palliative care in movement disorders

In this Hot Topic episode, Dr. Sarah Camargos talks with Prof. Janis Miyasaki about the meaning and benefits of palliative care and how it improves quality of care in...

MDS Podcast Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in CSF1R-related disorder

In this episode, Prof. Fanny Mochel discusses the rationale and key findings from a retrospective cohort study of patients with CSF1R-related disorder treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, highlighting...

MDS Podcast Using alcohol as a tool to unravel laryngeal dystonia: The Vodka Trial

In this episode, Dr. Divyani Garg converses with Prof. Kristina Simonyan on applying the standard alcohol challenge test, in combination with targeted genetic analysis in the GABAergic synapse pathways,...

MDS Podcast MDJ Research Article of the Year: Microglial activation in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Victor Hvingelby, the recipient of this year’s MDJ Research Article of the Year award. Together they discuss the use of PET tracers to assess...

MDS Podcast MDJ Review of the Year: «Deep Genotyping» – What third-generation sequencing can teach us

Dr. Sarah Camargos interviews Dr. Guillaume Cogan and Prof. Alexis Brice, the corresponding authors of the article selected as the Movement Disorders Review of the Year. Listen as their...

MDS Podcast What’s new for MSA? • 2025 MDS Congress

Prof. Alessandra Fanciulli discusses how the MDS criteria for the diagnosis of MSA has made an impact on the field, the status of biomarker research, and optimal targets for...

MDS Podcast What’s next? Updates in functional neuroimaging • 2025 MDS Congress

Developments in neuroimaging have grown a lot over the years. Dr. Thilo van Eimeren discusses biomarker development, both in tau and alpha synuclein, current research, and his hope for...

MDS Podcast Highlights for dystonia • 2025 MDS Congress

Prof. Susanne Schneider discusses all things dystonia. Listen as she reviews the revised MDS definition and classification system for dystonia, updates for neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation, and the...