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 Electrophysiology with a focus on cortical myoclonus

Prof. Marina de Koning-Tijssen interviews Professors Anna Latorre and Shabbir Merchant on the topic of electrophysiology, with a focus on cortical myoclonus. Together they discuss the potential applications of...

MDS Podcast What can the locus coeruleus tell us about cognition in Lewy body disorders?

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Prof. Irena Rektorová about her recent study on early changes in the locus coeruleus in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies. Using neuromelanin-sensitive MRI, the...

MDS Podcast Myoclonus new classification & treatment

Prof. Marina de Koning-Tijssen interviews Prof. John Caviness on the topic of myoclonus, focusing on its new classification and treatment. They discuss the long-awaited recently published classification of myoclonus...

MDS Podcast Celebrating the Parkinson’s community

On this special World Parkinson’s Day episode, Dr. Michele Matarazzo is joined by John Dean—speech-language pathologist and Chair of the MDS Allied Health Professionals Group—to explore the essential roles...

MDS Podcast Gender differences in DBS decision making

Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Michelle Fullard the similarities and differences in how men and women with Parkinson’s disease approach the decision of whether or not to undergo...

MDS Podcast GLP-1 agonists in Parkinson’s disease: New evidence, new questions?

In this episode, Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Prof. Tom Foltynie about the recently published phase 3 clinical trial of exenatide as a disease-modifying therapy for Parkinson’s disease in The...

MDS Podcast Mitochondrial DNA copy number: A potential biomarker for Parkinson’s disease progression

Prof. Sarah Camargos interviews Prof. Sun Ju Chung about his recent paper in the Movement Disorders Journal investigating diagnostic and prognostic capabilities of measuring blood mitochondrial DNA copy number...

MDS Podcast tDCS for Tourette syndrome

Dr. Sara Schaefer and Dr. Davide Martino discuss his recent paper exploring the use of transcranial direct current stimulation over the supplementary motor area for the suppression of tics...

MDS Podcast Are hyposmia and REM sleep behavior disorder reliable indicators of Lewy body pathology?

There is an important role for cost-effective clinical biomarkers in the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Eduardo de Pablo-Fernández and Dr. Cecilia Tremblay discuss how accurate hyposmia and REM...