Neurology Minute

Neurology Journal: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Risk of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Recurrence

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Kevin Sheth discusses his article, "Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Risk of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Recurrence". Read the article here: https://...

Continuum: Autonomic History, Examination, and Laboratory Evaluation - Part 2

26 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the second episode of a three-part series, Dr. William Cheshire discusses his article, "Autonomic History, Examination, and Laboratory Evaluation,"...

Neurology Journal: Randomized Trial of Three Anticonvulsant Medications for Status Epilepticus

25 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Stacey Clardy interviews Dr. Jaideep Kapur and Dr. Robert Silbergleit about their article,"Randomized Trial of Three Anticonvulsant Medications fo...

Brain & Life: How Yoga Can Help People with Traumatic Brain Injury

21 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Stacey Clardy discusses an article from Brain & Life entitled, "How Yoga Can Help People with Traumatic Brain Injury".  

Neurology Today: New Evidence Supports Breastfeeding for Mothers on Antiepileptic Drugs

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Halley Alexander shares new evidence from an article in Neurology Today, on if it is safe for women with epilepsy to breastfeed. Read the article ...

Continuum: Autonomic History, Examination, and Laboratory Evaluation - Part 1

19 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the first of a three-part series, Dr. William Cheshire discusses his article, "Autonomic History, Examination, and Laboratory Evaluation," from the...

Neurology Journal: Neuroinfectious Diseases

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Ken Tylers shares the neuroinfectious diseases that should be on our radar in 2020.

Neurology Today: New Assay Helps Diagnose Leptomeningeal Metastases

14 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Rae Bacharach discusses Jamie Talan's article in Neurology Today entitled, "New Assay Helps Diagnose Leptomeningeal Metastases"

Neurology: Epilepsy Basics - Part 2

12 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Halley Briglia Alexander continues her series on epilepsy basics. This second episode focuses on Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS).  Other episodes in...

Neurology Journal: Visual Snow Syndrome

11 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Teshamae Monteith interviews Dr. Francesca Puledda about her recent article on visual snow syndrome.

Neurology Journal: MS Drug Kickback Allegations

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jason Crowell speaks with Ed Silverman with STAT News about the article "Patient charity settles allegations it helped MS drug makers pay kickback...

Special Interest: Confrontation Visual Field Testing

07 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Megan Seay discusses confrontation visual field testing.

Special Interest: Diagnosis of Catatonia

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Stacey Clardy discusses the diagnosis of catatonia.

Neurology: Epilepsy Basics - Part 1

05 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Halley Briglia Alexander begins a series on epilepsy basics. This first episode will focus on the neurostimulation device VNS (vagal nerve stimula...

Neurology Journal: Update to Dementia Management Quality Measurement Set

04 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jeffrey Burns interviews Dr. Amy Sanders on the AAN's new update to the dementia management quality measurement set.

Neurology Journal: Patient-Customized Oligonucleotide Therapy for a Rare Genetic Disease

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Crowell interviews Dr. Timothy Yu about his article "Patient-customized oligonucleotide therapy for a rare genetic disease." Read the NEJM article...

Special Interest: 2020 fee schedule

31 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Brad Klein discusses the 2020 fee schedule. 

Continuum Pearls: Myotonic Muscular Dystrophies, Part 4

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Nicholas Johnson discusses myotonic muscular dystrophies in the fourth part of this four-part series. To learn more, read the article "Myotonic Mu...

Continuum Pearls: Myotonic Muscular Dystrophies, Part 3

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Nicholas Johnson discusses myotonic muscular dystrophies in the third part of this four-part series. To learn more, read the article "Myotonic Mus...

Neurology Journal: Multiple Sclerosis Drug Pricing

28 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Daniel Hartung discusses the take-home message from his paper, "Qualitative study on the price of drugs for multiple sclerosis".

Relapsing Polychondritis

24 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Stacey Clardy discusses features and diagnosis of relapsing polychondritis.

CTLA4 Deficiency

23 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Stacey Clardy talks about CTLA4 deficiency and relevance to neurology.

Continuum Pearls: Myotonic Muscular Dystrophies, Part 2

22 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Nicholas Johnson discusses myotonic muscular dystrophies in the second part of this four-part series. To learn more, read the article "Myotonic Mu...

Neurology: Brain Volumes in Professional Fighters

21 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Charles Bernick discusses the main points from his paper on repetitive head impacts in professional fighters and brain volume. 

Neurology: Infant Colic, Episodic Syndromes & Migraine Association

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Amy Gelfand discusses the main points from her interview on infant colic and episodic syndromes and their association with migraine.

GAD65 Neurologic Autoimmunity

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Stacey Clardy discusses GAD65-associated neurologic autoimmunity, including clues for diagnosis. 

Continuum Pearls: myotonic muscular dystrophies, pt. 1

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Nicholas Johnson discusses myotonic muscular dystrophies in the first part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Myotonic Muscu...

Hashimoto's Encephalopathy

14 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Dalmau and Dr. Graus discuss the main takeaways on their paper on Hashimoto's Encephalopathy and whether we should continue to use the term.

CaMEO Migraine study

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Richard Lipton and Dr. Dawn Buse discuss the main takeaways from their paper on migraine progression in migraine subgroups based on comorbidities.

Continuum Pearls: toxic myopathies, pt. 3

08 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Christopher Doughty discusses toxic myopathies in the third part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Toxic Myopathies" by Dr....

Diagnosis of CMT

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Mary Reilly discusses the main takeaways from her paper on next-generation, sequencing panels in the diagnosis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

E&M coding changes update

02 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Brad Klein provides updates for 2020 on evaluation & management (E&M) coding changes. 

Continuum Pearls: toxic myopathies, pt. 2

01 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Christopher Doughty discusses toxic myopathies in the second part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Toxic Myopathies" by Dr...

Relative afferent pupillary defects (RAPDs)

30 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Megan Seay talks about relative afferent pupillary defects (RAPDs).

Migraine and the nose

27 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Teshamae Monteith discusses the interaction between the nose and migraine. 

Examining eye movements

26 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Megan Seay discusses how to assess patients' eye movements.

Continuum Pearls: toxic myopathies, pt. 1

25 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Christopher Doughty discusses toxic myopathies in the first part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Toxic Myopathies" by Dr....

AAN 2020 Annual Meeting

20 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jason Crowell discusses registration for the 2020 AAN Annual Meeting.

Neurologic care in Bhutan

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In his continuing series on medicine around the world, Dan Xia discusses treatment of epilepsy and neurologic care in Bhutan.

Continuum pearls: myasthenia gravis, pt. 3

18 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Emma Ciafaloni discusses myasthenia gravis in the third part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Myasthenia Gravis and Congen...

Nystagmus

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Megan Seay discusses examination of nystagmus and differentiation between jerk, pendular, and right-beating nystagmus.

Neuroinflammation and brain fog

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Rae Bacharach discusses neuroinflammation and brain fog.

Continuum pearls: myasthenia gravis, pt. 2

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Emma Ciafaloni discusses myasthenia gravis in the second part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Myasthenia Gravis and Conge...

Continuum Pearls: Myasthenia Gravis, Parl 1

11 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Emma Ciafaloni discusses myasthenia gravis in the first part of this three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Myasthenia Gravis and Con...

Three-year follow-up of prospective trial of focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor

10 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Casey Halpern provides the main takeaways from his paper ona three-year follow-up of prospective trial of focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essen...

Statins and neuroprotection in ICH

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the continuation of a series on stroke, Dr. Andy Southerland discusses whether statins provide protection against intracerebral hemorrhage. 

Automated interpretation of EEGs

06 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Halley Alexander discusses the latest developments in automated interpretation of EEGs and identifying IEDs in diagnosis.

PFOs and stroke, pt. 2

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the 2nd part of a 10-part series on stroke and the second part of an interview with Dr. David Thaler, he discusses patient selection for PFO closur...

Eastern equine encephalitis re-emergence

04 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Stacey Clardy reports on the re-emergence of cases of eastern equine encephalitis. 

Physical Activity and Prodromal Features of Parkinson's Disease

03 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Alberto Ascherio discusses the main takeaways from his paper on physical activity and prodromal features of Parkinson's disease. Show references: ...

NMO treatment and prevention

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Stacey Clardy talks about the main takeaways from her talk on treatment and prevention of NMO. 

Daylight Saving Time and the Brain

29 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jason Crowell talks about Daylight Savings Time and effects on the brain, from a JAMA Neurology paper by Beth Malow et al., which can be read here...

PFO closure and stroke prevention

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Will Rondeau talks with Dr. David Thaler about the current state of PFO closure and stroke prevention, in the first of a ten-part stroke series. 

Lasmiditan for acute migraine attacks

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Teshamae Monteith discusses lasmiditan as a migraine drug for acute migraine attacks. 

Indicators of improvement in pediatric demyelination

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Sylvia Tenembaum discusses whether plasma exchange was safe and effective for children in her study this week in Neurology.

Nerve conduction studies in CSF

21 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Ted Burns nerve conduction studies in CSF.

Continuum pearls: higher cortical visual disorders, pt. 3

20 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Sashank Prasad and Dr. Marc Dinkin discuss higher cortical visual disorders in the third part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the arti...

Bothersome symptoms of Parkinson's Disease

19 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Christopher Tarolli discusses his paper, "Symptom burden among individuals with Parkinson's disease". Show references: https://cp.neurology.org/co...

Sex-specific differences in dementia

15 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Greg Day discusses sex-specific differences in dementia, from an October 9th article in Neurology. 

HyperCKemia

14 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Ted Burns discusses genetic panel testing and hyperCKemia.

Continuum pearls: higher cortical visual disorders, pt. 2

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Sashank Prasad and Dr. Marc Dinkin discuss higher cortical visual disorders in the second part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the art...

Social Health and Brain Health: Does neurology also have a duty to treat social ills?

12 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Joel Salinas his editorial's definition of social health and the evidence demonstrating an association between social health and brain health. 

Pharmacologic treatment for pediatric migraine prevention

11 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Andrew Hershey provides the main takeaways of his paper on pharmacologic treatment for pediatric migraine prevention

Remote electrical neuromodulation

08 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Teshamae Monteith discusses remote electrical neuromodulation. 

CIDP

07 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Ted Burns talks about CIDP basics and diagnosis. 

Continuum pearls: higher cortical visual disorders, pt. 1

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Sashank Prasad and Dr. Marc Dinkin discuss higher cortical visual disorders in the first part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the arti...

More prominent muscle involvement in dermatomyositis patients with anti-Mi2 autoantibodies

05 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Andrew Mammen talks about what clinicians need to know about this subtype of dematomyositis.

Looking back on life of Oliver Sacks with Lawrence Weschler, pt. 2

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In a highlight from the second part of a two-part interview with Lawrence Weschler, Oliver Sacks biographer, he discusses Sacks' legacy.

Distal parasthesias

01 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Fabio Nascimento discuss distal parasthesias, from a Teaching Video NeuroImages article in Neurology.

Continuum Pearls: diplopias, pt. 3

30 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Christopher Glisson discusses diplopia in the third part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Approach to Diplopia" by Dr. Gli...

Autologous, nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation for neuromyelitis optica

30 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Richard Burt discusses the main takeaways from his paper on autologous, nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation for neuromyeliti...

Looking Back on the Life of Oliver Sacks, pt. 1

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Here's a highlight from the 1st part of our 2-part interview on the life of Oliver Sacks with Lawrence Weschler.

Progressive solitary sclerosis

25 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Eoin Flanagan discusses progressive solitary sclerosis.

Cancer risk in Parkinson disease

24 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jeff Ratliff highlights a Neurology Today article in discussing cancer risk in Parkinson disease. Read the article here: https://journals.lww.com...

Continuum Pearls: diplopias, pt. 2

23 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Christopher Glisson discusses diplopia in the second part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Approach to Diplopia" by Dr. Gl...

High precision plasma amyloid-β 42/40 predicts current and future brain amyloidosis

22 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Randall Bateman gives the main takeaways from his paper addressing how high precision plasma amyloid-β 42/40 predicts current and future brain am...

Nobel Prize winner Stanley Prusiner, pt. 2

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this highlight from our longer interview with Dr. Stanley Prusiner, Dr. Prusiner talks about what he would do differently if he could go back and d...

CAA-related inflammation

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Aaron Rothstein discusses cerebral amyloid angiopathy. 

Continuum Pearls: Diplopia, pt. 1

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Christopher Glisson discusses diplopia in the first part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Approach to Diplopia" by Dr. Gli...

Orthostatic hypotension in Parkinson disease

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Ylva Hiorth provides the main clinical messages from her study on orthostatic hypertension in Parkinson disease. 

Nobel Prize winner Dr. Stanley Prusiner

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to an excerpt from the interview with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Stanley Prusiner. 

Hippocampal sclerosis in cerebral malaria

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Aaron Rothstein discusses a paper in the Resident & Fellow section on hippocampal sclerosis in cerebral malaria.

Anti-Ma2 paraneoplastic syndrome

09 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Eoin Flanagan discusses anti-Ma2 paraneoplastic syndrome.

The World Health Organization's essential diagnostics list: Diagnostics for neurologic disorders

08 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Kiran Thakur and Dr. Greer Waldrop give the main takeaways from their paper on the World Health Organization's essential diagnostics list.

Eculizumab in Aquaporin-4–Positive Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Sean Pittock discusses the main takeaways from his article on eculizumab in aquaporin-4–positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

Inflammatory subtype of cerebral amyloid angiopathy

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Aaron Rothstein discusses a less well-known imaging finding on a  inflammatory subtype of cerebral amyloid angiopathy.

McArdle sign in MS

02 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Eoin Flanagan discusses the McArdle sign in multiple sclerosis.

Combination therapy with nusinersen and AVXS-101 in SMA type 1

01 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Emma Ciafaloni discusses the main takeaways from her paper combination therapy with nusinersen and AVXS-101 in SMA type 1.

Neuroimaging Findings in US Government Personnel With Possible Exposure to Directional Phenomena in Havana, Cuba

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Douglas Smith discusses the main takeaways from his paper, "Neuroimaging Findings in US Government Personnel With Possible Exposure to Directional...

World travel reporting of neurologic care: Thailand

27 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the first part of a multi-part series, Dan Xia talks about what he learns about neurologic care from his travels around the world, this time from T...

Practice guideline update summary: Vaccine-preventable infections and immunization in multiple sclerosis

24 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Mauricio Farez talks about the main points from his practice guidelines paper on vaccine-preventable infections and immunization in multiple scler...

Drug Pricing Update Part 1

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Steve Pearson gives more takeaways from the second part of his update discussion with Dr. Gordon Smith on drug pricing. 

Interpretation of antibody titers in paraneoplastic and autoimmune neuroantibody testing

19 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Rae Bacharach discusses interpretation of antibody titers in paraneoplastic and autoimmune neuroantibody testing.

Upward gaze palsy

18 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Fabio Nascimento discusses upward gaze palsy

Gender Equity in Neurology

17 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Julie Silver discusses the main takeaways from her paper on understanding and addressing gender equity for women in neurology.

Drug Pricing Update Part 1

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Steve Pearson give the main takeaways from his update discussion with Dr. Gordon Smith on drug pricing. 

Oculopalatal myoclonus

12 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Fabio Nascimento discusses clinical pearls on oculopalatal myoclonus.

Next Gen Sequencing Diagnosis of Encephalitis, pt. 2

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Mike R. Wilson continues with more takeaways from his talk on next gen sequencing diagnosis of encephalitis.

Checkpoint Inhibitior Associated Neuropathy

10 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Amanda Guidon and Dr. Divyanshu Dubey discuss the main takeaways from the discussion on checkpoint inhibitor associated neuropathy.

Next Gen Sequencing Diagnosis of Encephalitis

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Mike R. Wilson the takeaways from his discussion on clinical metagenomic sequencing for diagnosis of meningitis and encephalitis.