1) The Effects of Orthostatic Hypotension on Cognition in Parkinson's Disease 2) What's Trending: Carotid surgery trials3) Topic of the Month: Neuromuscular topicsThis podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Matthew Barrett interviews Dr. Justin Centi about his paper on the effects of orthostatic hypotension on cognition in Parkinson disease. Dr. Andy Southerland is interviewing Dr. Seemant Chaturvedi for our "What's Trending" feature of the week about urgency for carotid surgery trials. In the next part of the podcast, Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Michelle Mauermann about neuromuscular topics. Disclosures can be found at www.neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Barrett has received research support from Axovant Sciences, Inc., the Virginia Center of Alzheimer's and Related Diseases, and the Department of Defense.Dr. Centi has been an employee of Commonwealth Psychology Associates LLC and Harvard Medical School/Partners Consortium in Neuropsychology; and has received research support from NIH-NINDS.Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Deputy Editor for Neurology; receives research support from the American Heart Association-American Stroke Association National Clinical Research Program, American Academy of Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Health Resources Services Administration and the NIH; has a provisional patent application titled: "Method, system and computer readable medium for improving treatment times for rapid evaluation of acute stroke via mobile telemedicine;" and gave legal expert review. Dr. Chaturvedi has been a consultant for Merck; has served on the executive committee of ACT I study and CREST 2 study; serves on the editorial boards of Neurology, the Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Disease, Stroke, and NEJM Journal Watch Neurology; has received research support from Boehringer-Ingelheim, NINDS, and the FDA; and has received compensation for expert witness testimony.Dr. Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with UCB, CSL Behring, Walgreens and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Mauermann serves on the editorial board of Mayo Clinic Proceedings; receives publishing royalties for book Autonomic Neurology; and receives research support from Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.All other participants have no disclosures.

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