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JNNP Podcast

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The Journal of Neurology, Neuroscience and Psychiatry (JNNP) Podcast is proud to reflect JNNP’s ambition to publish the most ground-breaking and cutting-edge research from around the world - jnnp.bmj.com. Encompassing the entire genre of neurological sciences, our focus is on the common disorders (stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, peripheral neuropathy, subarachnoid haemorrhage and neuropsychiatry), but with a keen interest in the Gordian knots that present themselves in the field, such as ALS.Join Dr. Saima Chaudhry as she hosts in-depth interviews with authors, providing a deeper understanding of their work and shedding new light on their findings. Stay informed with expert discussions and cutting-edge information by subscribing or listening on your favourite podcast platform.* The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a heal

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Episodes

  1. Neurocognitive and psychiatric effects after mild COVID-19: meta-analytic evidence

    The meta‑analysis discussed in this podcast reveals that adults recovering from COVID‑19 without major medical or psychiatric complications experience mild yet statistically significant cognitive deficits - particularly in processing speed, attention, memory, language, and executive function....

  2. Vestibular neurology for the generalist

    This episode guides the general neurologist through diagnosing and treating dizziness, vertigo, and balance disorders. Podcast editor and host, Dr Saima Chaudhry, interviews Dr Diego Kaski about his review titled, Vestibular neurology for the generalist. They cover common vestibular conditions,...

  3. Cyclophosphamide for myasthenia gravis: a comeback?

    Patients with refractory or high-risk myasthenia gravis (MG) respond poorly to conventional immunosuppressive therapy, requiring rescue therapies and often experiencing treatment toxicity. The study discussed in this podcast suggests that lower doses of cyclophosphamide can be effective and safe…

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  4. Management methods for acute ischaemic stroke

    The effectiveness of endovascular treatment (EVT) in cases of acute ischaemic stroke caused by distal medium vessel occlusion (DMVO) is still unclear. A study in the JNNP assessed the safety and effectiveness of EVT in comparison to the best medical management for DMVO. Podcast host Dr. Saima...

  5. Distinguishing autoimmune nodopathies from CIDP, with Dr. Ruth Huizinga and Dr. Maarten Titulaer

    Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) can be difficult to distinguish from autoimmune nodopathy. In this podcast, Dr. Saima Chaudhry (1) is joined from the Netherlands by Dr. Ruth Huizinga (2) and Dr. Maarten Titulaer (3), to discuss their article, "Clinical relevance…

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  6. Nutritional peripheral neuropathies, with Dr. Alexander Rossor

    The cause of a nutritional neuropathy may not always be obvious when first examining a patient. Restrictive diets with roots in religious practices or personal preferences will be less familiar to neurologists than issues involving bariatric surgery or diseases of malabsorption, and can present…

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  7. Distinguishing primary from functional tics

    How often do movement disorder specialists agree when classifying tics? A recent study published in JNNP explores this question with a two-stage approach, seeking a diagnosis from experts first based on video evidence alone and then following the provision of additional clinical data. The study's...

  8. Nitrous Oxide Abuse

    With the UK government announcing plans to make recreational use of nitrous oxide illegal, JNNP podcast host Dr. Saima Chaudhry (1) is joined by London-based neurologist Dr. Alastair Noyce (2)(3) to examine the findings of his group's recently published research paper, "Nitrous oxide-induced...

  9. Brain Fog Demystified

    Social media platforms and clinical patient encounters are abundant in references to brain fog, but how much is it really understood? In this episode, JNNP's podcast host, Dr. Saima Chaudhry (1), speaks with Dr. Laura McWhirter (2) about her recently published article, "What is Brain Fog?"and how...

  10. A roadmap to ALS prevention: strategies and priorities

    In this episode, JNNP's new podcast host Dr. Saima Chaudhry (1) speaks with Dr. Michael Benatar (2) about his recently published article, "A roadmap to ALS prevention: strategies and priorities". This explores a new approach to Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, with an emphasis on earlier treatment...

  11. MOGAD: Definition, diagnosis and treatment

    In this episode, JNNP's new podcast host Dr. Saima Chaudhry (1) speaks with Dr. Matteo Gastaldi (2) about Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease, or MOGAD for short. A multi-centre retrospective study, "Prognostic relevance of quantitative and longitudinal MOG antibody...

  12. CGRP in migraine: current therapeutics, future implications and potential off-target effects

    In this podcast, JNNP's Podcast Editor, Colin Mahoney, interviews Dr Jason Ray (Neurology, Alfred Health, and Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne). Dr Ray discusses the role of calcitonin gene related peptide in migraine and the growing body of evidence for the role of...

  13. Alemtuzumab’s impact on functional and structural integrity of the visual system in MS

    Prof Michael Barnett, Director Sydney Neuroimaging Analysis Centre and Professor of Neurology, University of Sydney, joins JNNP's Podcast Editor, Colin Mahoney, to discuss how the use of Alemtuzumab may have longer-term impacts on improving one of the most commonly involved neurological pathways,...

  14. Guidelines for the management of functional speech and communication disorders

    A/Prof Jan Baker, Speech Pathologist, Flinders University and UTS. Dr Laura McWhirter, University of Edinburgh joins editor Colin Mahoney to discuss the first comprehensive guidelines developed to assist speech and language professionals in the management of functional communication, voice…

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  15. The impact of traumatic brain injury on neurocognitive outcomes in children

    Mark Goh and Shu-Ling Chong, Duke-NUS Medical School and KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore joins editor Colin Mahoney to discuss their systematic review and meta-analysis spanning 6000 articles dealing with neurocognitive outcomes following traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children.…

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  16. Cerebral Microbleeds: from depiction to interpretation

    Cerebral Microbleeds are increasingly recognised due to increased availability of neuroimaging and are known to be associated with increased risk of stroke, in particular intracerebral haemorrhage. In this podcast Dr Laurent Puy joins editor Colin Mahoney to discuss their histopathology,...

  17. Motor functional neurological disease, a decade of progress

    Over the last ten years, huge progress has been made in the common but often poorly understood condition of motor Functional Neurological Disorder (mFND). In this podcast, Dr W. Curt La France, Jr., Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Brown University, USA, joins editor Colin Mahoney to…

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  18. COVID - 19 Vaccination and risk of large vessel arterial stroke

    The Oxford Astra Zeneca vaccine has been associated with a rare complication of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. Dr Colin Mahoney, JNNP Podcast Editor, interviews Prof David Werring, Professor of Clinical Neurology, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK, about the new evidence which…

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  19. Drug repurposing for progressive multiple sclerosis

    Prof Alaisdair Coles and Dr Nick Cunniffe, The University of Cambridge joins editor Colin Mahoney to discuss: The work carried out by a team of researchers alongside the MS Society in the United Kingdom. The authors discuss the process of identifying therapies to repurpose in future MS trials and...

  20. Isaacs syndrome the crossroads of Neurology, Psychiatry and Immunology

    Rick Thurbon, patient editorial board member. Prof Matthew Kiernan and A/Prof Susanna Park from The University of Sydney joins editor Colin Mahoney to discuss: In 1960 a landmark paper was published by Hyam Isaac on a syndrome of continuous muscle activity. The spectrum of Isaac's Syndrome has...

  21. Apathy, cerebral small vessel disease and future dementia risk

    Jonathan Tay joins our podcast editor Colin Mahoney to discuss the findings from two large cohort studies of cerebral small vessel disease, highlighting the fact that apathy can predict future dementia risk in these patients. https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/91/9/953

  22. Performance validity tests - Their role in neuropsychology assessments

    Dr Laura Mc Whirter joins our podcast editor Colin Mahoney to discuss her recent systematic review of performance validity tests used across a range of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Are these tests useful and which conditions are the most likely to be helpful in. Join us to find out....

  23. Parkinson’s disease: etiopathogenesis and treatment

    Prof Joseph Jankovic, Distinguished Chair in Movement Disorders, Baylor College of Medicine joins Podcast editor Colin Mahoney. Prof Jankovic provides a historical look back on the key developments in our understanding of the causes of Parkinson's disease and key treatments....

  24. Outcome measurement in functional neurological disorder a systematic review and recommendations

    Dr Timothy Nicholson joins Podcast editor Colin Mahoney to discuss their recent systematic review of outcome measures used across the spectrum of functional neurological disorders. As well as identifying key domains for assessment he also discusses the challenges and future directions in…

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  25. Clinical profiles of patients with dementia and chronic traumatic encephalopathy

    Dr Christian Lobue, lead author joins Podcast Editor Colin Mahoney to discuss his original research which examines the clinical, neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric features of those with confirmed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at autopsy. He compares the features with patients with...

  26. Visual hallucinations in neurological and ophthalmological disease

    Prof John O'Brien (University of Cambridge) and Dr Dominic Ffytche (Kings College London) join Dr Colin Mahoney (Podcast Editor) Visual hallucinations have complex origins and can have significant impact on patients. The recent UK based SHAPED consortium has aimed to design a common framework for...

  27. Primary Lateral Sclerosis: new consensus criteria

    Prof Martin Turner, University of Oxford, joins Dr Colin Mahoney to discuss the newest consensus clinical criteria to aid in the diagnosis of Primary Lateral Sclerosis. This will enable neurologists to make the diagnosis sooner and will be important in the design of future treatment trials....

  28. Neurology in the time of COVID - 19

    Dr Hadi Manji joins Colin Mahoney to discuss the recent paper by Liu and colleagues as well as providing a commentary on how COVID-19 may impact the nervous system and steps to mitigate this. He also discusses the impact of COVID-19 in delivering care at the National Hospital for Neurology and...

  29. Lithium: a slow burner

    Prof Andrew Lees, Professor of Neurology National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Colin Mahoney JNNP Podcast Editor As part of our 2020 Vision centenary Prof Andrew Lees reviews how Lithium (eventually) became established in the treatment of psychiatric illness, reviewing the 1954 paper…

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  30. Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein is raised in progranulin-associated frontotemporal dementia

    Colin Mahoney, JNNP Podcast editor, is joined by Dr Jonathan Rohrer, MRC Clinician Scientist, Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology. Carolin Heller, Dementia Research Centre and UK Dementia Research Institute. to discuss how increased levels of GFAP may be used to detect advancing...

  31. Multifocal motor neuropathy: controversies and priorities

    Prof Bruce Taylor, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania and Dr Colin Mahoney JNNP Podcast editor Prof Bruce Taylor joins our podcast editor Colin Mahoney to discuss recent advances in the diagnosis and management of multifactorial neuropathy. They discuss the current...

  32. Multiple Systems Atrophy: the nature of the beast revisited

    As part of our 2020 Vision Series reviewing the most seminal papers in JNNP's past Prof Niall Quinn, joins Colin Mahoney to discuss his 1989 paper which provided the first clinical criteria for MSA. He discusses how the last 30 years of science has shaped this original work, and he also shares…

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  33. Employment and MS - a patient’s perspective

    Sharon Roman, a patient advocate who suffers with Multiple Sclerosis, discusses the complexities of measures of disease activity and employment in MS. https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/91/1/5

  34. Approaches to Chemotherapy induced peripheral neurotoxicity

    Dr Susanna Park joins Colin Mahoney to discuss neurophysiological, imaging and other methods to study an increasingly recognised problem of chemotherapy induced peripheral neurotoxicity. Dr Park outlines the pathology and current techniques to diagnose and monitor this problem, and outline new...

  35. Neural circuitry of anxiety

    Dr Oliver Robinson joins Colin Mahoney to discuss the neural circuitry of anxiety, outlining our current understanding the anatomical basis for anxiety, as well as paradigms used to explore the shared circuits which lead to pathological levels of anxiety. Dr Robinson also outlines the future...

  36. Dementia after traumatic brain injury

    Dr Neil Graham and Prof David Sharp, from Imperial College London, discuss the interaction between traumatic brain injury and dementia. They outline the epidemiology, pathogenesis and emerging biomarkers in an area which is seeing increased attention. Read the full paper here:...

  37. Mindfullness in multiple sclerosis

    Dr Robert Simpson (University of Glasgow, UK) discusses the merits and limitations of mindfullness based treatments for mental well-being in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Read the full paper here: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/90/9/1051

  38. CIDP an update

    Professor Helmar Lehmann (University Hospital of Cologne) provides an update on Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and discusses recent advances in diagnosis and treatment. Read the full paper here: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/90/9/981.long

  39. Movement disorders and seizures

    Elizabeth Highton (podcast editor) is joined by Professor Alfonso Fasano (Toronto Western Hospital, Ontario, Canada) to discuss the overlapping phenomenology and diagnostic challenges in movement disorders and seizures. Read the paper here: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/90/8/920.long

  40. The role of functional neuroimaging in functional neurological disorders

    Dr. David Perez (Massachusetts General Hospital, USA) speaks with JNNP Podcast Editor, Elizabeth Highton about stepwise functional connectivity, a novel brain imaging technique, and how it might help us better understand the biology of functional neurological disorders. Read this month's…

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  41. Emotional processing in functional neurological disorder (FND)

    Dr. Susannah Pick (King’s College London, UK) discusses emotional processing in functional neurological disorder, and how further understand of emotional processing deficits may help contribute to a unified explanatory model for FND.

  42. Can cocoa help with fatigue in MS

    Dr Shelly Coe (Oxford Brookes University, Oxford) discusses a new randomized control trial looking at the use of cocoa for management of fatigue in multiple sclerosis. Read the full paper here: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/90/5/507

  43. Neurorehabilitation in chronic stroke

    JNNP Associate Editor, Professor Nick Ward (Queens Square, London) tells us all about the Queen Square Upper Limb Neurorehabilitation programme, and specifically, what clinical gains in chronic stroke patients were observed after high intensity neurorehabilitation. Read the full paper here:...

  44. The real patient value

    The JNNP recently launched the patient editorial board in an effort to drive more meaningful patient outcomes. One of our newly appointment board members, Sharon Roman (Vancouver Canada) discusses why she believes the patient perspective leads to better healthcare and what the patient partnership...

  45. Medical conferences - what do we get out of them?

    A special edition podcast - based on an essay discussing the value of medical conferences and whether it is time to consider what is gained from these events, and for whom. Emeritus Professor Michael Swash (The Royal London Hospital and Barts and the London School of Medicine) joins Elizabeth...

  46. Oral immunotherapies in MS a comparison of efficacy.

    Associate Professor Tomas Kalincik (University of Melbourne, Australia) discusses oral immunotherapies, and what we know about the effects of these treatments on patient relapse and disability. Read the full paper here: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/2019/01/12/jnnp-2018-319831

  47. Therapeutic trial design in frontotemporal dementias

    Editor’s Choice: Associate Professor Dr Mario Masellis (University of Toronto) and Assistant Professor Philippe Desmarais (University of Montreal) discuss the complexities of designing trials in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and how precision medicine might help disentangle this Gordian knot in…

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  48. Do genes affect age of onset in ALS?

    Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi (King’s College London, London, UK) joins Elizabeth Highton (podcast editor) to discuss motor neurone disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS, a rapidly progressive illness resulting from the degeneration of both upper and lower motor neurons.…

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  49. The lifetime risk of common neurological disorders in the elderly population

    We have a good understanding of our risk of developing cancer or heart disease – but what do we know about the risk of developing a common neurological disorder in later-life? Dr. Silvan Licher (Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands) discusses the lifetime...

  50. PMA and PLS: are they really restricted phenotypes?

    Dr. Michael van Es (University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands) examines whether cognitive and behavioural changes can be seen across the motor neurone disease spectrum, and how this helps inform our understanding of these as multidimensional diseases. Read the editorial commentary by…

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The Journal of Neurology, Neuroscience and Psychiatry (JNNP) Podcast is proud to reflect JNNP’s ambition to publish the most ground-breaking and cutting-edge research from around the world - jnnp.bmj.com. Encompassing the entire genre of neurological sciences, our focus is on the common disorders (stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, peripheral neuropathy, subarachnoid haemorrhage and neuropsychiatry), but with a keen interest in the Gordian knots that present themselves in the field, such as ALS.Join Dr. Saima Chaudhry as she hosts in-depth interviews with authors, providing a deeper understanding of their work and shedding new light on their findings. Stay informed with expert discussions and cutting-edge information by subscribing or listening on your favourite podcast platform.* The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a heal

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