Neurology Minute

In the second part of this two-part series, Dr. Jeff Ratliff and Dr. Calum Hamilton discuss the clinical criteria that listeners should look out for, indicating a subtype of mild cognitive impairment known as DLB, which could potentially progress into a full dementia with Lewy body phenotype. Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209499  

In part one of this two-part series, Dr. Gregg Day and Dr. Sebastian Palmqvist discuss the top-line findings from the study exploring the diagnostic performance of blood biomarkers for Alzheimer disease in clinical cohorts. Show reference: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2821669   

In part one of this two-part series, Dr. Jeff Ratliff and Dr. Calium discuss the risk of developing dementia among patients with MCI at three or five-year time points. Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209499   

Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks about the FDA approval of Crexont for the treatment of Parkinson disease.  Show reference: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2808496

Dr. Jeff Ratliff discusses an exciting study in the world of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease.  Show reference: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03196-z

Dr. Tesha Monteith talks about the efficacy of atogepant for the preventive treatment of chronic migraine in participants with and without acute medication overuse. Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209584   

Dr. Stacey Clardy and Dr. Nicola de Souza discuss how to improve care in the clinic for these veterans and military service members. Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209417

In the first installment of this two-part series, Dr. Jeff Ratliff and Dr. Daniel Weintraub discuss the risks associated with the development of dementia in patients diagnosed with Parkinson disease. Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209699 

In part two of this two-part series, Dr. Jeff Ratliff and Dr. Eduardo De Pablo-Fernández discuss why clinicians should be cautious when relying too much on dopaminergic imaging. Show reference: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209453 

In part two of this two-part series, Dr. Tesha Monteith discusses the key features of long COVID.   Show reference: https://doi.org/10.17226/27768

In part one of this two-part series, Dr. Tesha Monteith discusses the 2024 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine formal definition of long COVID.  Show reference: https://doi.org/10.17226/27768

Dr. Jeff Ratliff and Dr. Eduardo De Pablo-Fernández discuss the strengths of dopamine transporter imaging or DAT imaging in diagnosing patients with Parkinsonian disorders. Show references: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209453 

Dr. Dan Ackerman and Dr. Luciano A. Sposato discuss the topic of embolic stroke of undetermined sources and the controversies surrounding cardiac monitoring and anticoagulation. Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209535 

Dr. Tesha Monteith provides an overview of the updated position statement on migraine prevention by the American Headache Society.  

In part two of this two-part series, Dr. Dan Ackerman and Dr. Gaspard Gerschenfeld discuss the differences in treatment between American Stroke Centers and those in France. Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209398  

Dr. Meagan Seay discusses a relatively recently described but very interesting phenomenon called transient smartphone blindness. This is a phenomenon causing acute, painless, transient, monocular vision loss associated with smartphone use while lying down in the dark. Show reference: Transient Smartphone Blindness - EyeWiki 

Dr. Dan Ackerman and Dr. Gaspard Gerschenfeld discuss the efficacy and safety of both thrombolytics in patients with large ischemic core.  Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209398  

Dr. Jason Crowell and Dr. Colin Hoy discuss the concept of prodromal Parkinson disease and the ethical considerations surrounding its diagnosis.  Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209522 

In the last episode of this three-part series, Dr. Jeff Ratliff discusses how to approach patients presenting with emergent rigidity and difficulty moving.

In the second episode of this three-part series, Dr. Jeff Ratliff provides a rapid overview of hyperkinetic disorders that require urgent attention.