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The Lancet Neurology is a monthly journal, renowned for the publication of high-quality peer-reviewed research, reviews, and analysis from around the world. In the monthly podcasts, editors of the journal discuss highlights of the current issue, with occasional interviews with an author of a key article.

The Lancet Neurology


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    Latest episodes from The Lancet Neurology

    Geoff Manley on a new classification system for traumatic brain injury

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 25:04


    Assistant Editor Sam Griffiths is joined by Professor Geoff Manley (UCSF, CA, USA) to discuss his new NIH-NINDS classification of acute TBI, the limitations of traditional classifications, how the new framework was developed, and what it means for the future of TBI research and patient care.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(25)00154-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_May_25_laneurContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Wayne Feng on stroke rehabilitation using brain stimulation and constraint-induced movement therapy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 19:22


    Increasing numbers of people are surviving stroke but with motor impairments that can contribute substantially to long-term disability. Transcranial direct current stimulation has shown promise in reducing motor impairment when combined with rehabilitation therapy. Sarah Passey talks to Wayne Feng (Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA) about his latest trial, TRANSPORT2, which assesses transcranial direct current stimulation in combination with modified constraint-induced movement therapy.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(25)00044-4/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_16-04-25_laneurContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Marialuisa Gandolfi on the management of chronic pain in Parkinson's disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 12:13


    In this podcast, linked to the April 2025 issue of The Lancet Neurology, Laura Hart (Deputy Editor) chats to Marialuisa Gandolfi (University of Verona in Italy) about advances in the classification and management of pain in Parkinson's disease.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Michael Tymianski on neuroprotection in stroke

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 24:47


    Sarah Passey (The Lancet Neurology) is joined by Michael Tymianski (University Health Network, Toronto, Canada) to discuss an Article in the March issue reporting a meta-analysis looking at neuroprotection in stroke and what can be learnt for future research.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PiiS1474-4422(24)00515-5/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_laneurContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Elizabeth Finger on oxytocin for apathy in frontotemporal dementia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 18:13


    In this podcast, linked to the February 2025 issue of The Lancet Neurology, Elena Becker-Barroso (Editor-in-Chief) chats to Elizabeth Finger (Western University, London, ON, Canada) about the FOXY trial of oxytocin for apathy in people with frontotemporal dementia.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(24)00456-3/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_laneurContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    The Lancet Neurology Editors on advances in neurology in 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 17:30


    The Lancet Neurology Editors take a look back at advances in neurology in 2024, as highlighted by experts in a series of Round-ups published in the January issue.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Florian Krismer and Elizabeth Coon on multiple system atrophy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 17:14


    Florian Krismer (Innsbruck Medical University) and Elizabeth Coon (Mayo Clinic) join Sarah Passey (The Lancet Neurology) to discuss their Review paper on multiple system atrophy, which is published in the December issue of The Lancet Neurology.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Suvankar Pal on the motor neuron disease trial MND-SMART

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 17:50


    Professor Suvankar Pal (University of Edinburgh) joins Sarah Passey (Senior Editor at The Lancet Neurology) to discuss the first findings from the MND-SMART trial of treatments for motor neuron disease. The Article is published in the November issue of The Lancet Neurology.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Jorge Correale and Lilyana Amezcua on differential diagnosis of multiple sclerosis

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 19:00


    Prof Jorge Correale and Dr Lilyana Amezcua talk to The Lancet Neurology about their Personal View papers, published in the October 2024 issue, on the differential diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in regions outside North America and Western Europe and in people from minority ethnic or racial backgrounds in North America, northern Europe, and Australasia.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(24)00256-4/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_laneurContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Alex Iranzo on sleep and Parkinson's disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 16:44


    Dr Alex Iranzo joins The Lancet Neurology to discuss his recent Review on the association between sleep disorders and Parkinson's disease. The Review is published in the August issue of The Lancet Neurology.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(24)00170-4?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_laneurContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

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    Adrian Owen on detecting awareness after acute brain injury

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 17:19


    Dr Adrian Owen joins Sarah Passey to chat about a his Personal View, published in the August 2024 issue of The Lancet Neurology, about detecting awareness after an acute brain injury.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Glenn Nielsen on specialist physiotherapy for people with functional motor disorder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 15:28


    Dr Glenn Nielsen joins Lauren Southwell to discuss the Physio4FMD trial of specialist physiotherapy for people with functional motor disorder in England and Scotland. This Article is published in the July issue of The Lancet Neurology.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Sanjay Sisodiya on climate change and brain health

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 20:48


    Sanjay Sisodiya joins The Lancet Neurology to discuss the potential effects of climate change on brain health. The Personal View is published in the June issue of The Lancet Neurology.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Jacqueline French and Jacob Pellinen on the diagnosis of epilepsy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 23:28


    Jacqueline French and Jacob Pellinen join Senior Editor Sarah Passey to discuss recent progress made in the diagnosis of epilepsy and challenges that remain. Their Review on this topic is published in the May issue of The Lancet Neurology.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(24)00079-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_laneurContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Jaimie Steinmetz, Theo Vos, Katrin Seeher and Tarun Dua on the global burden of disorders affecting the nervous system

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 25:18


    Jaimie Steinmetz and Theo Vos from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, and Katrin Seeher and Tarun Dua from WHO, join Heather Brown and Lauren Southwell to discuss new data on the global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system. The Article is published in the April issue of The Lancet Neurology.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Giovanni Frisoni on biomarker-based diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 12:20


    Giovanni Frisoni joins The Lancet Neurology to discuss new European intersocietal recommendations for the biomarker-based diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders. The Personal View is published in the March issue of The Lancet Neurology.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/S1474-4422(23)00447-7/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_laneurContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Marianne Chapleau and Gil Rabinovici on posterior cortical atrophy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2024 21:45


    Marianne Chapleau and Gil Rabinovici join Senior Editor Sarah Passey to discuss their research on posterior cortical atrophy. The Article is published in the February issue of The Lancet Neurology.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(23)00414-3/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_laneurContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

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    Cecilia Åkerlund and David Nelson on prognosis of traumatic brain injury

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 18:24


    Cecilia Åkerlund and David Nelson join The Lancet Neurology to discuss their research on clinical variables that might distinguish how the disease process progresses in people with traumatic brain injury. The Article is published in the January issue of The Lancet Neurology.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(23)00358-7/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_laneurContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Rustam Al-Shahi Salman on the effects of oral anticoagulation in people with atrial fibrillation after spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 24:09


    Rustam Al-Shahi Salman joins Senior Editor Sarah Passey to discuss the COCROACH meta-analysis findings, published in the December issue of The Lancet Neurology, of the effects of oral anticoagulation in people with atrial fibrillation after spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(23)00315-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_laneurContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Njideka Okubadejo and Mie Rizig on Parkinson's disease in African and African admixed populations

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 26:34


    Njideka Okubadejo and Mie Rizig join The Lancet Neurology to discuss their comprehensive genome-wide assessment in African and African admixed individuals with the aim of developing a better understanding of the genetic architecture of Parkinson's disease in these underserved populations.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(23)00283-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_laneurContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Anthony Feinstein on a trial of cognitive rehabilitation and exercise in people with progressive multiple sclerosis

    Play Episode Play 44 sec Highlight Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 14:42


    Anthony Feinstein (University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada) discusses CogEx, a randomised trial of cognitive rehabilitation and aerobic exercise for cognitive impairment in people with progressive multiple sclerosis. The Article is published in the October issue of The Lancet Neurology.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    William Jagust on amyloid β and cognition

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2023 13:36


    William Jagust (University of California in Berkeley, CA, USA) talks to Senior Editor Sarah Passey about the complex pathway between amyloid β and cognition, and implications for therapy for people with Alzheimer's disease. His Personal View on this topic is published in the September issue of The Lancet Neurology.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(23)00128-X/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_laneurContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Stephen Strittmatter on a first-in-human trial for treating chronic cervical spinal cord injury

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 14:34


    Stephen Strittmatter (Yale School of Medicine, CT, USA) discusses his first-in-human and randomised trial of a soluble Nogo-receptor-Fc decoy in patients with chronic cervical spinal cord injury. The Article is published in the August issue of The Lancet Neurology.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Benzi Kluger, Claire Creutzfeldt, and Malenna Sumrall on palliative care for individuals with neurological diseases

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 17:20


    Benzi Kluger (University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA), Claire Creutzfeldt (University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA), and Malenna Sumrall (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA) join Jonathan Blott to discuss palliative care for individuals with neurological diseases, exploring the challenges and opportunities in enhancing the quality of life for those affected by neurological conditions. Their Review is published in the July issue of The Lancet Neurology.Read the full Review:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(23)00275-9/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_langloContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Andrew Cole on the complexities underlying epilepsy in people with glioblastoma

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 18:38


    Andrew Cole (Massachusetts General Hospital Epilepsy Service, Boston, MA, USA) talks to Senior Editor Sarah Passey about the complexities underlying epilepsy in people with glioblastoma. His Review on this topic is published in the June issue of The Lancet Neurology.Read the full article here: thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(23)00031-5/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_laneurContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Karen Duff and Connor Langworth-Green on tauopathies and chronic inflammation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 15:20


    Karen Duff and Connor Langworth-Green (University College London, London, UK) discuss tauopathies and the chronic effects of inflammation on this group of disorders. Their Personal View on this topic is published in the May issue of The Lancet Neurology.Read the Personal View here:Chronic effects of inflammation on tauopathiesContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Kerstin Hellwig on family planning considerations in MS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 14:24


    Kerstin Hellwig (Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany) discusses family planning considerations in multiple sclerosis. This Review is published in the April issue of The Lancet Neurology.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Geraldine Dawson on advances in the prediction of autism during infancy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023 24:34


    Geraldine Dawson (Duke University School of Medicine, NC, USA ) discusses the latest advances and ongoing challenges in prediction of autism during infancy. This Review is published in the March issue of The Lancet Neurology.Read the full article:Prediction of autism in infants: progress and challengesContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Ellisiv Mathiesen on tenecteplase for patients with wake-up stroke

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 8:45


    Ellisiv Mathiesen (The University of Tromsø – the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway) discusses the findings of the TWIST trial, which investigated the use of tenecteplase for patients with wake-up stroke who were selected for treatment by non-contrast CT. This Fast-track Article is published in the February issue of The Lancet Neurology.Read the full article:Safety and efficacy of tenecteplase in patients with wake-up stroke assessed by non-contrast CT (TWIST)Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Beau Ances on amyloid biomarkers in Alzheimer's

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 11:34


    Beau Ances (Washington University in St Louis, MO, USA) discusses recent research on amyloid biomarkers in people with genetic forms of Alzheimer's disease; his Article is published in the January issue of The Lancet Neurology.Read the full article:Comparison of amyloid burden in individuals with Down syndrome versus autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease

    Axel Petzold on the diagnosis and classification of optic neuritis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 20:03


    Axel Petzold (National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK, and Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands) discusses a Position Paper, published in the December issue of The Lancet Neurology, which sets out new criteria for the diagnosis and classification of optic neuritis.Read the Position Paper:Diagnosis and classification of optic neuritis

    Maeike Zijlmans on using biomarkers to tailor epilepsy surgery

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2022 14:37


    Maeike Zijlmans (University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands) discusses recent research on tailoring of epilepsy surgery with biomarkers on intraoperative electrocorticography, and describes some of the challenges of this technique and what the future steps are for the field; the Article is published in the November issue of The Lancet Neurology.

    Jerome Siegel on sleep habits

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 43:50


    Jerome Siegel (University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA) discusses sleep research in hunter-gatherer populations and what we can learn from the sleep habits of various species; his Review is published in the October issue of The Lancet Neurology, which is the fourth paper in The Lancet's Series on sleep and sleep disorders. 

    Laurent Servais and Dora Markati on emerging therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022 17:13


    Laurent Servais and Dora Markati (both from the University of Oxford, UK) discuss emerging therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy; their Review is published in the September issue of The Lancet Neurology. Read the full Review:Emerging therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

    Andreas Charidimou on new criteria for diagnosis of cerebral amyloid angiopathy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 22:58


    Andreas Charidimou (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA) discusses an international collaborative study that presents new Boston criteria for diagnosis of cerebral amyloid angiopathy; the Article is published in the August issue of The Lancet Neurology. Read the full article:The Boston criteria version 2.0 for cerebral amyloid angiopathy

    Sarah Tabrizi and Cristina Sampaio on classifying Huntington's and new therapies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 18:52


    Sarah Tabrizi (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK) and Cristina Sampaio (CHDI Foundation, Princeton, NJ, USA) discuss two papers on Huntington's disease published in the July issue of The Lancet Neurology: a Position Paper outlining a new classification of the disease, called the Huntington's Disease Integrated Staging System, and a Personal View on potential disease-modifying therapies.

    Mark Hallett on functional neurological disorder

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 8:43


    Mark Hallett (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD, USA) discusses his Review, published in the June issue of The Lancet Neurology, on functional neurological disorder, and talks about new subtypes of this disorder, diagnostic challenges, and how education is important.Read the full article:Functional neurological disorder: new subtypes and shared mechanisms

    Eva Feldman on advances in understanding ALS

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 22:43


    Eva Feldman (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA) discusses the latest advances in the genetics, risk factors, pathophysiology, therapeutic development, and the diagnosis and prognosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; the Series is published in the May issue of The Lancet Neurology.

    Estrella Morenas-Rodriguez and Christian Haass on soluble TREM2 and Alzheimer's

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 27:15


    Estrella Morenas-Rodriguez and Christian Haass (German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Munich, Germany) discuss their recent research, published in the April issue of The Lancet Neurology, on soluble TREM2 and its association with Alzheimer's disease biomarkers and cognition.

    John Collinge on a treatment for CJD

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 14:45


    John Collinge (MRC Prion Unit, University College London, London, UK) discusses a first-in-human treatment programme to give PRN100, an anti-prion-protein monoclonal antibody, to patients with Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease; the report is published in the April issue of The Lancet Neurology.

    Alexandra Durr on riluzole in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 7:55


    Alexandra Durr (Paris Brain Institute, Pitié-Salpêtrière Paris, France) discusses the ATRIL study, a randomised trial of riluzole in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, which is published in the March issue of The Lancet Neurology.Read the full article:Safety and efficacy of riluzole in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 in France (ATRIL)

    Giuseppe Citerio on frailty and TBI

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 9:35


    Giuseppe Citerio (University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy) discusses the implications of a study from the CENTER-TBI project of the effect of frailty on 6-month outcome after traumatic brain injury, which is published in the February issue of The Lancet Neurology. 

    Alberto Costa on memantine in adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 15:14


    Alberto Costa (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA) discusses his study on the use of memantine in adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome, which is published in the January issue of The Lancet Neurology.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(21)00369-0/fulltext

    Olivier Rascol on amantadine for patients with movement disorders

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 28:27


    Olivier Rascol (Toulouse University, France) discusses the uses of amantadine in the treatment of patients with movement disorders, which are the focus of his Personal View in the December issue of The Lancet Neurology.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(21)00249-0/fulltext

    Antonio Uccelli on stems cells for MS

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 18:08


    Antonio Uccelli (University of Genoa) discusses his research, published in the November issue of The Lancet Neurology, on the therapeutic use of mesenchymal stem cells for multiple sclerosis. 

    Priya Palta on blood pressure control and cognitive decline

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 16:47


    Priya Palta (Columbia University, New York) explains the importance of blood pressure control in the prevention of cognitive decline. Her Review, published in the October issue of The Lancet Neurology, provides an update of the mounting evidence that links hypertension with dementia risk. 

    Adam Boxer on tau biomarkers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2021 12:13


    Adam Boxer (University of California, San Francisco) discusses his research, published in August issue of The Lancet Neurology, on diagnostic performance of tau biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases.

    Irene Cortese on the difficulties of designing clinical trials

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 9:58


    Irene Cortese (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) discusses the difficulties of designing clinical trials in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and talks about a pilot study of virus-specific T cells for treatment of this population, published in the August issue of The Lancet Neurology .

    Doug Turnbull on mitochondrial diseases in adults

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 20:12


    Doug Turnbull (University of Newcastle) discusses mitochondrial diseases in adults, which are reviewed in the July issue of The Lancet Neurology, and explains how important these diseases are for neurologists. 

    In conversation with... Geert Jan Biessels

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 7:59


    Geert Jan Biessels (University Medical Centre Utrecht) discusses his research, published in our June issue, on using strategic infarct locations to predict post-stroke cognitive impairment.

    In Conversation With... Henk-Jan Westeneng

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 8:36


    Henk-Jan Westeneng  discusses his new work on the causal effects of pre-symptomatic lifestyle on ALS .

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