MDS Podcast International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Talene Yacoubian on an article recently published on the Movement disorders journal that reveals increased inflammatory markers in recently diagnosed patients with Parkinson's disease without medication, suggesting the important role of inflammation from the early stages of the disease. Furthermore, inflammatory biomarkers are related to cognition.


Journal CME is available until May 22, 2024

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Dr. Christelle Nilles talks with Dr. Hugo Morales Briceno about the clinical presentations of Wilson’s disease patients with onset after 40 years and the challenges of diagnosing patients with atypical neurological manifestations.

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Sara Schaefer discusses the history, inner workings, and vision of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society with current MDS President Francisco Cardoso.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has long been considered a risky procedure for people with Parkinson's disease and cognitive impairment. In this interview, Dr. Miocinovic presents real-world data, showing that DBS might be safe and useful in carefully selected patients with moderate cognitive impairment.

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In this History of Movement Disorders Special Episode, Prof. Tiago Outeiro interviews Prof. Maria Grazia Spillantini about integral work involved in discovering the role alpha-synuclein plays in the development of Lewy bodies. She discusses where the field is now and what questions young researchers should start asking.

In this special Hot Topics episode, Dr. Filip Scheperjans discusses what we know and what we don't yet know about the gut microbiome in Parkinson's disease, theories of influencing pathways within the gut-brain axis, and future directions for exploring and altering the gut microbiome in this patient population to impact disease.