144 episodes
MDS Podcast International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
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Stay up to date on novel, clinically-relevant research findings in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. Each episode of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society podcast discusses a relevant development in the field, including highlighted journal articles and interviews with the authors.
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Using EEG to Identify Parkinson's Subtypes
Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Prof. Marc Vérin and Prof. Mahmoud Hassan their recent paper in Movement Disorders Journal on the use of Resting-State High-Density EEG to neurophysiologically stratify Parkinson's patients into subtypes in an effort to predict cognitive and motor progression, properly evaluate for invasive therapies, and inform future clinical research.
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Hot Topic: Tissue-based biomarkers in Parkinson's disease
For this Hot Topics episode, Dr. Eduardo Fernandez sits down with Dr. Thomas Beach to discuss the advances and challenges ahead in tissue biomarkers for Parkinson's disease, including colon, salivary gland and skin biopsies.
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Expanded and Independent Spanish Validation of the MDS Non-Motor Rating Scale
Dr. Esther Cubo joins Dr. Sarah Lidstone and the MDS Podcast to discuss her recent work on the Spanish validation of the MDS Non-Motor Rating Scale. Together to go over the reasoning for this study, the extensive process of validating this scale and what benefits it will provide to Spanish speaking populations.
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Hot topic: GP2 and underrepresented populations
The Global Parkinson's Genetics Program (GP2) is a project designed to understand the architecture of Parkinson's disease (PD). Dr. Sarah Camargos sits down with Dr. Andrew Singleton to discuss GP2 and its initiative to increase our global understanding of PD and in doing so, better understand the genetic landscape of underrepresented populations.
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Task-specific brain oscillatory activity in laryngeal dystonia
Laryngeal dystonia (LD) is a rare disorder affecting the vocal cords. Dr. Sarah Camargos sits down with Prof. Kristina Simonyan while she breaks down the methodology and findings of her comprehensive study investigating the temporal-spatial signature of LD.
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MDCP Review Article of the Year: Alpha-Synuclein Seed Amplification Assays in CSF
Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Dr. Beatrice Heim, author of the MDCP Review Article of the Year 2023, about alpha-synuclein seed amplification assays of the CSF and their use in the diagnosis of synucleinopathies.
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