The Neurology Lounge podcast continues with the 9th episode. The title is Stripped – The Enigma of Multiple Sclerosis. In this episode, I explore the manifestations and management of multiple sclerosis. I use powerful patient memoirs to illustrate the diversity of presentations and variants of this ubiquitous and devastating neuroinflammatory brain disease. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rdU7v2beGJs Listen on Spotify: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Afd2RDWApLb Listen on RSS feed https://rss.com/podcasts/theneurologylounge Listen on Apple podcasts https://tinyurl ..read more

The Neurology Lounge podcast continues with the 8th episode. In this episode I discuss the evolution of the treatments of Parkinson’s disease by leading neurologist Andrew Lees. We discuss one of his autobiographical books, Mentored by a Mad Man, in which he narrates the indirect influence that William Burroughs had in ensuring he continued his medical practice, and in guiding his research interest in Parkinson’s disease. Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IplWgzaLdvY Listen to it on Spotify: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/grWgjYvzdLb Listen to it on RSS feed https://rs ..read more

The Neurology Lounge podcast continues with the 3rd episode. The title is “In Conversation with Alberto Espay: Author – Brain Fables. In this episode, I explore the pathology of Parkinson’s disease  with neurologist Prof. Alberto Espay. Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aUsce1W1rK0 Listen to it on Spotify: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/hegq9D0tQKb Listen to it on RSS feed https://rss.com/podcasts/theneurologylounge Listen to it on Apple podcasts https://tinyurl.com/ftatuw6r *** And don’t forget to subscribe for the weekly episodes ..read more

The Neurology Lounge podcast continues with the 5th episode. The title is “Whiteout – The Peril of the Parkinson’s Brain“. In this episode I explore the history and pathology of Parkinson’s disease. Using interesting anecdotes, I also discuss the causes and clinical manifestations of the disease. Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/d4EucYSEVCM Listen to it on Spotify: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/o4OwNkFYEKb Listen to it on RSS feed https://rss.com/podcasts/theneurologylounge Listen to it on Apple podcasts https://tinyurl.com/3sabj5nd *** And don’t forget to s ..read more

The Neurology Lounge podcast continues with the 3rd episode. The title is “In Conversation with Tia Powell: Author – Dementia Reimagined. This episode explores Alzheimer’s disease from the perspective of Tia Powell a psychiatrist with a family history of the disease. Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bYvVUCuHuUw Listen to it on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yc5bcb3k Listen to it on RSS feed https://rss.com/podcasts/theneurologylounge/1527150/ *** And don’t forget to subscribe for the weekly episodes!   ..read more

The Neurology Lounge podcast continues with the 2nd episode. The title is “Entanglement – What Alois Saw”. This episode explores Alzheimer’s disease. Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9OY95CgwrD0   Listen to it on Spotify: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/NfG6wzu35Jb Listen to it on iTunes https://tinyurl.com/54cft6m5 Listen to it on RSS feed https://rss.com/podcasts/theneurologylounge/1507130/ *** And don’t forget to subscribe for the weekly editions!   ..read more

The Neurology Lounge podcast launches today with the very first episode. The title is “Heritage – The Quest for Neurology’s Ancestors”. This introductory podcast episode explores the ancient history of neurology, and it links this to the most important principle of the specialty… that of localization. Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jcazC4iWlmA?si=fNOkuWq1U9A_XREa   Listen to it on Spotify: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/n8VNgOEbVJb   Listen to it on iTunes https://tinyurl.com/54cft6m5   Listen to it on RSS feed https://rss.com/podcasts/theneu ..read more

With the imminent transition of The Neurology Lounge from blog to podcast, I was driven to post a farewell blog.   This was initially intended to identify 100 immutable laws of neurology, but the more I searched, the less I found.   So I sent out an appeal on Twitter and got a few contributions, but most responses were conditional admonishments, couched with “most likely” and “until proven otherwise”.   I therefore came close to agreeing with one neurotwitter contributor, who argued that the only immutable law of neurology is, there are no immutable laws.   But I then reali ..read more

Who are the most influential neurologists in history? Not an easy task as the starting field is rather wide. Creating a ‘top list‘ of anything is potentially controversial because there are often no clear inclusion criteria, and justifications are often subjective.   Link I was initially swayed by the length of Wikipedia entries but cautioned myself when I noticed that the piece on Raymond Adams was very brief. Furthermore, there was no entry at all for C David Marsden! Sacrilege, I thought. I felt strongly enough ..read more

This is just to let you know that we continue to update our database as usual. Below are 100 recently updated checklists from the latest neurology literature that you may wish to explore. *** Alzheimer’s disease (AD) drug treatments Alzheimer’s disease (AD) preventative measures Apixaban Ataxia telangiectasia Balint’s syndrome Botulinum toxin Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) classification Cerebral amyloid angiopathy ICH (CAA-ICH) CANVAS syndrome management Cenobamate *** Cerebral aneurysms rupture risk Cerebral folate deficiency clinical features  CGRP monoclonal antibodies Chorea neuro ..read more