Podcasts by PN podcast

Autoinflammatory syndromes in neurology: when our first line of defence misbehaves from 2022-04-11T22:58:19

Dr Amy Ross Russell, Neurology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, interviews Dr William Diprose, Dept. of Neurology, Auckland City Hospital and Dept. of Medicine, Faculty of Med...

Editors Highlights of the April 2022 issue from 2022-03-09T19:24:47

Practical Neurology Editors Phil Smith and Geraint Fuller talk you through the highlights of the April 2022 issue of the journal. Read more on the PN website: https://pn.bmj.com/content/22/2/93The ...

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes: a practical approach to diagnosis and management from 2022-02-17T19:15:56

Dr Amy Ross Russell, Neurology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, interviews Dr Sophie Binks and Professor Sarosh Irani, from the Oxford Autoimmune Neurology Group, about their ...

Editors Highlights of the February 2022 issue from 2022-01-11T17:07:45

Practical Neurology Editors Phil Smith and Geraint Fuller talk you through the highlights of the February 2022 issue of the journal. Read more on the PN website: https://pn.bmj.com/content/22/1/1Th...

Localisation in focal epilepsies from 2021-12-03T18:29:01

Dr Amy Ross Russell, Neurology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, interviews Dr Fahmida Chowdhury and Dr Matthew Walker, both from the National Hospital for Neurology and Neuros...

Editors Highlights of the December 2021 issue from 2021-11-12T17:07:14

Practical Neurology Editors Phil Smith and Geraint Fuller talk you through the highlights of the October issue of the journal. Read more on the PN website: https://pn.bmj.com/content/21/6/463.The f...

Autoimmune encephalitis: clinical spectrum and management from 2021-10-11T18:45:46

Autoimmune encephalitis comprises a group of disorders in which the host immune system targets self-antigens expressed in the central nervous system (CNS). Some of the best-characterised diseases a...

Editors Highlights of the October 2021 issue from 2021-09-10T15:20:26

Practical Neurology Editors Phil Smith and Geraint Fuller talk you through the highlights of the October issue of the journal. Read more on the PN website: https://pn.bmj.com/content/21/5/373The fu...

Suspecting dementia: canaries, chameleons and zebras from 2021-08-06T17:34:48

As the number of people with dementia worldwide approaches 50 million, the need for early and accurate diagnosis is more urgent than ever. However, the biggest challenge is often suspecting dementi...

Editors Highlights of the August 2021 issue from 2021-07-06T14:16:19

Practical Neurology Editors Phil Smith and Geraint Fuller talk you through the highlights of the August issue of the journal. Read more on the PN website: https://pn.bmj.com/content/21/4/273The ful...

Editors Highlights of the June 2021 issue from 2021-05-20T11:20:46

Practical Neurology Editors Phil Smith and Geraint Fuller talk you through the highlights of the June issue of the journal. Read more on the PN website: https://pn.bmj.com/content/21/3/183The full ...

Editors Highlights of the April 2021 issue from 2021-04-14T15:22:12

Practical Neurology Editors Phil Smith and Geraint Fuller talk you through the highlights of the April issue of the journal. Read more on the PN website: https://pn.bmj.com/content/21/2/91The full ...

Editors Highlights of the February 2021 issue from 2021-02-21T22:27:19

Practical Neurology Editors Phil Smith and Geraint Fuller talk you through the highlights of the February issue of the journal. Read more on the PN website: https://pn.bmj.com/content/21/1/1

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Peripheral nerve blocks for headache disorders from 2021-01-21T18:34:37

Dr Tom Hughes, Department of Neurology, Cardiff, interviews Dr Luis Idrovo, Department of Neurology, Leeds, about one of the most prevalent, disabling and undertreated conditions in neurological cl...

Editors Highlights of the December 2020 issue from 2020-12-09T22:42:19

Practical Neurology Editors Phil Smith and Geraint Fuller talk you through the highlights of the December issue of the journal. Read more on the PN website: https://pn.bmj.com/content/20/6/427

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Vaccine in Multiple Sclerosis from 2020-11-11T17:29:01

In the return of the Practical Neurology Podcast, Dr Tom Hughes interviews Dr Saúl Reyes, Consultant Neurologist at the Blizard Institute, and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mar...

Essential tremor, Parkinson’s disease and dystonia: distinguishing the clinical features from 2019-09-19T10:59:30

Essential tremor is the most common form of tremor in humans. In this podcast, Dr Tom Hughes, Practical Neurology Associate Editor, interviews Dr Elan D Louis, Yale Neurology, Division of Movement...

Infectious encephalitis: mimics and chameleons from 2019-05-16T14:59:28

‘Query encephalitis’ is a common neurological consultation in hospitalised patients. Identifying the syndrome is only part of the puzzle. Although historically encephalitis has been almost synonymo...

A guide for investigating patients with complex neurology and epilepsy of unknown cause from 2019-04-30T08:38:34

A framework to guide general neurologists in the diagnostic reassessment of people with epilepsy and complex neurological problems of unknown cause is discussed in this podcast. Dr Tom Hughes, Prac...

Rituximab in neuroinflammatory conditions: the evidence available and prescribing advice from 2019-01-15T17:09:51

The basic principles of B-cell depletion with therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, the available evidence for using rituximab in neurological diseases as well as prescribing advice are discussed in t...

Cannabis licensing and epilepsy: addressing the challenges for doctors and patients from 2018-11-14T07:58:10

What do adult neurologists need to know ahead of the likely licensing of Epidiolex for epilepsy in the UK in 2019? It is quite possible that cannabidiol, currently licensed in the USA for treating ...

Valproate contraindicated in pregnancy: new regulations and advice for neurologists from 2018-04-19T15:31:17

Valproate is now contraindicated in pregnancy and women of child-bearing potential. The new stipulations from the Coordination Group for Mutual Recognition and Decentralised Procedures-Human (CMDh)...

Duchenne's muscular dystrophy - from gene discovery to treatment from 2017-08-21T08:46:38

Professor Michael Hanna, Senior Consultant Neurologist at Queen Square, UCL, London, discusses the developments in genetics in neuromuscular diseases with Eric Hoffman, Gordon Holmes lecturer at th...

Nodding syndrome: a public health issue in children of South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania from 2017-07-19T12:50:44

Nodding syndrome affects children from 5 to 15 years old in some parts of the African continent. In this podcast, David Nicholl, Department of Neurology, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK, is joined by...

ABN Annual Meeting: Professor Andrew Schwartz and the high-performance neural prosthetics from 2017-07-11T15:47:59

Professor Andrew Schwartz (University of Pittsburgh, USA) discusses the latest progress toward high-performance neural prosthetics with Practical Neurology's editor Geraint Fuller. The subject was ...

ABN Annual Meeting 2017: Interview with Kevin Talbot from 2017-06-09T17:10:23

At the ABN annual meeting 2017, David Burn interviews Kevin Talbot on the his talk on Antisense treatments in spinal muscular atrophy. The ABN Autumn Meeting took place on Wednesday 3rd May in Liv...

ABN Autumn Lecture: Antisense treatments in neurological disease from 2016-11-21T14:58:19

Based on the ABN's Autumn Meeting, Martin Turner interviews Matthew Wood on the his lecture Antisense treatments in neurological disease. The ABN Autumn Meeting took place on 20th October 2016 in ...

ABN Autumn Lecture: Treatable hereditary neuropathies from 2016-11-21T14:17:33

Based on the ABN's Autumn Meeting, David Nicholl interviews Mary Reilly on the her lecture Treatable Hereditary Neuropathies. The ABN Autumn Meeting took place on 20th October 2016 in London.

Fo...

ABN Autumn Lecture: Functional movement disorders - phenomenology and management from 2016-11-21T13:48:29

Based on the ABN's Autumn Meeting, David Nicholl interviews Mark Edwards on his lecture Functional Movement Disorders - Phenomenology and Management. The ABN Autumn Meeting took place on 20th Octo...

ABN Autumn Lectures: Debate: MS and stem cells - hope or hype? from 2016-11-07T16:20:38

Based on the ABN's Autumn Meeting debate, Ralph Gregory interviews Neil Robertson on the subject of MS and stem cells and whether they're hope or hype. The ABN Autumn Meeting took place on 20th Oc...

ABN Autumn Lectures: Gliomas - from biology to bedside from 2016-11-07T15:53:25

Based on the ABN's Autumn Meeting, David Burn interviews Anthony Chalmers on his lecture Gliomas - from Biology to Bedside.

The ABN Autumn Meeting took place on 20th October 2016 in London.

ABN Autumn Lectures: Stroke treatment - past, present and future from 2016-10-31T15:31:32

Based on the ABN's Autumn Meeting, PN Editor Phil Smith interviews Peter Sandercock on his lecture Stroke Treatment - Past, Present and Future.

The ABN Autumn Meeting took place on 20th October 2...

ABN Autumn Lectures: Epilepsy surgery - who, what and when? from 2016-10-31T14:10:55

Based on the ABN's Autumn Meeting, PN Editor Geraint Fuller interviews Khalid Hamandi on his lecture Epilepsy Surgery - Who, What and When?

The ABN Autumn Meeting took place on 20th October 2016 ...

ABN Conference 2016: Nick Fletcher on movement disorders in young adults from 2016-07-05T09:54:32

Hugh Morris is joined by Nick Fletcher to discuss his ABN Conference lecture "Movement disorders in young adults".

The ABN conference 2016, which theme was "The Seven Ages of Man", was held in Ma...

ABN Medallist 2016: Professor Alastair Compton and the innovation on Multiple Sclerosis research from 2016-07-05T09:17:38

Practical Neurology Associate Editor Neil Scolding interviews ABN Medallist Prof. Alastair Compton, at the British Neurosciences Association 2016 conference. Alastair Compton, Professor Emeritus o...

Functional Disorders - Geraint Fuller interviews Jon Stone from 2016-07-05T08:40:01

Practical Neurology Editor Geraint Fuller is joined by Jon Stone to discuss two of his recent Practical Neurology papers on the subject of functional disorders. Dr Jon Stone is a Consultant Neurol...

ABN Conference 2016: Phil Smith interviews Ingrid Scheffer about epilepsy genetics comes of age from 2016-06-20T14:05:16

Practical Neurology Editor Phil Smith is joined by Ingrid Scheffer to discuss her ABN Conference Gordon Holmes' lecture: "Epilepsy genetics comes of age". Professor Ingrid Scheffer, paediatric ne...

Ten year analysis of the UK Multiple Sclerosis risk sharing scheme study: ABN Conference 2016 from 2016-06-14T08:41:29

Dr Jacqueline Palace is interviewed about her 10 year analysis of the UK Multiple Sclerosis risk sharing scheme study, presented at this year's Association of British Neurologists (ABN)conference, ...

Oliver Sacks on 'The man who mistook his wife for a hat' from 2015-03-23T17:12:40

Welcome to another Practical Neurology book club podcast with PN editor Phil Smith. This time the club and discussed Oliver Sack’s ‘The man who mistook his wife for a hat’, and were honoured to be ...

Huw Morris on 'Lucky Man' from 2014-07-29T17:28:30

Michael J Fox, star of the Back to the Future trilogy, was born in 1961, moved to Hollywood aged 18 and while avidly lapping up the customary attention and refreshments, he developed Parkinson’s di...

Katherine Harding on 'Lucky Man' from 2014-07-29T17:25:38

Michael J Fox, star of the Back to the Future trilogy, was born in 1961, moved to Hollywood aged 18 and while avidly lapping up the customary attention and refreshments, he developed Parkinson’s di...

Allan Ropper on 'Lucky Man' from 2014-07-29T17:21:42

Michael J Fox, star of the Back to the Future trilogy, was born in 1961, moved to Hollywood aged 18 and while avidly lapping up the customary attention and refreshments, he developed Parkinson’s...

Lucky Man: A review of Michael J Fox's memoir from 2014-07-29T17:18:15

Michael J Fox, star of the Back to the Future trilogy, was born in 1961, moved to Hollywood aged 18 and while avidly lapping up the customary attention and refreshments, he developed Parkinson’s...

ABN special: How neurologists think, and what my errors taught me from 2014-06-24T17:57:17

Martin Samuels, professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, tells Huw Morris, professor of Clinical Neuroscience at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery how neurologists make...

ABN special: David Chadwick from 2014-04-15T14:58:11

In preparation for this year's ABN annual conference in May, listen to last year's ABN Medallist speaker, David Chadwick.

David Chadwick OBE is currently professor of neurology and consult...

The neurology of Sjögren's syndrome and the rheumatology of peripheral neuropathy and myelitis from 2014-01-17T14:05:41

Neurological symptoms occur in approximately 20% of patients with Sjögren's syndrome, and may be the presenting manifestations of the disease.

In this podcast, PN co-editor Phil Smith asks...

Neurology and detective writing: Peter Gautier-Smith from 2013-12-22T17:08:45

Peter Gautier-Smith, now retired from neurological consulting at Queen Square, and crime fiction writer, describes how he made the leap from clinician to novelist.

This interview is part o...

Neurology and detective writing: Oliver Sacks from 2013-12-22T17:04:30

Listen to Oliver Sacks, professor of neurology and NYU School of Medicine, discuss the role of narrative in neurology, and the parallels between the skills of detectives and clinicians in the sp...

Neurology and detective writing: Harold Klawans from 2013-12-22T16:59:55

Listen to Chris Goetz, director of the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Program at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, talk about the parallel careers of neurologist and crime fic...

Neurology and detective writing: Andrew Lees from 2013-12-22T16:55:35

Listen to Andrew Lees, director of the Reta Lila Weston Institute for Neurological Studies at UCL and director of the Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders, discuss his article on t...

Solving the case, making the diagnosis: Neurology and detective writing from 2013-12-20T14:39:45

When searching for clues to reach a diagnosis, neurologists often empathise with the detective who is trying to solve a case, write Peter Kempster and Andrew Lees in Practical Neurology bit.ly/1...

A taste of honey from 2013-05-08T08:36:32

Andrew Chancellor, consultant neurologist in Tauranga, New Zealand, gives the background to his reported case of honey neurotoxicity in the June issue of Practical Neurology.

Read Dr Chanc...