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.
In conversation with... Suvankar Pal
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.
10/17/2024 • 17 minutes, 50 seconds
In conversation with... Jorge Correale and Lilyana Amezcua
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.
9/18/2024 • 19 minutes
In conversation with... Alex Iranzo
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.
8/14/2024 • 16 minutes, 44 seconds
In conversation with... Glenn Nielsen
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.
6/13/2024 • 15 minutes, 28 seconds
In conversation with... Sanjay Sisodiya
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.
5/16/2024 • 20 minutes, 48 seconds
In conversation with... Jacqueline French and Jacob Pellinen
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.
4/16/2024 • 23 minutes, 28 seconds
In conversation with... Jaaimie Steinmetz, Theo Vos, Katrin Seeher and Tarun Dua
Jaimie Steinmetz and Theo Vos from the Institute of Health Metrics 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.
3/15/2024 • 25 minutes, 18 seconds
In conversation with... Giovanni Frisoni
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.
2/15/2024 • 12 minutes, 20 seconds
In conversation with... Marianne Chapleau and Gil Rabinovici
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.
1/23/2024 • 21 minutes, 45 seconds
In conversation with... Cecilia Åkerlund and David Nelson
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.
12/14/2023 • 18 minutes, 24 seconds
In conversation with... Rustam Al-Shahi Salman
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.
11/16/2023 • 24 minutes, 9 seconds
In conversation with... Njideka Okubadejo and Mie Rizig
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.
10/24/2023 • 26 minutes, 34 seconds
In conversation with... Anthony Feinstein
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.
9/21/2023 • 14 minutes, 42 seconds
In conversation with... William Jagust
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.
8/17/2023 • 13 minutes, 36 seconds
In conversation with... Stephen Strittmatter
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.
7/20/2023 • 14 minutes, 34 seconds
In conversation with... Benzi Kluger, Claire Creutzfeldt, and Malenna Sumrall
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.
6/22/2023 • 17 minutes, 20 seconds
In conversation with... Andrew Cole on the complexities underlying epilepsy in people with glioblastoma
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.
• 18 minutes, 38 seconds
In conversation with... Karen Duff and Connor Langworth-Green
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.
4/13/2023 • 15 minutes, 20 seconds
In conversation with... Kerstin Hellwig
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.
3/15/2023 • 14 minutes, 24 seconds
In conversation with... Geraldine Dawson
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.
2/15/2023 • 24 minutes, 34 seconds
In conversation with... Ellisiv Mathiesen
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.
1/20/2023 • 8 minutes, 45 seconds
In conversation with... Mark Hallett
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.
5/13/2022 • 8 minutes, 43 seconds
Thrombectomy for ischaemic stroke
Bruce Campbell joins The Lancet Neurology to discuss his systematic review of the HERMES collaboration.
• 8 minutes, 49 seconds
In conversation with... Beau Ances
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.
12/14/2022 • 11 minutes, 34 seconds
In conversation with... Axel Petzold
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.
11/16/2022 • 20 minutes, 3 seconds
In conversation with... Maeike Zijlmans
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.
10/18/2022 • 14 minutes, 37 seconds
In conversation with... Jerome Siegel
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.
9/15/2022 • 43 minutes, 50 seconds
In conversation with... Laurent Servais and Dora Markati
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.
8/11/2022 • 0
In conversation with... Andreas Charidimou
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.
7/14/2022 • 22 minutes, 58 seconds
In conversation with... Sarah Tabrizi and Cristina Sampaio
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.
6/16/2022 • 18 minutes, 52 seconds
In conversation with... Eva Feldman
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.
4/15/2022 • 22 minutes, 43 seconds
In conversation with... Estrella Morenas-Rodriguez and Christian Haass
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.
4/6/2022 • 27 minutes, 15 seconds
In conversation with... John Collinge
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.
3/17/2022 • 14 minutes, 45 seconds
In conversation with... Alexandra Durr
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.
2/22/2022 • 7 minutes, 55 seconds
In conversation with... Giuseppe Citerio
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.
1/19/2022 • 9 minutes, 35 seconds
In conversation with... Alberto Costa
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.
12/21/2021 • 15 minutes, 14 seconds
In conversation with... Olivier Rascol
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.
11/18/2021 • 28 minutes, 27 seconds
In conversation with... Antonio Uccelli
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.
10/21/2021 • 0
In conversation with... Priya Palta
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.
9/15/2021 • 8 minutes, 23 seconds
In conversation with... Adam Boxer
Adam Boxer (University of California, San Francisco) discusses his research, published in the September issue of The Lancet Neurology, on diagnostic performance of tau biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases.
8/18/2021 • 12 minutes, 13 seconds
In conversation with... Irene Cortese
Irene Cortese (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) discusses the difficulties of designing clinical trials in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
7/22/2021 • 9 minutes, 58 seconds
In conversation with... Doug Turnbull
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.
6/16/2021 • 20 minutes, 12 seconds
In conversation with... Geert Jan Biessels
Geert Jan Biessels (University Medical Centre Utrecht) discusses his research, published in The Lancet Neurology June issue, on using strategic infarct locations to predict post-stroke cognitive impairment.
5/19/2021 • 7 minutes, 59 seconds
In Conversation With... Henk-Jan Westeneng
Henk-Jan Westeneng discusses his new work on the causal effects of pre-symptomatic lifestyle on ALS.
4/22/2021 • 8 minutes, 36 seconds
In Conversation With... Anne MacGregor
Anne MacGregor discusses her recent Review of menstrual migraine, and explains why this disease needs greater recognition.
3/19/2021 • 12 minutes, 50 seconds
In Conversation With... Peter Rothwell
Peter Rothwell (Oxford University) discusses his new research, found in our new issue, on asymptomatic carotid stenosis and stroke.
2/18/2021 • 9 minutes, 25 seconds
Spinal cord injury and degenerative cervical myelopathy
Professor Michael Fehlings discusses the implications of his two papers in the Feb 2021 issue of The Lancet Neurology.
1/21/2021 • 19 minutes, 33 seconds
Genetic risk factors for sCJD
Emma Jones and Simon Mead discuss their article in The Lancet Neurology, identification of novel risk loci and causal insights for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
12/23/2020 • 23 minutes, 2 seconds
Prednisone in short-term prevention of cluster headache
Mark Obermann discusses his study examining the use of prednisone for the short-term prevention of cluster headache.
11/25/2020 • 9 minutes, 9 seconds
PET imaging of inflammation in neurological and psychiatric disorders
Robert Innis discusses his work on measuring neuroinflammation using PET imaging.
10/21/2020 • 0
Neurological associations of COVID-19
Tom Solomon discusses his Rapid Review on neurologically-associated COVID-19 problems, in The Lancet Neurology.
9/4/2020 • 11 minutes, 23 seconds
Advances in understanding of Rett syndrome
Huda Zoghbi discusses the prospects for future therapies in Rett syndrome.
7/31/2020 • 20 minutes, 44 seconds
Management of Parkinson's disease
Bas Bloem chats about his new research into a network model for reshaping chronic neurological care for patients with Parkinson's disease.
6/17/2020 • 10 minutes, 43 seconds
Optimal time to treat Huntington's Disease
Sarah Tabrizi discusses her new research into analysing the early onset of Huntington's Disease.
5/26/2020 • 12 minutes, 55 seconds
Evidence-based support for autistic people across the lifespan
Meng-Chuan Lai discusses the current evidence base for supporting autistic people.
4/28/2020 • 21 minutes, 14 seconds
Oral immunomodulating therapies in relapsing MS
Tobias Derfuss discusses his rapid review on advances in oral immunomodulating therapies in relapsing multiple sclerosis.
3/19/2020 • 0
The global burden of neurological conditions
Andrea Winkler discusses the global burden caused by stroke, epilepsy, dementia, and neuroinfections, and what low- and middle-income countries can do.
11/6/2019 • 37 minutes, 11 seconds
Blood pressure and brain structure
Jonathan Schott discusses the associations between blood pressure across adulthood and late-life brain structure and pathology.
9/13/2019 • 10 minutes, 10 seconds
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Jeffrey Wozniak talks about his Review in The Lancet Neurology, on clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
9/12/2019 • 10 minutes, 42 seconds
Stroke genetics
Martin Dichgans discusses advancements in the field of stroke genetics.
5/21/2019 • 16 minutes, 37 seconds
Next-generation sequencing and clinical neurology
Brent Fogel talks to The Lancet Neurology about his work on large-scale genomic analysis.
4/12/2019 • 7 minutes, 46 seconds
Role of astroglia in Alzheimer's disease
Amaia Arranz and Bart De Strooper discuss their Review on the role of astroglia in Alzheimer's disease.
3/14/2019 • 15 minutes, 4 seconds
Sleep disturbance and dementia risk
Michael Irwin (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) discusses a Review concerning potential links of sleep disturbance and possible increased risk of Alzheimer's disease dementia.
2/13/2019 • 11 minutes, 11 seconds
Frailty and Alzheimer's
Lindsay Wallace and Kenneth Rockwood join The Lancet Neurology to talk about their work on the association between frailty and the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
1/22/2019 • 12 minutes, 13 seconds
Stroke–heart syndrome
In the latest podcast from The Lancet Neurology, Jan Scheitz discusses the development of stroke–heart syndrome.
11/22/2018 • 10 minutes, 40 seconds
Epileptic seizures
Mark Cook and Phillippa Karoly join The Lancet Neurology to discuss their retrospective study of cyclical patterns in epileptic seizures.
10/16/2018 • 11 minutes, 42 seconds
Cerebral white matter demyelination in multiple sclerosis
Bruce Trapp and Daniel Ontaneda discuss their retrospective study investigating cortical neuronal loss and cerebral white-matter demyelination in mulitple sclerosis.
9/18/2018 • 15 minutes, 30 seconds
Autoimmune encephalitis after herpes simplex encephalitis
Josep Dalmau joins The Lancet Neurology to discuss recognition and outcomes of autoimmune encephalitis after herpes simplex encephalitis.
7/24/2018 • 10 minutes, 29 seconds
Network imaging biomarkers
David Eidelberg and Katharina Schindelbeck join The Lancet Neurology to explain their new review of the applications of network imaging biomarkers in Parkinson's disease.
6/16/2018 • 20 minutes, 21 seconds
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Eugene Major and David Clifford join The Lancet Neurology to discuss their review of pathogenesis and treatments for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
5/4/2018 • 19 minutes, 45 seconds
Antiepileptic drugs and risk of congenital malformation
Torbjörn Tomson discusses the issue of antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy and the risk of major congenital malformations.
4/30/2018 • 7 minutes, 57 seconds
Seizure detection and reporting in epilepsy: The Lancet Neurology: February 13, 2018
Christian Elger discusses the diagnostic challenges in epilepsy with the detection and reporting of seizures.
2/14/2018 • 6 minutes, 3 seconds
MS McDonald criteria revisions: The Lancet Neurology: February 2018
Jeffrey Cohen joins us to talk about the process of updating and revising the McDonald criteria for diagnosis of MS.
1/19/2018 • 9 minutes, 1 second
GWAS on dementia with Lewy bodies: The Lancet Neurology: January, 2018
Jose Bras discusses his study of the genetic architecture of dementia with Lewy bodies.
12/16/2017 • 6 minutes, 18 seconds
Traumatic Brain Injury: The Lancet Neurology: November 7, 2017
Andrew Maas and David Menon, lead authors, discuss The Lancet Neurology Commission on traumatic brain injury and outline the worldwide burden.
11/7/2017 • 37 minutes, 30 seconds
TDP-43 and Alzheimer's disease: The Lancet Neurology: November 2017
Keith Josephs talks about considering TDP-43 as a potential factor related to increased rates of hippocampal atrophy in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
10/11/2017 • 9 minutes, 9 seconds
Biomarkers in stroke recovery: The Lancet Neurology: October 2017
Cathy Stinear discusses her review of biomarkers that might predict motor recovery after stroke.
9/13/2017 • 7 minutes
Genetic variants and Huntington's: The Lancet Neurology: September 2017
Lesley Jones and Sarah Tabrizi talk about their work on the identification of genetic markers associated with the progression of Huntington's disease.
8/9/2017 • 18 minutes, 40 seconds
Simvastatin and MS: The Lancet Neurology: August 2017
Jeremy Chataway discusses the surprising effects of simvastatin on patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.
7/12/2017 • 4 minutes, 50 seconds
Progressive supranuclear palsy: The Lancet Neurology: July 2017
Adam Boxer offers an overview of the latest on diagnosis and treatment for progressive supranuclear palsy.
6/14/2017 • 24 minutes, 27 seconds
Neurological consequences of obesity: The Lancet Neurology: May 9, 2017
Eva Feldman discusses the neurological consequences of obesity.
5/9/2017 • 9 minutes, 53 seconds
Neurodegenerative disease: The Lancet Neurology: February 23, 2017
Marc Diamond discusses his Personal View on the prion model for progression and diversity of neurodegenerative diseases.
2/24/2017 • 21 minutes, 10 seconds
Autosomal dominant familial Alzheimer's disease: The Lancet Neurology: 21 October 2016
Randall Bateman and Nick Fox discuss what they've learned from their papers on Alzheimer's disease.
10/22/2016 • 21 minutes, 15 seconds
Ventilation for ALS patients: The Lancet Neurology: November 2016
Professor Thomas Similowski discusses his surprising study on the effectiveness of non-invasive ventilation for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
10/12/2016 • 9 minutes, 40 seconds
Sleep disorders in children: The Lancet Neurology: September 12, 2016
Dr. Kiran Maski discusses insomnia, parasomnia, and narcolepsy in children.
9/13/2016 • 6 minutes, 8 seconds
Non-immersive Virtual Reality Exercise in Stroke Rehabilitation
Dr. Gustavo Saposnik discusses the efficacy of non-immersive virtual reality exercise in the treatment of stroke.
7/1/2016 • 7 minutes, 57 seconds
Global burden of stroke: The Lancet Neurology: June 22, 2016
Professor Valery Feigin discusses an Article on the global burden of stroke and risk factors from 1990–2013.
6/24/2016 • 11 minutes, 5 seconds
Stakeholder cooperation in orphan drug development: The Lancet Neurology: June 6, 2016
Annemieke Aartsma-Rus and Elizabeth Vroom discuss with Patricia Lobo the developments in Duchenne muscular dystrophy therapy and how this can serve as a paradigm for development of treatment for rare diseases.
6/7/2016 • 11 minutes, 20 seconds
The Lancet Neurology Conference: Preclinical neurodegenerative disease: towards prevention and early diagnosis
Richard Lane interviews John Hardy, Jonathan Rohrer and Sarah Tabrizi, who are members of the Scientific Committee.
2/24/2016 • 12 minutes, 46 seconds
World encephalitis day: The Lancet Neurology: February 22, 2016
Francesc Graus and Josep Dalmau discuss new criteria for a clinical approach for the diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis.
2/22/2016 • 16 minutes, 21 seconds
Cerebral cavernous malformations: The Lancet Neurology: February 2016
Rustam Salman discusses how the assessment of cerebral cavernous malformations can help identify people at risk of subsequent brain haemorrhage.
1/12/2016 • 11 minutes, 44 seconds
ParkinsonNet: The Lancet Neurology: January 8, 2016
Bas Bloem talks about ParkinsonNet, a healthcare model that supports a multidisciplinary network for people with Parkinson’s disease.
1/9/2016 • 21 minutes, 21 seconds
Biomarkers and dementia: The Lancet Neurology: Jan 2016
Clifford Jack from the Mayo Clinic discusses a research article which investigates the role of biomarkers to help identify preclinical dementia.
12/8/2015 • 18 minutes, 33 seconds
Diaphragm pacing for ALS: The Lancet Neurology: July 31, 2015
Chris McDermott and Richard Lane discuss the DiPALS study, investigating the effect of diaphragm pacing in addition to non-invasive ventilation in patients with ALS.
7/31/2015 • 14 minutes, 45 seconds
Endovascular stent thrombectomy: The Lancet Neurology: July 13, 2015
Bruce Campbell discusses the remarkable benefits of endovascular treatment for ischaemic stroke.
7/14/2015 • 9 minutes, 38 seconds
Lower urinary tract dysfunction: The Lancet Neurology: June 16, 2015
Jalesh Panicker discusses lower urinary tract dysfunction, a common problem in people with neurological disorders.
6/16/2015 • 23 minutes, 46 seconds
Status epilepticus: The Lancet Neurology: June 1, 2015
Daniel Lowenstein discusses research into status epilepticus.
6/1/2015 • 9 minutes, 43 seconds
Apathy in Parkinson's disease: The Lancet Neurology: April 21, 2015
Paul Krack discusses apathy in Parkinson's disease.
4/21/2015 • 16 minutes, 20 seconds
Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease: The Lancet Neurology: March 16, 2015
In an interview Michael Heneka considers the contribution of neuroinflammatory mechanisms to Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis.
3/16/2015 • 13 minutes, 12 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: February 16, 2015
Steven Goodrick talks to Jonathan Rohrer about the latest research in C9orf72 expansions.
2/17/2015 • 10 minutes, 6 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: January 16, 2015
Alan Thompson and Steven Goodrick discuss a new three-part Series on progressive MS. 
1/17/2015 • 14 minutes, 41 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: December 8, 2014
Gabrielle deVeber discusses a Review on childhood stroke.
12/9/2014 • 10 minutes, 55 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: November 19, 2014
Jonathan Smith discusses how assessment of pain in elderly adults with dementia differs from that in healthy elderly adults.
11/19/2014 • 8 minutes, 22 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: October 13, 2014
Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi discusses a population based modelling study of the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
10/13/2014 • 4 minutes, 52 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: September 15, 2014
Steven Galetta discusses his Review on how tests of visual function can be useful in the assessment of minor head injury and TBI.
9/15/2014 • 6 minutes, 27 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: July 14, 2014
Sir Graham Teasdale reflects on the Glasgow COMA scale for brain injury, 40 years after it was published in The Lancet.
7/14/2014 • 10 minutes, 44 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: June 16, 2014
John Hardy discusses a genome-wide association study on frontotemporal dementia and its subtypes.
6/16/2014 • 7 minutes, 10 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: May 07, 2014
David Bennett discusses painful and painless channelopathies.
5/7/2014 • 18 minutes, 6 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: April 03, 2014
Dr. David McDonagh and Professor Mark Newman discuss the neurological complications of cardiac surgery.
4/3/2014 • 14 minutes, 41 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: February 14, 2014
Craig Anderson discusses findings from a study about the effects of blood pressure variability on outcomes for patients with intracerebral haemorrhage.
2/14/2014 • 7 minutes, 22 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: January 20, 2014
Henrik Hagberg discusses the role of mitochondria in CNS development and in the injury responses of the developing brain.
1/20/2014 • 16 minutes, 8 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: December 02, 2013
Finbar O'Callaghan from the Institute for Child Health, London, discusses new research about the incidence and risk factors for childhood stroke.
12/2/2013 • 9 minutes, 54 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: November 11, 2013
In an extended interview, Nicholas Abend from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia discusses a Review on electrographic seizures and status epilepticus in critically ill children and neonates with encephalopathy.
11/12/2013 • 36 minutes, 59 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: September 17, 2013
Hugh Marcus from the University of Cambridge discussing a Review on stroke and TIA in the posterior territory.
9/17/2013 • 6 minutes, 58 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: August 08, 2013
Francisco Javier Carod-Artal discusses a Review concerning the neurological complications of dengue virus infection.
8/8/2013 • 17 minutes, 9 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: July 11, 2013
Paul Hagerman discusses a Review which highlights the latest clinical and molecular understanding of the FMR1 mutation and FXTAS.
7/11/2013 • 10 minutes, 27 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: June 10, 2013
Sarah Tabrizi discusses the latest findings of the TRACK HD study concerning Huntington's disease.
6/10/2013 • 13 minutes, 9 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: May 22, 2013
Klaus Fassbender discusses a Review about streamlining pre-hospital management of stroke.
5/22/2013 • 9 minutes, 56 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: April 17, 2013
Joanna Wardlaw discusses the poorly understood condition of cerebral small vessel disease.
4/17/2013 • 14 minutes, 50 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: March 18, 2013
Jim Barkovich from UCSF discusses a Review about midbrain and hindbrain disorders.
3/18/2013 • 10 minutes, 10 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: February 13, 2013
Kim Meador explains the effects of fetal exposure to anti-epileptic drugs, plus other highlights from the March issue.
2/13/2013 • 14 minutes, 2 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: January 16, 2013
Josep Dalmau describes the clinical and pathological features of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.
1/16/2013 • 12 minutes, 59 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: December 07, 2012
Roger Barker discusses fetal dopaminergic transplantation as a therapeutic option for Parkinson's disease.
12/7/2012 • 11 minutes, 41 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: November 15, 2012
Eric Reiman discusses a research article, where biomarker changes are assessed in early onset Alzheimer's disease.
11/16/2012 • 12 minutes, 6 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: October 29, 2012
Marjo van der Knaap discusses megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts.
10/29/2012 • 12 minutes, 47 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: September 18, 2012
Bjarne Udd discusses the myotonic dystrophies.
9/18/2012 • 10 minutes, 52 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: August 13, 2012
Frank Gilliam discusses the adverse effects of anti-epileptic drugs.
8/13/2012 • 18 minutes, 42 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: July 13, 2012
Highlights from the August issue, and Dag Aarsland discusses dementia in patients with Parkinson's disease.
7/13/2012 • 11 minutes, 17 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: June 13, 2012
Justin McArthur discusses CNS opportunistic infections within the context of HIV.
6/13/2012 • 14 minutes, 17 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: May 16, 2012
Brian Callaghan discusses a Review about diabetic neuropathy.
5/16/2012 • 8 minutes, 15 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: April 17, 2012
Hudson Freeze discusses a Review about the neurology of inherited glycosilation disorders.
4/17/2012 • 12 minutes, 46 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: March 19, 2012
Peter Langhorne discusses the potential of specialist stroke units in low and middle-income settings.
3/19/2012 • 15 minutes, 16 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: February 16, 2012
Kailash P Bhatia discusses a Review on the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of functional movement disorders.
2/16/2012 • 11 minutes, 46 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: January 18, 2012
Discussion of a Review about posterior cortical atrophy, and other issue highlights.
1/18/2012 • 11 minutes, 25 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: December 12, 2011
Discussion of the links between nutrition and stroke risk.
12/12/2011 • 20 minutes, 9 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: November 11, 2011
Brenda Banwell discusses the potential of MRI screening after a first demyelinating event as a future predictor of MS in children.
11/11/2011 • 13 minutes, 49 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: October 17, 2011
Chris Polman discusses a Rapid Review of new oral therapies for patients with multiple sclerosis.
10/17/2011 • 16 minutes, 3 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: September 19, 2011
Ashfaq Shuaib talks about collateral blood flow in the brain as a potential therapeutic target for patients with acute ischaemic.
9/19/2011 • 10 minutes, 56 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: August 15, 2011
How Alzheimer's disease prevalence could be associated with modifiable risk factors.
8/15/2011 • 15 minutes, 19 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: July 18, 2011
August issue highlights, including discussion of a genetic association study concerning intracerebral haemorrhage.
7/18/2011 • 10 minutes
The Lancet Neurology: June 15, 2011
July issue highlights, including discussion of the EURAP Registry concerning a possible association between anti-epileptic drugs and congenital birth defects.
6/15/2011 • 10 minutes, 14 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: May 18, 2011
Bas Bloem discusses a review in the June issue about postural abnormalities associated with Parkinson's disease.
5/18/2011 • 12 minutes, 38 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: April 13, 2011
Discussion of new data from the ADAGIO trial for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, and a Canadian cohort study assessing risk factors for multiple sclerosis in children.
4/13/2011 • 9 minutes, 46 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: March 23, 2011
Highlights from the April issue with a focus on aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage.
3/23/2011 • 8 minutes, 48 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: February 21, 2011
Highlights from the March issue with a focus on neurodegenerative disease.
2/21/2011 • 9 minutes, 50 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: January 19, 2011
Prozac and motor function after stroke, and the effect of rapid hypothermia after brain injury.
1/19/2011 • 8 minutes, 41 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: December 13, 2010
January highlights, including discussion of research from the TRACK-HD study for Huntington's disease.
12/13/2010 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: November 16, 2010
Discussion of the RE-LY trial subgroup for the secondary prevention of stroke, and phase 2 results of gene therapy for Parkinson's disease.
11/16/2010 • 10 minutes, 42 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: September 20, 2010
October issue highlights, including cilostazol compared with aspirin for secondary stroke prevention.
9/20/2010 • 9 minutes, 40 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: August 16, 2010
September issue highlights, including the effects of a longer treatment window with alteplase after stroke, and discussion of a Review about ataxia.
8/16/2010 • 7 minutes, 35 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: July 19, 2010
The use of blood-pressure-lowering therapy after stroke, limbic encephalitis, and discussion of Huntington's disease prevalence.
7/19/2010 • 15 minutes, 49 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: June 17, 2010
July highlights, including ultrasound to detect asymptomatic carotid stenosis in stroke prevention.
6/17/2010 • 9 minutes, 13 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: May 19, 2010
June issue highlights, including discussion of depression and Parkinson's disease.
5/19/2010 • 9 minutes, 16 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: April 21, 2010
Lithium therapy and ALS, and stroke associated with Chaga's disease.
4/21/2010 • 11 minutes, 30 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: March 15, 2010
Discussion of April issue highlights, including the International Carotid Stenting study.
3/15/2010 • 7 minutes, 17 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: February 18, 2010
Discussion of concerns over generic substitution of antiepileptic drugs.
2/18/2010 • 10 minutes, 33 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: January 18, 2010
Alison Rowan discusses issue highlights, including PET imaging for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
1/18/2010 • 9 minutes, 22 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: December 14, 2009
Kate Bushby discusses two reviews on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
12/14/2009 • 12 minutes, 52 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: October 12, 2009
Discussion of the BENEFIT study for MS and the role of elderly people in neurological research.
10/12/2009 • 7 minutes, 38 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: September 08, 2009
Discussion of the CAVATAS trial for carotid stenosis.
9/8/2009 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: August 19, 2009
Helen Frankish discusses articles about Huntington's disease and stroke.
8/19/2009 • 12 minutes, 54 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: July 15, 2009
Discussion of deep-brain stimulation for cerebral palsy, and rehabilitation interventions for motor recovery after stroke.
7/15/2009 • 4 minutes, 54 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: June 15, 2009
Alison Rowan discusses epilepsy services in the UK, and a review about CADASIL.
6/15/2009 • 6 minutes, 12 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: May 12, 2009
Helen Frankish discusses research on childhood stroke, and add-on drug therapy for MS.
5/12/2009 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: April 15, 2009
Elena Becker-Barroso discusses the ISAT study follow-up, and paracetamol use in acute stroke.
4/15/2009 • 6 minutes, 39 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: March 16, 2009
Helen Frankish discusses the global incidence of stroke, and a research article assessing the malaria drug quinacrine for the treatment of prion disease.
3/16/2009 • 8 minutes, 48 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: February 16, 2009
Helen Frankish discusses articles on stroke prevention after TIA, and the potential of stem-cell therapy for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
2/16/2009 • 7 minutes, 41 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: January 19, 2009
Helen Frankish discusses antipsychotics and Alzheimer's disease, and desmoteplase for ischaemic stroke.
1/19/2009 • 10 minutes
The Lancet Neurology: December 08, 2008
Helen Frankish discusses articles about galantamine for severe Alzheimer's disease, and a genome-wide association study about CJD.
12/8/2008 • 9 minutes, 18 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: November 10, 2008
Helen Frankish discusses articles on NMDA-receptor encephalitis, perilesional brain oedema, and looks ahead to the TLN stroke conference in Beijing.
11/10/2008 • 7 minutes, 58 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: October 13, 2008
In this month's Lancet Neurology Podcast, Editor Helen Frankish discusses two research articles: one on the treatment of hemicrania continua, and another on perception of pain in a minimally conscious state. Also discussed is a review on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.
10/13/2008 • 8 minutes, 28 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: September 15, 2008
Helen Frankish discusses highlights from the October issue, including follow-up results for trials comparing carotid stenting with endarterectomy in patients with stenosis; and the PRoFESS study comparing drug combinations to reduce the severity of recurrent ischaemic stroke.
9/15/2008 • 6 minutes, 32 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: August 11, 2008
Elena Becker-Barroso discusses highlights from the September issue, including the potential of PB2 to slow the development of amyloid beta in patients with Alzheimer's, and how telemedicine could improve stroke treatment.
8/11/2008 • 8 minutes, 1 second
The Lancet Neurology: July 14, 2008
Helen Frankish discusses biomarkers for indications of dementia, and other highlights from the August issue.
7/14/2008 • 8 minutes, 9 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: June 16, 2008
The International LRRK2 Consortium, which includes investigators in 21 centres, has collected data from almost 20000 patients with Parkinson's disease carrying mutations in the LRRK2 gene. The Lancet Neurology editor Elena Becker-Barroso and Daniel Healy, the corresponding author on their first report, summarises the findings and their implications in clinical practice in a podcast.
6/16/2008 • 16 minutes, 4 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: May 19, 2008
Editor Helen Frankish discusses highlights from the June issue: a randomised trial showing the efficacy of a ketogenic diet to protect against childhood epilepsy; and a trial with phase II results for the Efficacy and safety of tarenflurbil in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
5/19/2008 • 6 minutes, 38 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: April 18, 2008
Editor Helen Frankish discusses highlights from the May issue: results from the INTERACT trial showing how intensive blood pressure lowering could be beneficial for people who have had intra cranial haemorrhage; also discussion of a genetic study identifying a gene mutation involved in amyloid lateral sclerosis, and a review of stroke in children.
4/18/2008 • 7 minutes, 5 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: March 14, 2008
Editor Helen Frankish discusses highlights from the April issue: including the EPITHET study of alteplase treatment 3-6 hours after a stroke, and donepezil treatment in patients with CADASIL, a genetic form of vascular dementia.
3/14/2008 • 5 minutes, 6 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: February 18, 2008
Editor Helen Frankish discusses highlights from the March issue: including research Articles about a genetic clue to the cause of dystonia, a neurological disorder relating to Parkinson's disease; and a study identifying older age (68 years) as a risk factor for stroke among people given stenting rather than Endarterectomy to unblock the carotid artery.
2/18/2008 • 5 minutes, 27 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: January 22, 2008
Imaging of amyloid β in Alzheimer's disease with a novel PET tracer Amyloid β (Aβ) deposits can be imaged by PET, but most Aβ PET ligands are not suitable for clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). To test the effectiveness of a new Aβ PET ligand, 18F-BAY94-9172, Christopher Rowe and colleagues compared its binding with Aβ deposition in patients with AD, individuals with frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and healthy controls. Helen Frankish discusses the study in this month's podcast, and highlights the editorial concerning the possible tagging of individuals with AD.
1/22/2008 • 6 minutes, 38 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: December 17, 2007
Epilepsy in children encompasses several syndromes that have different prognoses but are all characterised by a predisposition to recurrent seizures; therefore, treatment has to be tailored to the individual. Any treatment regimen for children with epilepsies should have rational goals, take into account the additional morbidities that are commonly found in these patients.
12/17/2007 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: November 21, 2007
Editor Helen Frankish discusses highlights from the December issue: original research investigating the efficacy of minocycline for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); a randomised trial assessing the effect and treatment duration of topiramate for the prevention of migraine; and a brief discussion of a review about medulloblastoma in children.
11/21/2007 • 7 minutes, 27 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: October 22, 2007
Editor Helen Frankish discusses highlights from the November issue: two Articles looking at the early treatment of minor strokes or transient ischaemic attacks and the risk of stroke, an Editorial calling for more funding for headache research, and a large multinational study identifying genetic variants that influence the development of epilepsy.
10/22/2007 • 5 minutes, 34 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: September 27, 2007
Editor Helen Frankish discusses this month's leading edge editorial: the unsuccessful appeal against the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) after its recent decision to not make dementia therapies widely available in the UK on grounds of cost-effectiveness
9/27/2007 • 4 minutes, 50 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: August 13, 2007
Editor Helen Frankish discusses highlights from the September issue: an association between Epstein-Barr virus and acquisition of multiple sclerosis in children; and current opportunities for the development of anti-epileptic drugs. Epilepsy and HIV are also discussed in this month's leading edge editorial.
8/13/2007 • 5 minutes, 40 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: July 13, 2007
Editor Helen Frankish discusses two topics from the August issue: a research article suggesting people with epilepsy are three times more likely than the general population to commit suicide; and she interviews the author of a position paper about a new research framework for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
7/13/2007 • 9 minutes, 9 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: June 20, 2007
In this month's Lancet Neurology podcast Helen Frankish discusses a research article concerning numerous factors which determine the risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism after cerebral venous thromboembolism in children. Also discussed is the Leading Edge editorial calling for a more modern approach to stroke services in the UK, and the review about silent infarcts, which could be a useful way of detecting neurological disease before symptoms develop.
6/20/2007 • 5 minutes, 41 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: May 16, 2007
Editor Helen Frankish discusses highlights from the June issue: research from the University of Oxford about the incidence of haemorragic stroke; while incidence has decreased in younger age groups over the past two decades, inclusion of data from people aged over 75 years shows how overall incidence has remained the same, underlining the need for the inclusion of older people in stroke research. Also discussed is the comprehensive review on migraine and this month's editorial about stem-cell research in the USA.
5/16/2007 • 6 minutes, 12 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: April 24, 2007
Editor Helen Frankish discusses highlights from the May issue. The GIST trial concerning blood glucose levels after stroke, despite being stopped early, has implications for future research in this area.
4/24/2007 • 5 minutes, 40 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: March 19, 2007
Editor Helen Frankish discusses the April issue, including promising research on occipital-nerve stimulation for cluster headache, and a new method to aid the diagnosis of Lewy body dementia.
3/19/2007 • 4 minutes, 42 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: February 26, 2007
Editor Helen Frankish discusses highlights from the March issue: a pooled analysis of three randomised trials which shows how decompression surgery soon after stroke onset can reduce mortality.
2/26/2007 • 9 minutes, 56 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: January 18, 2007
This month's podcast discusses the themed stroke issue coinciding with the International Stroke Conference taking place in San Francisco in early February. Also discussed is the first of a series of articles on stroke in developing countries.
1/18/2007 • 5 minutes, 12 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: December 11, 2006
Highlights from the January issue of The Lancet Neurology, includes a research article on epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa and the Leading Edge urging WHO to prioritise neurological diseases.
12/11/2006 • 4 minutes, 58 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: November 14, 2006
December's Listen to The Lancet Neurology highlights the negative outcome of a trial of the drug TCH346 as a neuroprotective agent for Parkinson's disease, a Review about meningiomas, and depression among people with neurological disease.
11/14/2006 • 5 minutes, 12 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: October 17, 2006
Editor Helen Frankish discusses the highlights from the November issue, which this month has a focus on Parkinson's disease.
10/17/2006 • 4 minutes, 26 seconds
The Lancet Neurology: September 18, 2006
October's TLN podcast includes a discussion of a paper on epilepsy in China, and a Forum article on possible infectious causes of multiple sclerosis.
9/18/2006 • 6 minutes, 6 seconds
In conversation with... Adrian Owen
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.