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JNNP Podcast
JNNP’s ambition is to publish the most ground-breaking and cutting-edge research from around the world. Encompassing the entire genre of neurological sciences, our focus is on the common disorders (stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, peripheral neuropathy, subarachnoid haemorrhage and neuropsychiatry), but with a keen interest in the Gordian knots that present themselves in the field, such as ALS.
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Episodes
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Prof John O'Brien (University of Cambridge) and Dr Dominic Ffytche (Kings College London) join Dr Colin Mahoney (Podcast Editor)
Visual hallucinations have complex origins and can have significant impact on patients. The recent UK based SHAPED consortium has aimed to design a common framework for assessment, management and research in this area. John O'Brien and Dominic Ffytche discuss disorders which cause visual hallucinations as well as their pathobiology and management in this Podcast: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/91/5/512
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Prof Martin Turner, University of Oxford, joins Dr Colin Mahoney to discuss the newest consensus clinical criteria to aid in the diagnosis of Primary Lateral Sclerosis. This will enable neurologists to make the diagnosis sooner and will be important in the design of future treatment
trials. https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/91/4/373
Monday May 04, 2020
Monday May 04, 2020
Dr Hadi Manji joins Colin Mahoney to discuss the recent paper by Liu and colleagues as well as providing a commentary on how COVID-19 may impact the nervous system and steps to mitigate this. He also discusses the impact of COVID-19 in delivering care at the
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, located in one of the new epicentres for this disease. https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/2020/04/20/jnnp-2020-323414
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Prof Andrew Lees, Professor of Neurology National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Colin Mahoney JNNP Podcast Editor
As part of our 2020 Vision centenary Prof Andrew Lees reviews how Lithium (eventually) became established in the treatment of psychiatric illness, reviewing the 1954 paper by Schou and colleagues.
https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/jnnp/91/4/335.full
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Colin Mahoney, JNNP Podcast editor, is joined by Dr Jonathan Rohrer, MRC Clinician Scientist, Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology. Carolin Heller, Dementia Research Centre and UK Dementia Research Institute. to discuss how increased levels of GFAP may be used to detect advancing neurodegeneration and clinical change in those with Progranulin associated Frontotemporal Dementia. https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/91/3/263
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Prof Bruce Taylor, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania and Dr Colin Mahoney JNNP Podcast editor
Prof Bruce Taylor joins our podcast editor Colin Mahoney to discuss recent advances in the diagnosis and management of multifactorial neuropathy. They discuss the current state-of-the art on pathogenesis, new diagnostic approaches and management. https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/91/2/140.info
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
As part of our 2020 Vision Series reviewing the most seminal papers in JNNP's past Prof Niall Quinn, joins Colin Mahoney to discuss his 1989 paper which provided the first clinical criteria for MSA. He discusses how the last 30 years of science has shaped this original work, and he also shares his experiences of his mentor Prof David Marsden who previously served as the editor of JNNP. https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/91/1/3
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
Sharon Roman, a patient advocate who suffers with Multiple Sclerosis, discusses the complexities of measures of disease activity and employment in MS. https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/91/1/5
Monday Dec 02, 2019
Monday Dec 02, 2019
Dr Susanna Park joins Colin Mahoney to discuss neurophysiological, imaging and other methods to study an increasingly recognised problem of chemotherapy induced peripheral neurotoxicity. Dr Park outlines the pathology and current techniques to diagnose and monitor this problem, and outline new areas of research as well as recommendations from the Toxic Neuropathy Consortium to improve clinical care and research in this area.
https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/90/12/1361
Monday Nov 18, 2019
Monday Nov 18, 2019
Dr Oliver Robinson joins Colin Mahoney to discuss the neural circuitry of anxiety, outlining our current understanding the anatomical basis for anxiety, as well as paradigms used to explore the shared circuits which lead to pathological levels of anxiety. Dr Robinson also outlines the future research goals in this important area.
https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/90/12/1353