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JNNP Podcast
The Journal of Neurology, Neuroscience and Psychiatry (JNNP) Podcast is proud to reflect JNNP’s ambition to publish the most ground-breaking and cutting-edge research from around the world - jnnp.bmj.com. 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. Join Dr. Saima Chaudhry as she hosts in-depth interviews with authors, providing a deeper understanding of their work and shedding new light on their findings. Stay informed with expert discussions and cutting-edge information by subscribing or listening on your favourite podcast platform.
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Episodes
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
Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
Dr Neil Graham and Prof David Sharp, from Imperial College London, discuss the interaction between traumatic brain injury and dementia. They outline the epidemiology, pathogenesis and emerging biomarkers in an area which is seeing increased attention. Read the full paper here: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/90/11/1221.long
Friday Sep 27, 2019
Friday Sep 27, 2019
Dr Robert Simpson (University of Glasgow, UK) discusses the merits and limitations of mindfullness based treatments for mental well-being in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Read the full paper here: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/90/9/1051
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Professor Helmar Lehmann (University Hospital of Cologne) provides an update on Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and discusses recent advances in diagnosis and treatment. Read the full paper here: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/90/9/981.long
Thursday Aug 15, 2019
Thursday Aug 15, 2019
Elizabeth Highton (podcast editor) is joined by Professor Alfonso Fasano (Toronto Western Hospital, Ontario, Canada) to discuss the overlapping phenomenology and diagnostic challenges in movement disorders and seizures. Read the paper here: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/90/8/920.long
Wednesday Jul 31, 2019
Wednesday Jul 31, 2019
Dr. David Perez (Massachusetts General Hospital, USA) speaks with JNNP Podcast Editor, Elizabeth Highton about stepwise functional connectivity, a novel brain imaging technique, and how it might help us better understand the biology of functional neurological disorders. Read this month's Patient's Choice article here: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/90/8/929
Wednesday Jun 12, 2019
Wednesday Jun 12, 2019
Dr. Susannah Pick (King’s College London, UK) discusses emotional processing in functional neurological disorder, and how further understand of emotional processing deficits may help contribute to a unified explanatory model for FND.
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Dr Shelly Coe (Oxford Brookes University, Oxford) discusses a new randomized control trial looking at the use of cocoa for management of fatigue in multiple sclerosis. Read the full paper here: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/90/5/507