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Ataxia Series: Beyond the cerebellum - Non-motor features and multisystem care in genetic ataxias May 11, 2026

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Genetic ataxias have many non-motor features, such as fatigue, sleep disorders, and cognitive dysfunction. In this episode, Dr. Orlando Barsottini and Dr. Christopher Stephen discuss the most common non-motor symptoms and how to approach them.

Artificial intelligence in the diagnostic approach of chronic ataxias Jul 07, 2025

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Dr. Hugo Morales interviews Drs. Malco Rossi and Lucas Alessandro about their work on an AI-powered virtual assistant designed to aid in the diagnosis of chronic ataxias. They discuss how the assistant performed when put to the test, evaluating its diagnostic accuracy head-to-head against movement disorder experts.
Journal CME is available until May 21, 2026
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Are hyposmia and REM sleep behavior disorder reliable indicators of Lewy body pathology? Mar 10, 2025

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There is an important role for cost-effective clinical biomarkers in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. Dr. Eduardo de Pablo-Fernández and Dr. Cecilia Tremblay discuss how accurate hyposmia and REM sleep behavior disorder can predict Lewy pathology in a non-selected population using data from the Arizona clinicopathological study on Aging and Neurodegeneration. Read the article.

An online mindfulness-based group intervention for tics Oct 21, 2024

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Dr. Hannah E. Reese and Mr. W. Alan Brown discuss their pilot study of a mindfulness-based group virtual intervention for tic disorders, that was co-developed with patients.
Journal CME is available until August 21, 2025 Read the article.

An Interview with MDS President Francisco Cardoso | Congress 2022 Oct 01, 2022

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MDS President Francisco Cardoso shares with Dr. Michele Matarazzo the important takeaways from this year's Congress that will shape the future of movement disorders and the Society.

Approach to reviewing a review article May 16, 2022

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For the sixth episode of the special series focused on the peer review process, Dr. Shweta Prasad speaks with Prof. Christine Klein to discuss the approach to reviewing a review article.

Approach to neuroimaging in Parkinsonisms Jan 17, 2022

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Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Professor Antonio Strafella and Dr. Cecilia Peralta their work from the MDS Neuroimaging Study Group published in Movement Disorders Clinical Practice on a "Pragmatic Approach on Neuroimaging Techniques for the Differential Diagnosis of Parkinsonisms." Read the article

Anxiety in parkinson's disease and its correlates in mri-based functional connectivity Feb 01, 2021

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Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Rosa De Micco on the functional MRI correlates of anxiety in Parkinson's disease, highlighting the main results of the article she recently published on the topic in the Movement Disorders journal.Read the article

Anti-inflammatory drugs use impacts the risk of developing PD in LRRK2 mutation carriers Nov 09, 2020

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Dr. Marta San Luciano shares the main findings of the recently published article on the impact of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs use on the risk of developing PD in a large LRRK2 mutation carriers cohort. Read the article

Antibiotics and Parkinson's disease Mar 31, 2020

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In this issue Dr. Filip Sheperjans shares the results of the article published in the March 2020 issue of the Movement Disorders journal on the effect of antibiotic exposure on the risk of developing Parkinson's disease. Read the article

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