Join Dr Adam Cassidy, Movement disorder neurologist, as he takes us through assessment and management of tremor. Together, we cover: when is essential tremor, essential tremor? why bradykinesia is hard to be sure about what drugs should you use and why? how not to miss dopa-responsive dystonia More hyperkinetic mini-casts to follow soon...…

Neurologist, Dr Lou Wiblin, talks to Experimental Psychologist and Cognitive Neuroscientist, Dr Elisa Raffaella Ferrè, about her vestibular research and how this applies to zero gravity situations such as space flight. Her research focuses on how the human brain represents Earth gravity and adapts to non-terrestrial gravitational environments, such…

Join Dr Lou Wiblin as she chats to Dr Gavin Young, consultant neurologist at The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough. mimics and mysteries in the TIA clinic what is a young stroke (and how this relates to the age of the neurologist) DOACs in thrombolysis, AF and venous sinus thrombosis thrombolysis and thrombectomy evidence and studies in…

Join Dr Neil Archibald as he chats to Dr Aisling Carr, consultant neurologist at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen's Square, London, about peripheral neuropathies. We cover: how to approach a neuropathy case why some knowledge of nerve anatomy is handy how to investigate and when to stop when to worry what is around the co…

Join Dr Lou Wiblin as she chats to Dr Ela Akay, consultant neurologist at The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne. We cover: how mentorship can inspire your career choices what is treatment-resistant epilepsy? what types of focal seizures do we see? what epilepsy syndromes should we never miss? how to manage fertility and pregnancy how do…

Join Dr Neil Archibald as he chats to Mr Surash Surash, consultant neurosurgeon at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne. We cover: what does Surash do all day? just how common is cauda equina syndrome? what should we do about foot drop? how neurosurgeons manage subarachnoid haemorrhage what is new in neuro-oncology and tumour surgery A…

Join Dr Lou Wiblin as she chats to Dr Kate Petheram, consultant neurologist at Sunderland Royal Hospital. This podcast covers MS for junior doctors, including medical and neurology trainees. Including hits such as: what is MS? how to approach the space-time continuation do the McDonald criteria matter? drug development and new treatments - what are…

Join Dr Ros Murray and Dr Jason Price as we explore functional neurological disorders. We cover: how does it present? what are the risk factors? top tips for diagnosis in clinic how to talk to patients with FND what does a neuropsychologist do in a consultation? As ever, we also get some advice from the future, for out past selves.…

Join Dr Rimona Weil, Dr Christine Taylor and Dr Ross Dunne as we chat about psychosis in Parkinson's. We cover: what do we mean by psychosis who gets it and why what our patients experience what drugs we should stop and what we should start how to get a clozapine clinic up and running As always, we also hear what advice our panel would give their y…

Dr Lou Wiblin talks to Dr Sui Wong, Moorfields Eye Hospital, about: the mysteries of eye movements why we shouldn't be afraid of the impenetrable terminology how to figure out monocular visual loss how to talk to people about Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension what you just can't afford to miss We also hear what advice she might give her trainee …

Join Dr Ed Newman, Movement disorder neurologist in Glasgow, for a chat about Parkinson's disease. We cover: differential diagnosis how younger patients present differently top tips in clinic for assessing signs who DBS is good for, and who might do less well telemedicine - the brave new world we all have to deal with We also hear Ed's advice to hi…

Dr Lou Wiblin, consultant neurologist, talks to Prof David Burn, about how and why to get into research. David is President of the Association of British Neurologists, Pro Vice Chancellor of Newcastle University and, until recently, Movement Disorder lead at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcaslte upon Tyne, UK. David tells us about his incurable…

We talk paediatric neurology with Dr Richard Brown from Addenbrookes, Cambridge. We discover the case mix of a typical acute take and how this differs from adult neurology. We also find out more about epilepsy, the problems with valproate, and how to do transitional neurology. No Guinea pigs were harmed in the making of this podcast.…

We cover: what is MND? myth bust some annoying terminology fail to get hung up on "types" of MND uncover some handy tips for clinical examination find out how to discuss PEG tubes and NIV discover the truth about new therapies unearth the advice Tim would give to his younger selfبقلم teesneuro

This podcast covers epilepsy and seizures for junior doctors, including medical and neurology trainees. Including hits such as: What is a seizure? How to manage a seizure on the ward? Status epilepticus - how? The next level - why is Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy worth knowing about? How do we choose AEDs?…