January 26 2010 Issue

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Shanna Patterson interviews Dr. Mauricio Delgado about his AAN guidelines on children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about triple-H sign in anterior choroidal artery infarction. The next part of the podcast is Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Joanna Jen for our Lesson of the week toolbox about benign paroxysmal positional vertigo vs. posterior circulation stroke. The participants had nothing to disclosure except Drs. Delgado and Espay. Dr. Delgado serves on the editorial board of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology; has received research support from Abbott, Sciele Pharma, Inc., UCB, Allergan, Inc., the Hurst Foundation, the United Cerebral Palsy Research & Educational Foundation, the Linda and Don Carter Foundation, and the Crowley Carter Foundation; and estimates 50% of his clinical effort is spent on assessment and management of motor disorders of childhood, which includes treating children with cerebral palsy with oral antispasticity medications, ITB, and botulinum toxin injections.Dr. Espay has received personal compensation as a consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim; grant support from Codman; Medtronic, Inc; Allergan, Inc.; and CleveMed, and honoraria from UCB-SCHWARZ PHARMA AG; Medtronic, Inc. and Novartis.