November 21 2017 Issue

Show description/summary:1) Multiparametric MRI changes persist beyond recovery in concussed adolescent hockey players 2) Neurology Today® paper on the increase in gabapentinoid prescriptionThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the November 21, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Ted Burns talks with Dr. Kathryn Manning and Dr. Ravi Menon about their paper regarding the effects of concussion on adolescent hockey players. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Burns focuses his interview with Dr. Christopher Goodman about a recent Neurology Today article discussing the increase in gabapentinoid prescriptions. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Burns is the deputy section editor of the Neurology® podcast; has served on scientific advisory boards for Argenx, UCB, and CSL Behring; has received travel funding/speaker honoraria from Argenx and Alexion; and has received support for consulting activities from UCB Pharma and CSL Behring.Dr. Manning reports no disclosures.Dr. Menon has served on the scientific advisory board of International Initiative for Traumatic Brain Injury Research (NIH/EU/CIHR); has served on the editorial boards of NeuroImage, Journal of Neurophysiology, Scientific Reports, and Tomography; has received research support from Siemens Healthineers, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada First Research Excellence Fund, and Brain Canada Foundation; and has received royalty payments from Siemens Healthcare for US Patent 8,193,812.Dr. Goodman reports no disclosures.