Neuro Notes

Skin Testing May Help Detect Movement Disorders Drs Andrew Wilner and Christopher Gibbons discuss recent data on alpha-synuclein in the context of synucleinopathies presented at the 2022 American Academy of Neurology meeting.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 18, 2022
Smartphone Diagnosis in Infant Seizures: Highly Effective? Drs Andrew Wilner and Chethan Rao discuss the potential use for smartphone video as an important adjunct in the diagnosis and treatment of infantile spasms.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 27, 2022
What's Wrong With EEG Interpretation Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with epilepsy expert Dr Selim Benbadis about how EEG overinterpretation undercuts epilepsy management.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 02, 2022
Antiseizure Meds and Cardiovascular Risk Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with researcher Dr Colin Josephson about how big data is revealing the ways that certain epilepsy treatments elevate risks.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 28, 2022
A Rare Case of Status Epilepticus in a Patient Prescribed CBD Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with an investigator who encountered a surprising complication after transitioning a patient with intractable focal epilepsy to CBD adjunctive therapy.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 02, 2022
A Game-Changing Trial Offers New Hope for ALS Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with Dr Sabrina Paganoni about the CENTAUR trial, whose results made a big splash at the recent AAN annual meeting.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 13, 2021
Filming Seizures -- A HIPAA Violation? Capturing a patient's seizure on video can be invaluable in making an accurate diagnosis. But patient privacy laws often get in the way.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 26, 2021
Some 'Novel' Surprises in Epilepsy Data Epilepsy expert Dr Joseph Sirven shares his highlights from this year's AAN annual meeting with Dr Andrew Wilner.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 11, 2021
How HIPAA Can Harm Patients As Dr Andrew Wilner has experienced first-hand, HIPAA may not always be in the patient's best interest.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 23, 2021
New Guidance on Identifying Brain Death Dr Andrew Wilner interviews Dr Gene Sung, lead author of the new guidelines from the World Brain Death Project.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 06, 2021
Could RAS Dysfunction Explain COVID's Effects? Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with the researcher proposing that the renin-angiotensin system is the reason for COVID-19's complex symptoms.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 18, 2020
How a Medical School Dean Got Ahead of COVID-19 Dr Andrew Wilner talks with Dr Scott Strome, executive dean and vice chancellor for Clinical Affairs at University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 25, 2020
Why Are Cases of SUDEP Declining? Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with Dr Daniel Friedman about how expanded coverage and increased awareness may be reducing sudden unexplained death in epilepsy.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 23, 2020
Talking Through Pandemic Anxiety With a Pioneer of Mind-Body Medicine Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with Dr James Gordon about drawing on his decades of experience to stay mentally and physically healthy in a year of unprecedented challenges.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 15, 2020
Understanding the Puzzling Pathology of COVID-19 Drs Andrew Wilner and William Li discuss recent findings suggesting that many of the symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 -- stroke included -- may be due to underlying vascular pathology.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 04, 2020
How COVID-19 Affects the Brain As of now, there is no convincing evidence that the virus directly affects the central or peripheral nervous system, says Dr Andrew Wilner.
April 17, 2020
A Neurologist Over 60 Looks at COVID-19 Dr Andrew Wilner on how he and his county hospital have adapted to the coronavirus pandemic.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 06, 2020
Maybe Memorizing the Krebs Cycle Was Worthwhile After All Mitochondrial disorders are often difficult to diagnose and treat due to their multisystem nature. As scientists better understand mitochondrial function, effective treatments are beginning to emerge.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 06, 2020
Physician-Turned-Counselor Helps Docs Overcome Career Anxiety Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with career counselor Dr Heather Fork on how physicians can deal with stress at all stages of their careers.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 12, 2019
These NASA Docs Keep an Eye on Astronaut Health Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with NASA researchers about the latest data on a neuro-ocular syndrome that can occur after spaceflight.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 26, 2019

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