The Neurology Lounge

Category: GENERAL

  • Episode 72. Mass Psychogenic Illness with Robert Baloh– Author of Medically Unexplained Symptoms

    In this episode I am in conversation with Dr Robert Baloh to explore his insightful perspective of mass psychogenic illness specifically, and functional neurological disorders generally. Our conversation explored the general principles of medically unexplained symptoms and why most people have symptoms but only in some do these progress to…

  • Episode 71. Frenzy – The Turmoil of Mass Psychogenic Illness

    In this podcast, I explore the theme of mass hysteria or mass psychogenic illness. I discuss the triggers, the clinical manifestations, and the management. I use a global perspective and narrate examples of mass hysteria manifesting in different parts of the world. These included hysterical outbreaks of toxic gas anxiety…

  • 100 cutting-edge neurology papers and their accompanying checklists

    The update season continues at Neurochecklists, and below are 100 more examples of checklists that we recently updated, along with the recent neurology papers that drove the updates:     1. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: INVESTIGATIONAL TREATMENTS Ayton S, Barton D, Brew B, et al. Deferiprone in Alzheimer disease: a randomized clinical…

  • Episode 70. FND with Robert Wilson Thomas – Author of FND: Lessons form a Rather Eventful Life

    I am joined in this episode by Robert Wilson Thomas to discuss his diverse perspectives of functional neurological disorder. This includes his experience as a patient, as narrated in his illness memoir FND: Lessons form a Rather Eventful Life, and his insights as an advocate for the disorder. Our discussion…

  • Episode 68. 10 Dementias that are Potentially Reversible

    In this brief podcast, I explore 10 reversible neurological disorders that manifest as dementia. These range from HIV associated dementia and autoimmune encephalitis to Hashimoto encephalopathy and cerebral vasculitis.   Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/U_IIY7NB2Ck   Listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2xsNvCnsUA9WMVboS23bOl   Listen to it on RSS feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/theneurologylounge/1923500/…

  • Episode 67. Locked-In Syndrome with Kate Allatt – Author of Running Free

    I am joined by Kate Allatt to discuss her experience of, and advocacy for, locked-in state as she narrated in her book Running Free: Breaking out of Locked in Syndrome. Kate has an extraordinary journey of resilience after being ‘buried alive’, the result of a brainstem stroke when she was…

  • Episode 66. Entombed – When the Brain is Locked-in

    The theme of this podcast episode is the disabling condition of locked-in state. I discuss the typical causes that lead to locked-in state, particularly large strokes in the brainstem, and highlighting cervical dissection is an important mechanism for this. I also review its main clinical manifestations, noting how blinking and…

  • Episode 64. Metamorphosis – CJD and Other Brain Prion Shapeshifters

    The focus of this podcast is the enigmatic theme of prion disorders. I trace the history of our understanding of this neurodegenerative disorder with how Nobel laureate D. Carleton Gajdusek, described the transmission of kuru – the first pathologically defined human prion disease. I also narrate how the similarities in…

  • Episode 62. Synaesthesia with Jamie Ward – Author of The Frog Who Croaked Blue

    I am joined in this podcast by Jamie Ward to explore synaesthaesia as he depicted in his book titled The Frog Who Croaked Blue: Synaesthesia and the Mixing of the Senses. Jamie Ward is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, UK. His principal research interest lies in…

  • Episode 61. Hardwired – The Secrets of the Synaesthetic Brain

    In this podcast I explore the fascinating phenomenon of synaesthesia. Using the enlightening book by Richard Cytowic and David Eagleman titled Wednesday is Indigo Blue as template, I discuss the different types and manifestations of the condition, and I highlight the current understanding of its genesis. As I review its…