The Neurology Lounge

  • Episode 86. Conflagration – The Firestorm of Meningitis

    This episode tackles the fearsome disease that is cerebrospinal meningitis. I use illustrative examples to depict the onset, course and resolution of the disease, and to convey the difficulty in making a the diagnosis. The podcast also highlights the various causes of meningitis, the diagnostic process, and the potential consequences…

  • Episode 85: Pioneers – The Trailblazers Who Launched Neurology

    Season 2 Launches with Episode 85: Pioneers – The Trailblazers Who Launched Neurology   In this episode, I review the history of neurology, starting from the pioneers of modern neuroscience such as Santiago Ramon y Cajal, Charles Scott Sherrington and Edgar Adrian. In this chronicle I also highlight such interesting…

  • Pre-Season Primer: The Dublin Chronicles

    In this brief episode I introduce Season 2 of The Neurology Lounge Podcast. This will be coming from my new base in Dublin, the capital city of the Republic of Ireland. Check it out: https://youtu.be/o8xAAoFEdxU

  • Episode 84. 10 Tricky Neurological Disorders in Pregnancy

    In this short podcast, I highlight 10 major neurological disorders that can afflict pregnant women.   Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fN0eTklbh6A Listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5K6RZVtkc3bHc5thTq86V8 Listen to it on RSS feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/theneurologylounge/2018338/ Listen to it on Apple podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-84-10-tricky-neurological-disorders-in-pregnancy/id1748456248?i=1000706671560 ***

  • Episode 83. Depression with Linda Gask – Author of The Other Side of Darkness

    Linda Gask joins me in this episode to explore her dual perspectives of depression as a sufferer, and as a psychiatrist. Emerita Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry, Linda chronicles her history of depression which first reared its head when she was in medical school, and dogged her career as a…

  • Episode 82. Darkness – In the Abyss of Depression

    In this episode I take an exhaustive look at the diverse perspectives of depression, that pervasive mood disorder that afflicts far too many people. I explore its gradual onset and chronic, often life-long course, and highlight the overwhelming features of depression, from low mood and poor appetite to poor sleep…

  • Episode 81. 10 Persistent Disorders of Consciousness That Put Neurologists on the Alert

    This brief podcast reviews the top ten causes of persistent impairment of consciousness. Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CubpumbdrRY Listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3q5WJLAgfCEY0uAEzr8TJy Listen to it on RSS feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/theneurologylounge/2001686/ Listen to it on Apple podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-81-10-persistent-disorders-of-consciousness/id1748456248?i=1000704906566 ***

  • Episode 80. Aphantasia with Joanne Hedger – Author of Aphantasia

    I am joined in this podcast by Joanne Hedger to discuss her lifelong experience of aphantasia, something she has written about in her memoir titled Aphantasia: Journeying Through Mind Blindness and Embracing Our Unique Neurodiversity with Passion and Purpose. Our conversation delved into how she discovered she had aphantasia when…

  • Episode 79. Unimaginable – The Mind Blindness of Aphantasia

    In this episode, I explore the fascinating phenomenon of aphantasia, the inability to imagine. I discuss the manifestations of the condition which primarily affects visual imagination, but which also affects the ability to imagine sounds, smells, tastes, touch, and even feelings. The podcast also illustrates how aphantasia influences recollection of…

  • 100 recently updated neurology checklists

    As part of our process of continuously keeping the Neurochecklists database current, please see below some of our almost 3,700 checklists that we recently updated. The revision used the latest in the neurology literature which you will find in the detailed references accompanying each checklist. Aadrenoleukodystrophy (ALD): management Agrypnia excitata…