The Neurology Lounge

  • Episode 75. Cluster Headache with Amanda Ellison – Author of Splitting

    In this episode, Amanda Ellison joins me to explore the intersection of brain science and clinical practice as it relates to cluster headache. Amanda is a neuroscientist and physiologist, professor in the Psychology Department in Durham University and former Director of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, and…

  • Episode 74. Torment – The Ferocious Agony of Cluster Headache

    In this episode I explore the unbearable headache disorder that is cluster headache. The podcast revolves around the risk factors and causes of cluster headache, and the triggers for the attacks. It also reviews the characteristic features of the headache, and its typical accompanying cranial autonomic and behavioural symptoms. I…

  • Episode 73. 10 Migraine Variants That Make It Such a Strange Disorder

    In this short podcast, I count down 10 unusual variants of migraine which illustrate the challenging diversity of what is otherwise a common and well-recognised disease.     Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/–TRIRCaJ3s   Listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/13KAxREWStpJGDlk2wiRdP Listen to it on RSS feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/theneurologylounge/1952196/   Listen to…

  • 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 69. Subliminal – FND and the Power of the Subconscious Mind

    In this podcast episode, I tackle the theme of functional neurological disorders, and I explore their almost endless types and diverse presentations. I particularly highlight functional seizures, noting their risk factors, their characteristic, even if diverse, presentations, the ways by which they may be distinguished from organic seizures. I also…

  • 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…