Jul 9, 2012
1) Patients treated with antiepileptic drugs and 2) Topic of the month: AAN Plenary Sessions. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Nathan Fountain interviews Dr. John Wark and Prof. Terry O' Brien about their paper on falls and fractures in patients treated with antiepileptic drugs. Dr. Jennifer Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay continues his interview with Drs. Titulaer and Vincent about their lecture on clinical features, treatment and outcome of 500 patients with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. Next week, we will continue with interviews from other plenary sessions. All participants have disclosures.Dr. Fountain serves as an editorial board member of Epilepsy Currents, serves on the Board of Directors, National Association of Epilepsy Centers, receives travel reimbursement from UCB; performs EEG interpretation for the University of Virginia (10% effort); receives research support from UCB, Sepracor Inc., Medtronic, Inc., Vertex Pharmaceuticals and NeuroPace; and is funded by the NIH.Dr. Wark serves on the scientific advisory boards for Amgen/GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and LactoPharma; serves as a specialist editor of Clinical Science; editorial board members of Osteoporosis International and Journal of Osteoporosis; serves on the speakers' bureau of Servier, Amgen, Novartis, Sanofi-aventis, Eli Lilly and Company, Merck Serono, Sharp Dohme Company; serves on the speakers' bureau of Servier, Amgen, Novartis, Amgen, Novartis, Sanofi-aventis, Eli Lilly and Company, Merck Serono, Sharp Dohme Company; received travel reimbursement from Servier; is a consultant for Vactec and AstraZeneca; performs bone density testing for the Royal Melbourne Hospital (10% effort); receives royalties from the publication of the book Physical Activity and Bone Health; receives research support from Novartis, UCB, Sanofi-aventis, Eli Lilly and Company, Monash University, LaTrobe University, National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, Victorian Cancer Agency and ANZ Trustees.Prof. O'Brien served as editorial board members of Epilepsia, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience and Epilepsy and Behavior; serves on the speakers' bureaus of UCB, Sanofi-aventis and SiGen and receives research support from UCB, Sanofi-aventis Jansen-Cilag, Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuroscience Foundation and Epilepsy Research Foundation and is funded by the NIH and NHMRC.Dr. Fugate serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espay is supported by the K23 career development award (NIMH, 1K23MH092735); has received grant support from CleveMed/Great Lakes Neurotechnologies, Davis Phinney Foundation, and Michael J Fox Foundation; personal compensation as a consultant/scientific advisory board member for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Abbott, Chelsea Therapeutics, TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Impax Pharmaceuticals, Solstice Neurosciences, and Eli Lilly and Company; and honoraria from Novartis, the American Academy of Neurology, and the Movement Disorders Society. He serves as Assistant Editor of Movement Disorders and on the editorial boards of The European Neurological Journal and Frontiers in Movement Disorders.Dr. Titulaer received research support from a KWF fellowship of the Dutch Cancer Society.Dr. Vincent served on the scientific advisory board for Patrick Berthoud Trust as Chair and member of the MGFA SAB; received honoraria from Baxter International; serves as Associate Editor for Brain; is a consultant for Athena Diagnostics; receives royalties from the publications of Clinical Neuroimmunology Blackwells Dale and Vincent Inflammatory and Autoimmune Disorders of the Nervous System in Children Mac Keith Press; receives revenue from Athena Diagnostics and RSR Ltd for MuSK antibodies for a patent, holds a patent for CASPR2, Lgi1, Contactin2 antibodies; receives research support from NIH, EU network grant, Euroimmun AG and Sir Halley Stewart Trust; performs neuroimmunology service for her department and is associated with Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America.