About this episode
1) Risk factors for dementia with Lewy bodies and 2) Topic of the month: Frontotemporal degeneration. 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. David Geldmacher interviews Dr. Brendon Boot about his paper on risk factors for dementia with Lewy bodies. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Brandy Matthews focuses her interview with Dr. Bill Seeley about therapeutics and future directions in frontotemporal degeneration. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Geldmacher, Numis, Matthews and Seeley.Dr. Geldmacher serves as an editorial board member of Brain Injury; serves on a Data Safety Committee for GlaxoSmithKline; received research support from Baxter International Inc., Elan Corporation, Eisai Inc.; received honoraria for consulting from Abbvie, Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy, and Baxter International Inc. Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Matthews receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Seeley serves as an editorial board member for Annuals of Neurology; served on the scientific advisory board for Bristol-Myers Squibb; is a consultant for Summer Street Research Partners; received speaker honorarium from Novartis Korea; received research support from the John Douglas French Alzheimer's Disease Foundation, Consortium for Frontotemporal Dementia Research; Tau Consortium, James S. McDonnell Foundation, Alzheimer's Disease Drug Foundation, Association for Frontotemporal Dementia and National Institute on Aging.