About this episode
1) Autoimmune post-herpes simplex encephalitis in adults and teenagers and 2) Topic of the month: Neuromyelitis optica. 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. Heather Harle interviews Dr. Josep Dalmau about his paper on autoimmune post-herpes simplex encephalitis in adults and teenagers. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about immunotherapy-responsive seizures. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Stacey Clardy interviews Dr. Dean Wingerchuk about the topic of new guidelines for neuromyelitis optica. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Dalmau, Wesley, Clardy and Wingerchuk.Dr. Dalmau serves as an editorial board member of Neurology® and UptoDate; serves as Editor-in-Chief of Neurology® Neuroimmunology and Neuroimflammation; is a consultant for Advance Medical; receives royalties for the following patents: Patent Ma2 autoantibody test, Patent NMDAR autoantibody test, patent application for the use of GABA(B) receptor, DPPX and IgLON5 autoantibody tests; received license fee payments for DPPX and IgLON5 autoantibody tests from Euroimmun; receives research support from Euroimmun, ISCIII, and the NIH.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.Dr. Clardy receives research support from the Western Institute for Biomedical Research.Dr. Wingerchuk serves as an editorial advisory board member for Current Medical Research and Opinion and Drugs in Context; serves as an editorial board member for Journal of Clinical Apheresis; serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Neurologist; served on the adjudication committee for therapeutic trial for MedImmune; is a consultant for Alexion and MedImmune; receives research support from Alexion, TerumoBCT and Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation.