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Show description/summary:1) A randomized controlled trial of deutetrabenazine for tardive dyskinesia: the ARM-TD study2) What's Trending: Survival and dementia in GBA-associated Parkinson disease This podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the May 23, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Matthew Barrett interviews Dr. Hubert Fernandez about his paper on deutetrabenazine for tardive dyskinesia. For our "What's Trending" feature of the week, Dr. Alberto Espay talks with Dr. Roberto Cilia about his Annals of Neurology paper on survival and dementia in GBA-associated Parkinson disease. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. DISCLOSURES:Dr. Barrett receives research support from Axovant Sciences, Inc., Azevan Pharmaceuticals, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp, Virginia Center of Alzheimer´s and Related Diseases, Department of Defense Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Parkinson's Research Program, and NIH.Dr. Fernandez serves on scientific advisory boards for Solvay Duodopa Global Study, EMD Serono Safinamide Global Study, and the Xeomin Registry (all uncompensated); has received travel or speaker honoraria from USF CME, Cleveland Clinic CME, Medical Communications Media, Health Professions Conferencing, Ipsen, Merz Pharmaceuticals, US World Meds, Prime Education Inc., Ohio State University, International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society, Carline Communications, Medscape, Biogen GE Healthcare, Lundbeck, and Pfizer; served as Medical Editor for the Movement Disorders Society; co-owns the patent for COMPRESS; receives royalty payments from book publications with Demos Publishing, Manson Publishing, and Springer Publishing; has received research support from AbbVie, Acadia, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Biotie Therapeutics, Civitas, Kyowa Kirin International, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Synosia Therapeutics, Abbott, Merz Pharmaceuticals, Xeomin Registry Study, Ipsen Pharmaceuticals, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Movement Disorders Society, Huntington Study Group, Parkinson Study Group, National Parkinson Foundation, Society of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, and NIH/NINDS.Dr. Espay serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders; serves as an editorial board member of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders and The European Neurological Journal; serves on the scientific advisory board for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Impax, Merz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pfizer Inc, Solstice Neurosciences, Eli Lilly and Company, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and USWorldMeds; is a consultant for Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd., Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cynapsus and Lundbeck, Inc; receives royalties for publications of books from Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins and Cambridge University Press; serves on the speakers' bureau of UCB, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., American Academy of Neurology and Movement Disorders Society; receives research support from the CleveMed/Great Lake Neurotechnilogies, Michael J. Fox Foundation and the NIH.Dr. Cilia receives research support from Fondazione Grigioni per il Morbo di Parkinson.