Neurology® Podcast

1) Intravenous thrombolysis and 2) Topic of the month: Cerebellar ataxias. 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. Brett Kissela interviews Dr. Henrik Gensicke about his paper on stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis. Dr. Stacey Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about brachial plexopathy. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Susan Perlman and Jeremy Schmahmann about the topic of immune-mediated cerebellar ataxias. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs Kissela, Gensicke, Clardy, Burns, Perlman and Schmahmann.Dr. Kissela serves on scientific advisory board for Allergan, Inc.; has received funding for travel and speaker honoraria from Allergan, Inc.; has received research support from the NIH, will receive compensation from Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for serving on the Event Adjudication Commit