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Paralyzed after a cold, difficulty seeing and swallowing after a stomach bug, and progressive changes in strength and sensation. In this episode, Dr. Ali Al-Zuhairy joins me to dive into the inflammatory neuropathies. 

In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Peter Roos to discuss the main types of dementia, their risk factors, and caveats in the diagnosis. Dr. Roos provides tips on how to recognize the different types of dementia from clues in the history, and we put this knowledge to use through three cases at the end of the episode. 
 
Guest: Peter Roos, MD PhD 
Consultant neurologist and memory disorders specialist, Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet 
 
Host: Pardis Zarifkar, MD 
 
 

Lasers are being used to ablate brain tumors and epileptic foci. In this episode, Dr. Rune Rasmussen, a neurosurgeon from Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, describes how MRI-guided laser ablation therapy works. How do they ablate a particular region without destroying the rest of the brain tissue? What are the indications for therapy? Why is it an advantage? 
 
Guest:
Dr. Rune Rasmussen MD PhD
Head of stereotactic surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
 
Host:
Pardis Zarifkar, MD 
 
Image of laser ablation therapy: Medtronic

In this unique episode, Dr. Per Borghammer shares a novel hypothesis that could revolutionize the way that we approach Parkinson's Disease. 
 
Guest:
Dr. Per Borghammer MD PhD DMSc, Chief Consultant and Professor of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. 
 
Host:
Pardis Zarifkar MD 
 
 

In this fun and short episode, Dr. Rex Jung and Sephira Ryman answer myth or truth. 
 
Guests:
Dr. Rex Jung, PhD, Clinical professor of neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico.
 
Dr. Sephira Ryman PhD, Assistant professor at the Mind Research Network.
 
Host: 
Pardis Zarifkar MD  
 
Photo credit: Mark Holm for The New York Times
 

What determines how intelligent you are? How important is it to be intelligent? And are there any sex differences? In this episode, intelligence experts and clinical neuropsychologists Dr.'s Rex Jung and Sephira Ryman answer all of your questions about intelligence. 
 
Guests:
Dr. Rex Jung, PhD, Clinical professor of neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico. 
Photo credit: Mark Holm for The New York Times
 
Dr. Sephira Ryman PhD, Assistant professor at the Mind Research Network.
 
Host: 
Pardis Zarifkar MD