Nick Zalewski

@ludyshihmd CSF disorder show imaging patterns that follow anatomic features like sulci and fissures (figure attached from article), and not functional patterns of degeneration described by a global functional state space (paper link in next post). This compares: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29876274/

@ludyshihmd You can use this spectrum to differentiate most (every?) degenerative syndrome with or without Parkinsonism (work not published):

white blood cell making its way through a stream of red blood cells to attack a roundworm (large object at the bottom)

The criteria are a big step forward for MOGAD community ⁦⁦⁦⁦⁦⁦@TheMOGProject⁩ 👇Thanks to Brenda Banwell ⁦@FabienneBrilot⁩ ⁦@darshi_r⁩ ⁦@marignierro⁩ ⁦@antibodypad⁩ ⁦@jackie_palace⁩ & more for collaboration thelancet.com/journals/laneu…

Neurology Podcast: Dr. Justin Abbatemacro @JRAbbatemarco talks with Dr. Eoin Flanagan @EoinFlanagan14 about the misdiagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis. Listen now: bit.ly/3WDRs2I Associated Article: bit.ly/3WzmSqM #NeuroTwitter #AutoimmuneEncephalitis

This paper highlights a big issue in the field of autoimmune encephalitis. Well done @EoinFlanagan14 and colleagues!

RABIES! I think this is so important @OGdukeneurosurg as these episodes can appear to be functional or functional movement disorder; can appear embellished. Folks have a fear of water; however we do not know how much is contributed by a nervous system hyper-reactivity of muscles.

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about."

#MRI assessment of acute severe myelopathy within 24 hrs: 1. Compression? 2. Blood? 3. Flow voids? 4. Normal/eqivocal? -Early spinal cord #infarct -Wrong localization 5. Cord lesion? -Spinal cord infarct -#NMO -#MOG -Others based on appearance

Approach to a patient with an acute severe #myelopathy within 24 hrs: 1. ABCs 2. Any #trauma? 3. Aortic #dissection rule out? (risk factors, severe pain, pulse change, etc) 4. Emergent #MRI spine (w/ DWI) 5. #Stroke labs, consider head CT (no pain, sensory level)

frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… 👉See our new myelitis review @Lauz_Caccia et al with particular focus on useful mri clues to diagnosis

Fascinating footage of a human white blood cell chasing a bacterium captured through a microscope. Credit: David Rogers

🚨Our Autoimmune Neurology Fellowship Program at Mayo Clinic Florida is recruiting for 2024 ! college.mayo.edu/academics/resi…

@GDay_Neuro @ANG_Oxford @MayoFL_NeuroRes @EoinFlanagan14 @StaceyLClardy

holy crap hurricane Ian is insane, someone spotted a shark on the highway

MOG and AQP4 antibodies among children with multiple sclerosis and controls onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an… Great collaboration with Drs Gaudioso, Mar, Waubant & USA Pediatric MS network! -MOG & AQP4-IgG negative in 700 pediatric controls shows their utility! -Gives clues to MOGAD vs MS

Fascinating video showing a neuron trying to make connections to other neurons. Credits: @AstarMicroscopy #neuroscience #neurotwitter #sciencetwitter #brain #Bioinformatics #neurology #science #anatomy #medicine #MedTwitter #biotech

Kicking off our national course on movement disorders this AM. I am showing this unknown video? Look at the eyes and the jaw....could it be Whipple's? @VUMCneurology @FOCMVanderbilt

Available data on the long-term clinical outcomes in MOGAD patients show complete or nearly complete recovery from attacks in most cases @chenmayo @FrontiersIN @MayoClinicNeuro. bit.ly/3pBJzMz

This is what a kidney stone looks like under an electron microscope 🤯 Via @microscopicture #MedTwitter