Practical Neurology

📚 Journal Club : To steroid or not to steroid? That is the question! Our latest review looks at the DexEnceph trial (adjunct dexamethasone vs. aciclovir alone). 🔗 Read the full commentary: pn.bmj.com/content/early/… #Neurology #MedEd

Calling all neurology trainees: Have you got what it takes to be a PN podcaster?

Here are the links: ▶️ Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ref… ▶️ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5Mp4ut… ▶️ Web: pnbmj.podbean.com/e/refractory-e…

🟪 Refractory epilepsy surgery and the paradox of autoimmune encephalitis - live from #ABN2026! 🎙️ The team discuss the enduring value of case reports, including those rare occasions when patients are referred to by their first names. #Neurology #MedEd #AutoimmuneEncephalitis

Falls on clozapine? 🧐 Don't just blame postural hypotension.Negative myoclonus (causing sudden "knee buckling") is a rare, treatable adverse effect often missed in polypharmacy. 📖 Full case in "pn-2026-005235.full.pdf": #Neurology" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">pn.bmj.com/content/early/… #NeuroTwitter

How to distinguish between CPEO and OPMD? 🤔 While OPMD patients adopt the "astrologist's posture" (neck retroflexion + downward gaze), CPEO patients cannot due to restricted downward gaze 🧠✨ pn.bmj.com/content/early/… #Neurology #MedEd #NeuroTwitter #ClinicalPearlh

'Epilepsy Beyond Seizures: Multi-morbidity Across the Lifespan' We have calls for papers in your subject area. Discover the topic collection: neurologyopen.bmj.com/pages/epilepsy…

'Advances in Functional Neurological Disorder' Explore the published topic collection: bit.ly/4aQyoIo

Here are the links: ▶️ Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/not… ▶️ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/39j7CM… ▶️ Web: pnbmj.podbean.com/e/not-all-inso…

🎙️ New Practical Neurology podcast! What's the difference between a night owl and a morning lark? Prof. @guy_lesch discusses sleep and neurological practice. pnbmj.podbean.com/e/not-all-inso… #Neurology #SleepMedicine #Insomnia #MedTwitter

🧠💤 Not all insomnia is insomnia. Not all sleepiness is narcolepsy. - CBT-I first for insomnia - Interpret MSLT in clinical context - Recognise parasomnia red flags - Avoid dopamine agonist overuse in RLS 🔗 doi.org/10.1136/pn-202… #Neurology #SleepMedicine #Insomnia #Narcolepsy

🧠🦎 A new article published in Practical Neurology’s new journal club format! GLP-1 receptor agonists—originally inspired by Gila monster venom 🦎—could become disease-modifying therapies for IIH. 🔗 doi.org/10.1136/pn-202… #Neurology #IIH #GLP1 #MedTwitter

🎙️ New Practical Neurology Podcast! 🟪 Drug-induced seizures, limb-shaking TIAs, holistic myasthenia care, Produodopa in Parkinson’s, optic neuritis & more. 🎧 Listen now: pnbmj.podbean.com/e/highlights-j… #Neurology #MedTwitter #NeuroTwitter #MyastheniaGravis #ParkinsonsDisease #Stroke

🧠 The 2024 #McDonaldCriteria are changing #MS diagnosis: 1. Optic nerve = 5th site 2. KFLC joins CSF biomarkers 3. MRI markers (CVS/PRL) ↑ specificity = Earlier & more confident dx of #MultipleSclerosis 🔗 doi.org/10.1136/pn-202…

🎙️Another fascinating episode from our Case Reports trio. This time tackling perplexing keladophilia & post-surgical symptoms. 🍎 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/per… 🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1eqdCO… 🌐 Web: pnbmj.podbean.com/e/perplexing-k…

The wonderful @PracticalNeurol team gathered at #ABN2026. The conversation ranged seamlessly from neurology to literature, history, politics and back again all before dessert 🧠🍮 #Neurology #MedEd @theABN_Info @bmj_latest #NeuroTwitter #NeuroX #MedTwitter #MedX

🎉 25 years of Practical Neurology 🧠 A huge thank you to the excellent editors Geraint Fuller & Phil Smith 👏. Presented with their first journal cover as editors from Oct 2011. As they prepare to step down in October, please share your thanks ❤️👇 #PracticalNeurology #MedEd

'Advances in Functional Neurological Disorder' Explore the published topic collection: bit.ly/4aQyoIo

A “cluster of grapes” hiding in plain sight inside the brain 🍇🧠 Not a tumour. Not an abscess. Something far more unexpected. See if you can figure it out 👇 doi.org/10.1136/pn-202… #Neuro #Neurology #MedTwitter #Radiology #MRI #InfectiousDiseases #GlobalHealth #MedicalMystery

🧠 Suspected encephalitis in adults Common referral. Early treatment matters. Review covers: 🔹 infectious + autoimmune causes 🔹 clinical phenotypes 🔹 investigation & management Read 👇 doi.org/10.1136/pn-202… #Neurology #Encephalitis #MedEd #NeuroTwitter