Neurology Alert - Jan 01, 2015

Target Audience:

This activity is intended for the neurologist.

Accreditation:

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Credit Designation:

AHC Media designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Faculty Listing:

Physician Editor
Matthew Fink, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurology and Neuroscience
Weill Cornell Medical College

Neurologist-in-Chief
New York Presbyterian Hospital

Executive Editor
Leslie Coplin

Managing Editor
Neill Kimball

Peer Reviewer
M. Flint Beal, MD
Anne Parrish Titzel Professor
Department of Neurology and Neuroscience
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Assistant Editors
Michael Rubin, MD, FRCP(C)
Professor of Clinical Neurology;
Specialty area, Neuromuscular Disorders
Weill Cornell Medical College

Claire Henchcliffe, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Weill Cornell Medical College

Dara Jamieson, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Weill Cornell Medical College

Alan Z. Segal, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Weill Cornell Medical College

Authors
Norman Latov, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience,

Weill Cornell Medical College

Alexander Shtilbans, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology,
Weill Cornell Medical College

Padmaja Kandula, MD,

Assistant Professor of Neurology,

Comprehensive Epilepsy Center,

Weill Cornell Medical College

Subjects:

The Course of Headache in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Varicella-Zoster Virus and Fingolimod: Much Ado about Not Much?
Cerebrospinal Fluid ß-Amyloid 42 vs Amyloid PET Imaging in the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease
Is Exercise Harmful in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease?
Somatic Mutations in Cerebral Cortical Malformations
Stroke Alert

Objectives:

Discuss current scientific data regarding the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disease
Discuss the pathogenesis and treatment of pain
Describe the basic science of brain function
Discuss new information regarding new drugs for commonly diagnosed neurological conditions

Financial Disclosure:

Neurology Alert's editor in chief, Matthew Fink, MD, is a retained consultant for Procter & Gamble. Peer reviewer M. Flint Beal, MD; executive editor Leslie Coplin; and managing editor Neill Kimball report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study.

Authors Dara Jamieson, MD, Michael Rubin, MD, Alexander Shtilbans, MD, and Padmaja Kandula, MD report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study.

Author Norman Latov, MD, PhD reports that he receives grant/research support from Grifols; is a retained consultant for CSL Behring and Baxter; and owns stock in Therapath LLC.