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22 topics, 1 hr. 2 min.
Introduction to Neurodegenerative Diseases
3 m.Huntington’s Disease
3 m.Types of Movement Disorder
4 m.Extrapyramidal Anatomy
4 m.Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of the corpus striatum 1
4 m.Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of the corpus striatum 2
4 m.Huntington’s Chorea Case Review
5 m.Measurements and Ratios in Huntington’s Chorea
3 m.Epidemiology of Huntington's disease
5 m.Clinical Implications Part 2
4 m.Genetic Choreas
4 m.Imaging Differentiators in Genetic Choreas
3 m.Sydenham’s Chorea
4 m.Immunologic Causes of Chorea
3 m.Infectious Causes of Chorea
3 m.Drug Induced Choreas
3 m.Vascular Choreas
3 m.Neoplastic Disorder Choreas
2 m.Metabolic Causes of Chorea Part 1
2 m.Metabolic Causes of Chorea Part 2
3 m.MR Spectroscopy in Huntington's Chorea
3 m.Huntington’s Chorea on PET
3 m.9 topics, 26 min.
12 topics, 48 min.
Lipoid Proteinosis or Urbach-Wiethe Disease
3 m.Parkinson’s Disease (PD) vs Lewy Body Dementia (LBD)
5 m.Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)
6 m.Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) vs Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD)
4 m.Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)
3 m.Midbrain Anatomy: PSP
3 m.Bilateral Corpus Striatum Caudoputamen Hyperintensity Differential Diagnosis
6 m.Dystonia
6 m.Bilateral Corpus Striatum Caudoputamen Hyperintensity: Wilson’s Disease
5 m.Wilson’s Disease: Panda Sign
3 m.MSA Subtypes: MSA-C
5 m.Parkinsonian Syndromes: MSA-P
6 m.20 topics, 1 hr. 16 min.
Cerebellopontine Atrophy Differential in Older Population
7 m.GCA Scale for Assessing Neurodegenerative Disease
3 m.Medial Temporal Lobe Scale
3 m.Fazekas Scale
3 m.Koedam Parietal Atrophy Scale
3 m.Mild Cognitive Impairment Syndrome
8 m.Differential Diagnosis of Cognitive Decline
5 m.Alzheimer's Disease: Part 1
3 m.Alzheimer's Disease: Part 2
4 m.Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Part 1
3 m.Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Part 2
5 m.Subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy
5 m.Using Fiber Tracking in Neurodegenerative Disease Cases
2 m.Vascular Dementia Differential Diagnosis: Part 1
5 m.Vascular Dementia Differential Diagnosis: Part 2
6 m.Dementia of Unknown Type
4 m.Pick's Disease
4 m.Pick’s Disease Subtypes
3 m.The Role of PET in Pick's disease
3 m.Differential Diagnosis of Parkinsonian Symptoms
5 m.0:00
Welcome to MRI Online's session
0:03
on neurodegenerative disease.
0:06
Neurodegenerative disease encompasses a very broad
0:09
range of abnormalities. From toxicities, all the way
0:13
up to heredofamilial and genetic abnormalities.
0:17
But neurodegenerative diseases affect
0:19
millions of people worldwide.
0:22
Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are
0:25
the most common types of what I call non-toxicity
0:29
related neurodegenerative disorders.
0:31
With more than 5 million Americans living with
0:33
Alzheimer's disease and at least 500,000 Americans
0:37
living with Parkinson's disease.
0:39
That's a million and a half people.
0:41
Now, if you lump into this category of primary
0:45
neurodegenerative disorders,
0:47
two other main players, namely Lewy body dementia,
0:50
LBD and Frontotemporal dementia,
0:53
previously called Pick's disease,
0:55
you've got the bulwark of major
0:58
neurodegenerative disorders.
1:00
Population-wide health improvements
1:02
have increased our lifespans.
1:04
So people that might not have gotten
1:06
neurodegenerative diseases, because they might have
1:08
died at age 60 or 70, are now getting
1:11
them at age 75, 80, 85, and 90.
1:14
So a larger generation of aging Americans are
1:18
presenting with neurodegenerative disorders,
1:20
which means that the imaging for these disorders
1:23
is expanding, not contracting.
1:25
So it means more people are going to be affected
1:28
in the coming decades and more imaging,
1:30
especially with MRI, is going to be done.
1:32
So why is it so important to image these diseases?
1:36
Because some of them have no treatment,
1:38
but then again, some of them do.
1:40
So the obvious answer is some are treatable.
1:44
Genetics is a very important reason.
1:46
Understanding what the risk factors are for parents
1:49
and progeny.
1:51
Prognosis.
1:52
What's the lifespan of the patient?
1:54
Treatment.
1:55
For instance,
1:56
Parkinson's disease is treatable
1:58
with derivatives of Sinemet,
2:01
while Parkinson-related disorders or
2:04
pseudo Parkinson's disease often doesn't respond
2:08
to Sinemet-type or dopaminergic preparations.
2:11
Mimickers of neurodegenerative diseases,
2:15
such as toxicity. You know, heroin,
2:17
chronic heroin abuse can mimic a neurodegenerative
2:21
disorder or dementia.
2:23
Reversible disorders.
2:25
NPH, normal pressure hydrocephalus,
2:27
which might be treated with a shunt in a
2:30
specialized setting. And finally,
2:32
research so that we gain a greater understanding
2:35
of these neurodegenerative diseases.
2:37
Let's move on, shall we?
Interactive Transcript
0:00
Welcome to MRI Online's session
0:03
on neurodegenerative disease.
0:06
Neurodegenerative disease encompasses a very broad
0:09
range of abnormalities. From toxicities, all the way
0:13
up to heredofamilial and genetic abnormalities.
0:17
But neurodegenerative diseases affect
0:19
millions of people worldwide.
0:22
Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are
0:25
the most common types of what I call non-toxicity
0:29
related neurodegenerative disorders.
0:31
With more than 5 million Americans living with
0:33
Alzheimer's disease and at least 500,000 Americans
0:37
living with Parkinson's disease.
0:39
That's a million and a half people.
0:41
Now, if you lump into this category of primary
0:45
neurodegenerative disorders,
0:47
two other main players, namely Lewy body dementia,
0:50
LBD and Frontotemporal dementia,
0:53
previously called Pick's disease,
0:55
you've got the bulwark of major
0:58
neurodegenerative disorders.
1:00
Population-wide health improvements
1:02
have increased our lifespans.
1:04
So people that might not have gotten
1:06
neurodegenerative diseases, because they might have
1:08
died at age 60 or 70, are now getting
1:11
them at age 75, 80, 85, and 90.
1:14
So a larger generation of aging Americans are
1:18
presenting with neurodegenerative disorders,
1:20
which means that the imaging for these disorders
1:23
is expanding, not contracting.
1:25
So it means more people are going to be affected
1:28
in the coming decades and more imaging,
1:30
especially with MRI, is going to be done.
1:32
So why is it so important to image these diseases?
1:36
Because some of them have no treatment,
1:38
but then again, some of them do.
1:40
So the obvious answer is some are treatable.
1:44
Genetics is a very important reason.
1:46
Understanding what the risk factors are for parents
1:49
and progeny.
1:51
Prognosis.
1:52
What's the lifespan of the patient?
1:54
Treatment.
1:55
For instance,
1:56
Parkinson's disease is treatable
1:58
with derivatives of Sinemet,
2:01
while Parkinson-related disorders or
2:04
pseudo Parkinson's disease often doesn't respond
2:08
to Sinemet-type or dopaminergic preparations.
2:11
Mimickers of neurodegenerative diseases,
2:15
such as toxicity. You know, heroin,
2:17
chronic heroin abuse can mimic a neurodegenerative
2:21
disorder or dementia.
2:23
Reversible disorders.
2:25
NPH, normal pressure hydrocephalus,
2:27
which might be treated with a shunt in a
2:30
specialized setting. And finally,
2:32
research so that we gain a greater understanding
2:35
of these neurodegenerative diseases.
2:37
Let's move on, shall we?
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Stephen J Pomeranz, MD
Chief Medical Officer, ProScan Imaging. Founder, MRI Online
ProScan Imaging
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