January 29 2013 Issue

1) Prolonged anoxic vegetative state and 2) Topic of the month: Headaches. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Matt Flaherty interviews Prof. Luigi Trojano and Dr. Anna Estraneo about their paper on prolonged anoxic vegetative state. Dr. Jen Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about myokymia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Mike Sowell interviews Dr. Beau Bruce about the topic of pseudotumor cerebri. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Flaherty, Fugate, Bruce and Prof. Trojano.Dr. Flahery serves on the scientific advisory board for CSL Behring; is a consultant for CSL Behring; has a patent pending for non-invasive CNS monitor; receives research support from the NIH and the Principal Investigator of a phase II NINDS-funded trial (STOP-IT) with study drug supplied by Novo Nordisk.Prof. Trojano receives royalties from the publication of the books Neuropsicologia dei Lobi Frontali. Sindrome disesecutive e disturbi del comportamento and Lineamenti di Neuropsicologia Clinica.Dr. Fugate serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Bruce is a consultant for Kaiser Permanente of Georgia; receives research support from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Pfizer Inc, and NIH; was a recipient of the Practice Research Fellowship.