Episode 6-7: Involuntary Movements
In the weakness episode, we discussed disorders along the corticospinal/pyramidal tracts, which affects voluntary movement. This episode, Dr. Sara Schaefer, movement disorder specialist at Yale, discusses disorders of the extrapyramidal basal ganglia, disorders that result in involuntary movements.
Learning objectives:
- The roles of the basal ganglia and the extrapyramidal tracts
- Different types of involuntary movement phenomenologies, with a focus on tremor
- Conditions that feature each phenomenology as a predominant symptom.
Shownotes: Involuntary Movements Notes
Yale movement disorders module: Modules
Episode 5: Weakness
Knees weak, arms heavy: Lambert-Eaton syndrome or just hungry after rounds? Find out on this episode with Dr. Jeff Dewey!
Learning objectives:
- Understand the anatomy of voluntary movement
- Discuss the examination of a patient with weakness, including upper versus lower motor neuron signs
- Understand common central and peripheral etiologies of weakness as well as their temporal and distributional patterns
Podcast episode: Weakness
Shownotes: Weakness Notes
Episode 4: Cognitive Complaints
This week, Charlie and Sonya think (out loud) about cognitive complaints with Dr. Moeller!
Learning goals:
- Cognitive domains and relation to neuroanatomy
- Delirium versus dementia
- Clinical approach to acute and chronic cognitive complaints
- Primary dementia disorders
Podcast episode: Episode on Buzzsprout
Podcast shownotes: Cognitive Complaints Shownotes
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