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.

Episode: Part 1 and Part 2

Shownotes: Involuntary Movements Notes

Yale movement disorders module: Modules

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

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