JAMA Neurology Author Interviews

Interview with Anne Kerbrat, MD, PhD, author of High-Efficacy Therapy Discontinuation vs Continuation in Patients 50 Years and Older With Nonactive MS. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Andrea L. C. Schneider, MD, PhD, author of Posttraumatic Epilepsy and Dementia Risk. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Jesper Hallas, MD, DMSc, author of Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction Among Initiators of Triptans. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Stevie Hendriks, PhD, author of Risk Factors for Young-Onset Dementia in the UK Biobank. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Zhongrong Miao, MD, author of Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score, Infarct Core Volume, and Endovascular Therapy Outcomes in Patients With Large Infarct: A Secondary Analysis of the ANGEL-ASPECT Trial. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD.

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Interview with Ari J. Green, MD, author of Neurofilament Light Chain Elevation and Disability Progression in Multiple Sclerosis. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Richard A. Bernstein, MD, PhD, author of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Stroke Attributed to Large- or Small-Vessel Disease: 3-Year Results From the STROKE AF Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Ann C. McKee, MD, author of Neuropathologic and Clinical Findings in Young Contact Sport Athletes Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Kristine Yaffe, MD, author of Dementia Risk and Disadvantaged Neighborhoods. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Sándor Beniczky, MD, PhD, author of Automated Interpretation of Clinical Electroencephalograms Using Artificial Intelligence. Hosted by Cynthia Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Samuel M. Goldman, MD, MPH, author of Risk of Parkinson Disease Among Service Members at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Julie Werenberg Dreier, PhD, author of Prenatal Exposure to Antiseizure Medication and Incidence of Childhood- and Adolescence-Onset Psychiatric Disorders. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Xin You Tai, MD, author of Association of Dementia Risk With Focal Epilepsy and Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Pierce Boyne, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS, author of Optimal Intensity and Duration of Walking Rehabilitation in Patients With Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Amrou Sarraj, MD, author of Association of Endovascular Thrombectomy vs Medical Management With Functional and Safety Outcomes in Patients Treated Beyond 24 Hours of Last Known Well: The SELECT Late Study. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Eoin P. Flanagan, MD, author of Autoimmune Encephalitis Misdiagnosis in Adults. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Camille Carroll, MD, PhD, author of Evaluation of Simvastatin as a Disease-Modifying Treatment for Patients With Parkinson Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

Interview with Håkon Magne Vegrim, MD, author of Cancer Risk in Children of Mothers With Epilepsy and High-Dose Folic Acid Use During Pregnancy.Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD.

Interview with Andrew A. Udy, BHB, MBChB, PhD, author of Association of Neurocritical Care Services With Mortality and Functional Outcomes for Adults With Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD.

Interview with Benton R. Hunter, MD, author of Efficacy of Benzodiazepines or Antihistamines for Patients With Acute Vertigo: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content:

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Interview with Renee Y. Hsia, MD, MSc, author of Structural Inequities for Historically Underserved Communities in the Adoption of Stroke Certification in the United States. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD.

Interview with Marte-Helene Bjørk, MD, PhD, author of Association of Prenatal Exposure to Antiseizure Medication With Risk of Autism and Intellectual Disability. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD.

Interview with Cheng-Ying Ho, MD, PhD, author of Postmortem Assessment of Olfactory Tissue Degeneration and Microvasculopathy in Patients With COVID-19. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD.

Interview with Joshua Laing, MBBS, author of Risk Factors and Prognosis of Early Posttraumatic Seizures in Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD.

Notes:

EPS: Extrapyramidal symptoms

GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale

Interview with Sara K. Rostanski, MD, author of Infarct on Brain Imaging, Subsequent Ischemic Stroke, and Clopidogrel-Aspirin Efficacy: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD.

Interview with Messoud Ashina, MD, DrMSc, author of Assessment of Erenumab Safety and Efficacy in Patients With Migraine With and Without Aura: A Secondary Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD.

Interview with Dag Aarsland, MD, and Maria C. Gonzalez, MD, authors of Association of Plasma p-tau181 and p-tau231 Concentrations With Cognitive Decline in Patients With Probable Dementia With Lewy Bodies. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD.

Interview with Lina F. Chalak, author of Association Between Increased Seizures During Rewarming After Hypothermia for Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy and Abnormal Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 2-Year Follow-up: A Nested Multisite Cohort Study

Interview with Ming Lim, MD, PhD, and Sarosh R. Irani, MD, PhD, authors of Use and Safety of Immunotherapeutic Management of N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor Antibody Encephalitis: A Meta-analysis

Interview with Laura Tessa van der Kamp, MD, and Mervyn D Vergouwen, MD, PhD, authors of Risk of Rupture After Intracranial Aneurysm Growth

Interview with Lidia Moura, MD, MPH, author of Seizure Prophylaxis After Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Interview with Rik Ossenkoppele, PhD, author of Accuracy of Tau PET as a Prognostic Marker in Preclinical and Prodromal Alzheimer Disease—A Head-to-Head Comparison Against Amyloid PET and MRI.

Interview with Sun Ju Chung, MD, PhD, author of Association of NO2 and Other Air Pollution Exposures With the Risk of Parkinson Disease

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Interview with Erika Petersen, MD, author of Effect of High-frequency (10-kHz) Spinal Cord Stimulation in Patients With Painful Diabetic Neuropathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Ateev Mehrotra, MD, author of Reperfusion Treatment and Stroke Outcomes in Hospitals With Telestroke Capacity

Interview with Deborah E. Barnes, PhD, MPH, author of Agent Orange Exposure and Dementia Diagnosis in US Veterans of the Vietnam Era

Interview with Roopa Rajan, MD, DM, author of Assessment of Botulinum Neurotoxin Injection for Dystonic Hand Tremor: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with T. Truc My Nguyen, MD, and Nyika D. Kruyt, MD, PhD, authors of Comparison of Prehospital Scales for Predicting Large Anterior Vessel Occlusion in the Ambulance Setting

Interview with Christopher D. Stephen, MB, author of Assessment of Emergency Department and Inpatient Use and Costs in Adult and Pediatric Functional Neurological Disorders

Interview with Tasanee Braithwaite, author of Trends in Optic Neuritis Incidence and Prevalence in the UK and Association With Systemic and Neurologic Disease

Interview with Adnan I. Qureshi, MD, author of Outcomes of Intensive Systolic Blood Pressure Reduction in Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Excessively High Initial Systolic Blood Pressure: Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Andrea O. Rossetti, MD, author of Continuous vs Routine Electroencephalogram in Critically Ill Adults With Altered Consciousness and No Recent Seizure: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Suzanne Craft, PhD, author of Safety, Efficacy, and Feasibility of Intranasal Insulin for the Treatment of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Paula R. Clemens, MD, author of Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Viltolarsen in Boys With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Amenable to Exon 53 Skipping: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Ateev Mehrotra, MD, author of Trends Among Rural and Urban Medicare Beneficiaries in Care Delivery and Outcomes for Acute Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attacks, 2008-2017

Interview with Reisa A. Sperling, MD, author of Association of Factors With Elevated Amyloid Burden in Clinically Normal Older Individuals

Interview with James F. Howard, MD, author of Clinical Effects of Self-administered Subcutaneous Zilucoplan in Patients with Moderate to Severe Generalized Myasthenia Gravis: Results of a Phase 2 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Clinical Trial

Interview with Michael L Lipton, MD, author of Associations of Apolipoprotein E ε4 Genotype and Ball Heading With Verbal Memory in Amateur Soccer Players

Interview with Charbel Moussa, MD, PhD, author of Nilotinib Effects on Safety, Tolerability, and Potential Biomarkers in Parkinson Disease: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with John Sims, author of Efficacy and Safety of Lanabecestat for Treatment of Early and Mild Alzheimer Disease: The AMARANTH and DAYBREAK-ALZ Randomized Clinical Trials

Interview with Brandon Westover, MD PhD, author of Interrater Reliability of Experts in Identifying Interictal Epileptiform Discharges in Electroencephalograms

Interview with Shelagh B. Coutts, MD, FRCPC, author of Rate and Prognosis of Brain Ischemia in Patients With Lower-Risk Transient or Persistent Minor Neurologic Events

Interview with Rachel Grashow, PhD, MS, author of Association of Concussion Symptoms With Testosterone Levels and Erectile Dysfunction in Former Professional US-Style Football Players

Interview with Adrian F. Hernandez, MD, MHS, author of Clinical Effectiveness of Direct Oral Anticoagulants vs Warfarin in Older Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Stroke: Findings From the Patient-Centered Research Into Outcomes Stroke Patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research (PROSPER) Study

Interview with Steven C. Cramer, MD, MMSc, author of Efficacy of Home-Based Telerehabilitation vs In-Clinic Therapy for Adults After Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Donald A. Redelmeier, MD, FRCPC, MSHSR, FACP, author of Association Between Statin Use and Risk of Dementia After a Concussion

Interview with J. Donald Easton, jdeaston, author of Risk for Major Hemorrhages in Patients Receiving Clopidogrel and Aspirin Compared With Aspirin Alone After Transient Ischemic Attack or Minor Ischemic Stroke: A Secondary Analysis of the POINT Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Nitin Tandon, author of Analysis of Morbidity and Outcomes Associated With Use of Subdural Grids vs Stereoelectroencephalography in Patients With Intractable Epilepsy

Interview with Amy A. Gelfand, MD, author of Potential Benefits of Migraine—What Is It Good For?, and Guy Fagherazzi, PhD, author of Associations Between Migraine and Type 2 Diabetes in Women: Findings From the E3N Cohort Study

Interview with Keith A. Josephs, MD, MST, MSc, author of Association of Apolipoprotein E ε4 With Transactive Response DNA-Binding Protein 43

Interview with Larry B. Goldstein, MD, author of Effect of Dextroamphetamine on Poststroke Motor Recovery: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Paul J. Foster, author of Association of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thinning With Current and Future Cognitive Decline: A Study Using Optical Coherence Tomography

Interview with Hyacinth Idu. Hyacinth, MD, PhD, MPH, author of Association of Sickle Cell Trait With Ischemic Stroke Among African Americans: A Meta-analysis

Interview with Rodolfo Savica, MD, MSc, PhD, author of When Do α-Synucleinopathies Start? An Epidemiological Timeline: A Review

Interview with Marte Helene. Bjørk, MD PhD, author of Association of Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy With the Risk of Autistic Traits in Children Exposed to Antiepileptic Drugs In Utero, and Kimford J. Meador, MD, author of Periconceptional Folate Supplementation and the Risk of Autism Following Antiepileptic Drug Exposure

Interview with W. Jeff. Elias, MD, author of Safety and Efficacy of Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Patients With Medication-Refractory, Tremor-Dominant Parkinson Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Arthur W. Toga, PhD, author of Apolipoprotein E Genotype and Sex Risk Factors for Alzheimer Disease: A Meta-Analysis, and Dena Dubal, MD, PhD, author of Apolipoprotein E ε4 and Risk Factors for Alzheimer Disease—Let’s Talk About Sex

Interview with Hooman Kamel, MD, author of Association Between Cirrhosis and Stroke in a Nationally Representative Cohort

Interview with Mary G. George, MD, MSPH, author of Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Strokes in Younger Adults, and James F. Burke, MD, author of Are More Young People Having Strokes?—A Simple Question With an Uncertain Answer

Interview with Paolo Antonio. Muraro, MD, PhD, author of Long-term Outcomes After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Multiple Sclerosis, and Michael K. Racke, MD, author of Selection of Patients With Multiple Sclerosis to Undergo Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Interview with Yonas E. Geda, MD, MSc, author of Association Between Mentally Stimulating Activities in Late Life and the Outcome of Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment, With an Analysis of the APOE ε4 Genotype

Interview with Gianluigi Zanusso, MD, PhD, author of Diagnosis of Human Prion Disease Using Real-Time Quaking-Induced Conversion Testing of Olfactory Mucosa and Cerebrospinal Fluid Samples and Paul W. Brown, MD, author of A New Standard for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Interview with Vanda A. Lennon, MD, PhD, author of Autoimmune Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Astrocytopathy: A Novel Meningoencephalomyelitis, and Robert P. Lisak, MD, author of Expanding the Range of Diagnosable Autoimmune Encephalopathies and Encephalomyelopathies

Interview with Paul K. Crane, MD, MPH, author of Association of Traumatic Brain Injury With Late-Life Neurodegenerative Conditions and Neuropathologic Findings

Interview with J. David Beckham, MD and Kenneth L. Tyler, MD, authors of Zika Virus as an Emerging Global Pathogen: Neurological Complications of Zika Virus

Interview with Stephen Waxman, MD, author of Pharmacotherapy for Pain in a Family With Inherited Erythromelalgia Guided by Genomic Analysis and Functional Profiling, and Juan Pascual, MD, author of Understanding Atomic Interactions to Achieve Well-being

Interview with Dieter Schmidt, MD, author of Efforts in Epilepsy Prevention in the Last 40 Years: Lessons From a Large Nationwide Study

Interview with R. Loch Macdonald, MD, PhD, author of Loss of Consciousness at Onset of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage as an Important Marker of Early Brain Injury, and Stephan A. Mayer, MD, author of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Loss of Consciousness

Interview with Joshua W. Miller, PhD, author of Vitamin D Status and Rates of Cognitive Decline in a Multiethnic Cohort of Older Adults

Interview with Steve Vucic, PhD, author of Cortical Function in Asymptomatic Carriers and Patients With C9orf72 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and Brian J. Wainger, MD, PhD, author of Cortical Hyperexcitability in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: C9orf72 Repeats

Interview with Thomas F. McElrath, MD, PhD, author of Mortality and Morbidity During Delivery Hospitalization Among Pregnant Women With Epilepsy in the United States, and Jacqueline A. French, MD, author of Risks of Epilepsy During Pregnancy: How Much Do We Really Know?

Interview with Douglas A. Dulli, MD, MS, author of In-Hospital Stroke: Hidden in Plain Sight, and Moira K. Kapral, MD, MSc, author of Care and Outcomes of Patients With In-Hospital Stroke

Interview with Timothy B. Meier, PhD, author of Recovery of Cerebral Blood Flow Following Sports-Related Concussion

Interview with Soko Setoguchi, MD, DrPH, author of Outcomes After Carotid Artery Stenting in Medicare Beneficiaries, 2005 to 2009, and Mark J. Alberts, MD, author of Carotid Stenting—Why Treating an Artery May Not Treat the Patient

Interview with Howard L. Weiner, MD, author of Evaluation of No Evidence of Disease Activity in a 7-Year Longitudinal Multiple Sclerosis Cohort, and Michael K. Racke, MD, author of Is No Evidence of Disease Activity a Realistic Goal for Patients With Multiple Sclerosis?

Interview with Jerry S. Wolinsky, MD, author of Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections in Patients Treated With Fingolimod: Risk Assessment and Consensus Recommendations for Management, and Kenneth L. Tyler, MD, author of Fingolimod and Risk of Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection: Back to the Future With an Old Infection and a New Drug

Interview with Shivanand P. Lad, MD, PhD, author of Effect of Advancing Age on Outcomes of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson Disease

Interview with Neal E. Little, MD, author of Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest Without Return of Consciousness: Skating on Thin Ice

Interview with Eugene O. Major, PhD, author of JC Virus in CD34+ and CD19+ Cells in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis Treated With Natalizumab

Interview with Benjamin M. Greenberg, MD, MHS, author of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis as a Potential Cause of Anti–N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antibody Encephalitis: Report of 2 Cases

Interview with Fabricio O. Lima, MD, MPH, author of Prognosis of Untreated Strokes Due to Anterior Circulation Proximal Intracranial Arterial Occlusions Detected by Use of Computed Tomography Angiography, and Randolph S. Marshall, MD, MS, author of Proximal Intracranial Arterial Occlusions: Does the Natural History Justify Further Interventional Trials?

Interview with E. Ray Dorsey, MD, MBA, author of Natural History of Huntington Disease

Interview with Keith A. Vossel, MD, MSc, author of Seizures and Epileptiform Activity in the Early Stages of Alzheimer Disease

Interview with Rafeed Alkawadri, MD, author of Cingulate Epilepsy: Report of 3 Electroclinical Subtypes With Surgical Outcomes

Interview with Rishi Gupta, MD, author of Comparison of Final Infarct Volumes in Patients Who Received Endovascular Therapy or Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Intracranial Large-Vessel Occlusions

Interview with David M. Holtzman, MD and Yo-El S. Ju, MD, authors of Sleep Quality and Preclinical Alzheimer Disease

Interview with Madeline C. Fields, MD, author of Hospital-Onset Seizures: An Inpatient Study

Interview with Eric M. Reiman, MD and Hillary D. Protas, PhD, authors of Posterior Cingulate Glucose Metabolism, Hippocampal Glucose Metabolism, and Hippocampal Volume in Cognitively Normal, Late-Middle-Aged Persons at 3 Levels of Genetic Risk for Alzheimer Disease, and William Jagust, MD, author of Apolipoprotein E, Neurodegeneration, and Alzheimer Disease