Cerebellum and neurodegeneration; autoantibodies and psychological development in children

The September 2017's JNNP podcast is a double episode. The first conversation is with Professor Michael Hornberger from the Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK. The cerebellum is often overlooked when looking at neurodegenerative diseases, a practice which Professor Hornberger and his team are challenging. Their recent JNNP paper looks at patterns of grey matter atrophy in the cerebellum across neurodegenerative diseases. What they found may surprise some listeners. Read the paper here: http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/88/9/780.

Elizabeth also speaks with Dr Ester Coutinho from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK. Dr Coutinho & colleagues have been looking into maternal transfer of autoantibodies during pregnancy. In particular, their research has focused on antibodies which may be linked to disorders of psychological development in children. Read the paper here: http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/88/9/718.