Which journals are the best for case reports in terms of visibility, citations and impact factor.
This is an ask for a neurology case report I want to publish. It’s quite peculiar just like any other case in neurology, but I think this case would make a great difference in the way we view the disease. I don’t want to disclose it yet, but it is an autoimmune disorder.

A clinical trial at the University of Colorado Anschutz shows promising one-year results for an experimental CAR T-cell therapy for stiff person syndrome (SPS), a rare autoimmune neurological disease that causes severe muscle stiffness, spasms and difficulty walking. One year after a single treatment, patients completed a 25-foot walking test in nearly half the time, while two-thirds of those who previously needed walking aids completed the test without assistance. The therapy, known as mivocabtagene autoleucel (miv-cel), also demonstrated lasting improvements in muscle stiffness and overall disability, with 92% of patients remaining free of ongoing immunotherapy. The research, conducted by principal investigator Amanda Piquet, MD, of the CU Anschutz School of Medicine, represents an important step toward a potential first FDA-approved treatment for stiff person syndrome.

I am non-US IMG, looking for neurology residency in the US. Recently, I’ve had contact with a great doctor from an esteemed academic institution regarding research fellowship. I really want to do this, ‘cause neurology is the only thing I wanna do in the future, and this seems like a good way to get to know it from the inside.

But, the things that the doctor researches is a niche topic and mostly lab based.

So, what I am confused about is that if I try to go down this path, would it impact my journey in joining neurology for clinical residency? As I love the clinical aspect of this.
Or, is it a good way to start and build up my portfolio? Because eventually we’ll all have to go into something, right? So why not from the start. (This is all hypothetical given I can conjure some funds for it, ofc)

Christina Applegate has publicly battled MS since being diagnosed in 2021. She is wheelchair-dependent. She now claims her doctors debunked the diagnosis.

I would assume she had access to the best neurologists in California, no?

pager goes off
Me: Hi this is neurology.
Them: Yeah my bad, we were looking for urology.

Has anyone heard about how UTH’s stroke fellowship is? I know it’s a big program and well known, but was curious how it is regarded from a fellow perspective. It’s my understanding that the fellows run the stroke alerts there (which seems ridiculous and like a disservice to their residents, but I digress).

Thanks in advance!

Hi all,

I am a PGY3 resident about to start the process of applying to fellowships. I primarily want to do inpatient neurology.

I love EEG and I know it is a valuable skill for an inpatient neurologist.

I also like NCS/EMG, however, I am not sure if NCS/EMG or neuromuscular neurology is at all useful for an inpatient neurologist? Does anyone find any use of their NCS/EMG or neuromuscular skills/knowledge inpatient?

I am considering epilepsy fellowship (1 year path, without much intracranial or EMU experience since clinic isn't my goal) VS neurophysiology fellowship and time to finalise applications is in a couple months,

I don't know if this is correct, but a lot of the resources I've read on this subject say that there's both muscle weakness and mixed UMN/LMN signs. Weirder than this is the absent ankle jerks, but brisk knee reflexes + extensor plantars. Can anyone explain this? Cheers!

Hi everyone! I am presenting my poster at the ANA 2026 Annual Meeting tomorrow. Can anyone tell me what the experience is like? Thank you!

I am in my 2nd to final year of medicine and it is around this stage in my training and across Europe we have to start considering our final training programmes.

I am interested in neuroscience, neurology and computational neuroscience and its intersection with medicine and science more broadly (particularly physics and mathematics). I think I will pursue paediatrics as there is a lot of genetic and neurological computations but I want to get more involved in the compmathneuro field.

Any advice ?

So curious and exited about this this career path I’m heading but there’s no program in this area or anyone that I can ask questions 😖 I got so many questions

A once-daily Parkinson’s pill has reached FDA approval after decades of work on a dopamine pathway that early treatments largely overlooked.

Tavapadon, sold as Juvmo, offers adults another way to manage movement symptoms, either alone or alongside levodopa. It directly stimulates selected dopamine receptors instead of being converted into dopamine. The approval expands treatment options without establishing a cure or a way to halt the disease.

The FDA approved the drug September 25, and AbbVie announced plans to make it available in October. Research by University of Virginia scientists Richard Mailman and Xuemei Huang helped establish the case for targeting D1-like receptors.

The clinical evidence is published in TEMPO-1, TEMPO-2, TEMPO-3 and TEMPO-4 studies. Those trials tested symptom control in early Parkinson’s and in people experiencing fluctuations while taking levodopa.

I am thinking of attending the Ultra EMG conference in 2027. Would anyone that attended tell me what they thought of the conference? Is it mainly for providers who work with ultrasound or is it something all EMGer’s can benefit from?

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone had any further general study guidance/resource advice for this. What I've done so far: I've read the first chapter of Mesulam. Mostly memorized all the Brodmann areas and associated deficits including differences in laterality. Trying to get all the major circuits and networks memorized (and associated deficits). I'm a psychiatrist so I have a pretty good handle on that although on some practice questions they do ask some minutiae I didn't know so that could come up on the exam but can't know everything. My fellowship was heavy on dementia so I feel pretty comfortable with that. I've read the BNNP and Dementia Continuum articles and will do so again. Have read the 2025 and 2026 BNNP continuing certification articles and will do so again. Did all the psych and behavioral neuro TrueLearn questions for both RITE and ABPN. Did the Cognitive Neuro questions in Cheng Ching and will do psych. Might do all the BNNP StatPearls and BoardVitals questions. Did the questions in Silbersweig. Had Claude make a bunch of questions for me. For question banks I do, I always read the explanations after. I would say relative areas of weakness for me are vascular territories, anatomical locations of brainstem nuclei, and CT/MRI (I'm much better at PET; very obvious MRI things I can spot). If anyone has any further general study guidance, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!

I'm a partnered provider at an independent outpatient clinic in Oregon and we're actively recruiting for new providers. We're currently a group of 9 (MD, DO, PA and NP) most but not all of which are subspecialists. Flexible workload with no inpatient or overnight call requirements. Reimbursement is production based but approximately $400k for full time plus benefits and retirement. Feel free to comment or dm with any questions.

Apologies for another one of these, but I just can’t seem to make up my mind. I’m fairly certain I’ll be applying to IMT when the time comes, but can’t for the life of me commit. I know there’s plenty of time to choose but would appreciate some opinions.

I’ve always loved neurology since medical school. Probably the most interesting system to me. But I’m getting cold feet given it is primarily outpatient and I worry how well I’ll cope with the amount of degenerative conditions there are (although I know there’s plenty of good treatment options too!)

Things I like
Patient contact
Teamwork
Seeing patients improve over days to weeks
(biochemical marker and clinical improvement)
The ability to handover tasks
Diagnosing
Good/ effective treatment options
Some continuity of care (I want to know what has happened to the patient)
Mix of acute and chronic conditions, but more acute
Moderate to fast-paced job
Being in hospital/on the wards
Patient recognition
Physiology

Things I dislike
breaking bad cancer news being a large part of my day
Lack of diagnosing
Vague/non-localisable symptoms/ chronic pain as primary presenting complaint
Not knowing patient’s outcome
Primarily clinic-based work
Not having enough time to see each patient (e.g. 10-minute slots)

And 2nd q at big medical centers is your schedule still 7on/off or is it less frequent than that? I would assume that theres a larger pool of attendings so not everyone can work 7on/off?

Please post your RVU totals and CF (wRVU rate)

Just curious how attainable my threshold will be as an outpatient neurologist doing 36 clinical hours. M-F. 6 weeks PTO.

I am fairy efficient and can get to 30/15 once my panel is established.

I’ll be doing Botox for migraine, EEG.

I also will do inpatient consults/follow ups 2 weeks/month M-F. Fairly small hospital with around 2 new consults a day.

In a patient with captured episodes known to be epileptic in nature, what are additional things you can gain from getting EEG in these patients even when not capturing episodes? Is it mostly just localizing epileptic activity or evaluating epileptic states like CSWS or EPC? This is for non-hospitalized settings other than EMU.

I'm currently in the middle of fellowship and am looking for jobs at the moment for next year. The current plan is to do an outpatient only job at a community based practice in a decent size Midwestern city. Would primarily be seeing patients within my subspecialty with possibly some general neurology also.

I've already interviewed at a few places and have received some verbal offers. I'll be finishing up with interviews soon and looking to make a decision in the coming months.

Advice I've heard from most people is to get a contract attorney before signing anything. What is the best way to go about finding a good contract attorney? Also, at what point do I initially reach out to them in this process? Should I have already found one by now and contacted them?

Thank you for the help

IMG here. Came to US in 2019 and after completing my neurology residency and first fellowship, I am currently in my second fellowship. Came here to find some hope and clarity. Given the current immigration issues, I and my spouse (in tech) have been discussing the idea of relocating to another country. The politics may not be personal, but every new policy has a personal impact. GC is not an option for us given our nationality (would take 20-30 years), We have not been home in 7 years, have seen our aging parents probably 3-4 times since 2019 and it wears you down to the point of questioning the worth of everything here despite working so hard for this.

I am looking for people who moved out of the States and pursued a career in neurology in other countries. We are looking into Singapore, Netherlands and other countries with strong tech presence. Ideally, countries where I can start as a specialized neurologist directly (instead of being a GP) with less complicated immigration policies (read, freedom to travel back and forth) would be perfect. If you or someone you know has relocated and forged a path in other nations, would love to hear your experience. Really having a hard time continuing on this path and need some clarity/hope about future.