Hello everyone, I am a MBBS graduate from India and will be applying to neurology residency for Match 2026. And I am going to attend AAN, SanDiego, April 4-9 2025. Anybody who is coming to AAN who wants to connect DM me.

Greetings to the community.

I've been studying basic neuroscience, but I've come across the following questions that I'd like to clarify in order to better understand them.

First, does each neuron have specific receptors for a specific neurotransmitter? That is, does a neuron specialize in "working" only with serotonin, or does it generally have different receptors on its membrane for different neurotransmitters? In short, I don't understand whether a neuron is exclusively serotonergic and therefore has receptors on its membrane only for this monoamine, or if a single neuron has different receptors for different neurotransmitters.

Second, is a neuromodulator something different from a neurotransmitter, or are they the same? And if so, what are some examples of neuromodulators and their activity?

Thank you for responding.

Hey all. Does anyone have a list of all neurology societies, neurology subspecialty societies, and neurology guideline-generating bodies? I will be a general neurologist relatively soon with a wide scope of practice. Having a list like this would be very helpful for my own study and reference. I will make something like this and share if it doesn't already exist.

I’m a non-US IMG who recently matched into a prelim position. I’m aiming to secure an advanced neurology position for next year. For those who’ve been in a similar situation, how difficult was it to match into an advanced program after starting prelim?

Any advice on what I should do now to improve my chances? Should I be reaching out to programs early, networking, or focusing on something specific? Would love to hear from others who’ve gone through this process!

I want to learn how to interpret brain and spinal cord MRIs but haven't found a good course yet. Could you recommend one? Preferably a free course.

Hello everyone, I have a quick question. I am very passionate about neurology and I am considering pursuing my residency in neuro. I am a PGY-1 general physician.

My university is listed in WDOMS, so I could take the Neurology route as an IMG if I go through the USMLE pathway. However, I wanted to know if it would be possible to complete my neurology residency in my home country (Latin America) and then apply for a fellowship abroad (whether in the US or another country that offers this subspecialty).

My main question is whether it is possible to do the fellowship after completing my neurology residency in my country and, afterward, if I would be able to practice in my home country.

That was my question. Thank you very much for your time!

I currently stay at 3 pubs and one abstract, STEP 2 239, YOG 2025, non-us IMG from Europe, applying this year to neuro, 3 months USCE, 2 IM, and 1 neuro. Thank you!

Current MS3 applying for away rotations. One of the programs I’m very interested in attending has 3 different neuro away rotations available on VSLO (general neuro, then 2 different subspecialty neuro rotations). Should I apply to all 3 available neuro rotations, even though they are technically separate applications? I’d like to increase my chances of getting an away at this program but not sure what to do in this circumstance.

Hello all,

Im a final year US IMG. I plan on applying for US residency in a year or two, once I get my boards out of the way and strengthen my application. In the mean time, I'm going to do two years of foundation training in the UK.

I've been dead set on neurology (stroke medicine/neurocrit) since second year and that's still what I plan on pursuing. As of now, I have two days to finalize my rankings for specialties in the UK, and I'm torn between two schedules:

1. Psych, Neurology, GP, IM, Geriatrics, and Gen Surgery
2. Psych, Stroke Medicine, GP, ICU, EM, Gen Surgery

Ultimately, I want to pick a six speciality schedule that would best set my resume up to apply for neurology residency. I'm leaning towards option 2 however, I feel like having a 4 month neurology rotation would look better for me in my interviews and application.

SO the question is, should I pick the schedule that has a standalone proper neurology rotation or does option 2 with stroke medicine, EM, ICU kind of suffice and hold the same weight as a neurology rotation, when it comes to me applying to neurology residency?

Or perhaps does it not matter at all?

Would love your guys input on this!

Question basically the title. For our MS patients (or anyone needed DMT) who absolutely need contraceptives, do you manage that or prescribe them an oral contraceptive? I get that an OB/GYN or Family Medicine doc likely will be more experienced, but in more rural areas where it might not be possible to have them follow up with PCP/OB for this, do any of you manage this yourself?

Hey everyone. Congrats to those that matched and to those that didn’t keep your heads up. Medicines a tough business.

Third year here. What are all of your thoughts about using signals/geo pref? I’ve heard PDs know if you did and may hold it against you but if you don’t it can be against you too? Please help.

What do you do when you have a patient with slowly progressive distal symmetric polyneuropathy when the labs are negative (A1c, CBC, CMP, TSH, folate, B12, B1, homocysteine, methylmalonic acid, HIV, syphilis, ESR, Lyme, ANA, SPEP, HCV, SSA/SSB)? This is in general.

But for my current patient, she started having distal dysethsias when walking bare foot. It was intermittent at that time, but now it’s consistent. On exam, she has isolated diminished vibration sense up to ankles at least (but light touch, pin, cold, propiopception, Romberg all normal). Right now, it’s tolerable she she’s not yet interested in analgesic meds.

I sent her to our neuromuscular specialist for NCS to differentiate axonal vs demyelinating. But I don’t really see how it would help in the short term. Can you explain what you would recommend me do in addition? How would the NCS help with diagnosis and management? Maybe it would help diagnose CIDP and then you can consider immunotherapy at some point? TIA!

vs a program that has a consult-only service

Hello r/neurology members, I am a recent US MD Graduate who failed to MATCH into Neurology as well as unable to acquire a PGY-1 preliminary year position during SOAP. (Edit: I did not fail any STEP exams, medical school pre-clinical courses, or any clerkships, and had 6 interviews).

I am reaching out to this subreddit at this time, to see if there are any paid or unpaid opportunities in neurology (which has so many) that anyone may have come across or know personally. I am located in California but willing to relocate for an ideal opportunity that will help provide me with additional relevant experience whether it be clinical or research. I have always had a passion for neurology so like any unmatched applicant I am quite disappointed but more so due to the fact I do not have a preliminary year position to continue moving forward.

I would tremendously appreciate any concrete opportunities directly involved in neurology, as I have done significant amount of job searching in "medical consulting" "pharma" "medical writing" and simply put I am not qualified for any of these jobs despite many people in medicine always recommending this route. They do not want to hire someone who has no experience doing what they are interested in just because you are MD/DO.

Hello everyone! I am a non-US IMG with ECFMG certifications, steps P/25*/21*, 1 month observership at Uni Neuro-ICU in the US, 6 months at home neurologic centre, YoG 2022 Dec, had zero pubs, and ended up with zero IVs

Added 2 pubs to my CV and currently working at another neuro centre in hometown

Now I am seeking mentorship from US residents/attendings🙏🏼

Also would love your feedbacks and suggestions to improve my CV🙏🏼

My wife got the job offer for after her fellowship. Is it normal to get offer a sign on bonus from those? I know our friends got those from the area too but just asking if it’s common to negotiate and ask for that if they didn’t offer in the draft. If we plan to love to a new place, should we try to see if they have relocation allowance even though it’s not a long move? This is for around Atlanta metro area. Thanks everyone

Currently a PGY-2, now nearing PGY-3. It feels like my attendings often disagree with my consult recs. Sometimes it's relatively minor, rarely it's a more major disagreement. Usually it falls somewhere in the middle. But either way, it's rare that my attending will just agree with my recs and move on to the next case.

I'm not offended by this as I know I'm still training and it's to help me learn and do what's best for the patient, but it can feel demoralizing and a bit embarassing since I'm usually presenting in front of my coresidents.

For anyone further on in residency or who's an attending now, when do you feel like you reached a point where your attendings were generally agreeing with your recs on a regular basis?

Hi all, congrats to all the MS4s who just matched and will be baby neurologists (sort of) starting this summer :)

As someone who just went through the match, I discovered the 2025 master spreadsheet a bit late in the cycle and wished that I had learned about it much earlier! I personally even wish it was built long before interview season. I had so many questions, concerns, frustrations, confusions, etc that I would have loved to be able to discuss with other people in my shoes. Unfortunately, like most medical schools, neurology is a minority - there were only 2-3 other students in my school who applied neurology and my class is so large I honestly didn't even know them!

Anyway, I've been in the depths of 4th year: done with rotations, letting my brain rot, etc. I decided to use some of my time between rank list submission and match day to re-build the master spreadsheet to have it be accessible much earlier this year to the upcoming applicants. I also just love building spreadsheets.

I know it's a bit early, but the earlier the better :) Here it is! Let me know if there are any suggestions, otherwise, good luck upcoming applicants!

Guillain-Barré Syndrome Explained in 5 Minutes https://youtu.be/zEIqCdoY-bU

Congratulations to those who match this cycle. Could you please share your stats?

Has anyone done step 3 during their usce ? Is it possible or do you need to keep a few free days aside for it?

Hello! I am about to take my shelf exam and was wondering if anyone has this pdf or ppt document? Would greatly appreciate !

Hi 3rd year DO medical student here, most likely applying to Adult Neurology

Some advice I received on this sub previously was to apply to at least 10 auditions as a DO student.

Since getting some acceptances, I feel like I may have to decline/cancel some if I get my 4 top choices. My question is if I decline an audition to a certain program, will that reflect negatively on my residency application and chances to get an interview with them? If I cancel an audition for another one down the road will that affect anything? I've heard mixed things -some say it doesn't matter and some say programs may hold that against you