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      New EAN Regional Teaching initiative – host an EAN session at your national society’s meeting

      March 30, 2023

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      Sign up now for the European Brain Health Summit 2023 – live online on May 9!

      March 28, 2023

      Academic/Scientific

      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Literature reviews – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

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      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Cross-Sectional Case Control Studies – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

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      Executive Page: Leadership, mentorship and many more EAN educational opportunities

      March 13, 2023

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      Executive Page: Key EAN events and new projects to strengthen neurology on many levels

      February 14, 2023

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      December 5, 2022

      Executive Page Dear EAN members, dear friends, It is my pleasure to give you an update on behalf of the EAN Scientific Committee following a busy year since my appointment as chair. It has been a privilege to be so deeply involved in the scientific activities of the EAN and to work closely with an amazing community of people who are so dedicated to the advancement of neurology. One of the strongest threads within that community is the EAN’s group of Scientific Panels, which are often referred to as the organisation’s ‘scientific backbone’. The panels have a hand in everything the EAN does from a scientific point of view, including coordinating clinical research, disseminating good practice, assisting in planning the EAN annual congress, supporting the EAN’s educational efforts, and producing guidelines that assist neurologists in daily practice. All of this work requires a considerable amount of oversight, and this is why each panel is run by its own Management Group, elected by the panel members. Being a part of one of these Management Groups (PDF) is an opportunity to play a direct part in determining the direction of scientific progress within Europe, and I am excited to say that the call for applications to stand for election will be announced in September. All panel members and EAN individual members are eligible to apply to be candidates, with the vote being held among the existing panel members in autumn. I would like to urge every neurologist with a passion for the scientific future of their special area of interest to consider standing for election to the relevant Management Group and to look out for the call for applications later this month. I can tell you from personal experience that fulfilling a role such as this within the structure of the EAN is a fascinating and extremely rewarding experience. The chance to take on such a unique leadership position should not be missed! The most satisfying aspect of being involved in the EAN’s organisational structure is surely seeing all the hard work and planning come to fruition when a small idea evolves into a newly launched project. One such example is the 1st EAN Science School, taking place in Salzburg next March. The idea of the Science School is to offer early career neurologists with an interest in translational research a new avenue for learning about basic pathomechanisms of neurological disorders. Application for this very first edition, on ‘Pathophysiology of disorders of the nervous system’, closed last week and we have been delighted with the level of interest. It was a pleasure to be part of the task force in charge of planning this new project and I look forward to seeing it officially transferred to the hands of the Scientific Committee after a successful event and evaluation in spring. Of our ongoing activities, one of the most significant is the EAN Neuro-covid Registry, which aims to collate epidemiological data on neurological manifestations in patients with COVID-19 infection reported by neurologists in outpatient services, emergency rooms, and hospital departments. We currently have 1,542 patients entered in the database, from 35 centres across 23 countries. So far, 29 patients have been followed for 12 months and 387 have completed the 6-months follow up. This is a decent start, but I would like to strongly encourage EAN members and their institutions to get involved and contribute cases to what will become an invaluable resource for neurologists and clinicians to improve care for Covid-19 patients. Finally, I would like share a word on a forthcoming collaboration between EAN and the Human Brain Project in December, that I think will interest a lot of EAN members. The EAN-EBRAINS joint workshop on ‘The future of medical data sharing in clinical neurosciences’ will be a three-day virtual event that aims to discuss issues and challenges associated with data sharing in Europe, from ethics to data safety and privacy, including those specific to data federation, such as the development and validation of federated algorithms. The whole workshop is completely free of charge and registration is open until 25 November, so please check out the details and sign up! I wish you all a healthy and pleasant autumn and I look forward to updating you again. Best wishes Thomas Berger Chair of the EAN Scientific Committee

      Executive Page: New guideline prioritisation process begins setting path for next two years

      November 1, 2022

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      Research Highlights of the Month – March 2023

      March 14, 2023

      Paper of the Month

      Research Paper of the Month: Trial of Globus Pallidus Focused Ultrasound Ablation in Parkinson’s Disease

      March 13, 2023

      Paper of the Month

      Research Paper of the Month: Headache attributed to SARS-CoV-2 infection, vaccination and the impact on primary headache disorders of the COVID-19 pandemic

      February 9, 2023

      Paper of the Month

      COVID-19 Paper of the Month: Long covid outcomes at one year after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection: nationwide cohort study

      February 9, 2023

      EAN News

      New EAN Regional Teaching initiative – host an EAN session at your national society’s meeting

      March 30, 2023

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      Sign up now for the European Brain Health Summit 2023 – live online on May 9!

      March 28, 2023

      EAN News Mapy of the world made from pills of various sizes, shapes and colours

      EAN endorses MSIF and the WHO Collaborating Centre Bologna’s application to add MS treatments on WHO’s Essential Medicines List

      March 14, 2023

      EAN News Head and shoulders portrait photo of Irena Rektorova, in colourful dress

      Executive Page: Leadership, mentorship and many more EAN educational opportunities

      March 13, 2023

      EAN Congress news

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      March 14, 2023

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      Win a travel grant for a future EAN congress with our ‘Why Neurology?’ student essay competition!

      March 10, 2023

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      New ‘Start-Up Corner’ introduced for EAN 2023 industrial exhibition

      February 13, 2023

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      Register Now for EAN 2023 in Budapest, 1-4 July

      February 10, 2023

      COVID-19

      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Literature reviews – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

      COVID-19

      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Cross-Sectional Case Control Studies – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

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      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Case Series/Case Reports – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

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      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Meta-analyses/systematic reviews – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

      Interviews

      Video Interview: Dementia & Cognitive Disorders Panel Co-Chairs

      September 8, 2022

      Interviews

      Video Interview: Sleep-Wake Panel Co-Chair, Dr. Evelina Pajediene

      July 28, 2022

      Interviews

      Video: EAN supports World Brain Day

      July 19, 2022

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      Video Interview: European Journal of Neurology Award winner, Dr. Jonathan Coutinho

      July 18, 2022

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      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Literature reviews – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

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      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Cross-Sectional Case Control Studies – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

      Academic/Scientific

      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Case Series/Case Reports – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

      Academic/Scientific

      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Meta-analyses/systematic reviews – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

      Breaking news

      COVID-19 Breaking News: Meta-analyses/systematic reviews – November 2022

      November 8, 2022

      Breaking news

      COVID-19 Breaking News: Cross-Sectional Case Control Studies – November 2022

      November 8, 2022

      Breaking news

      COVID-19 Breaking News: Miscellaneous – November 2022

      November 7, 2022

      Breaking news

      COVID-19 Breaking News: Observational Studies – Prospective Longitudinal Cohort – November 2022

      November 7, 2022

      Neurology updates

      Performance of the 2017 and 2010 Revised McDonald Criteria in Predicting MS Diagnosis After a Clinically Isolated Syndrome – A MAGNIMS Study

      September 26, 2022

      Neurology updates

      Relapse-independent disability worsening plays a relevant role in every disease phase of MS

      September 26, 2022

      Neurology updates

      Epstein-Barr virus infection is a major risk factor for the development of multiple sclerosis

      September 26, 2022

      Neurology updates

      Glymphatic system impairment may contribute to multiple sclerosis pathology

      September 23, 2022

      Scientific committee reports

      Scientific Committee Snapshot: Didier Leys

      April 1, 2020

      Scientific committee reports

      Scientific Committee Snapshot: Rigmor Hojland

      February 26, 2020

      Scientific committee reports

      Scientific Committee Snapshot: Christian Enzinger

      December 1, 2019

      Scientific committee reports

      Scientific Committee Snapshot: Maurizio Leone

      November 1, 2019

      Scientific panels reports

      Highlights from the World Muscle Society annual meeting, chosen by the Scientific Panel on Muscle and NMJ Disorders

      November 2, 2022

      Scientific panels reports

      Coma and DOC Panel Update (May-June): news from the EAN Virtual Congress, personalized pain assessment, NIRS-EEG and machine learning to predict outcomes, prevalence of swallowing disorders and new multimodal predictive algorithms.

      August 11, 2020

      Scientific panels reports

      Statement of the EAN Sleep-Wake-Panel

      June 3, 2020

      Scientific panels reports

      Rare Neurological Diseases in the COVID-19 era: Suggestions for information to patients and caregivers

      May 13, 2020

      Eur J Neurol

      Video Interview: European Journal of Neurology Award winner, Dr. Jonathan Coutinho

      July 18, 2022

      Eur J Neurol

      EAN NeuroCOVID-19 Task Force position paper on COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among people with chronic neurological disorders

      May 2, 2022

      Eur J Neurol

      European Journal of Neurology welcomes new associate editors

      December 13, 2021

      Eur J Neurol

      New European guideline and expert statements on the management of narcolepsy in adults and children

      June 30, 2021

      Top 10 Articles

      EAN is proud to announce the 2020 Virtual Master Classes Christmas Special

      November 13, 2020

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      EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY – TOP 15 ARTICLES 2018

      February 1, 2019

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      Interview with Prof. Patrick Cras – UEMS Section of Neurology (SN)

      February 3, 2018

      Top 10 Articles

      Interview with Mr. Bertrand Daval and Mrs. Nathalie Paulus

      February 3, 2018

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      Training for the Future of European Guidelines: Cost-Conscious Healthcare 2023

      March 2, 2023

      Scientific Corner

      Join the EAN Guideline Workshop on 24 June!

      May 13, 2022

      Scientific Corner

      First EAN Science School proves a hit in Salzburg

      April 1, 2022

      Scientific Corner

      Invitation to the EAN-EBRAINS Joint Workshop on ‘The Future of Medical Data Sharing in Clinical Neurosciences’

      July 2, 2021

  • Educational
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      EAN News

      New EAN Regional Teaching initiative – host an EAN session at your national society’s meeting

      March 30, 2023

      Resident and Research Fellows

      Report on the 3rd RRFS National Representative Network meeting in Berlin

      March 22, 2023

      Resident and Research Fellows

      Clinical Fellowship Reports 2022: Brno, Liège & Heeze

      March 21, 2023

      Resident and Research Fellows

      Clinical Fellowship Reports 2022: Grenoble, Prague & London

      March 17, 2023

      eLearning

      Keep your mind sharp with free content on Brain Health through the eanCampus!

      March 13, 2023

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      Learn with the eanCampus and win free EAN congress registration!

      January 12, 2023

      eLearning

      Kick off 2023 with highlights on the eanCampus

      January 10, 2023

      eLearning

      December Highlights on the eanCampus!

      December 5, 2022

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      Win a travel grant for a future EAN congress with our ‘Why Neurology?’ student essay competition!

      March 10, 2023

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      Students’ Corner: What is it like to be a student on a neurology placement?

      March 10, 2023

      Student Corner

      Application for the Student Teaser Fellowship 2023 NOW OPEN

      February 1, 2023

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      Students’ Corner: What neurology taught me in 2022

      January 17, 2023

      E-Brain

      ebrain May update: new website and podcast series

      May 1, 2021

      E-Brain

      EBRA launches 3rd call for clusters

      May 1, 2020

      E-Brain

      News from ebrain

      February 28, 2020

      E-Brain

      ebrain to host the 2019 Neurology Formative Test Questions, from 15 April to 26 May

      April 1, 2019

      Grand Rounds

      eBrain: virtual case report from Belgium

      October 2, 2017

      Grand Rounds

      Free access to Ebrain for EAN members

      July 1, 2016

      Grand Rounds

      Ebrain granted Royal College of Physicians (UK) CPD/CME accreditation

      July 1, 2016

      Grand Rounds

      ebrain session of the month: neuromuscular junction

      February 1, 2016

      Resident and Research Fellows

      Report on the 3rd RRFS National Representative Network meeting in Berlin

      March 22, 2023

      Resident and Research Fellows

      Clinical Fellowship Reports 2022: Brno, Liège & Heeze

      March 21, 2023

      Resident and Research Fellows

      Clinical Fellowship Reports 2022: Grenoble, Prague & London

      March 17, 2023

      Resident and Research Fellows

      Research Fellowship Report 2021 – Pain Research Institute, University of Liverpool

      March 17, 2023

      Fellowship reports

      Clinical Fellowship Reports 2022: Brno, Liège & Heeze

      March 21, 2023

      Fellowship reports

      Clinical Fellowship Reports 2022: Grenoble, Prague & London

      March 17, 2023

      Fellowship reports

      Research Fellowship Report 2021 – Pain Research Institute, University of Liverpool

      March 17, 2023

      Fellowship reports

      Research Fellowship Report 2021 – Neurogenetics Laboratory at UCL, UK

      March 17, 2023

      Education corner

      New EAN Regional Teaching initiative – host an EAN session at your national society’s meeting

      March 30, 2023

      Education corner

      Clinical Fellowship Reports 2022: Brno, Liège & Heeze

      March 21, 2023

      Education corner

      Clinical Fellowship Reports 2022: Grenoble, Prague & London

      March 17, 2023

      Education corner

      Research Fellowship Report 2021 – Pain Research Institute, University of Liverpool

      March 17, 2023

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      In Memoriam: Prof. Johan Aarli, former president of the World Federation of Neurology

      March 28, 2023

      EBC

      EBC & EFPIA launch RETHINKING Alzheimer’s disease White Paper

      March 22, 2023

      EBC

      Registration and call for abstracts launched for 2023 Brain Innovation Days

      March 21, 2023

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      Never say never – or my 8,752 days with neurologists

      March 20, 2023

      EAN Staff Chest-height portrait photo of a woman,

      Never say never – or my 8,752 days with neurologists

      March 20, 2023

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      EAN Head Office Profiles: Abigail & Bernadette

      March 15, 2023

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      EAN Head Office Profiles: Katina & Robertina

      February 2, 2023

      EAN Staff

      EAN Head Office Profiles: Magda & Mira

      December 29, 2022

      Grant opportunities

      1st EAN Science School, 26-29 March 2022: “Pathophysiology of disorders of the nervous system”

      June 18, 2021

      Grant opportunities

      European Commission: Innovation and novelty in medical devices and in vitro diagnostic devices; towards common concepts of innovation-related risk assessments

      November 1, 2019

      Grant opportunities

      GBS|CIDP Foundation International 2020 Research Grant Opportunity

      October 29, 2019

      Grant opportunities

      The Clinical Fellowship application deadline is approaching

      October 1, 2019

      News from EAN member societies Black image titled "In Memoriam" in remembrance of the neurologists lost in the earthquake on 6 February 2023.

      Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria: Statement from President of Turkish Neurological Society

      February 20, 2023

      News from EAN member societies

      14 June: Special publication celebrates 10 years of the European Working Group of People with Dementia

      August 2, 2022

      News from EAN member societies

      14 June: Alzheimer Europe hosts European Parliament Lunch Debate examining EU and WHO policies on neurological conditions

      August 2, 2022

      News from EAN member societies

      22 June: Alzheimer Europe invites applications for its new Anti-Stigma Award

      August 2, 2022

      EBC

      EBC & EFPIA launch RETHINKING Alzheimer’s disease White Paper

      March 22, 2023

      EBC

      Registration and call for abstracts launched for 2023 Brain Innovation Days

      March 21, 2023

      EBC

      Connecting brains for the future: Brain Innovation Days 2022

      November 23, 2022

      EBC

      Final programme available for Brain Innovation Days – Register now!

      September 22, 2022

      EFNA

      OneNeurology European Summit underlines urgent need to prioritise neurology and drive change

      December 31, 2021

      EFNA

      EFNA launch eLearning Platform for neurology advocates

      February 1, 2021

      EFNA

      ‘Me and My Brain’ – Art Competition winners announced!

      February 1, 2021

      EFNA

      Survey on the impact of COVID-19 on neurology service delivery

      November 1, 2020

      News in general

      Registration now open for the launch event of the RETHINKING Alzheimer’s disease White Paper

      December 24, 2022

      News in general

      EAN lecture at the International Neuro-Urology Society annual congress 2022

      May 25, 2022

      News in general

      EPA-EAN Joint Symposium: ‘Etiology and Treatment of the Long Covid-19 Syndrome’ and other highlights at the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry

      May 25, 2022

      News in general

      Organise an EAN-Day or EAN Regional Teaching Course in your Country!

      May 17, 2022

      Patients societies reports

      News from Alzheimer Europe

      March 2, 2020

      Patients societies reports

      News from the WHO

      January 9, 2020

      Patients societies reports

      News from EFIC and the European Pain Forum

      January 3, 2020

      Patients societies reports

      News from EFIC and the European Pain Forum

      January 2, 2020

      Surveys

      COVID-19 and neurology: a survey of previous and continued restrictions on clinical practice, professional education and neuroeconomics

      March 3, 2023

      Surveys

      Help EAN contribute towards the development of a European Pain Research strategy

      December 5, 2022

      Surveys

      Survey: management of covert brain infarction

      October 29, 2021

      Surveys

      Driving with an intracranial tumor

      July 13, 2020

      Forum

      Call for Applications: e-Learning Platform Editor-in-Chief

      August 4, 2020

      Forum

      Neurological News from Denmark VI – the land of the 2nd EAN congress 2016: Pain Research in Denmark from a neurological perspective

      April 1, 2016

      Forum

      Neurological News from Denmark V – the land of the 2nd EAN congress 2016: Clinical Dementia Research in Denmark

      March 1, 2016

      Forum

      Updated recommendations to minimise the risk of the rare brain infection PML with Tysabri – Comment to EMA recommendation

      March 1, 2016

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      EAN News

      New EAN Regional Teaching initiative – host an EAN session at your national society’s meeting

      March 30, 2023

      EAN News

      Sign up now for the European Brain Health Summit 2023 – live online on May 9!

      March 28, 2023

      Academic/Scientific

      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Literature reviews – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

      Academic/Scientific

      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Cross-Sectional Case Control Studies – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

      Executive Page Head and shoulders portrait photo of Irena Rektorova, in colourful dress

      Executive Page: Leadership, mentorship and many more EAN educational opportunities

      March 13, 2023

      Executive Page

      Executive Page: Key EAN events and new projects to strengthen neurology on many levels

      February 14, 2023

      Executive Page

      Executive Page: Submit, register, and join us for EAN 2023

      December 5, 2022

      Executive Page Dear EAN members, dear friends, It is my pleasure to give you an update on behalf of the EAN Scientific Committee following a busy year since my appointment as chair. It has been a privilege to be so deeply involved in the scientific activities of the EAN and to work closely with an amazing community of people who are so dedicated to the advancement of neurology. One of the strongest threads within that community is the EAN’s group of Scientific Panels, which are often referred to as the organisation’s ‘scientific backbone’. The panels have a hand in everything the EAN does from a scientific point of view, including coordinating clinical research, disseminating good practice, assisting in planning the EAN annual congress, supporting the EAN’s educational efforts, and producing guidelines that assist neurologists in daily practice. All of this work requires a considerable amount of oversight, and this is why each panel is run by its own Management Group, elected by the panel members. Being a part of one of these Management Groups (PDF) is an opportunity to play a direct part in determining the direction of scientific progress within Europe, and I am excited to say that the call for applications to stand for election will be announced in September. All panel members and EAN individual members are eligible to apply to be candidates, with the vote being held among the existing panel members in autumn. I would like to urge every neurologist with a passion for the scientific future of their special area of interest to consider standing for election to the relevant Management Group and to look out for the call for applications later this month. I can tell you from personal experience that fulfilling a role such as this within the structure of the EAN is a fascinating and extremely rewarding experience. The chance to take on such a unique leadership position should not be missed! The most satisfying aspect of being involved in the EAN’s organisational structure is surely seeing all the hard work and planning come to fruition when a small idea evolves into a newly launched project. One such example is the 1st EAN Science School, taking place in Salzburg next March. The idea of the Science School is to offer early career neurologists with an interest in translational research a new avenue for learning about basic pathomechanisms of neurological disorders. Application for this very first edition, on ‘Pathophysiology of disorders of the nervous system’, closed last week and we have been delighted with the level of interest. It was a pleasure to be part of the task force in charge of planning this new project and I look forward to seeing it officially transferred to the hands of the Scientific Committee after a successful event and evaluation in spring. Of our ongoing activities, one of the most significant is the EAN Neuro-covid Registry, which aims to collate epidemiological data on neurological manifestations in patients with COVID-19 infection reported by neurologists in outpatient services, emergency rooms, and hospital departments. We currently have 1,542 patients entered in the database, from 35 centres across 23 countries. So far, 29 patients have been followed for 12 months and 387 have completed the 6-months follow up. This is a decent start, but I would like to strongly encourage EAN members and their institutions to get involved and contribute cases to what will become an invaluable resource for neurologists and clinicians to improve care for Covid-19 patients. Finally, I would like share a word on a forthcoming collaboration between EAN and the Human Brain Project in December, that I think will interest a lot of EAN members. The EAN-EBRAINS joint workshop on ‘The future of medical data sharing in clinical neurosciences’ will be a three-day virtual event that aims to discuss issues and challenges associated with data sharing in Europe, from ethics to data safety and privacy, including those specific to data federation, such as the development and validation of federated algorithms. The whole workshop is completely free of charge and registration is open until 25 November, so please check out the details and sign up! I wish you all a healthy and pleasant autumn and I look forward to updating you again. Best wishes Thomas Berger Chair of the EAN Scientific Committee

      Executive Page: New guideline prioritisation process begins setting path for next two years

      November 1, 2022

      Paper of the Month One glowing light bulb that stands out from unlit or dim lamps on a blue background

      Research Highlights of the Month – March 2023

      March 14, 2023

      Paper of the Month

      Research Paper of the Month: Trial of Globus Pallidus Focused Ultrasound Ablation in Parkinson’s Disease

      March 13, 2023

      Paper of the Month

      Research Paper of the Month: Headache attributed to SARS-CoV-2 infection, vaccination and the impact on primary headache disorders of the COVID-19 pandemic

      February 9, 2023

      Paper of the Month

      COVID-19 Paper of the Month: Long covid outcomes at one year after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection: nationwide cohort study

      February 9, 2023

      EAN News

      New EAN Regional Teaching initiative – host an EAN session at your national society’s meeting

      March 30, 2023

      EAN News

      Sign up now for the European Brain Health Summit 2023 – live online on May 9!

      March 28, 2023

      EAN News Mapy of the world made from pills of various sizes, shapes and colours

      EAN endorses MSIF and the WHO Collaborating Centre Bologna’s application to add MS treatments on WHO’s Essential Medicines List

      March 14, 2023

      EAN News Head and shoulders portrait photo of Irena Rektorova, in colourful dress

      Executive Page: Leadership, mentorship and many more EAN educational opportunities

      March 13, 2023

      EAN Congress news

      EAN 2023 Congress Quiz – your chance to win free registration!

      March 14, 2023

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      Win a travel grant for a future EAN congress with our ‘Why Neurology?’ student essay competition!

      March 10, 2023

      EAN Congress news

      New ‘Start-Up Corner’ introduced for EAN 2023 industrial exhibition

      February 13, 2023

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      Register Now for EAN 2023 in Budapest, 1-4 July

      February 10, 2023

      COVID-19

      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Literature reviews – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

      COVID-19

      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Cross-Sectional Case Control Studies – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

      COVID-19

      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Case Series/Case Reports – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

      COVID-19

      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Meta-analyses/systematic reviews – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

      Interviews

      Video Interview: Dementia & Cognitive Disorders Panel Co-Chairs

      September 8, 2022

      Interviews

      Video Interview: Sleep-Wake Panel Co-Chair, Dr. Evelina Pajediene

      July 28, 2022

      Interviews

      Video: EAN supports World Brain Day

      July 19, 2022

      Interviews

      Video Interview: European Journal of Neurology Award winner, Dr. Jonathan Coutinho

      July 18, 2022

  • Academic/Scientific
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      Academic/Scientific

      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Literature reviews – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

      Academic/Scientific

      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Cross-Sectional Case Control Studies – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

      Academic/Scientific

      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Case Series/Case Reports – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

      Academic/Scientific

      COVID-19 Research Round-Up: Meta-analyses/systematic reviews – March 2023

      March 16, 2023

      Breaking news

      COVID-19 Breaking News: Meta-analyses/systematic reviews – November 2022

      November 8, 2022

      Breaking news

      COVID-19 Breaking News: Cross-Sectional Case Control Studies – November 2022

      November 8, 2022

      Breaking news

      COVID-19 Breaking News: Miscellaneous – November 2022

      November 7, 2022

      Breaking news

      COVID-19 Breaking News: Observational Studies – Prospective Longitudinal Cohort – November 2022

      November 7, 2022

      Neurology updates

      Performance of the 2017 and 2010 Revised McDonald Criteria in Predicting MS Diagnosis After a Clinically Isolated Syndrome – A MAGNIMS Study

      September 26, 2022

      Neurology updates

      Relapse-independent disability worsening plays a relevant role in every disease phase of MS

      September 26, 2022

      Neurology updates

      Epstein-Barr virus infection is a major risk factor for the development of multiple sclerosis

      September 26, 2022

      Neurology updates

      Glymphatic system impairment may contribute to multiple sclerosis pathology

      September 23, 2022

      Scientific committee reports

      Scientific Committee Snapshot: Didier Leys

      April 1, 2020

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September 1, 2012

by Ivan Iniesta

INTRODUCTION
In 2011 the widely acclaimed Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer (b. Stockholm, 1931) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality”(2). This article celebrates the poetry of Tomas Tranströmer, a poetry which includes two late collections of poems remarkably written to a large extend after losing his speech.

MUSIC BASED POETRY
In November of 1990 Tranströmer became severely dysphasic and lost the use of his right hand as a result of a stroke. As if anticipating his own fate, in his longest poem Baltics (Östersjöar, 1974) he had referred to the story of a Russian composer who became speechless and hemiplegic after a brain bleed:

“Then, cerebral hemorrhage: paralysis on the right side with aphasia,
can grasp only short phrases, says the wrong words.
Beyond the reach of eulogy or execration
But the music´s left, he goes on composing in his own style,
for the rest of his days he becomes a medical sensation.

He wrote music to texts he no longer understood-
in the same way
we express something through our lives
in the humming chorus full of mistaken words” (3)

Himself a lifelong amateur pianist, Tranströmer also carried playing the piano with his left hand after the stroke, some contemporary pianists composing left handed pieces for him inspired by his post-stroke collection of verse, The Sad Gondola (Sorgegondolen, 1996), such as the Tranströmer Settings for the New European Ensemble’s 2010 tour of Sweden.
Some famous musicians like Ravel, [Richard] Strauss and Prokokiev had already written left-handed piano compositions. In 1928 Maurice Ravel composed The Concerto For The Left Hand in B Major for Paul Wittgenstein, the Austrian pianist who had lost his right arm in the Great War, which enabled him to resume concert performances. Ten years later, in 1933, at the age of 58, the French composer came to the end of his musical career after losing his own speech through a brain insult – of a more progressive nature than that of Tranströmer – that rendered him unable to express musical ideas either in writing or performance (4).
Greatly influenced by the rhythms of classical music, Tranströmer’s poetry is also full of references to music and musicians like Haydn, Schubert, Balakirev, Grieg, Wagner or Liszt. Capable of only uttering a few words since he suffered the stroke, Tranströmer can still express himself through music and enjoys playing some pieces composed for the left-hand by Czech composer Fibich and by the Spanish pianist Mompou.
Featuring in Baltics, Vissarion Shebalin lost most of his language following a stroke in 1959 but continued composing and completed his fifth symphony, which was regarded by his close friend and colleague Dmitri Shostakovich as a brilliant creative work, filled with the highest emotions and full of life. As far as Tranströmer is concerned, he regarded Baltics as his “most consistent attempt to write music (5)”.

PRE-STROKE POETRY
Following the publication of his first poetry book 17 poems (17 dikter) in 1954, Tranströmer has published a collection of poems more or less every four years that is until the year of the stroke (1990), aged 59. Since then, there have been only two more collections of newly published poetry, although some of the poems included in those had been written before the stroke.
The first book of poems published by Tranströmer after the stroke (The Sad Gondola, 1996) was inspired by Liszt’s utterly depressing La Lugubre Gondola, which the Hungarian composer had written whilst visiting his daughter and son-in-law Richard Wagner in Venice. Interestingly, in a letter to his friend and partial translator, Robert Bly, written six months before he suffered the stroke, Tranströmer recalled a recent three week holiday in Venice with his wife Monica (6). His epic poem The Sad Gondola recreates the encounter between the two great musicians and was probably written on returning from Venice and before having the stroke. Likewise, the poem The Cuckoo, given its narrative nature, was probably conceived and written before the stroke. The opening lines of his book The Sad Gondola correspond to those of the poem April in Silence:

“I am carried in my shadow
like a violin
in its black case” (7)

However, this is a poem he had already read aloud and was therefore written before the stroke (8).
Tranströmer’s Memories look at me (Minnena ser mig, 1993) is an extraordinary autobiographical account of the author’s childhood and adolescence experiences which ends just before he embarks in his life-long career as a poet. Published three years after the stroke, these writings are likely to have been written before the stroke, subsequently assembled and probably revised and edited ahead of publication. The title of the autobiography is that of a poem published in his 1983 collection of poems. Responding to a Swedish journalist hours after receiving the Nobel Prize, Tranströmer recommended Memories look at me as a good introduction to his poetic oeuvre (9).

STROKE AND MOTOR (BROCA) APHASIA: THE CONTIGUITY DISORDER
Neurology as a medical specialty was founded in the late 19th century on the basis of localizing dis-functioning structures of the brain according to the anatomico-pathological method. A founding cornerstone of this approach was the 1861 structural localization of expressive language, which was found to reside over the foot of the third left frontal convolution, confirmed by a brain necropsy on a patient of Paul Broca who had suffered from a 20-year history of non-fluent aphasia (10). And so were the evolutionary ideas of John Hughlings Jackson on the dissolution of the nervous system, largely based on his clinical observations of aphasic patients. Since then, neurologists have recognized that almost all patients with expressive aphasia have some degree of difficulty in writing (dysgraphia). In the 20th century A.R. Luria nicely demonstrated how the functions of the brain can be better understood by studying damaged faculties, hence inspiring his fellow countryman Roman Jakobson’s linguistic theories on the two main types of aphasias: motor (alias Broca) and sensory (alias Wernicke). According to Jakobson, those patients who developed predominantly motor aphasia would lose their “ability to propositionize. The context disintegrates. First the relational words are omitted, giving rise to the so-called telegraphic style”(11). The contiguity here is severely affected, giving rise to the loss of relational words and the syntactical pattern, hence resulting in “agrammatism”. Contrary to those affected by a predominantly sensory aphasia, the ability to produce metaphors and the “thesaurus” capacity to find similarities remains relatively intact in patients with efferent or motor aphasia. There is a “regression –Jakobson also uses the Jacksonian term dissolution– towards early infantile stages of language”(12). Such theory was put into practice by Tranströmer himself in his post-stroke? Poem Like Being a Child:

“Like being a child and a sudden insult
is jerked over your head like a sack
through its mesh you catch a glimpse of the sun
and hear the cherry trees humming

No help in that – the great insult
covers your head your torso your knees
you can move sporadically
but can´t look forward to spring

Glimmering woolly hat, pull it down over your face
stare through the stitches.
On the straits the water-rings are crowding soundlessly.
Green leaves are darkening the earth….” (13)

Non-literal language functions linked with the non-dominant right hemisphere and hence preserved in a left hemispheric insult and in particular when emissive or motor aphasia predominates over receptive or sensory aphasia include the use of metaphors, irony, humour, prosody, story comprehension, inference, working memory and behavioural understanding drawing on the beliefs and emotions of other people (theory of mind) as well as music and melody. On the other hand, a severe non-fluent aphasic can only communicate using non-verbal communication skills such as body language and supported communication. Such support is admirably illustrated by Monica Tranströmer during an interview offered by Tomas Tranströmer only hours after he was awarded the Nobel Prize (14).

POST-STROKE POETRY: THE GREAT ENIGMA
Tranströmer’s career as prison psychologist became a significant source of his poetry, as he explains on an interview with Ann Victorin held in Västerås in 1989 and reproduced on BBC Radio 3 in 1990 (15). He was nevertheless surprised not to have been asked more often the opposite question, concerning how his poetry may have affected his work (16). The vast majority of the poetry written by Tranströmer after the stroke consist on haikus: a Japanese poetic form referring to nature which are compressed into three lines and a total of 17 syllables (5-7-5) cutting words. However Tranströmer had already cultivated the haiku since the 1950s. And if we compare a group of nine haikus from Hällby Young Offenders’ Prison written in 1959 (but only published in the 21st century) with those of The Great Enigma (Den Stora Gåtan, 2004), which to a large extend were written after the stroke we can find no significant differences. For, haikus escape syntactical patterns and are intrinsically agrammatical and telegraphic in style. To illustrate this,here is a haiku from his 1959 Prison (Fängelse)

“The boy drinks milk and
Sleeps securelcy in his cell,
A mother of stone.”
(17)

And now from his 2004 collection:

“Here’s a dark picture.
Poverty painted over.
Flowers in prison dress.” (18)

Deprived from his speech, there is hardly any correspondence or narrative poetry left of Tranströmer after the stroke. A poet of concentration prior to the stroke, his poetry became increasingly compressed since the 1980s, as Robert Bly pointed out, but only after the stroke did it become disproportionately brief compared to his pre-stroke production, confining most of his poetry to haikus.
Prior to the stroke a non-prolific writer, after it Tranströmer therefore became even more abbreviated in his writing, through what Seshadri called –in reference to aphasia– the “inner weather of pure meaning” (19). Or, to paraphrase the Swedish poet and Tranströmer expert Niklas Schiöler (author of the thesis on Tranströmer “The Art of concentration” (20)), this increased and to a large extend involuntary concentration of his poetry has resulted in Tranströmer becoming more Tranströmer-like.

What makes Tranströmer a medical sensation –somewhat prophetically announced in Baltics-, is the fact that he managed to continue translating his ideas and images into words, creating language in the absence of speech, in poetry written in accordance with his own prophetic (pre-stroke) motto and last verse of From March 1979 (Från mars – 79):

“Weary of all who come with words, words but no language
I make my way to the snow-covered island.
The untamed has no words.
The unwritten pages spread out on every side!
I come upon the tracks of deer in the snow.
Language but no words” (21)

As the next anniversary of the Nobel Prize in literature approaches, we celebrate the translucent poetry of Tranströmer who was able to turn adversity into opportunity and through music and poetry overcome the great communication barriers imposed by the stroke. A rare living prophet in his own homeland, Tranströmer produced some poetry of the highest calibre, despite severe expressive dysphasia and dysgraphia.

(1) This work is an extension of the abstract entitled “Tomas Tranströmer’s stroke of genius: language but no words”. Short Communications 2: History of neurology, Neurology and Arts SC218. EFNS 2012 and is largely based on the paper Iniesta I. Tomas Tranströmer’s stroke of genius Clin Med 2012; ahead of print, as well as a forthcoming book chapter on “Literature, Neurology and Neuroscience”.
(2) Prof P. Englund’s Nobel Prize Announcement on 6th October 2011. Presented by Nobelprize.org
(3) Tranströmer T. New Collected Poems. Translated by Robin Fulton. Bloodaxe Books. Printed by Bell & Bain: Glasgow; 2011.
(4) Alajouanine T. Aphasia and artistic realization. Brain 1948;74:229–241.
(5) Tranströmer T. New Collected Poems. Translated by Robin Fulton. Bloodaxe Books. Printed by Bell & Bain: Glasgow; 2011.
(6) Tranströmer T, Bly R, Schmidt T, Svensson LH. Air Mail: brev 1964 – 1990. Bonnier: Stockholm, 2001.
(7) Tranströmer T. New Collected Poems. Translated by Robin Fulton. Bloodaxe Books. Printed by Bell & Bain: Glasgow; 2011.
(8) Robertson-Pearce P, Astley N. Tomas Tranströmer. Film available at YouTube.
(9) Interview in Tranströmer’s Stockholm home after the Nobel Prize. Presented by Nobelprize.org
(10) Broca PP. Perte de la parole, ramollissement chronique et destruction partielle du lobe antérieur gauche. [Sur le siège de la faculté du langage.]. Bulletin de la Société d´Anthropologie 1861; 2: 235–238.
(11+12) Jakobson R. Studies on Child Language and Aphasia. The Hague: Mouton; 1971.
(13) Tranströmer T. New Collected Poems. Translated by Robin Fulton. Bloodaxe Books. Printed by Bell & Bain: Glasgow; 2011.
(14) Interview in Tranströmer’s Stockholm home after the Nobel Prize. Presented by Nobelprize.org
(15) Robertson-Pearce P, Astley N. Tomas Tranströmer. Film available at YouTube
(16) Tranströmer T. The Half-Finished Heaven. Translated by Robert Bly. Graywolf Press: Minneapolis, 2001.
(17+18) Tranströmer T. New Collected Poems. Translated by Robin Fulton. Bloodaxe Books. Printed by Bell & Bain: Glasgow; 2011.
(19) Seshadri V. Aphasia. The New Yorker 2004; April 12 issue:42.
(20) Schiöler N. Tolkningar/redaktör. Stockholm: Bonnier, 1999.
(21) Tranströmer T. New Collected Poems. Translated by Robin Fulton. Bloodaxe Books. Printed by Bell & Bain: Glasgow; 2011.

Ivan Iniesta is neurologist, working at The Walton Centre in Liverpool, UK.

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