We congratulate the winners of the Investigator Awards for their presentation during the EFNS-ENS Joint Congress of European Neurology in Istanbul 2014!
The Prize consists of an Award certificate & €500,-
Ina Almdahl, Oslo, Norway: Selective affection of hippocampal subfields in pre-dementia is related to spinal fluid amyloidbeta and tau awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Dementia and cognitive disorders
Helena Ariño, Barcelona, Spain: Cerebellar ataxia associated with glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 autoantibodies (GAD65-ab). Long-term impact of immunotherapy awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Neuroimmunology
Georgina Arrambide, Barcelona, Spain: Contribution of spinal cord MR to the diagnosis of patients with clinically isolated syndromes suggestive of multiple sclerosis
awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Multiple sclerosis
Ion Beratis, Athens, Greece: Prediction of driving performance in patients with Parkinson’s disease: preliminary findings on the role of the Comprehensive Trail Making Test awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Higher cortical functions
Marie Blonski, Nancy, France: Identification and quantification of CSF malignant cells by the CellSearch® technology in patients with lung leptomeningeal metastasis awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Neuro-oncology
Emilian Bogdan Ignat, Iasi, Romania: The effect of functional electrical stimulation on gait parameters in stroke survivors awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Neurorehabilitation
Elisa Canu, Milan, Italy: Structural connectivity in patients with major depression with or without generalized anxiety disorder comorbidity awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Neuroimaging
Angelika Derksen, Düsseldorf, Germany: Deletion of ADAM10 in axons impairs axonal outgrowth and remyelination in the PNS awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Neuropathies
Teimuraz Gigineishvili, Tbilisi, Georgia: Primary brain tumours incidence in Georgia – a three-year prospective population-based study awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Neuroepidemiology
Tobias Haack, Munich, Germany: Molecular diagnosis and disease gene identification in neurological disorders using exome sequencing awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Neurogenetics
Harald Hegen, Innsbruck, Austria: Serum glucose adjusted cut-off values for normal cerebrospinal fluid/serum glucose Ratio awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Infectious diseases
Hildegard Hidalgo, Katzenelnbogen, Germany: Post-H1N1 narcolepsy-cataplexy in Germany: case series of 9 children and adolescents awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Sleep-wake disorders
Guntram Ickenstein, Aue, Germany: Clinical parameters for the relationship between migraine and persistent foramen ovale (PFO)-closure awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Headache
Elsa Juan, Lausanne, Switzerland: Long-term cognitive and functional outcome after cardiac arrest and therapeutic hypothermia: a prospective study awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Coma and chronic disorders of consciousness
Letizia Leocani, Milan, Italy: Visual evoked potentials and optic coherence tomography in monitoring multiple sclerosis awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Clinical neurophysiology
Ralph Maguire, Basel, Switzerland: Brain distribution of MS565, an imaging analogue of siponimod (BAF 312), in non-human primates awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Translational neurology
Elisabetta Molesti, Florence, Italy: A health technology assessment protocol in children: pediatric neuromuscular ultrasound normative data awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Child neurology
Irene Pulido-Valdeolivas, Madrid, Spain: Study of correlation between scale for the assessment and rating of ataxia, ocular movements and clinical items in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Neuro-ophthalmology and –otology
Richard Roxburgh, Auckland, New Zealand: Autonomic dysfunction is a major feature of the cerebellar ataxia, neuropathy and vestibular areflexia “CANVAS” syndrome which can mimic multiple system atrophy awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Autonomic nervous system disorders
Petra Schwingenschuh, Graz, Austria: Validation of “laboratory-supported” criteria for functional Tremor awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Movement disorders
Ivana Stetkarova, Prague, Czech Republic: Electrophysiological and histological changes of paraspinal muscles in idiopathic scoliosis awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Neurotraumatology
Federico Verde, Milan, Italy: A case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with distal agenesis of an upper limb, hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia, and hypocupraemia
awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel ALS and frontotemporal dementia
Milorad Vujnic, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Metabolic syndrome in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 awarded by the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panel Muscle disorders
