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Elena Moro (EM): As incoming co-chair of the Scientific Panel “Coma and chronic disorders of consciousness” can you briefly introduce yourself and your specific field of expertise to the Neuropenews readers. Karin Diserens (KD): Specialised in Neurology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation I have focused my activity on developing Neurorehabilitation by creating the first Neurorehabilitation centres in the French part of Switzerland.

by Antonella Macerollo Writing appropriate questions with single best answer (SBA) is a complex skill which requires scientific knowledge related to several neurological topics. However, it is really known that it is not enough. Indeed, the question/SBA writing skill requires… Continue Reading

Elena Moro (EM): As incoming co-chair of the Scientific Panel “Muscle and NMJ disorders” can you briefly introduce yourself and your specific field of expertise to the EANpages readers. Benedikt Schoser has more than 20 years’ experience as a neurologist and myopathologist in a variety of areas of neuromuscular disorders, including myopathological, structural, biochemical and molecular genetic muscle research, and clinical trials.

Report from Anna Latorre, Rome, Italy visiting the Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorder - UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square - London, UK under supervision of Prof. Kailash Bhatia

Are you interested to take actively part in the educational activities of EAN? Are you keen to improve your skills on writing educational questions linked to EJN papers? If so, why not consider to apply to become a member of… Continue Reading

Elena Moro (EM): As incoming co-chair of the Scientific Panel “Neuroimaging” can you briefly introduce yourself and your specific field of expertise to the EANpages readers. Irina Rektorova (IR): I am neurologist at the Department of Neurology, University hospital and School of Medicine in Brno, Czech Republic, Head of the Centre for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, and Head of the Applied Neuroscience Research Group at Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University in Brno.

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Elena Moro (EM): As incoming co-chair of the Scientific Panel “Translational Neurology” can you briefly introduce yourself and your specific field of expertise to the EANpages readers. Massimo Pandolfo (MP): I am currently professor of neurology and director of the Laboratory of Experimental Neurology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels, Belgium, and chief of neurology at the ULB-Erasme University Hospital in Brussels.

In 2015, up to 5 scientific and up to 3 educational fellowships will be offered to support young European neurologists to carry out research projects in clinical and basic neurology. The objective is to support young and active neurologists wishing… Continue Reading

Gian Luigi Lenzi (GLL): As Secretary General to EAN, can you illustrate the role you give to EAN within the community of European Neurologists? Didier Leys (DL): The EAN is a society of both individual members and national societies. This… Continue Reading

by Hannah Cock The end of the traditional academic year will see thousands of new doctors across Europe start post-graduate medical training in clinical neurosciences, and many more starting to work as new doctors for the first time, so is… Continue Reading

  by Wolfgang Grisold   Earlier this year, the first Joint Congress of European Neurology took place in Istanbul. This was the final stage in the process of merging the two European neurological societies — the European Neurological Society (ENS) and… Continue Reading

The first paper that I would like to point out to the Neuropenews readers has been published on the prestigious PNAS (Tang-Schomer et al; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 10.1073/pnas.1324214111.(2014), and it is reporting about a model of the six-layer human cortical brain tissue. Biological models as well as computer models (see Lancet Neurology, August 2014) look like very “hot spots” in the neuroscience panorama.

by Delia Lenzi Two seriously ill volunteers, Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, received three monoclonal antibodies, never before administered to humans. Both of them have now complitely recovered. The treatment has generated hope, suspicion, and accusations of inequity. Read more… Continue Reading