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by Günther Deuschl Dear colleagues, The European Academy of Neurology (EAN) has been founded on the 3rd of June 2014 in Istanbul. A new era of European neurology is starting because all neurologists in this part of the world have… Continue Reading

With the advent of the European Academy of Neurology just established we have the pleasure to survey the past 14 years, when the Department to Department Cooperation Programme has been running under the agenda of the EFNS. In 2001 the… Continue Reading

31 May – 3 June 2014 At this unique meeting organised by the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) and the European Neurological Society (ENS), a record number of more than 5900 neurologists from 102 countries attended.
The top ten… Continue Reading

....more pictures from the Joint Congress of European Neurology

The congress was really impressive and fantastic, the most attended neurology meeting that ever took place in Europe with almost 6,000 participants! There were a lot of interesting symposia, presentations, teaching courses, and focused workshops, and often it was hard to choose the one to attend, out of the many running at the same time.

The Joint Congress of Neurology, organised by both the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) and the European Neurological Society (ENS), took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 31st of May to 3rd of June, 2014. Istanbul is an historical city… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

We congratulate the winner of the P.K. Thomas Award for the best paper on peripheral nerve disorders at the EFNS-ENS Joint Congress in Istanbul 2014 Luis Querol, Madrid, Spain
Antibodies against neurofascin-155 (NF155) in CIDP associated with disabling tremor, distal… Continue Reading

First pictures from the Joint Congress of European Neurology

I was looking forward to this meeting, but it exceeded all my expectations. Excellent speakers, very relevant topics…. My two highlights were the “Year of the Brain 2014” i.e. the Plenary session and the Tournament in “basic neurology”, in which young neurologists presented their high quality research and competed with others for the Uschi Tschabitscher Prize.

Anthony Schapira, Editor in Chief, European Journal of Neurology interviews Gian Luigi Lenzi, Editor in Chief, Neuropenews Anthony Schapira (AS): Dear Gian Luigi, what are your reflections on the highlights of your participation in the EFNS? Gian Luigi Lenzi (GLL):… Continue Reading

The EFNS Scientist Panels and ENS Subcommittees aim at coordinating different facets of clinical research and good neurological practice at a European level. They will play a very important role in the European Academy of Neurology – EAN. We invited… Continue Reading

by Delia Lenzi Here we are, researchers have announced the creation of a living cell that has two ‘foreign’ DNA building blocks in its genome. We can now start reading a new chapter of science: from the creation of microbes… Continue Reading

Top 10 Articles versus Science Avalanche & Science from a Tweet

This, our last Presidents’ Page, marks the foundation of the EAN. It is adapted from our longer editorial in the European Journal of Neurology which will be the journal of the EAN.