Simon Lee

Each month the EANpages editorial team reviews the scientific press for recently published papers of outstanding interest to neurologists. Here we present our selection for March 2023.

MSIF’s application to add Multiple Sclerosis treatments to the WHO Essential Medicines List has the potential to put MS higher on the agenda of the WHO and individual countries.

Take our Congress Quiz and you could win free registration* for the highly anticipated 9th Annual Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, in Budapest, 1-4 July.

The eanCampus is happy to support brain science by participating in Brain Awareness Week (March 13-19) for the month of March! All content on Brain Health on the eanCampus has been made open access, and multiple episodes of eanCast: Weekly Neurology will focus on the topic.

Originally planned for 2020, but postponed due to the pandemic, the Spanish EAN-Day was finally held in November 2022, in Seville, the future venue of the EAN 2025 congress.

EAN Education Committee Chair, Irena Rektorová, gives an update on new projects, upcoming deadlines, and some exciting additions to existing educational programmes.

Our paper of the month presents the results of a prospective, double-blind, randomised, sham-controlled trial involving 16 centres and investigating the safety and efficacy of unilateral FUSA of the globus pallidus internus in patients with medication-refractory idiopathic PD.

The EAN Student Task Force is delighted to announce the return of the very popular ‘Why Neurology?’ essay competition this spring, before the 9th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, in Budapest, 1-4 July 2023

Our latest Students’ Corner article submission was on the topic ‘What is it like to be a student on a neurology placement?‘. Here we present those winning essays. Happy reading!

EAN President, Paul Boon, provides an update on some upcoming major EAN events (including EAN 2023) and freshly launched EAN projects.

We all know it. Falling in love produces a pounding heartbeat. Our symbol for love is the heart. But what happens when we experience emotions like romantic love or sexual desire is better explained by brain physiology than heartbeats.

Our pick of COVID-19-related cross-sectional case control studies from the scientific press for February 2023.

Our highlighted selection of Covid-related case series or case reports from the scientific press for Febuary 2023.

We are introducing a special discounted fee for start-ups in the new Start-Up Corner area of our exhibition at EAN 2023. Find out more!

Registration is open for the 9th Annual Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, with reduced early fees available until 26 April