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6th Rijeka Forum on Neurodegenerative Diseases “Neurodegeneration updates and the 30 years of Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis” September 25-28, 2022 This event is organised by the Clinic of Neurology UHC Rijeka together with the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and… Continue Reading

The new EAN President-Elect highlights some hopes and objectives for the future of the EAN, including updates on the work of the Covid-19 Task Force and the Coordinating Panel on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Neurology.

Our research paper of the month presents the results of the ‘SWIFT direct’ trial, a randomised, open-label, blinded-outcome trial, aiming to investigate whether thrombectomy alone would be non-inferior to thrombectomy plus intravenous alteplase in patients with acute ischaemic stroke due to anterior circulation large vessel occlusion.

The EAN Neuro-covid ReGistrY has now collected over 3,400 cases from more than 40 centres all over the world. Get involved!

During EAN 2022 Prof. Paul Boon and Prof. Claudio Bassetti recorded a short chat about brain health ahead of World Brain Day on July 22, which this year has the theme 'brain health for all'.

Our highlighted selection of Covid-related case series or case reports from the scientific press for July 2022.

Our highlighted selection of Covid-related meta-analyses and systemic reviews from the scientific press for July 2022.

Prof. Didier Leys, Editor-in-Chief of the European Jounal of Neurology, talks to the winner of the first EJoN prize, Dr. Jonathan Coutinho.

Our editors' pick of Covid-related cross-sectional case control studies from the scientific press for July 2022.

With relatively few chances for EAN staff and members to meet in person, we decided to use this platform to present the team behind the scenes. This month it's time to meet Anja, our Executive Director.

You can now watch the entire Opening Session from the 8th Annual Congress of the European Academy of Neurology on the EAN Vimeo channel.

On the final day of EAN 2022, the EAN presidency was handed over to the new president, Prof. Paul Boon, chairman and senior full professor of neurology at Ghent University Hospital and Director of 4Brain at Ghent University.

Our research paper of the month is a meta-analysis investigating the influence of intraventricular fibrinolysis on functional outcomes in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage.

Our authors of the month conducted this study in which COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms and cognitive impairments, underwent DMI in the subacute stage of the disease.

During the EAN 2022 Congress, EAN Scientific Committee Chair, Prof. Thomas Berger took the opportunity to chat with Prof. Wolfgang Grisold, President of the World Federation of Neurology.