EAN News

Our Paper of the Month for November is a meta-analysis investigating the safety and efficacy of oral anticoagulation for prevention of major cardiovascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation and previous spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage.

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 November 2023.

Representatives of the European Society of Neuroradiology, the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, and the EAN met at the ESNR Annual Meeting in September to discuss potential areas of cooperation.

Prof. Claudio Bassetti and Dr Marina Τüzün presented the design of the Burden of Sleep/Wake Disorders: Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Insomnia project and the initial results of the pilot study currently taking place in Bern.

The EAN was invited to share information about the Brain Health Mission at two recent events in the 17th district of Vienna; the District Health and Social Fair, and the Brain Health Day.

We are looking for a Social Media Editor to join our team at the European Journal of Neurology to establish and manage a dedicated social media presence for the journal.

EAN President, Paul Boon, provides an update on recent and forthcoming events, including brain health activities in the US, the EAN Brain Health Summit on 16 November, and the National Neurological Societies Forum.

Our Paper of the Month for October 2023 is a multicentre, prospective, randomised clinical trial investigating whether transdermal nicotine may have a disease-modifying effect in early, therapy-naïve Parkinson's disease.

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 October 2023.

EAN President, Prof. Paul Boon, and Past President, Prof. Claudio Bassetti took part in the Brain Health & Research Day at the Science Summit as part of the 78th United Nations General Assembly on 18 September.

The Board of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) would like to express our deepest sympathy on behalf of all EAN members to those affected by the recent earthquake in Morocco.

The EAN is pleased to announce the creation of a new Coordinating Panel on Functional Neurological Disorders. All EAN Individual Members with an interest in this field are encouraged to apply!

We want you to be the first to know that from January 1, 2024 we will be fully open access, with new articles free to read and share.

EAN Scientific Committee Chair, Thomas Berger on the forthcoming Mangement Group elections, new guidelines, and the EAN's readiness to support EU Horizon applications.

Our paper of the month presents the results of a randomised trial assessing AXER-204, a soluble decoy fragment of NgR1 able to block the action of three inhibitors of the axonal growth in individuals with chronic traumatic cervical SCI.