EAN Congress news

Professor Kristl Vonck and Professor Radu Tanasescu introduced the Special Session on the gut brain axis on Saturday afternoon, with lectures given by four experts in this field: Professor Sarah Vascellari, Professor Hartmut Wekerle, Professor Filip Scheperjans and Professor Katrien De Looze.

The first of the new series of Advocacy Talks was dedicated to the topic of general health of the brain, unlike the others, which are concentrating on specific diseases. The talk ran live on EAN TV and was moderated by… Continue Reading

by Juliette Dufour This is the return of the Brain Challenge after one year missing because of the COVID-19 pandemic! Hosted once again by Professor Marie Vidailhet, this year the level was really high. Two teams faced each other with… Continue Reading

by Antonella Macerollo This amazing session was focused on the current diagnostic biomarkers to improve the differential diagnosis of parkinsonian syndromes, which is still the highest challenge in the movement disorder clinical practice. The session covered broad updates on several… Continue Reading

As it has done globally for the past 18 months, COVID-19 attracted plenty of attention on Saturday, in the first Special Session of EAN 2021, as experts from a range of backgrounds addressed the impact and outcomes of the pandemic from a variety of perspectives.  … Continue Reading

by Martin Rakusa The symposium covered specific cognitive deficits of spatial memory, orientation, and navigation which may be clinical biomarkers for Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). After a short introduction by professor Thomas Brandt, professor Vladislava Segen… Continue Reading

by Benedetta Bodini This interesting session covering the mechanisms and the best strategies to treat epilepsy resulting from stroke, brain infection, and traumatic brain injury, started with a lecture by Prof Pitkänen from Finland, who discussed post-stroke and post-traumatic epileptogenesis.… Continue Reading

by Viktoria Papp This interesting session summarised the latest developments in targeted treatment for primary brain tumours and metastases, also illustrating how molecular diagnostics has contributed to this field. At present, precision medicine has become one of the most promising… Continue Reading

Alongside preparing for the congress, we’ve spent the last few months asking various important people connected with the event which sessions they most strongly recommend to other participants. To give you a little helping hand in planning your own schedule, we’re compiling those recommendations for… Continue Reading

by Isabella Colonna The session ‘Personalized palliative care for chronic progressive neurological disease’ was held in co-operation with the European Association for Palliative Care and focused on the role of palliative care in neurological disorders. The first lecture was ‘Advancing… Continue Reading

The seventh EAN congress officially got under way on Friday, June 18, with the meeting’s first plenary symposium, the Opening Session, marking the start of the academy’s second virtual congress. Following a year of continued challenges since the previous congress, EAN has adapted further to the ongoing global circumstances and—drawing on… Continue Reading

Dr Tom Jenkins, Editor-in-chief, EAN website Professor Claudio Bassetti introduced the Five Presidents Symposium on sleep disorders on Saturday morning, co-chaired with Professor Ulf Kallweit, with lectures given by the presidents of five major neurological associations: Professor James Stevens, past… Continue Reading

By Riccardo Soffietti, Stine Knudsen-Heier (Education Committee) and the RRFS EAN is happy to announce the launch of a new fellowship – the Student Teaser Fellowship. One of EAN’s priorities is to foster interest and connection to the very early… Continue Reading

Prof. Maria Stamelou & Prof. Günther Deuschl, Co-Chairs Ethics and Quality Task Force Dear Congress Participants, Every year, the EAN Ethics and Quality Task Force collects and analyses your feedback regarding the quality of the sessions attended during the EAN… Continue Reading

Dr Tom Jenkins, Editor-in-chief, EAN website We are proud to present the launch of 45,000 Brains at our Congress this year.  This is a new forum for neurologists in the EAN to discuss difficult cases on the EAN website. The… Continue Reading