EAN News

Prof. Per Soelberg Sørensen, former Editor of the European Journal of Neurology (1994-2003) talks about his role in the journal's development, as part of our series celebrating its 30th anniversary.

The European Academy of Neurology (EAN) hosted the latest European Brain Health Summit on 7 May, bringing together key international voices to raise awareness of brain health and provide an opportunity for dialogue and collaboration between stakeholders, this time under the title 'From managing neurological disorders to promoting Brain Health in Europe'.

EAN President, Paul Boon, reviews the recent Brain Health Summit - which saw the attendance of Queen Mathilde of the Belgians - as well as a host of other brain health related activity.

In our Paper of the Month for May, researchers traced the trajectory of Alzheimers biomarkers, for the first time employing a longitudinal design, with impressive, groundbreaking results.

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 May 2024.

The EAN Guideline Production Group (GPG) invites EAN Scientific Panel members, EAN individual members, and EAN Guideline Task Force members to join the forthcoming EAN Guideline Workshop on Friday, 28 June at 12:00 – 17:30 EEST.

A Joint Session between SIMeGeN and EAN will be held at the Congress of the Società Italiana di Medicina di Genere nelle Neuroscienze on 9 May in Milan.

The 10th edition of the European Stroke Organisation Conference includes a Joint Session with the EAN, on Brain Care: Integrating Prevention of Common Age-Related Brain Diseases into Primary Care, on 17 May.

The European Academy of Neurology is looking for Observing Editors support the Editor-in-Chief in developing, communicating, and constantly adapting the publication strategy of the eanCampus for a two-year term.

Former EFNS President, Prof. Jes Olesen, talks about his role in founding the European Journal of Neurology in the first interview in a new series celebrating 30 years of the journal.

The EAN is excited to be offering one special Hands-On Course at EAN 2024 free of charge. Only available to onsite participants on a first-come-first-served basis.

The EAN held another very successful Congress Masterclass, in Dresden on 22 March, covering the topic “Brain Health in common and rare neurological disease”.

EAN Education Committee Chair, Irena Rektorová, looks at 10 years of successful EAN educational projects and highlights some imminent application openings and deadlines.

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 April 2024.

Our paper of the month for April is the latest work by the Global Burden of Diseases Collaborator Network, which has found that neurological conditions are the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide, with over 3.4 billion people worldwide are affected.