EAN Congress news

The special session of the Residents and Research Fellow Section (RRFS) took place on Sunday 25.06.2017 during the EAN congress 2017 in Amsterdam. This year the special session was held in a novel format with the aim to create a more informal environment between juniors and senior researchers and clinicians.

Symposium 6: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) as a model of interaction between cognition, behaviour and motor impairment Chairpersons: 
Albert C. Ludolph, Ulm, Germany
Yolande A.L. Pijnenburg, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, The Netherlands The neuropathology of ALS… Continue Reading

Memories from the 3rd EAN Congress in Amsterdam find yourself, a colleague or a friend in the Amsterdam photo-gallery        Amsterdam 2017: Memories from the 3rd EAN Congress – view the photo gallery was last modified: July 31st,… Continue Reading

Chairpersons:
Bernard Uitdehaag, Guenther Deuschl, Paul Boon
during the Highlight session the most prominent topics of the congress were given special recognition: Stroke
Veerle De Herdt, , Belgium Multiple Sclerosis
Rogier Q. Hintzen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Degenerative disorders including dementia… Continue Reading

ESO/EAN symposium 7: uncommon cerebrovascular diseases Chairpersons:
Stefan Engelter, Basel, Switzerland
C.J.M. (Karin) Klijn, AMERSFOORT, The Netherlands Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: how to recognise it?
Anne Ducros, Montpellier, France Cervical artery dissection: where are we now?
Stefan Engelter, Basel, Switzerland… Continue Reading

CME TOPICAL SYMPOSIUM: Spinal muscular atrophy Chairperson
Ulrike Schara, Essen, Germany
Enrico Bertini, Roma, Italy Diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy
W.Ludo Van Der Pol, Utrecht, The Netherlands Clinical aspects of spinal muscular atrophy
Ulrike Schara, Essen, Germany Therapy and management… Continue Reading

The third Women in Neurology Session: is the landscape really changing with respect to the gender gap? The “Challenges in for Women in Neurology” lunch session took place for the third time at EAN 2017 and featured three successful practitioners… Continue Reading

ILAE-CEA/EAN: Recent and upcoming new drugs and devices for the treatment of epilepsy CHAIRPERSONS: Meir Bialer, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL Paul Boon, GHENT, BELGIUM 25 years new anti-epileptic drugs – did they make a difference?
Eugen Trinka, SALZBURG, AUSTRIA New anti-epileptic drugs… Continue Reading

Amsterdam, 26 June 2017 – The Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) in Amsterdam received a royal visit today: H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands attended the major scientific event at RAI Amsterdam, in which over 6,000 people… Continue Reading

Plenary Symposium 2: Presidential Symposium Main Auditorium, Sunday, June 25, 2017, 10:00-12:00 Chairperson Günther Deuschl, Kiel, Germany
Selma C Tromp, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands Moritz Romberg Lecture – Epilepsy: Where do we stand? Where are we headed?
Christian E. Elger, Bonn,… Continue Reading

The 3rd Congress of the EAN had its official opening on Saturday evening, June 24. Prof. Bernard Uitdehaag, chair of the local organizing committee, welcomed the 2,000 attendees to the ceremony. He illustrated the overarching theme of this year congress,… Continue Reading

During the Assembly of Delegates at the Amsterdam Congress, Professor Deuschl acknowledged Professor Pavel Kalvach’s longstanding tribute to the EAN, and also the former EFNS, as organizer of the EAN Spring School in Staré Splavy for the past 18 years.… Continue Reading

Syposium 4: Neuroscience of sleep Forum, Saturday, June 24, 2017, 10:30-12:30 Chairperson: Pierre Maquet, Liege, Belgium
Claudio Bassetti, Bern, Switzerland Effects of sleep/circadian disruption on cognition
Pierre Maquet, Liege, Belgium Sleep deprivation and diabetes/obesity
J A Hans Romijn, Amsterdam, The… Continue Reading