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  by Anna Sauerbier   EMA’s support to Multiple Sclerosis Registry initiative
http://www.emsp.org/news-messages/jam-packed-september-updates-emsps-meeting-european-medicines-agency/ Breakthrough study could revolutionise MS treatment http://www.pharmafile.com/news/515381/breakthrough-study-could-revolutionise-ms-treatment Sniff test could detect Parkinson’s disease up to a decade earlier http://parkinsonslife.eu/sniff-test-could-detect-parkinsons-disease/ Press Release: Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is a… Continue Reading

by Anna Sauerbier This year the 90th annual Congress of the German Neurological Society (deutsche Gesellschaft der Neurologie – DGN) took place in the Congress Centre in Leipzig, Germany on September  20-23, 2017. The congress was attended by around 6,000… Continue Reading

    by Anna Sauerbier     September is World Alzheimer’s Month
https://www.worldalzmonth.org/ Dementia: why don’t we have any treatments yet?
https://www.insight.mrc.ac.uk/2017/09/21/dementia-dont-treatments-yet/ Standardisation of Alzheimer’s biomarkers’ testing
https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/science-update/standardisation-alzheimers-biomarkers-testing 7th European symposium on the “Societal Impact of Pain” (SIP 2017)
https://www.sip-platform.eu/files/editor/media/sip2017/Proceedings/SIP%202017%20Proceedings_v1.0.pdf… Continue Reading

    By Anna Sauerbier     Can a diabetes drug be repurposed to treat Parkinson’s too? http://parkinsonslife.eu/can-diabetes-drug-repurposed-treat-parkinsons/   The ParkinsonNet programme http://parkinsonslife.eu/parkinsonnet-starbucks-formula-new-approach-parkinsons-treatment-bas-bloem/   Scientists discover how the brain’s hypothalamus controls ageing – and manage to slow it down https://theconversation.com/scientists-discover-how-the-brains-hypothalamus-controls-ageing-and-manage-to-slow-it-down-81510… Continue Reading

  by Anna Sauerbier         Neuroscience-based Nomenclature
https://www.ecnp.eu/research-innovation/nomenclature.aspx?ec_as=B7D865F484714A188FBBD8563A5F7CF8  New Alzheimer Europe publication highlights inequalities in access to dementia care and treatment across Europe
http://cordis.europa.eu/news/rcn/141444_en.html?&WT_mc_id=email-Notification Alzheimer Europe launches European Dementia Monitor 2017 at the European Parliament
http://alzheimer-europe.org/News/Alzheimer-Europe/Tuesday-27-June-2017-AE-launches-European-Dementia-Monitor-2017-at-the-European-Parliament Atomic… Continue Reading

by Mubasher Qamar and Anna Sauerbier The annual international congress of Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders Society (IPMDS) took place in, Vancouver, Canada, on June 4-8th 2017. This four-day congress encompassed several key lectures from basic neuroscience to new clinical… Continue Reading

The event entitled “Expanding Brain Research in Europe: A societal Need?” prompted excellent debate and discussion among the speakers and audience throughout the meeting. Key speakers were: Monica Di Luca – Vice President of EBC, and former President of FEN),… Continue Reading

Major research funders and international NGOs to implement WHO standards on reporting clinical trial results