Research

  The panel met during the EAN Congress on June 25, 2017 from 10 am to 12 am with Fabio Antonaci and Stefan Evers as Co-Chairs and 14 other members.   1) Guidelines The guideline on trigeminal neuralgia is in… Continue Reading

  On the occasion of the 2017 Amsterdam conference the EAN Autonomic Nervous Disorders panel gave an overview of their activities and set future goals. After welcoming words by the panels chair Professor Max Hilz, the panel members reviewed the… Continue Reading

  Vincenzo Silani and Albert Ludolph welcomed the members. It was emphasized that the Collaboration with the ALS/FTD Panel with the European ALS Group and the WFN Research Group on ALS/MND is excellent. The EAN Panel is preparing guidelines for… Continue Reading

  The SP Neuropathies met during recent EAN Congress in Amsterdam. Co-chairs Davide Pareyson (DP) and Peter Van den Bergh (PVdB) welcomed the 16 attending members. The following themes and activities were discussed. 1) The relationship with the Peripheral Nerve… Continue Reading

  The EAN Specialist Panel “Neurocritical Care” held its annual meeting on the 25th June 2017 during the EAN Congress in Amsterdam. Chair: Maxwell Damian. Management Group members present: Erich Schmutzhard and Raimund Helbok. The Chair welcomed the attendees and… Continue Reading

  SP Neuroimaging met during recent EAN Congress in Amsterdam. Co-chairs Massimo Filippi from Italy and Irena Rektorova from Czech Republic reviewed Panel activities at the EAN congresses and announced proposals which have been selected for the Lisbon 2018 congress:… Continue Reading

Please find below articles from Cypriot authors and co-authors that were published in the European Journal of Neurology

For November 2017, we have selected: Mittal S, Bjørnevik K, Im DS, et al. ß2-Adrenoreceptor is a regulator of the α-synuclein gene driving risk of Parkinson’s disease. Science 2017;140:2295-2305. Disturbed proteostasis of α-synuclein is now thought to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Physiological functions of this protein include synaptic transport as well as involvement in the metabolism of membrane phospholipids, and in the differentiation and survival of dopaminergic neurons.

  The actual and ongoing agenda of the EAN – NeuroOncology Panel was presented during the EAN 2017 in Amsterdam at the Panel meeting. The following activities were discussed in detail:   Guidelines, provided by the EAN-Scientific Panels, are one… Continue Reading

  SP on Dementia and Cognitive Disorders Panel met during recent EAN Congress in Amsterdam. Co-chairs Reinhold Schmidt from Austria and Jakub Hort from Czech Republic welcomed members and announced that Prof. Dafin Muresanu from Romania has been appointed as… Continue Reading

  The Panel met at the EAN Congress in Amsterdam and the Co-Chairs presented the main points from the Panel Chairs meeting.  It was agreed that the Panel would approach all members to suggest a Neurologist in training to join… Continue Reading

A new guideline on cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) diagnosis and treatment issued by the European Stroke Organization (ESO) and endorsed by the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) was recently published in ESO (long version) and EAN (abbreviated version) official journals [1, 2].

It is a pleasure to share with the European neurological community the outcome of the first teaching course for rare neurological diseases. The course took place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from 7th to 9th September 2017.

For October 2017, we have selected: Andersen G, Hedermann G, Witting N, Duno M, Andersen H, Vissing J. The antimyotonic effect of lamotrigine in non-dystrophic myotonias: a double-blind randomized study. Brain 2017;140:2295-2305. Patients with myotonia congenita and paramyotonia congenita can be disabled by the myotonic phenomenon in the activities of daily living, with a huge impact on their quality of life.