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Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) became famous as arctic explorer, politician, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. What is less known, is that Fridtjof Nansen was the first Norwegian to achieve a Ph.D. in brain research. He was curator at Bergen Museum, where he studied the nervous system in primitive animals. He published his thesis in 1887. He showed that nerve cells did not work as a syncytium, but as single cells within membranes, and with no direct connections between them. He was the first to formulate and give substantial proof for the neuron theory that later gave Santiago Ramon y Cajal and Camillo Golgi the Nobel Prize in 1906. In his thesis Nansen wrote:

The United Kingdom (UK) is noted for its diverse and varied populace with approximately 66 million people living in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland- which together make up the UK. Giants Causeway Northern Ireland The earliest place of medical training in Britain was in 1123 at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the first formal medical school was Edinburgh University in 1726. Currently, we have 33 medical schools: 25 in England, five in Scotland, two in Wales and one in Northern Ireland. There are currently 6,000 medical students who graduate each year, which will rise to 7,500 by 2025.

28 February 2019 is the twelfth international Rare Disease Day coordinated by EURORDIS. On and around this day hundreds of patient organisations from countries and regions all over the world will hold awareness-raising activities. The theme for Rare Disease Day 2019 is 'Bridging health and social care' focusing on bridging the gaps in the coordination between medical, social and support services in order to tackle the challenges that people living with a rare disease and their families around the world face every day.

In this month’s EAN Pages, we have the top 10 European Journal of Neurology (EJoN) articles from 2018, selected by EJoN editor-in-chief, Professor Tony Schapira. His choices reflect the full spectrum of neurological disorders, from evidence-based practice guidelines in MS, stroke and applications of PET, to original studies in Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, MS, and subarachnoid haemorrhage

Join the traditional concert from Neurologists to Neurologists on Sunday, June 30, 2019 at 20.30 h Norges Varemesse, Room Berlin.

As in the previous years, EANpages asked EAN committee members, panel chairs, and invited speakers  which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Oslo 2019. Please find their answers below!

Professor Jesus Lafuente is president of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) www.eans.org.

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The Guidelines of the Spanish Neurological Society have been included in our Guideline Reference Centre. Take a look here ! You can filter by language and issuing body. We are currently working on including all national neurological guidelines from our member societies! We will keep you updated.

Members of the Scientific Panel on Sleep-Wake disorders (LaTorre et al.) have published an article on "T cells in patients with narcolepsy target self-antigens of hypocretin neurons" in Nature Neurology. You can find the article here.

TO: WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Epilepsy is the most common and potentially devastating chronic neurological disease that affects people across the lifespan. In Europe, epilepsy affects 6 million people (prevalence 8/1000) and the lifetime cumulative prevalence of epilepsy… Continue Reading

Dedicated to 120 clinical neurologists in training who did not yet complete their residency/ clinical speciality training who wish to boost their knowledge and to get the chance to enable personal contacts among participants and faculty members. Contributions to the optimal organisation of neurological care, neurological services and postgraduate education throughout Europe will be presented.

The Norwegian Brain Council, established in 2007, was one of the first of its kind in Europe. The initiative for it came from key members of the Norwegian Neurological Association, and today the council is seen as a key contributor to the Norwegian health system.

Prof. Dafin Muresanu (DF): Dear Prof. Flodmark can you please introduce the European Board of Interventional Neurology – EBNI to the readers of the EAN Pages. Prof. Olof Flodmark (OF): European Board of Neurointervention – EBNI is an independent European Society formed with the aim to support a multidisciplinary approach to neurointerventions by providing guidelines for practice and training and by recognizing individual competence and skills in neurointerventions.

As in the previous years, EANpages asked EAN committee members, panel chairs, and invited speakers  which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Oslo 2019. Please find their answers below!