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For July 2021, we have selected: Greinacher A. et al, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia after ChAdOx1 nCov-19 Vaccination. N Engl J Med. 2021 Jun 3;384(22):2092-2101. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2104840.

Dr Antonella Macerollo, Editor-in-chief, EANpages Professor Moro and Professor Ferretti introduced the Special Session on the EAN gender and diversity task force, which is investigating the impact of sex and gender-related differences in the management of neurological disorders. It is… Continue Reading

by Isabella Colonna The session ‘Neurology training in Africa: future perspectives’ was  organised in co-operation with the African Academy of Neurology (AFAN) and was moderated by Dr. Augustina Charway-Fell. The first lecture, entitled ‘Neurology training in West Africa’, was presented… Continue Reading

by Martin Rakusa Lectures in the third plenary symposium covered state of the art topics from artificial intelligence to new biomarkers and the most expensive drugs in the world. However, with fast progress comes also a great responsibility and new… Continue Reading

Chairs: Riadh Gouider and Maged Abd El-Naseer The first speaker, Marwa Farghaly, started the session with a presentation on ‘Dementia in Arab world: challenges and new hope’. According to her findings, the Middle-East North-Africa (MENA) countries are the fastest growing… Continue Reading

Dr Antonella Macerollo, Editor-in-chief, EANpages Professor Moro introduced the networking session dedicated to challenges for women in the field of neurology. Three female colleagues from different countries and with different backgrounds were involved in this session to provide advice to… Continue Reading

Dr Tom Jenkins, Editor-in-chief, EAN website This session, chaired by Professor Massimo Filippi, pitted two world-leading ALS neurologists against each other in a debate on the role of MRI in diagnosis. The session started with a poll of participants’ current… Continue Reading

The seventh EAN congress officially got under way on Friday, June 18, with the meeting’s first plenary symposium, the Opening Session, marking the start of the academy’s second virtual congress. Following a year of continued challenges since the previous congress, EAN has adapted further to the ongoing global circumstances and—drawing on… Continue Reading

Dr Tom Jenkins, Editor-in-chief, EAN website Professor Claudio Bassetti introduced the Five Presidents Symposium on sleep disorders on Saturday morning, co-chaired with Professor Ulf Kallweit, with lectures given by the presidents of five major neurological associations: Professor James Stevens, past… Continue Reading

For June 2021, we have selected the following paper: Dagan N. et al. BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting. N Engl J Med 2021; 384:1412-1423. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2101765.

The Lundbeck Foundation is now accepting nominations for next year’s winners of The Brain Prize, the world’s largest prize for neuroscience. Find out about the nomination and selection process, and nominate here: https://lundbeckfonden.com/en/node/4051 The Brain Prize recognizes ground-breaking advances in… Continue Reading

The European Academy of Neurology is looking for Associate Editors for their future e-Learning platform.

Individual registration for the EAN 2021 Congress is now back online, with a 10% discount available until May 10!

The newly established EAN Student Task Force is proud to announce an essay competition that will be held this spring, before the 7th EAN Congress, 19 – 21 June 2021.

Jes Olensen, clinical professor in the department of clinical neurology, Rigshospitalet, Denmark, has been awarded the Brain Prize along with Michael Moskowitz, Lars Edvinsson and Peter Goadsby for discovering a key mechanism that causes migraine which has since led to revolutionary new treatments.