In December European Academy of Neurology and European Stroke Organization organized in collaboration with Lupin Pharmaceuticals the 9th Knowledge Exchange Programme Conference in Mumbai.

On 11 March, Brain Awareness Week will kick off its 24th year of connecting brain science enthusiasts in Europe and around the world with public audiences to build curiosity and understanding about the brain.

As part of the History of Neuroscience Session “The men behind the neuron theory”, that is held on Monday, July 1 in Room Berlin from 08:00 – 09:30, there is an optional visit of Fridtjof Nansen's home Polhøgda just outside Oslo on Monday, July 1 at 12:30. The visit can also be booked stand alone without attending the session.

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 Early Registration Deadline for the 5th EAN Congress in Oslo this year is on 10 April 2019!

EBC will hold the reception “Mood and Food: Exploring the gut-brain connection” in the European Parliament on the occasion of Brain Awareness Week (BAW) 2019. This year’s event, organized in cooperation with the European Dana Alliance for the Brain (EDAB)… Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues and Friends, Education is one of the major priorities for the EAN, and the Society offers several opportunities. Over the last years, the educational program at the EAN annual Congresses has been increasingly articulated in different formats (traditional Teaching Courses, Hands-on-Courses, Interactive Sessions including the EAN Brain Challenge, Case-based Workshops, Controversies, and Career Development Sessions) in order to better fit with the multifaceted aspects of Clinical Neurology.

For March 2019, we have selected: Burt RK Balabanov, MD Burman J, et al. Effect of nonmyeloablative haematopoietic stem cell transplantation vs continued disease-modifying therapy on disease progression in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. JAMA 2019;321(2):165-174. Stem cells are a highly topical research area in clinical neurology. Approaches vary from attempts at nerve regeneration to exploitation of immunological effects.

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.

Recommendations of the International Society of Intraoperative Neurophysiology for intraoperative somatosensory evoked potentials

The electrodiagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome subtypes: Where do we stand?

The EAN congress quiz is online now.  Answer 9 questions about the Oslo congress programme, EAN and Norway until April 10 and get a chance to win a free congress registration! Login to MyEAN with your user information and click… Continue Reading

The BioMed Alliance members have produced a cartoon to raise awareness among doctors and the public on the importance of high quality and unbiased Continuing Medical Education (CME).

Critical review of pure autonomic failure raises awareness for early signs of Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body dementia, and Multiple System Atrophy Pure autonomic failure (PAF) is both, a rare condition and a pathogenetic mystery, first described by Bradbury and Eggleston… Continue Reading

The February issue of the European Journal of Neurology is online!