Around 9.1 million people in Europe have dementia and these numbers are expected to increase to 14 million people by 2040, due to the ageing of European societies. With no disease-modifying treatment currently available and varied access to diagnosis, treatment and high quality care across Member States, EU institutions must show leadership by making dementia a priority in the fields of health, research and innovation, and social affairs.

Stress reduction of patients undergoing surgical interventions

Dear colleagues and friends, I am very excited that the EAN-family will meet again in Oslo in less than three months. I can assure you that all preparations are full on track.

For April 2019, we have selected: Kellinghaus C, Rossetti AO, Trinka E, et al.  Factors predicting cessation of status epilepticus in clinical practice: Data from a prospective observational registry (SENSE). Ann Neurol 2019;85:421-432.

The Republic of North Macedonia is a country in the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Our neighboring countries include Serbia and Kosovo to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, and Albania to the west. North Macedonia is a parliamentary republic with 2 million inhabitants. The capital and the largest city is Skopje.

The 2019 participants of the EAN Tournament for Neurologists in training will receive a travel grant, free congress registration and up to four nights’ of hotel accommodation for the Lisbon Congress: Tournament 1 – Basic neurology Sunday, 30 June 2019,… Continue Reading

Progress in understanding the genetics of epilepsies

Neural basis of impulse control behaviours in Parkinson’s disease

The Importance of having a Scientific Panel on Higher Cortical Functions in the EAN

Nodding syndrome proved to be a tauopathy

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

Aiming for treatment they have spent more than 30 years describing, understanding and diagnosing the most common hereditary form of stroke, CADASIL. For this, the four French neuroscientists are now receiving the world's most valuable prize for brain research – the Lundbeck Foundation Brain Prize, worth 1 million euros.

BioMed Alliance - European medical experts unite to improve scientific scrutiny of evidence for approval of high-risk medical devices in the European Union

Dear Dr Santuccione-Chadha thank you for very much accepting this interview for EANpages. The EAN, as leading European society in the field of neurology, is very interested in the WBP. Could you summarize the project to the readers of EANpages? The Women’s Brain Project (WBP) is an interdisciplinary, global non-profit organization founded in 2016 in Switzerland. Composed of academic and social scientists, medical doctors, engineers, patients, caregivers, artists and AI experts, WBP works to identify specific needs related to women’s brain and mental health, advocate for change, and position the findings for the benefit of society.

Sharing #LifeGoals has become a popular social media trend. This campaign will put a new spin on the #LifeGoals trend by seeing people instead sharing #BrainLifeGoals.