1 November 2018 marked the launch of the European Brain Council (EBC)-coordinated EU project The European Brain Research Area (EBRA). EBRA was designed to respond to the Horizon 2020 call, SC1-HCO-10-2018, entitled “Coordinating European brain research and developing global initiatives”, which called for the reduction of fragmentation and duplication of research efforts, fostering synergies through enhanced coordination of brain research efforts

The Regional Teaching Course of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) took place from 14th to 16th of September 2018 in Struga, Macedonia and was hosted by the Macedonian Neurology Society. The teaching course was organised by the EAN and was endorsed by the European Stroke Organization. The course was also supported by the Macedonian Ministry of Health, University Ss Cyril and Methodius, Medical Faculty, Macedonian Medical Chamber, Macedonian Physicians Society and the University Clinic of Neurology.

European Journal of Neurology: December issue online! The December issue of the European Journal of Neurology is online! You can find a section below:

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

The UEMS EBN examination will be held one day prior to the 5th congress of the European Academy of Neurology. Date: Friday, June 28th, 2019 Venue: Norges Varemesse

Global Neurological Alliance (GNA) Prof. Bill Carroll addresses the need for more meaningful cooperation with WHO – World Health Organisation. A more formal unified structure interacting more regularly to share information, acting concertedly and advocating more cohesively would be mutually… Continue Reading

The EAN endorsed the Societal Impact of Pain Joint Statement and Recommendations for Policy Action (12 October 2018) of the European Pain Federation. There are approximately 740 million people , most of whom experience an episode of severe pain at… Continue Reading

On 9th and 10th October a course on guidelines for rare diseases took place in Rome, Italy. It was organised by the RARE-Bestpractices, a platform for sharing best practices for the management of rare diseases.

Dr Aleksandra Herrera-Sokołowska joined ebrain earlier in the year as Clinical lead and RRFS representative. Dr Herrera-Sokołowska qualified in 2016 (Polish specialty exam and the European Board of Neurology). As the ebrain representative for European young neurologists, she is familiar… Continue Reading

The next meeting of the MEP Interest Group on Brain, Mind and Pain will take place at the European Parliament in Brussels on November 21, from 8.00h to 10.00h. The event will be hosted by MEP Marian Harkin. With the… Continue Reading

by Lucia Cernicka   Guidelines International Network or G-I-N is a community with a mission to lead, strengthen and support collaboration in guideline production. To enhance its networking role, the G-I-N organises conferences on a regular basis, once a year,… Continue Reading

8th Winter Course on Movement Disorders 54th Turkish National Neurology Congress

In Europe, there are approximately 740 million people, most of whom experience an episode of severe pain at some point in their life. For approximately 20 percent, that pain is chronic – episodic, persistent, or variable. In other words, today… Continue Reading

  Vienna, 12-13 October 2018: First recommendation meeting of the EAN ALS guideline panel. ALS is a disease with a very high unmet medical need. There are only limited options for disease-modifying pharmacotherapy. The cornerstone of the management remains multidisciplinary… Continue Reading

Prof. Dafin Muresanu (DF):Can you briefly illustrate the structure and mission of the World Muscle Society (WMS) to the readers of the EANpages? Peter van den Bergh (PvdB): The WMS was founded in London, UK, on 4 June 1995 by 15 founding members. The initiative came from Professor Victor Dubowitz who selected these founding members based on the principle that they constituted a high-level multidisciplinary team from all over the w