EFNA member association Dystonia Europe was among the winners of the Brain, Mind, and Pain Patient-Centred Innovation Grant, announced on Wednesday in Brussels.

GAMIAN-Europe, a patient-driven pan-European organization, represents the interests of persons affected by mental illness and advocates their right www.gamian.eu   GAMIAN Europe: European Parliament Interest Group on Mental Health, Well-being and Brain Disorders European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, 16 May 2018… Continue Reading

On the occasion of the ninth European Conference on Rare Diseases & Orphan Products (ECRD) held in Vienna on 10th-12th May 2018, Prof. Marc Dooms, main author of the Declaration on Good Off-Label Use Practices (GOLUP), presented the 5 criteria for using medicines off-label that are laid down in the declaration. Many participants showed an interest in the declaration as well as various initiatives organized within the framework of the GOLUP-campaign.

WFN website: www.wfneurology.org Adress for the WBD: wbd2018@wfneurology.org. Clean air for brain health Mohammad Wasay MD, FRCP, FAAN (Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan)
Wolfgang Grisold MD (Secretary General, WFN, Vienna, Austria) A link between environment and health has long been… Continue Reading

Last week EFNA attended the 4th European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress in Lisbon, along with more than 6700 neurologists! Once again, EFNA took this opportunity to bring together our members for our annual General Assembly. On Day 1 we… Continue Reading

        by Anna Sauerbier         Digital medicine and treatment development for brain disorders AZ, Lilly pull plug on Alzheimer’s disease trials France builds first Alzheimer’s ‘village’ in pioneering experiment Horizon Europe budget not big… Continue Reading

Prof. Elena Moro (EM): Dear Prof. Hallett, it is a great honor for me, as movement disorders specialist, to ask you few questions on behalf of the EAN members and for all EAN pages readers. In light of your Honorary Membership to the EAN, can you tell us what did make you choose “neurology” as the specialty to pursue? Prof. Mark Hallett (MH): I have been interested in the brain since I took a psychology course in high school.  I pursued neuroscience studies in college, but only decided to go into medicine about half way through college. 

Dear EAN Members, dear Colleagues, The 4th annual Congress of the European Academy of Neurology just held in Lisbon on June 16th - 19th was a spectacular event. More than 6,700 participants from 104 countries attended the meeting which covered the whole range of neurologic disorders in various formats, and offered altogether 42 scientific and 48 educational sessions. Besides several teaching courses and educational activities, the congress also comprised of 20 case-based workshops and interactive sessions, 7 hands-on courses, and 3 career development sessions.

For July 2018, we have selected: Thomalla G, Simonsen CZ, Boutitie G, et al., for the WAKE-UP Investigators. MRI-guided thrombolysis for stroke with unknown time of onset. NEJM May 16, 2018. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1804355. Thrombolysis is currently performed in patients with acute ischemic stroke within a window of 4.5 hours since the symptoms’ onset. In about one third of the patients, the exact time of stroke onset is unknown, like in patients who wake up from sleeping.

oland is located in Central Europe between the Baltic Sea in the north, and the Sudetes and the Carpathian Mountains in the south, the majority of the area laying in the basin of the Vistula and Oder rivers. The country is inhabited by about 38 million people, and in terms of the area, which exceeds 300,000. km2, Poland is classified as 63rd on Earth. Its neighbours are: Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Russia.

Highlights and late breaking news session 19.06.2018 by Tim von Oertzen This session was chaired by the outgoing EAN president Prof Gunther Deuschl, the chair of the Programme Committee, Prof Paul Boon, the incoming EAN president Franz Fazekas and the… Continue Reading

Meet and greet – 18 June 2018
By Martin Rakusa After the long day at the congress, more than 200 neurologists gathered at the traditional “Meet and greet” event. Among others, the past and the new EAN presidents, the members… Continue Reading

Symposium 7: A new look at the neuropathogenesis of multiple sclerosis   June 19, 2018   By Tom Jenkins   The field of multiple sclerosis (MS) has been revolutionized over the last 20 years by exponential growth in therapeutic options, driven by… Continue Reading

Lisbon 2018: Report on Symposium 6:   Coma: neuromodulation, imaging and neurobiology June 18th, 2018 by Antonella Macerollo This symposium was chaired by Prof Laureys, Belgium, and Dr Diserens, Switzerland. Dr Kondziella from Denmark gave the first presentation titled: Mechanisms of… Continue Reading