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!

Progress in understanding the genetics of epilepsies Epilepsies affect around 65 million people worldwide and are clinically a heterogeneous group of neurological disorders. Despite strong evidence for heritability, genome-wide association studies have had little success in identification of risk loci… Continue Reading

Postconcussion symptoms and health-related quality of life in patients with mild traumatic brain injury A subset of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) patients experience post-concussion symptoms. When a cluster of post-concussion symptoms persists for over three months, it is referred… Continue Reading

The objective of the “Clinical Fellowship Programme” is to provide a well-defined clinical observational experience in a department with recognised expertise in a specific field.

The current term of the Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Neurology is ending. The Executive Board of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) herewith invites applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief which foresees a term of 5 years with the option of renewal. The new Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Neurology will assume responsibility in January 2020.