by Prof. Radu Tanasescu   Paper: Maggi et al. ‘Central Vein Sign Differentiates Multiple Sclerosis from Central Nervous System Inflammatory Vasculopathies’. Annals of Neurology. 2018;83:283–294. Outline: This paper shows for the first time that central vein assessment in white matter… Continue Reading

THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY PRESENTS ‘CHALLENGING THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF BRAIN DISEASE’, A COLLABORATION WITH ITN PRODUCTIONS In a unique communications partnership, European Academy of Neurology (EAN) and ITN Productions are producing a news and current affairs-style programme highlighting… Continue Reading

Epilepsy Center, Neurocenter, Kuopio University Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

This Brain Awareness Week EFNA are launching a Survey of Young Europeans with Neurological Conditions.

On 12-14 April the Dystonia Europe 25th Anniversary Conference and D-DAYs 2018 will take place in Brussels, Belgium. The 3-day event will include a special lunch in the EU Parliament.

You can follow the announcement at: www.thebrainprize.org Four neuroscientists working in the UK, Belgium and Germany have today (6 March) won the world’s most valuable prize for brain research.   The 2018 Brain Prize is awarded to Bart De Strooper (London… Continue Reading

The new CME article March 2018: “EAN and ESO consensus statement and practical guidance for pre-hospital management of stroke” is online now! Please log-in and browse to the LEARN section on the EAN Website and answer the questions! All e-learning… Continue Reading

EAN signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Alzheimer Europe. Alzheimer Europe aims at  providing a voice to people with dementia and their carers, at making dementia a European priority and promote a rights-based approach to dementia. The organisation also supports… Continue Reading

EBC – European Brain Council Brain Awareness Week 2018: Expanding brain research in Europe – Education, Behavior and Brain Development 15 March 2018 – European Parliament, Strasbourg, France Co-hosted by MEPs Anne Sander (France, EPP), Daciana Sârbu (Romania, S&D) and… Continue Reading

Gunhild Waldemar (GW): Can you please tell the EAN Pages readers about the goals of the BioMed Alliance and the criteria that need to be fulfilled in order to become a member of the BioMed Alliance? Axel Pries (AP): The Association’s principal goals and objectives are to promote the best interests and values of researchers, of healthcare professionals, and of non-for-profit medical associations and organisations across all medical disciplines in Europe, in those general areas of common interest.

EAMDA is the European Alliance of Neuromuscular Disorders Associations and works to support and improve the quality of everyday life of people with neuromuscular disorders (NMDs).

    by Anna Sauerbier             EC Transparency Register The transparency register is a database that lists organisations that try to influence the law-making and policy implementation process of the EU institutions. The register makes… Continue Reading

This year the conference of French neurology residents and young neurologists (“Les journées des Jeunes Neurologues et de la Recherche Clinique, les J2N”) took place in Paris, France, on February 2-3.