Our eanNews editor Benedetta Bodini and EAN Website editor Letizia Leocani talk to this year's Opening Session guest speaker, the charismatic Belgian master chocolatier, Dominique Persoone.

This EAN TV session organised by the European Brain Council examined the action currently being taken by all relevant stakeholders in promoting brain health in Europe through a European Brain Health plan.

Symposium 2 at EAN 2024 took place in a packed room on the morning of the first day of the congress, showing the growing and active interest in the field of movement disorders and particularly Parkinson’s disease.

The popular Basal Ganglia Club reconvened again at EAN 2024 in Helsinki, featuring the Dystonia Europe David Marsden Award Lecture, the European Alliance for Restless Legs Syndrome Award lecture, and a selection of rare and challenging case presentations.

This scientific symposium, organised in cooperation with the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) and the European Paediatric Neurology Society addressed the clinical and neuroimaging features of paediatric and late-onset multiple sclerosis and therapeutic strategies.

The first symposium of EAN 2024, chaired by Prof. Marte Bjork, took place in the main auditorium on Saturday, 29 June, focusing on the effects of antiseizure medications on individuals of reproductive age.

The 7th edition of the EAN’s very own entertaining and challenging Neurology Quiz is back for participants onsite and online alike. Come by and take part!

Find out how evaluating the EAN Congress 2024 and the individual sessions you attend helps the EAN to raise the quality of our events.

The brain is the epicentre of all our activities, making brain health essential for individuals of all ages. To promote this critical aspect of health, the European Academy of Neurology initiated the Brain Health School Challenge, which has been actively championed in Finland by Neurocenter Finland and the Finnish Neurological Society.

EAN Communications Committee Chair, Matilde Leonardi, talks about the EAN's position in the global push for awareness and advocacy of neurological issues and our role in connecting members, stakeholders, and communities across Europe and beyond.

This year marks a special milestone for both the EAN and the RRFS: our 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion we have planned many exciting events alongside our classic RRFS activities at the EAN congress.

The EAN GPG is seeking a Patient Advocate: a strong communicator dedicated to representing patient voices and ensuring their needs and concerns are addressed.

With great pleasure we report from our 25th EAN Spring School 2024, held once more in the beautiful venue of Steinschaler Dörfl in Lower Austria on 22-26 May 2024.

Our paper of the month reports the result of a trial investigating the safety and the potential efficacy of intravenous treatment with acyl-ghrelin in improving neurological outcome in patients in a coma after cardiac arrest.

Each month the EANpages editorial team reviews the scientific press for recently published papers of outstanding interest to neurologists. Here we present our selection for June 2024.