The 3rd Congress of the EAN had its official opening on Saturday evening, June 24. Prof. Bernard Uitdehaag, chair of the local organizing committee, welcomed the 2,000 attendees to the ceremony. He illustrated the overarching theme of this year congress,… Continue Reading

During the Assembly of Delegates at the Amsterdam Congress, Professor Deuschl acknowledged Professor Pavel Kalvach’s longstanding tribute to the EAN, and also the former EFNS, as organizer of the EAN Spring School in Staré Splavy for the past 18 years.… Continue Reading

Syposium 4: Neuroscience of sleep Forum, Saturday, June 24, 2017, 10:30-12:30 Chairperson: Pierre Maquet, Liege, Belgium
Claudio Bassetti, Bern, Switzerland Effects of sleep/circadian disruption on cognition
Pierre Maquet, Liege, Belgium Sleep deprivation and diabetes/obesity
J A Hans Romijn, Amsterdam, The… Continue Reading

Syposium 3: DNA repeat syndromes in neuromuscular disorders   Elicium 1, Saturday, June 24, 2017, 10:30-12:30 Chairperson: Benedikt Schoser, Munich, Germany
Vincenzo Silani, Milano, Italy Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Vincenzo Silani, Milano, Italy Myotonic dystrophies
Benedikt Schoser, Munich, Germany  Facioscapulohumeral muscular… Continue Reading

Symposium 2: Overarching theme: Outcome measures in dementia studies Elicium 2, Saturday, June 24, 2017, 10:30-12:30 Chairperson: Philip Scheltens, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
Nick C. Fox, London, United Kingdom
Didier Leys, Lille, France Measuring instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in… Continue Reading

Symposium 1: MDS-ES/EAN: The natural history of movement disorders Main Auditorium, Saturday, June 24, 2017, 10:30-12:30 Chairperson: Werner Poewe, Innsbruck, Austria
Evzen Ruzicka, Prague, Czech Republic Has deep brain stimulation (DBS) changed the natural history of Parkinson’s disease?
Werner Poewe,… Continue Reading

The Brain Prize is now open to researchers around the world   The Brain Prize was launched in 2011 and was awarded for the 7th time this year to Peter Dayan, Wolfram Schultz and Ray Dolan for their work on… Continue Reading

This year, The Brain Prize – the world’s most valuable prize for brain research – was awarded to Peter Dayan, Ray Dolan and Wolfram Schultz for their analysis of how the brain recognises and processes reward. The prize was presented… Continue Reading

The Value of Treatment Report was presented in Brussels on June 22nd 2017 at a medical conference organised by the European Brain Council (EBC). The European Union spends just over three euro a year per patient on research into brain disorders – while levels of access to treatment in many Member States are becoming worse, not better.

The 3rd Congress of the EAN includes the following networking programme and special sessions:   Saturday, June 24, 2017, 18.30, Main Auditorium: Opening
During the Opening the EAN will welcome all participants to the 3rd EAN cognress. The welcoming addresses… Continue Reading

Visit the EAN Booth and its 4 different areas (HOME, MEET, LEARN and RESEARCH) and find out more about the European Academy of Neurology, your home of neurology, and its aims and missions: HOME Relax on our sofas or meet… Continue Reading

by Antonella Macerollo Dear Readers, An interesting interactive case has been published in eBrain this month. It has been written by the Neurology and Rheumatology Teams from Utrecht. Please, find below the abstract.

The third congress of the EAN will take place in Amsterdam from June 24-27. This is of course well known and already in the agenda of many European neurologists! What makes this EAN congress extra special, besides the exciting program… Continue Reading