In the recent months, the EAN have reorganized its Scientific Panels. This was a rather complex and time consuming procedure, starting with the European National Neurological Societies nominating its representatives for each panel, an approval of EAN individual members who asked to serve in the different Panels, through the call for applications for the Management Group (MG) chairmanship and membership, and ending with the elections, involving more than 1000 EAN Panel members.

Dear Readers, We invite you to take a moment and read the following article recommendations, prepared for you by our Scientific Panels: Autonomic nervous system disorders , Higher cortical functions, Movement disorders, Sleep-wake disorders. Ryvlin P, Nashef L, Lhatoo SD,… Continue Reading

On February 29th, we celebrated the ninth International Rare Disease Day, sponsored and coordinated by EURORDIS. Activities, taking place all around the World, ranging from an essay contest to ice-skating, had one main purpose and that is “to raise awareness amongst the general public and decision-makers about rare diseases and their impact on patients' lives”.

EAN has currently more than 21,000 members, including individual and institutional members.

This past weekend the EAN programme committee met to select the Oral Sessions and ePoster Sessions among the 1932 submitted abstracts. It was a tough job, but we would like to thank the more than 120 reviewers who have done… Continue Reading

t is our great pleasure to report on the Knowledge Exchange Programme “Brain 2016”, an EAN-ESO Initiative, which was held in Mumbai, India, on January 16-17, 2016. This successful symposium, consisted of three main topics: stroke, epilepsy and migraine.

The effect of pedunculopontine nucleus deep brain stimulation on postural sway and vestibular perception

Munich Brain Course: Dissections, Clinical Correlates, Imaging
Institute of Anatomy, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany
March 16-19, 2016 The Munich Brain Course has been a yearly event since 2004. Each course has three main topics with additional presentations and  hands-on… Continue Reading

by Anna Sauerbier   Outbreak of Zika Virus Disease – general information The Zika virus and potential neurological effects The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has released a revised guideline on medicines for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other types… Continue Reading

  by Jan Kuks It should be mentioned, that part of this title is not correct. Yes, the 8th Examination for young neurologists will take place at the site of the EAN-congress in Copenhagen, and yes, it will be on May… Continue Reading

Are you already skilled at, or interested in learning how to write good Single Best Answer (SBA, multiple choice) questions?
The EAN Education committee is seeking expressions of interest from anyone in the European neurology community to support Continuing Medical… Continue Reading

The purpose of EAN is to promote excellence in Neurology in Europe and among other topics the bylaws have detailed this ‘to increase the … standards of neurological services, to support neurological research and to be an organ speaking for neurology as the major medical specialty caring for patients with neurological disorders’. A very important structure of the Society to continuously fulfill this mission are the 31 scientific panels of EAN. These panels did exist already within the former Societies EFNS and ENS but they were organized differently. As they have received some reformation I would like to briefly outline their current function and why this reorganization was necessary.

David Vodušek (DV): As president of PAUNS, can you please tell the Neuropenews readers of the organization’s history, its present activities and plans for the future? Saeed Bohlega (SB): PAUNS was conceived during the World Congress of Neurology (WCN) meeting in Barcelona, Spain in 1973 but it was only in 22nd May 1975 that PAUNS was officially founded. Under the leadership of the late Dr. Ahmed El Banhawy as first President, PAUNS came into existence in Cairo with the combination of various neuroscience societies in the Arab World, including specialists from countries lacking such societies.

Disorders of the neuromuscular junction are relatively uncommon, but often misdiagnosed, especially at the onset of the disease.  E-brain – the gold standard in interactive online learning for professionals in neurosciences contains comprehensive information about these disorders in the module… Continue Reading