Dear readers, In order to ensure continuity and efficiency of the EAN Scientific Panels, it was decided that a small Management Group consisting of 3-6 members will be introduced for each of the Scientific Panels. The Management Group will be… Continue Reading

EAN Guideline Production Group: Procedure for updating EAN guidelines The EAN Scientific Committee (SC) determines each year the need for updating guidelines. In addition, each Scientific Panel (SP) may decide to update a guideline at any moment, depending on the… Continue Reading

At the first EAN Congress, held in Berlin in June 2015, more than 3000 participants attended the 25 Teaching Courses and 5 Hands-on courses:

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The European Brain Council sends out a newsletter as well as an External Environmental Report that brings articles and projects of interest to the attention of its members. From these, the Neuropenews Editors identify those that are of interest for… Continue Reading

Annual Meeting of the German-Austrian-Swiss Epilepsy Task-Force (DACH-AK) 2015
Prien am Chiemsee, Germany
October 15-16, 2015 Aim of the meeting is advanced eduction for epiletologists, neurologists interested in epilepsy, paediatricians and clinicians. Controversies will be discussed, as well as interesting… Continue Reading

3rd international Conference on new therapies for Parkinson and Alzheimer diseases (IPAD 3)
Pisa, Italy
September 18-19, 2015 The 3rd International Conference on New Therapies for Dementia and Parkinsonian Syndromes will take place in Pisa on September 18 and 19,… Continue Reading

The “Presidential Plenary Symposium: Hot topics in neurological sciences” is available as webcast now! Go to www.eaneurology.org and log in with your username and password. You will find the following four lectures under “e-Education”: Xavier Montalban: Translational research for biomarkers… Continue Reading

Elena Moro (EM):  Can you briefly introduce the Alliance for Biomedical Research in Europe (BioMed Alliance) to the Neuropenews readers? Karin Sipido (KS): The Alliance for Biomedical Research in Europe (BioMed Alliance) is a unique initiative representing 21 leading European biomedical societies that together include more than 400,000 researchers and health professionals across Europe.

Elena Moro (EM): The EAN Quality Assurance Sub-Committee works closely together with the EAN Education Committee. Can you briefly describe the main reasons why the EAN has gathered this sub-committee? Jan Kuks (JK): In fact, the EAN Quality Assurance sub-Committee is part of the EAN Education Committee (EC). We are working together with the main board of the EC and other EC-subcommittees (such as the Teaching Course sub-Committee), to set up an optimal programme for teaching and education, offered to the European neurological community by the EAN.

Did you miss out on teaching courses you’d like to have attended at the first EAN congress in Berlin, June 2015?
Fear not – almost all are now also available for EAN members via the ebrain platform at http://www.ebrainjnc.com/learning/course/category.php?id=56. In… Continue Reading

by Delia Lenzi A very interesting article by Joseph LeDoux (Center for Neural Science at NYU) explains why amygdala is not the centre of fear. He then focuses on the well known problem in neuroscience that is speculative interpretation of… Continue Reading

For September 2015 we have selected: The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network. Comprehensive, integrative genomic analysis of diffuse lower-grade gliomas. N Engl J Med 2015;372:2481-2498. There are currently several limitations with the histopathological classification of lower-grade gliomas, mainly related to high interobserver variability and insufficient prediction of clinical outcome.

Report from Maliia Dragos Mihai from Romania visiting the University-Hospital Freiburg, Center for Epilepsy in Freiburg, Germany under the supervision of Professor Schulze-Bonhage. My name is Maliia Dragos Mihai and I am a neurology resident in Bucharest, at Universitary Emergency… Continue Reading

  by Claudia Sommer   Building on successes in Berlin this summer, you will soon see, particularly from 2017 onwards, new formats being introduced at the annual EAN meetings. First of all, the main symposia will not be changed. Here, exciting… Continue Reading