As proposed by Professor Günther Deuschl, a special session which included also Prof. David B. Vodušek (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Prof. Wolfgang Oertel (Marburg, Germany) and D. A. Macerollo (London, UK) and Prof. Stefan Zierz (Halle, Germany) was organised by the German Neurological Society within their DGN Forum - Germany Meets Europe: What EAN can achieve for science, medical care and education.

Registration and abstract submission for the 2nd EAN Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark are open now!

On October 1-3, 2015 the 5th Congress of Neurologists of the Republic of Moldova took place in Chisinau. The congress was held jointly with the works of the Symposium of Neurologists and Neurosurgeons Chisinau (Republic of Moldova) – Iasi (Romania) at its 14th edition.

by Claudia Sommer and Theodor Landis The Teaching Course sub-Committee consists of the following members: Theodor Landis, Switzerland – Chairman Members: Anish Bahra, UK (responsible for interactive sessions); Gilles Edan, France (responsible for Spring School); Oleg Levin, Russia; Viktoria Papp,… Continue Reading

7th World Congress of the World Sleep Federation 
Istanbul, Turkey
October 31 – November 3, 2015 This 7th WSF congress will be hosted by the ESRS, an international scientific nonprofit organization whose aim is to promote all aspects of sleep… Continue Reading

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

How do neurological patients and their families experience stigma? That was the subject of a European Parliament meeting on 14 October, 2015 “Neurological, chronic pain and mental health conditions are not widely recognised or understood by the general population. Negative… Continue Reading

The World Federation of NeuroRehabilitation (WFNR) is conducting a survey to find out what short-term/working memory assessment procedures therapists and researchers use when working with people with aphasia, regardless of medical cause. This will help WFNR identifying current clinical practices… Continue Reading

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Neurology is a young and rapidly expanding field. This has many consequences - and ideas about a possible centrifugal development of neurological specialities are among them. Two major factors are facilitating the separation of sub-disciplines from neurology.

Elena Moro (EM): We would like to join the EFNA Board in congratulating you with your election as the President of EFNA. We look forward at collaborating with you! Could you share with us your plans for the EFNA? Ann Little (AL): In recent years, EFNA has worked with great dedication on establishing a new strategic direction focussed on the four pillars of Advocacy, Awareness, Empowerment and Engagement. This is laid out in our Strategic Plan 2015-2020 document ‘Stronger Connected’.

Ebrain (www.ebrainJNC.com) is the largest and most comprehensive web-based training resource in clinical neurosciences, both for training and continuous professional development. In the field of spinal diseases, eBrain offers lots of information regarding different aspects of spinal cord problems. Spinal… Continue Reading

For October 2015, we have selected: M. Goedert. Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease: The prion concept in relation to assembled Aβ, tau, and α-synuclein. Science 2015;349(6248):1255555. Doi: 10.1126/science.12555550. In this review of Michel Goedert, the pathophysiology of the two most frequent neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD), is unified in a common process that shares the prion-like spreading of abnormal protein assemblages inside the brain.

by Delia Lenzi It is called follistatin-like 1 (FSTL1) and in animal models promotes cardiac muscle regeneration. This incredible result has been obtained by a team coordinated by Pilar Ruiz Lozano and recently published in Nature. The application of the… Continue Reading

I was fortunate to receive a 6-month Scientific Fellowship from the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) to spend one year of my neurology residency training programme at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Oxford (Head of Department: Prof… Continue Reading