It was the second time our Department in Lviv supervised a Regional Teaching Course, funded by the EAN. The RTC took place from 28-30 May, 2015. First, our organising committee would like to express their appreciation for the great help… Continue Reading

We congratulate the winner of the P.K. Thomas Award for the best paper on peripheral nerve disorders at the 1st EAN Congress in Berlin, June 20-23, 2015 Luise Appeltshauser, Würzburg, Germany
Auto-antibodies against contactin-1 in patients with inflammatory neuropathy The… Continue Reading

We congratulate the winners of the Investigator Awards for their presentation during the 1st EAN Congress in Berlin 2015!
The Prize consists of an Award certificate & €300,-. Helena Ariño, Barcelona, Spain
Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes associated with antibodies against glutamic… Continue Reading

In this issue of the Neuropenews we would like to again invite you to read interesting articles which were kindly chosen by our Subspecialty Scientific Panel on Higher Cortical Functions: May-Britt Moser, David C. Rowland, Edvard I. Moser: “Place cells,… Continue Reading

The EAN adopted the GRADE system for the production of guidelines. Our Guideline production group would like to provide you with a short introduction as well as information on the courses. The EAN considers the production of neurological guidelines a… Continue Reading

The European Academy of Neurology (EAN) held its 1st Congress in Berlin, Germany, from 20 to 23 June. The EAN was set up last year following a merger between the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) and the European Neurological Society (ENS).

On Sunday, June 21, 2015, a Public Awareness Day was organised around the theme Diagnosing, Treating and Managing Headache and Sleep Disorders at the Neurology Lecture Hall in the Alte Nervenklinik at the Charité Campus. The meeting was a joint initiative by EAN and EFNA, the European Umbrella Patient group for neurological illness. In spite of the good weather on this Sunday afternoon, some 40 people attended the meeting.

The members of the Scientific Committee (SC) at present are: Antonio Federico (Chair) Claudio Bassetti, Alexandre Bisdorff, Michael Brainin, Christian Enzinger, Maurizio Leone, Jera Kruja, Maurizio Leone, Celia Oreja-Guevar, Evzen Růžička, Anthony H.V. Schapira, Antonio Toscano

Preliminary information on the Congress, taking place from June 24-27, 2017 can be found here. The website is updated on a regular basis. Please fill in the "Keep me posted" form on the website in order to receive up-to-date information.

by Vida Demarin The 55th International Neuropsychiatric Congress in Pula – INPC was held from 27 to 30 May 2015, under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Croatia, her excellency Mrs. Kolinda Grabar Kitarović.
The Congress was… Continue Reading

A new initiative, offering international high-level hands-on courses in neuroscience, will radically change the European scene for higher education in brain research. Starting in 2015, the CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme offers an annual programme of 5-7 training courses that… Continue Reading

An initiaitive of the European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA) & Pain Alliance Europe (PAE) The meeting of EFNA and PAE took place on June 24, 2015 from 12.45 – 15.00h at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. Romanian MEP… Continue Reading

by Steven Lewis and Wolfgang Grisold Neurological education is one of the main aims of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN). In addition to the biannual World Congress of Neurology, teaching courses, and publications such as the Journal of the… 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

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