As outlined in previous chapter VI of this series, the last three decades have seen a steadily growing number of neurologists (not only) in Germany. This continuing rise is certainly supported by the expanding diagnostic and therapeutic options for neurological diseases, but this alone wouldn’t suffice as an explanation.

by Johann Sellner, Antonella Macerollo There are limited data available on the current visions of neurologists for health care and neurology. We aimed to garner ideas about current challenges and future development of health care among residents and junior neurologists… Continue Reading

We are very excited to start The Paper of the Month new heading with this Neuropenews issue of April. The main purpose of this new column is to provide our readers with some hints about the most relevant papers published over the last months in the neurology field. For March 2015 we have selected: Kuramatsu JB, Gerner ST, Schellinger PD, et al. Anticoagulant reversal, blood pressure levels, and anticoagulant resumption in patients with anticoagulation-related intracerebral hemorrhage. JAMA 2015;313:824-836.

by Delia Lenzi Using an increasingly popular gene-editing toolkit called CRISPR, Gantz and Bier were able to overcome the classic rules of Mendelian genetics. This is an impressive example of gene drive: biasing inheritance to spread a gene rapidly through… Continue Reading

I’m delighted to announce that for future congresses, starting with Berlin 2015, the EAN will award up to 5 certificates of ‘excellence in teaching’ to the best speakers in any of the congress educational activities (interactive workshops, teaching courses, hands… Continue Reading

It is a great pleasure to introduce the recipients of the Fellowship 2015 (in alphabetical order): Scientific Fellowship: Elena Antelmi from Italy was selected for her project: “Sensorimortor modulation in dystonia induced by low frequency (@1HZ) repetitive tactile stimulation” which… Continue Reading

Who is eligible as an individual member of EAN: Full Individual Members can be neurologists who are nationals of any EAN member country; and/or neurologists practicing in any EAN member country including neurologists in training. Associate Individual Members may be:… Continue Reading

For the 1st EAN Congress in Berlin 2015, a total of 1966 abstracts were submitted. Out of these, 1740 abstracts were accepted. There will be 26 oral sessions with 6 presentations each taking place from Saturday – Monday in the… Continue Reading

The 2015 participants of the EAN Tournament for Young Neurologists will receive a travel grant to Berlin, free congress registration and up to four nights’ of hotel accommodation: Tournament 1 – Basic neurology
Monday, 22 June 2015, 14:45-16:15h, Hall A2… Continue Reading

Congratulations to Ander Ramos-Murguialday, a research scientist at the Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University of Tubingen in Germany, the winner of the 2nd WFNR Franz Gerstenbrand Award. Professor Stephanie Clarke, WFNR President, said: “The standard… 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

…is online now! Click here to read: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ene.2015.22.issue-4/issuetoc The European Journal of Neurology is free of charge for EAN members! Login on www.eaneurology.org. If you are not sure about your membership, please contact headoffice@eaneurology.org Read the latest Invited Reviews: Isolated… Continue Reading

by Torbjörn Tomson on behalf of the Joint Task Force* The Coordination Group for Mutual Recognition and Decentralised Procedures-Human (CMDh) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recently strengthened warnings on the use of valproate medicines in women and girls… Continue Reading

by Hannah Cock and Antonella Macerollo Neuropenews readers will already be aware of eBrain, an online educational platform free to all members of supporting organizations, including EAN, and also one of the recommended resources for the European Board of Neurology… Continue Reading

Share your initiatives with us! The 2015 Brain Awareness week will take place from March 16 to 22. More on the Brain Awareness Week (BAW) can be found here: http://www.dana.org/baw/ Neuropenews would like to highlight your participation in this important… Continue Reading