Over the last months, Neuropenews has featured 8 chapters describing the beginning of neurology in Germany (chapter 1), a golden age at the end of the 19th century, the first 30 years of the 20th century with true scientific breakthroughs (chapter 2), the dark age before and during World War II (chapter 3), the slow and painful (chapter 4) and since the 1970ies accelerating recovery (chapter 5-8) of clinical neuroscience and neurology in Germany [1].

by Delia Lenzi A study in mice published in Nature Neuroscience this year provides important insights on schizophrenia pathogenesis by linking the three previous and, until now, apparently unrelated hypotheses: the “spine pruning theory”, the “hyperactive neurons theory” and the… Continue Reading

Although the sixteenth one in sequence, this year’s run was the first one under the patronage of the newly founded European Academy of Neurology. In her Welcome message to our course, Dr Hannah Cock, chair of the EAN Education Committee,… Continue Reading

During the first congress of the European Academy of Neurology in Berlin the European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees (EAYNT) organizes many interesting activities for junior colleagues. One of the most exciting event will be the hospital visit on… Continue Reading

All e-learning activities are free-of-charge for EAN members registered to www.eaneurology.org ! Answer all questions correctly and you will receive one hour of CME. European Journal of Neurology
Every month one article is chosen for online learning. The following articles… Continue Reading

In this issue of Neuropenews, we open a new space, the Scientific Corner, which will be reporting on issues related to area of scientific activity of the EAN and activities of the EAN Scientific Committee.

The responsibilities of the EAN Subspecialty Scientific Panels (SSP) are:
SSPs will support the Committees and the Board of the EAN in the development and activities of the society by: Suggesting educational and congress activities. Stimulating and contributing to the… Continue Reading

by Maurizio A. Leone1, Magdalena Keindl2, Anthony H. Schapira3, Günther Deuschl4, Antonio Federico5 The EAN considers the production of neurological guidelines a major obligation, as this is a primary tool to improve clinical practice in neurology. The Scientific Committee (SC)… Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) has recently revealed inappropriate systematic attempts to manipulate peer review processes of several journals across different publishers. It seems that this manipulation has been performed by a number of third party agencies offering services to authors.

We are happy to inform that the complete final programme, including all abstracts, is online now.

by Eberhard Deisenhammer, archivist of the EFNS & Klaus V. Toyka, archivist of the ENS

The 1st Congress of the EAN includes the following networking programme and special sessions: Friday, June 19th, 2015: EBN Examination.
The UEMS EBN examination will be held one day prior to the congress at CityCube Berlin. The examination consists of… Continue Reading

The programme of the 2nd EAN Congress has been selected. Take a look at the sessions overview!

Please visit the EAN booth #A43 at the Exhibition Hall during the 1st Congress of the European Academy of Neurology. Exhibition hours are: Saturday-Monday 10.00-17.00 and Tuesday 9.30-13.30. Our booth will be shared with: EAYNT (European Association of Young Neurologists… 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