by Thomas Berger With the beginning of the winter term you might be again engaged in education of students and residents. To support your teaching activities eBrain offers broad educative opportunities with e-learning sessions, webinars and virtual case reports. The… Continue Reading

by Gian Luigi Lenzi Neuropenews has recently received the request to publish in the „Interviews“ section an interview where an eminent neurologist A was interviewing a second eminent neurologist B who had been awarded a prize in the country of… Continue Reading

Richard Frackowiak is head of the department of clinical neurosciences at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and co-director of the Human Brain Project. He is also chairman of the Medical Science Committee of Science Europe.

Gian Luigi Lenzi (GLL): As Chair of the Scientific Committee, can you illustrate the role you give to the EAN within the community of European neurologists? Antonio Federico (AF): EAN has a very important role, because it is the only… Continue Reading

Within the framework of the European year of the brain, the Austrian Society of Neurology is intensifying its public relations with information on neurological diseases and the achievements of the Austrian neurology. On the occasion of the World MS Day,… Continue Reading

Franz Gerstenbrand is 90 years!

Today’s neurology would not have developed and is unthinkable without the close interaction that took place among our European forefathers as early as in the 19th century. The following paragraphs are devoted to some of these pioneers from Germany.

This book reviews the history of the first 50 years of the WFN which was officially founded in 1957. One question immediately comes to mind: why 1957? There may be a debate about the “date of birth” of neurology, but everybody agrees that it was firmly established as a discipline by the first part of the twentieth century or even before that time.

The first paper that I would like to point out to Neuropenews readers was published as a “Perspective” in the September issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) by Michael S. Okun, with the title “Deep-brain stimulation – Entering the era of human network modulation”, on the occasion of the Lasker-Debakey Clinical Medical Research Award that in 2014 was given to “…two pioneers in deep-brain stimulation (DBS): Alim-Louis Benabid, a neurosurgeon, and Mahlon DeLong, a neurologist”.

by Delia Lenzi The emotional value of memories is known to be malleable and this property has been successfully used in clinical settings to treat maladaptive behaviors. By applying optogenetic manipulations, Susumu Tonegawa and colleagues, in a very interesting paper,… Continue Reading

The European Academy of Neurology has existed for 4 months now and many of the first steps are behind us. The latest step is that we can accept members now from the administrative side of the process. Therefore I will use my President’s Page today to explain why you should become a member. According to the bylaws of the Society we will have institutional and individual members.

by Vitalie Lisnic As before, also in 2014 all TC participants had to fill in an evaluation form in order to get their Certificate of Attendance. This way, the EAN received a lot of feedback, which will help the organisation,… Continue Reading

Registration and abstract submission and registration are open now. Information on registration fees, etc. can be found here: http://www.eaneurology.org/berlin2015/Register.1884.0.html The guidelines for abstract submission, deadlines, etc. here: http://www.eaneurology.org/berlin2015/Call-for-Abstracts.2198.0.html Please log in to the registered user area on www.eaneurology.org/berlin2015 with your… Continue Reading

European Academy of Neurology ADMIN was re-audited and has received the updated certificate.

The October issue of the European Journal of Neurology is online now! Online access is free-of-charge for EAN members. Please contact headoffice@eaneurology.org, if you Need help with your access token. European Journal of Neurology was last modified: July 5th, 2016… Continue Reading