The committee was founded in 2009 and the members are: Thomas Berger, Austria, Chairman Members: Michael Brainin, Richard Hughes, Detlef Kömpf, Jan Kuks, Jean-Marc Léger, Anthony Schapira, Hannah Cock (ENS), László Sztriha (EAYNT) Observer: Wolfgang Oertel (MDS-ES).

by Gian Luigi Lenzi Editor in chief: Gian Luigi Lenzi
Co-editors: José Ferro, Christian Krarup, David B. Vodusek   NEUROPENEWS has been published on the 1st of every month through all the year 2013 & 2012 and is planned to… Continue Reading

Top articles 2012 1 ˄ Serologic diagnosis of NMO: a multicenter comparison of aquaporin-4-IgG assays. Waters, PJ; McKeon, A; Leite, MI; et al.
NEUROLOGY  Volume: 78   Issue: 9   Pages: 665-671   Published: FEB 2012
Times Cited: 52 (from Web of Science… Continue Reading

Martin Rossor is Professor of Neurology, Vice-Chair, JPND Scientific Advisory Board and Past President of the Association of British Neurologists

The EFNS Scientist Panels and ENS Subcommittees aim at coordinating different facets of clinical research and good neurological practice at European level. They will play a very important role in the European Academy of Neurology – EAN. We invited the… Continue Reading

As in previous issues, Neuropenews asked EFNS/ENS committee members, Panel chairs, Speakers, … which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Istanbul, June 2014. You will find the answers below …

The 2014 participants of the Tournament for Young Neurologist will receive a travel grant to Istanbul, a free congress registration and up to four nights’ accommodation as well as a travel grant: Tournament 1 – Basic neurology
Sunday, 1 June… Continue Reading

by Thomas Berger Dementia is among the most frequent (neurological) disorders  worldwide, causing an enormous burden for patients, relatives and health systems. The variety in symptoms, the complexity of (differential-) diagnosis, the sophisticated neuropsychological testing and the importance of adequate… Continue Reading

by Zuhal Yapici The story of neurology dates back to ancient times, perhaps as early as the time when Egyptians used papyrus. It was on this writing material that Egyptians described unconsciousness, quadriparesis and hemiparesis. This is known as the… Continue Reading

by Turgay Dalkara Basic and clinical neuroscience post-graduate programs are run by the Neurological or Health Sciences Institutes in Turkish universities. The first programs were started in 1986 at the Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, which… Continue Reading

The Editors have – together with the Scientific Committee – decided that new EFNS consensus papers will be presented in the Forum of NEUROPENEWS. The new EFNS/ENS consensus on the diagnosis and management of chronic ataxias in adulthood is published… Continue Reading

The opening conference of the 2014 Brain Year Turkey organized by Turkish Brain Action Group under the leadership of Turkish Neurological Society was successfully held on February 18, 2014 in Ankara, Turkey.
The conference aimed to announce all the projects… Continue Reading

The two papers signalled for April 2014 belong to very different aspects of Neurology, or, better, of the Neurological Sciences.

by Delia Lenzi   Dr John Ioannidis, an epidemiologist, now at Stanford, is working on a new discipline: research about research. A war against the overinterpreting of statistical significance in studies with small sample sizes, and against publication bias. An… Continue Reading

The call for nominations of candidates for the EAN Board was sent in November 2013 and the application portal was open until 14 February 2014. Following a thorough review of all applications by the Election Organising Committee (EOC), a preliminary… Continue Reading