During the 8th Congress of the World Federation for Neurorehabilitation the first winner of the WFNR Franz Gerstenbrand Award was awarded: Kelly Sinclair, MD from Melbourne, Australia More information can be found on http://wfnr.co.uk/.   WFNR Franz Gerstenbrand Award 2014… 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: 57 (from Web of Science… Continue Reading

Professor Ersin Tan is President of the Turkish Neurological Society and works at the Hacettepe University Medical School, Department of Neurology in Ankara.

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 …

If you are not able to go to the European Stroke Conference being held this month in Nice http://www.eurostroke.org/, why not brush up on your stroke knowledge via ebrain instead.
There are separate modules on Haemorrhagic vascular disease and ischaemic… Continue Reading

The Editors have – together with the Scientific Committee – decided that new EFNS guideline papers will be presented in the Forum of NEUROPENEWS. In the May issue of the European Journal of Neurology the new EFNS/ENS Guidelines for the… Continue Reading

Dr Raad Shakir was elected WFN President at the Council of Delegates during the World Congress of Neurology in Vienna on 22 September 2013. His 4-year term of office began on 1st January 2014 The World Federation of Neurology was… Continue Reading

by Dursun Kırbaş   Neurological sciences has taken its independent form during the last quarter of the 20th century. In the beginning of the 20th century, Neurological sciences have been a part of Internal Medicine, then have developed as the… Continue Reading

by Eberhard Deisenhammer A long living institution or society needs an archive, especially if the officers of such a society, out of democratic reasons, turn over rapidly (e.g. members of the management committee can only be elected twice for a… Continue Reading

A new era of neurology in Europe will start soon. In order to remember those historical moments that were relevant for EFNS and ENS and finally led to the foundation of EAN, the editors asked senior European neurologists to tell… Continue Reading

The first paper that I would like to point out to our readers is in a way connected with the paper on the NEW CHOLESTEROL GUIDELINE (Pencina MJ et al; N Engl J Med, March 19,2014) presented in the Neuropenews April issue.

by Delia Lenzi   In a study using a mouse model of acquired fear memories, Li-Huei Tsai and collaborators modified the mouse epigenome, using a drug that inhibits the enzymes histone deacetylases (HDACs). This drug switches off genes by removing… Continue Reading

by Claudio Bassetti and Richard Hughes We all remember the professional disappointment that we experienced following a medical error, our own emotional distress, sadness and fear of consequences for the well-being of our patients. Performing an honest and thorough examination… Continue Reading

Dear Young Neurologists! The EAYNT would like to present an update on our scientific activities organised in the interest of young neurologists during the Joint Congress of European Neurology in Istanbul, Turkey 2014.