by Delia Lenzi Here we are, researchers have announced the creation of a living cell that has two ‘foreign’ DNA building blocks in its genome. We can now start reading a new chapter of science: from the creation of microbes… Continue Reading

by Franz Gerstenbrand After the Second World War there was a collapse in neurology in Europe. The war divided the continent in two parts, in a Western influenced and in a Communistic part. Austria in the middle was a neutral… Continue Reading

by Wolf-Dieter Heiss I attended as a participant several of the early EFNS regional meetings and congresses: the first EFNS regional meeting 1993 in Berlin – a small event with 1000 participants, the 2nd EFNS Congress in Rome 1996 where… Continue Reading

Top 10 Articles versus Science Avalanche & Science from a Tweet

This, our last Presidents’ Page, marks the foundation of the EAN. It is adapted from our longer editorial in the European Journal of Neurology which will be the journal of the EAN.

Few years ago we were proud, when Prof. Richard Hughes called the Spring School for Young Neurologists one of the brightest stars on the sky of the EFNS. Also in 2014 Magda Dohnalová has given all the preparatory agenda maximal solicitude. It has brought final satisfaction of our 125 participants.

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 are… Continue Reading

The Preliminary Programme of the 1st Congress of the European Academy of Neurology is online now. Please visit www.eaneurology.org/berlin2015!

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