….. was the title of the chamber music recital in the historic amphitheatre of the Charité Department of Dermatology. On Sunday evening, Department of Neurology chairman Professor Matthias Endres, an amateur pianist himself,  had invited congress participants to join Potsdam… Continue Reading

The EAN booth at the 1st Congress of the EAN was located in the Exhibition Hall and provided information about the EAN, its membership categories & educational grants, as well as the upcoming EAN congress in Copenhagen 2016.

New Impact Factor 4.055! Here you can find the most cited articles from the European Journal of Neurology: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-1331/homepage/MostCited.html Don’t miss the latest Guideline in European Journal of Neurology: EFNS-ENS/EAN Guideline on concomitant use of cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine in… Continue Reading

Under the auspices of the World Stroke Organization and of the Department of Medical Sciences - Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

by Anna Sauerbier The 19th Congress of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society took place in the beautiful city of San Diego on the Pacific coast of California between the 14th and 18th of June 2015. This international congress… 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

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une 2015 is coming closer and the stage for the first congress will open on Saturday, the 20th. We expect more than 6000 participants from all over Europe and the world to come to the CityCube in Berlin, the brand new Berlin congress center, the venue of the congress.

from keywords: Neurology, Neurological Sciences, Ageing and Dementia, Cerebroascular diseases/ Stroke, Clinical Neurophysiology, Cognitive neurology/neuropsychology, Critical care, Epilepsy, Headache and Pain, Infections & AIDS, Motorneurone diseases, Movement Disorders, Multiple sclerosis and Related Disorders, Muscle and neuromuscular junciton disease, Neuroepidemiology, Neurogenetics, Neuroimaging, Neuro-oncology, Neurorehabilitation, Neurotraumatology, Peripheral Nerve Disorders, Spinal Cord & Root Disorders

Ebrain e-learning programme is a gold standard in interactive online learning for professionals in neurosciences. This exciting web-based learning resource is designed to support training and continuous professional development for clinical neuroscience trainees, consultants and non-specialists Stroke, a major public… Continue Reading

For June 2015 we have selected: Menon P, Geevasinga N, Yannikas C, Howells J, Kiernan MC, Vucic S. Sensitivity and specificity of threshold tracking transcranial magnetic stimulation for diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a prospective study. Lancet Neurology 2015;14:478-484. The early diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and its atypical phenotypes may be particularly challenging.

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