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

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: 73 (from Web of Science… Continue Reading

Gian Luigi Lenzi (GLL): As Secretary General to EAN, can you illustrate the role you give to EAN within the community of European Neurologists? Didier Leys (DL): The EAN is a society of both individual members and national societies. This… Continue Reading

by Hannah Cock The end of the traditional academic year will see thousands of new doctors across Europe start post-graduate medical training in clinical neurosciences, and many more starting to work as new doctors for the first time, so is… Continue Reading

  by Wolfgang Grisold   Earlier this year, the first Joint Congress of European Neurology took place in Istanbul. This was the final stage in the process of merging the two European neurological societies — the European Neurological Society (ENS) and… Continue Reading

The first paper that I would like to point out to the Neuropenews readers has been published on the prestigious PNAS (Tang-Schomer et al; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 10.1073/pnas.1324214111.(2014), and it is reporting about a model of the six-layer human cortical brain tissue. Biological models as well as computer models (see Lancet Neurology, August 2014) look like very “hot spots” in the neuroscience panorama.

by Delia Lenzi Two seriously ill volunteers, Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, received three monoclonal antibodies, never before administered to humans. Both of them have now complitely recovered. The treatment has generated hope, suspicion, and accusations of inequity. Read more… Continue Reading