A very interesting paper recently published on PNAS sheds light on the mechanisms that connect social stress to increased risk of disease. Authors found that such effects are possible trough the “wires” of the sympathetic nervous system which up-regulate bone… Continue Reading

The Call for Applications is open until 14 February 2014, 24:00h CET. Applications for the following Board positions are possible: President
Vice President
Secretary General
Treasurer
Chairperson Scientific Committee
Chairperson Liaison Committee
Member at Large In the December issue of… Continue Reading

The first EAN General Assembly will take place on 3 June 2014 in Istanbul, when EAN will be founded. The delegates to the General Assembly are: Yuri Alekseenko, Belarus
Corrado Angelini, Italy
Zohar Argov, Israel
Anita Arsovska, FYRO Macedonia
Eduard… Continue Reading

After the Christmas and New Year festivities, it is time to think of the standard of care we provide for our patients on holidays and at weekends. A day of rest, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, is built into the Muslim, Jewish and Christian week.

On behalf of the German Neurological Society I am pleased to invite you to the 1st Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), taking place in Berlin from 20 to 23 June 2015.

Call for Abstracts, Bursaries, Tournament Would you like to have the chance to perform in front of 6,000 delegates at the Joint Congress of European Neurology? Don’t miss the opportunity to present your latest research at this memorable Joint Congress … Continue Reading

by Wolfgang Grisold and Svein Ivar Mellgren The  6th European Board examination in Neurology will be held on Friday May 30, 2014 during the Joint Congress of European Neurology in Istanbul, Turkey.
The examination is a joint development of the… Continue Reading

Top articles 2011 1 = Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 revisions to the McDonald criteria Polman, CH.; Reingold, SC; Banwell, B; et al.
ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY Volume: 69 Issue: 2 Pages: 292-302 Published: FEB 2011
Times Cited: 428 (from… Continue Reading

Active total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment. Control of pain, of other symptoms, and of psychological, social and spiritual problems is paramount. The goal of palliative care is the achievement of the best quality of life for patients and their families.

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

by Raja Sawaya, S. Daouk, W. Radwan, S. Hammoud Introduction: Occipital lobe seizures are rare. They are usually the result of occipital lobe infarcts, haemorrhages, or metastatic tumours. They usually present with complex visual hallucinations, sensory or proprioceptive dysfunction, speech… Continue Reading

by Vanja Basic Kes and Vida Demarin A 25-year-old female patient was admitted to our department because of deterioration of consciousness and showing verified intracerebral haemorrhagic zones on both sides of the brain on MSCT. (Figure 1)
At admission she… Continue Reading

 by Jan Kuks Many neurologists are most enthusiastic about educating colleagues, medical students, paramedical staff etc. This may be because education and explanation are crucial for good patient-care. Education goes closely together with testing. Exams should be fair, reliable, valid… Continue Reading

by Gian Luigi Lenzi   A few weeks ago I was confronted with a striking consideration on the burden of scientific production in neurosciences that by no means individuals can ever be able to process and digest. Prof. Henry Markram… Continue Reading

by Delia Lenzi Trillions of bacteria live in your gut and, taken as a whole, is what we call gut microbiota. The gut microbial is a moving organ, and has many and unexpected different roles. Studies show how it can… Continue Reading