by Euphrosyni Koutsouraki et al. Demyelination in white matter tracts has been observed in experimental and human spinal cord injury but the precise pathophysiologic mechanisms still remain a matter of speculation. The cellular inflammatory response induced by spinal trauma is… Continue Reading

by Erich Schmutzhard Until today the national languages of African countries predispose them towards political, economic, cultural and scientific language – and – hence – also nation- oriented collaboration in the field of medicine, medical training and research collaboration and… Continue Reading

by David B. Vodušek I congratulate Professor Waldemar on the interesting report in the March Forum. The information on the activities of the EFNS Liaison Committee should be most welcome to all those neurologists who care about our »European neurological… Continue Reading

The EFNS Management Committee meets twice a year, once at our Annual Congress, and once in early March in our Vienna Head Office. We have just held our March 2013 meeting and had a busy agenda. Some highlights:

It is a great pleasure to introduce the recipients of the EFNS Fellowship 2013 (in alphabetical order) Scientific Fellowship: Francesca Antonelli from Italy was selected for her project DFDDNP-PET for in-vivo diagnosis of tauopathy in atypical and unclassified parkinsonism, which… Continue Reading

This year the EFNS project of individual visits to departments of neurological excellence is already running the 12th annual course. Having started in 2001 with the first 21 grantees, it gradually developed up to 82 grants per year in 2010.… Continue Reading

During my visit in Lisbon, Portugal, I worked both in the outpatient clinic and persued my own research project.
While in the outpatient clinic, movement disorders domains were discussed, such as Parkinson’s disease, atypical Parkinsonism, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Neurogenetics… Continue Reading

I spent 6 weeks in the Neurocenter of the Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland. I had the opportunity to work in the out-patient department (1 week), in the hospital (3 weeks), in the EMG department (1 week), and in the intensive and… Continue Reading

Dear Prof. Jean Marc Leger, Dear Prof. Pavel Kalvach, Dear Ms Magda Dohnalova and all EFNS representatives,
I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for being awarded with EFNS D-D Programme 2012 and given the opportunity… Continue Reading

by Antonella Macerollo and Johann Sellner The European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees (www.eaynt.org) is an independent Brussels-based organization founded in 1999. The main objectives of the organization are to improve clinical training, provide access to exchange programmes and… Continue Reading

EBC – External Environment Reports and EU Research updates As you are aware, times change rather quickly so that we must think, work, and step out of the box we are in. In order to help to better understand the… Continue Reading

In the latest issue of the Communications of the European Neurological Society you will find information on: – The upcoming 23rd ENS Meeting in Barcelona, Spain
– 5th European Board Examiniation in Neurology
– ENS Fellowship Stipends 2014: Deadline –… Continue Reading

We are here reporting the ten most quoted neurological papers published in the years 2010 and 2011, updated on February 25, 2013. Top Articles 2010 1 = HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders persist in the era of potent antiretroviral therapy: CHARTER Study… Continue Reading

Rossetti, AO; Oddo, M; Logroscino, G; et al.
ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY Volume: 67 Issue: 3 Pages: 301-307 Published: March 2010 Abstract
Objective: Current American Academy of Neurology (AAN) guidelines for outcome prediction in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest (CA) have… Continue Reading

Mary Baker is President of the European Brain Council (EBC)