by Julia Ferrari Worldwide stroke is the second most common cause of death in developed countries. In Austria the incidence rate of stroke is 2.1 – 2.3 per thousand annually [1,2], implying that a stroke occurs every 26 minutes. Austria… Continue Reading

by Gian Luigi Lenzi Not many weeks ago, here in Rome, a particular “retirement” made (and is still making) a lot of rumours and consequences. Away from this HOLY fact and down to my academic perspective I considered my own… Continue Reading

Neurologists need no persuasion that the brain is the most important organ in the body and neurology and its allied specialties, including psychiatry, the most important in medicine. Just occasionally we need to remind the world of these truths. We now have the opportunity to do just that because the European Commission has declared May as the official European Month of the Brain 2013.

I had the unique chance of being one of the young neurologists chosen by the EFNS Education Committee to perform a 6-month educational program in the National Reference Centre for Neuromuscular Disease (Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Institut de Myologie, Paris, France) under the supervision of Professor Jean-Marc Léger.

On February 20, 2013 EFNS Admin, including EFNS Head Office and the EFNS Branch Offices Prague and Florence passed the recertification audit and received the certificate confirming the application and further development of an effective Quality Management System complying with the requirements of standard ISO 9001:2008.

Primary objective of the course is to encourage cooperation and to promote exchange of knowledge between participants from different countries. The course is a meeting of respected scientists, who work with stroke presenting and discussing all major aspects of stroke… Continue Reading

Monthly Virtual Patient Case Reports – NOW LIVE!! Monthly Video Lecture eBrain applies for EACCME CPD accreditation Get involved…. write or peer review an eBrain lesson Write a Virtual Patient Case Report or have us video your lecture! To read… Continue Reading

In the latest issue of the Communications of the European Neurological Society you will find information on: – 23rd Meeting of ENS in Barcelona, Spain
– ENS Business Meeting 2013
– ENS Farewell Networking Event during the 23rd Meeting
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We are here reporting the ten most quoted neurological papers published in the years 2010 and 2011, updated on March 25, 2013. Top Articles 2011 1 = Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 revisions to the McDonald criteria Polman, CH.;… Continue Reading

Alan J. Thompson is Dean of the Faculty of Brain Science at the University College London and the first ever recipient of ECTRIMS Award of Honorary Membership 2012 Gian Luigi Lenzi (GLL): What are the recent achievements in the diagnosis… Continue Reading

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