by Eberhard Deisenhammer Franz Gerstenbrand was born in south Moravia as a son of a general practitioner. He visited regular schools in nearby Nikolsburg. He had to participate in the German Army. After World War II he started studying medicine… Continue Reading

By Klemens Fheodoroff Neurorehabilitation has a long tradition in Austria. Already in 1951 the first European rehabilitation centre for spinal cord injury patients opened in Austria. In 1956 a Polio rehabilitation centre for children opened in Hermagor, Carinthia. In 1968… Continue Reading

…but too innovative to be stopped. by Delia Lenzi Starting with the skin cells of mice in vitro, the japanese molecular biologist Katsuhiko Hayashi created primordial germ cells (PGCs), which can develop into both sperm and eggs. To prove that… Continue Reading

Every year the President provides a report to the Council of Delegates, our senior governing body, about the events of the previous year. This year the Council will meet at the World Congress of Neurology and I shall report as follows.

EFNS Meetings during the World Congress of Neurology was last modified: September 24th, 2013 by Editor… Continue Reading

The 5th RTC in Sub-Saharan Africa returned to Dakar, Senegal and was hosted by Prof. A. Gallo-Diop at the Cheikh Anta Diop University.

All e-learning activities are free-of-charge for EFNS members registered to www.efns.org! Answer all questions correctly and you will receive one hour of CME. European Journal of Neurology
Every month one article is chosen for online learning. The following articles are… Continue Reading

Please visit the EFNS-ENS booth (#13) during the exhibition hours (10h-17h) of the World Congress of Neurology, Vienna, September 22 – 25, 2013.

2014 ENS Fellowship The European Neurological Society sponsors a fellowship program to provide an opportunity for young neurologists to participate in an exchange. It is aimed primarily at neurologists contributing actively at ENS Meetings. Applicants must be less than 40… Continue Reading

The Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation – call for nominations: The Brain Prize, which is to be awarded for the fourth time in May 2014. The Prize recognizes highly original and influential advances in research on the nervous system.… 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: 275 (from… Continue Reading

Advancing neurology and neuroscience, the increase of brain disorders and the challenge for more brain health are hot topics in the general panorama of science and health.

The EFNS Scientist Panels and ENS Sub-committees aim at coordinating different facets of clinical research and good neurological practice at the European level. They will play a very important role in the European Academy of Neurology – EAN. We invited the chairpersons of the EFNS Scientist Panels and ENS Subcommittees for their view on the future role of these panels/subcommittees within the EAN.

by Anastasia Zekeridou, M. Tschirren, A. Fumeaux, Patrik Michel A 71-year-old man presented with a sudden onset paresis of his left side. On clinical examination a pure left hemiparesis with mild dysarthria and with Babinski sign was found. The signs… Continue Reading

The greatest impact of World Congresses is on the majority of neurology trainees and other interested parties who cannot afford to travel great distances. Europe is the most compact continent and Vienna is at its heart. This offers a wonderful… Continue Reading