by Eveline Sipido The European Brain Council (EBC), as a co-ordinating body representing European organisations in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, basic brain research (neuroscience) as well as patient organisations and industry, is ideally positioned to champion and promote brain research in… Continue Reading

In early February 2012 we have announced on www.efns.org the publication of a paper by the EFNS and ENS Presidents, Richard Hughes and Zohar Argov. This article is about the establishment of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), an organisation… Continue Reading

In the last six months, the EFNS Scientific Fellowship programme gave me the opportunity to work as visiting scientist in the Laboratory for Molecular Neurology, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Orhan Aktas, at the Department of Neurology of the Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, chaired by Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Hartung.

All e-learning activities are free-of-charge for EFNS members, who are 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… Continue Reading

Don’t miss the opportunity to present your work to more than 5000 colleagues… 16th EFNS Congress, Stockholm, Sweden, 08-11 September 2012 Abstract submission deadline: March 15, 2012 Please submit your abstract via the congress website http://efns2012.efns.org/ Bursary The EFNS offers… Continue Reading

In 2011, for the first time in its 55 year history, the World Federation of Neurology invited project proposals from its membership for specific educational or applied research projects in neurology and the applied neurosciences as part of its activities… Continue Reading

Abstract Background: Bapineuzumab, a humanized anti-amyloid-beta (A
) monoclonal antibody for the potential treatment of Alzheimer disease (AD), was evaluated in a multiple ascending dose, safety, and efficacy study in mild to moderate AD.
Methods: The study enrolled 234 patients, randomly… Continue Reading

Ettore Beghi is Professor of Neurology in Milan, Italy and past-President of the Italian League Against Epilepsy (LICE)

A 42-year-old woman came to our observation because of the subacute onset of abnormal movements in the oro-facial region. Family history was negative for neurological disorders. Her past medical history was remarkable only for spinal surgery (spinal stabilization L4-L5-S1). At… Continue Reading

A European Training Charter as a common achievement of the UEMS division of Neuroradiology, UEMS Sections of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Radiology and Cardiology has been approved by the UEMS Council
by Wolfgang Grisold, Olof Flodmark and Bernd Richling The UEMS (www.uems.net)… Continue Reading

The right size for the European Neurology Congress
by Richard Hughes, EFNS President The British geneticist JBS Haldane began his 1928 essay “On being the right size” by illustrating the impossibility of fairy tale giants. He wrote “consider a giant… Continue Reading

Nils Erik Gilhus Not only neurologists but also neurosurgeons, psychiatrists and pediatricians are specialists that work with disorders in the brain and nervous system. Furthermore neuroradiologists, neurophysiologists and neuropathologists are professionals in the field, as are psychologists, speech therapists, physiotherapists… Continue Reading

Neuromuscular diseases did always grab my attention during my residency. Due to the rising importance of skin biopsy and its usefulness in the diagnosis of vasculitic neuropathy as well as small fiber neuropathy, I aimed to study in this field. As in my thesis I studied the activation of RAGE pathway in vasculitic neuropathy, axonal neuropathy and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy patients’ nerve biopsies I decided to extend my research by analyzing this pathway in the skin samples of different neuropathies.

EFNS TOURNAMENT – Stockholm 2012 12 persons will be chosen to participate in the tournament for young neurologists. Selected candidates will receive a travel grant as well as hotel accommodation and free registration to the congress. INFORMATION: www.efns.org/efns2012 APPLICATION DEADLINE:… Continue Reading

Teaching and education are an important aspects of the EFNS congresses. In Budapest at the 15th EFNS Congress the participants in the Teaching Course (TC) were asked to fill in a questionnaire about themselves, their professional carrier and satisfaction about the congress program and attended TC.