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.

The European Board Examination will take place at the 16th EFNS Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 7th, 2012. Further information can be found on the UEMS EBN website (www.uems-neuroboard.org), in regard to questions, cases and the examination. Also the… Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, Last week I sent out an invitation to all Heads of European Neurological Departments to contribute to Grand Rounds.
From many of you I got positive feedback, some of you agreed in sending cases, others will help commenting… Continue Reading

Definition and Evaluation of Transient Ischemic Attack: A Scientific Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council; Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention; Council on
Cardiovascular Nursing; and the… Continue Reading

Murat Emre is Professor at the Medical School, University of Istanbul, Turkey and Treasurer of The Movement Disorders Society European Section

A 69-year old previously healthy man presented in January 2011 with a two-week history of behavioural disturbances including anxiety, hypochondriac complaints and motor hyperactivity. Since the patient never had had any psychiatric symptoms his general practitioner chose to refer him… Continue Reading

Many lecturers of Teaching Courses at the past EFNS congress in Budapest have kindly agreed to have their texts uploaded to the EFNS website and have provided questions related to these. Visit e-Education in your registered user area on www.efns.org.… Continue Reading

Deadline of application: 31 January 2012 This year’s Spring School will take place from 10-13 May 2012.
The topics covered will be: Movement disorders; Multiple sclerosis; Consciousness, coma, intensive care in neurology and Neurology in the world – present state… Continue Reading

Final Report by Kristiina Rannikmae With the support of the EFNS Scientific Fellowship, I spent 12 months at the Division of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, UK. I joined the Stroke Research Group and was supervised by Dr Cathie Sudlow,… Continue Reading

Abstract Background: The spectrum of disorders of the brain is large, covering hundreds of disorders that are listed in either the mental or neurological disorder chapters of the established international diagnostic classification systems. These disorders have a high prevalence as… Continue Reading

On 1 January 2012 the new EFNS magazine NEUROPENEWS will go online. NEUROPENEWS will be available free of charge for everybody. Interaction with the editors and authors as well as other users will be possible for registered users.