Originally planned for 2020, but postponed due to the pandemic, the Spanish EAN-Day was finally held in November 2022, in Seville, the future venue of the EAN 2025 congress.

EAN Education Committee Chair, Irena Rektorová, gives an update on new projects, upcoming deadlines, and some exciting additions to existing educational programmes.

Our paper of the month presents the results of a prospective, double-blind, randomised, sham-controlled trial involving 16 centres and investigating the safety and efficacy of unilateral FUSA of the globus pallidus internus in patients with medication-refractory idiopathic PD.

The EAN Student Task Force is delighted to announce the return of the very popular ‘Why Neurology?’ essay competition this spring, before the 9th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, in Budapest, 1-4 July 2023

Our latest Students’ Corner article submission was on the topic ‘What is it like to be a student on a neurology placement?‘. Here we present those winning essays. Happy reading!

Are you a neurologist whose line of work was affected by the pandemic? We want to hear how COVID-19 has impacted your professional field.

The European Academy of Neurology is proud to announce the launch of the EAN CoCoCare, its very own guideline educational programme for 2023!

President of the Turkish Neurological Society, shares a statement on the tragic aftermath of the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria and honours the memory of the neurologists lost.

EAN President, Paul Boon, provides an update on some upcoming major EAN events (including EAN 2023) and freshly launched EAN projects.

We all know it. Falling in love produces a pounding heartbeat. Our symbol for love is the heart. But what happens when we experience emotions like romantic love or sexual desire is better explained by brain physiology than heartbeats.

Our pick of COVID-19-related cross-sectional case control studies from the scientific press for February 2023.

Our highlighted selection of Covid-related case series or case reports from the scientific press for Febuary 2023.

We are introducing a special discounted fee for start-ups in the new Start-Up Corner area of our exhibition at EAN 2023. Find out more!

Registration is open for the 9th Annual Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, with reduced early fees available until 26 April

Our February Paper of the Month is a narrative review focusing on epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment of secondary headache following SARS-COV-2 infection and vaccination, and on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on primary headache disorders.