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Dear readers, In this issue, we invite you to read three articles which have been carefully chosen by our Scientific Panels: Higher cortical functions, Sleep-wake disorders, and Palliative care: Ossenkopele R, Pijnenburg Y, Perry DC, et al. The behavioural/dysexecutive variant… Continue Reading

EAN Guideline Production Group: Procedure for updating EAN guidelines The EAN Scientific Committee (SC) determines each year the need for updating guidelines. In addition, each Scientific Panel (SP) may decide to update a guideline at any moment, depending on the… Continue Reading

In this issue of the Neuropenews, our Subspecialty Scientific Panel Sleep-wake disorders invites you to read an article on Alzheimer’s disease: “Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most frequent dementia. Sporadic AD is thought to be due, in part, to impaired… Continue Reading

Website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/education/courses/other/neurology/ This is an annual update course run by the Institute of Neurology Queen Square, London. The course is designed for consultants and senior trainees in neurology, and other neuroscience specialties, from the UK, Europe and worldwide, and aims… Continue Reading

by Delia Lenzi Power and collaborators have recently published in the Journal Nature Neuroscience a paper on the genetic link between creativity and psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder and schizofrenia. They found that polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia and… Continue Reading

We congratulate the winner of the P.K. Thomas Award for the best paper on peripheral nerve disorders at the 1st EAN Congress in Berlin, June 20-23, 2015 Luise Appeltshauser, Würzburg, Germany
Auto-antibodies against contactin-1 in patients with inflammatory neuropathy The… Continue Reading

The members of the Scientific Committee (SC) at present are: Antonio Federico (Chair) Claudio Bassetti, Alexandre Bisdorff, Michael Brainin, Christian Enzinger, Maurizio Leone, Jera Kruja, Maurizio Leone, Celia Oreja-Guevar, Evzen Růžička, Anthony H.V. Schapira, Antonio Toscano

An initiaitive of the European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA) & Pain Alliance Europe (PAE) The meeting of EFNA and PAE took place on June 24, 2015 from 12.45 – 15.00h at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. Romanian MEP… Continue Reading

by Mohammad Wasay & Wolfgang Grisold The first World Brain Day was started by World Federation of Neurology in 2014 with the slogan “Our brains-Our future”. This global campaign was designed to promote awareness about brain and neurological diseases and… Continue Reading

During 20th and 23rd of June 2015, Berlin was the capital of European neurology. At the 1st Congress of European Academy of Neurology, young neurologists had a session specially organized for them by the European Association of Young Neurologists and… Continue Reading

In this issue of Neuropenews, we open a new space, the Scientific Corner, which will be reporting on issues related to area of scientific activity of the EAN and activities of the EAN Scientific Committee.

by Maurizio A. Leone1, Magdalena Keindl2, Anthony H. Schapira3, Günther Deuschl4, Antonio Federico5 The EAN considers the production of neurological guidelines a major obligation, as this is a primary tool to improve clinical practice in neurology. The Scientific Committee (SC)… Continue Reading

As in the previous year, Neuropenews asked EAN committee members, panel chairs, speakers etc. which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Berlin, June 2015. Please find their answers below! Benedikt Schoser, speaker at Symposium 3 “Modern… Continue Reading

Gian Luigi Lenzi (GLL): As President of the EHF, can you illustrate the role you would like EAN to cover within the world of European Neurology? Dimos-Dimitrios Mitsikostas (DDM): The European Headache Federation represents all national Headache Societies in Europe and neighbouring nations. Since its foundation in 1992, EHF has sought to improve the life of those affected by headache in this territory. Headache is by far the commonest neurological symptom and primary headache disorders are the most frequent neurological conditions affecting million Europeans.

Top 10 Articles 2012 from keywords: Neurology, Neurological Sciences, Ageing and Dementia, Cerebroascular diseases/ Stroke, Clinical Neurophysiology, Cognitive neurology/neuropsychology, Critical care, Epilepsy, Headache and Pain, Infections & AIDS, Motorneurone diseases, Movement Disorders, Multiple sclerosis and Related Disorders, Muscle and neuromuscular… Continue Reading