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by Delia Lenzi The emotional value of memories is known to be malleable and this property has been successfully used in clinical settings to treat maladaptive behaviors. By applying optogenetic manipulations, Susumu Tonegawa and colleagues, in a very interesting paper,… Continue Reading

Gian Luigi Lenzi (GLL): As Secretary General to EAN, can you illustrate the role you give to EAN within the community of European Neurologists? Didier Leys (DL): The EAN is a society of both individual members and national societies. This… Continue Reading

The first paper that I would like to point out to the Neuropenews readers has been published on the prestigious PNAS (Tang-Schomer et al; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 10.1073/pnas.1324214111.(2014), and it is reporting about a model of the six-layer human cortical brain tissue. Biological models as well as computer models (see Lancet Neurology, August 2014) look like very “hot spots” in the neuroscience panorama.

The EAN is a young Society and our purpose is to promote ‘Excellence in Neurology in Europe’.  This task has many facets and one of them is to engage more people in the Society. This process is presently underway.

The couple of papers that I would like to point out to our readers are strictly related, and their relevance stream out of the fact that at least 1 person is diagnosed every minute with neurodegenerative dementia ( mainly Alzheimer’s disease, but FTD and Lewy Body Disease as well), but scientists have not yet found a cure for both the disease itself and/or its symptoms progression.

Neurology is an important discipline and is rapidly developing. Recent economic studies have identified that one third of the European population is affected by a brain disease and they need treatment by neurologists, neurosurgeons and psychiatrists. The costs for these diseases are getting astronomic.

The 6th Regional Training Course in Sub-Saharan Africa addressing Neurology took place from 19th to 21st June in Lusaka, Zambia and was hosted by the University of Zambia. The training was organised by the EAN and was supported by a consortium of European, international scientific societies and the Zambian Government, namely:

he first paper that I would like to point out to our readers is “Use of a novel high-resolution magnetic resonance neurography protocol to detect abnormal dorsal root ganglia in Sjögren patients with neuropathic pain: case series of 10 patients and review of the Literature”, published in Medicine; May 2014; Vol. 93; Issue 3 ; p. 121-134.

31 May – 3 June 2014 At this unique meeting organised by the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) and the European Neurological Society (ENS), a record number of more than 5900 neurologists from 102 countries attended.
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We congratulate the winner of the P.K. Thomas Award for the best paper on peripheral nerve disorders at the EFNS-ENS Joint Congress in Istanbul 2014 Luis Querol, Madrid, Spain
Antibodies against neurofascin-155 (NF155) in CIDP associated with disabling tremor, distal… Continue Reading

by Jan Kuks & Gabrielle Lohner
UEMS Section of Neurology – European Board Neurology Proving is improving. This was the drive for many candidates taking the 6th European Board examination in Neurology in Istanbul on May 30th. The examination has… Continue Reading

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Professor Ersin Tan is President of the Turkish Neurological Society and works at the Hacettepe University Medical School, Department of Neurology in Ankara.

The Editors have – together with the Scientific Committee – decided that new EFNS guideline papers will be presented in the Forum of NEUROPENEWS. In the May issue of the European Journal of Neurology the new EFNS/ENS Guidelines for the… Continue Reading

Dr Raad Shakir was elected WFN President at the Council of Delegates during the World Congress of Neurology in Vienna on 22 September 2013. His 4-year term of office began on 1st January 2014 The World Federation of Neurology was… Continue Reading