multiple sclerosis

 We have learned from Dr Paolo Giannetti, Italy, that his research supported by the EFNS Fellowship in 2009 has recently been published in Neurobiology of Disease, 65 (2014) 203-210: “Microglia activation in multiple sclerosis black holes predicts outcome in progressive… Continue Reading

At the Joint Congress of European Neurology in Istanbul several Symposia and Teaching Courses are recorded (http://efns2014.efns.org/Scientific-Programme-Satellite-Symposia.1153.0.html). These will be available soon on www.ebrainjnc.com. All EAN members will have unlimited access to the webcasts. All congress participants will have free… Continue Reading

The first paper that I would like to point out to our readers is in a way connected with the paper on the NEW CHOLESTEROL GUIDELINE (Pencina MJ et al; N Engl J Med, March 19,2014) presented in the Neuropenews April issue.

The Patient Day – organised in cooperation with the Turkisch Neurological Society, EFNS/ ENS and EFNA in Hamidiye Hall at the ICC, Saturday, 2014-05-31 8.30-10.30 The aspects of the relationship between patients and physicians are changing due to the knowledge… Continue Reading

by Thomas Berger, Chair of the e-learning Subcommittee eBrain was successfully developed within 24 months by a small but effective lead team (S. Shorvon, S. Thompson, K. Hardy-Smith, H. Cock, T. Berger), representing the unique partnership of the UK Joint… Continue Reading

When we started our speciality training in the UK and Switzerland in the 1970s and 1980s, general neurology was the backbone of clinical care and teaching in our countries (and most countries in Europe).

Although there are myriad new treatment options for multiple sclerosis, this disease is still hard to get under control. Experts at the Congress of the European Neurological Society in Barcelona urged massive efforts to be made in pharmacogenetics so that… Continue Reading

by Gian Luigi Lenzi The first year, NEUROPENEWS, published every month the abstract of one of the scientific publications from the year 2009 that received the largest number of quotations during 2011. This interval of at least a year between… Continue Reading

by Michael Khalil Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a main area of interest for Austria’s neurologic community. One reason for this is the rather high prevalence of this disorder which in 2002 has been estimated to be around 100 per 100,000… Continue Reading

Polman, CH.; Reingold, SC; Banwell, B; et al. ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY Volume: 69 Issue: 2 Pages: 292-302 Published: FEB 2011 Abstract:
New evidence and consensus has led to further revision of the McDonald Criteria for diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. The… Continue Reading

Alan J. Thompson is Dean of the Faculty of Brain Science at the University College London and the first ever recipient of ECTRIMS Award of Honorary Membership 2012 Gian Luigi Lenzi (GLL): What are the recent achievements in the diagnosis… Continue Reading

by Euphrosyni Koutsouraki et al. Demyelination in white matter tracts has been observed in experimental and human spinal cord injury but the precise pathophysiologic mechanisms still remain a matter of speculation. The cellular inflammatory response induced by spinal trauma is… Continue Reading

This title stands not, regrettably, for the President’s present state of mind or place but for the brilliant acronym of a research project called Psychosocial fActors Relevant to brAin DISorders in Europe.

Abstract
We report the results of a meta-analysis of genome-wide association scans for multiple sclerosis (MS) susceptibility that includes 2,624 subjects with MS and 7,220 control subjects. Replication in an independent set of 2,215 subjects with MS and 2,116 control… Continue Reading

Please register early for the Teaching Courses via the Congress Website www.efns.org/efns2012. There are still some tickets available. If you will not be able to attend the EFNS Teaching Courses, you can purchase a Syllabi CD-ROM at the EFNS Booth… Continue Reading