neuroscience

in collaboration with the Institute of Neuroscience and Institute for Ageing, Newcastle University, UK; Centre for Ageing and Health (AgeCAP), Sweden; Alzheimer’s Research, UK and the African Academy of Neurology (AFAN)   6th – 9th December 2016 Nairobi, Kenya   The landmark… Continue Reading

by Delia Lenzi Researchers working with gene-editing techniques (CRISPR) have managed to ensure that an engineered mosquito would pass on its new Plasmodium falciparum resistance genes to nearly all of its offspring— and note, not just half, as would normally… Continue Reading

by Delia Lenzi It is well known in the scientific community that the connectomes will in the near future deeply influence our vision of how the brain works. In this very comprehensive article, published in Nature early this month, Amber… Continue Reading

A new initiative, offering international high-level hands-on courses in neuroscience, will radically change the European scene for higher education in brain research. Starting in 2015, the CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme offers an annual programme of 5-7 training courses that… Continue Reading

For July 2015, we have selected: Kazui H, Miyajima M, Mori E, Ishikawa M, for the SINPHONI-2 Investigators. Lumboperitoneal shunt surgery for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (SINPHONI-2): an open-label randomized trial. Lancet Neurology 2015;14:585-594. The decision to refer patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) for surgery can be challenging for the neurologist, especially due to the lack of high-level evidence supporting the beneficial use of CSF shunts.

by Delia Lenzi Impressive results emerge from a study recently published in Science from a group of scientists who were able to identify a small-molecule inhibitor of 15-PGDH (SW033291) that increases prostaglandin PGE2 levels in bone marrow and other tissues.… Continue Reading

In this issue of Neuropenews we would like to invite you to read the following interesting articles which were kindly chosen by our Subspecialty Scientific Panel on Higher Cortical Functions. Memory Redick, Thomas S., et al.: “Measuring working memory capacity… Continue Reading

by Antonio Federico, Chair of the EAN Scientific Committee A list of the Rare Neurological Diseases (RND) consists of more than 5000 disorders. Half of them has a neurological interest including the central and peripheral nervous system or muscles, or… Continue Reading

by Delia Lenzi A study in mice published in Nature Neuroscience this year provides important insights on schizophrenia pathogenesis by linking the three previous and, until now, apparently unrelated hypotheses: the “spine pruning theory”, the “hyperactive neurons theory” and the… Continue Reading

The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and The Kavli Foundation have announced the first FENS-Kavli Scholars – 20 young European neuroscience researchers chosen for the excellence of their research, as well as promise to be among the field’s newest… Continue Reading

The Nobel Assembly has decided to award the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine to three European Neuroscientists with one half to John O´Keefe and the other half jointly to the couple May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser for their discoveries of cells “that constitute a positioning system in the brain, an inner GPS in the brain, that makes it possible to orient ourselves in space, demonstrating a cellular basis for higher cognitive function“.

by Delia Lenzi This month a tweet provided me with a very interesting article (and discussion) from Ed Yong, an award-winning British science writer, on the reliability of results in neuroscience papers. He took his inspiration from a paper published… Continue Reading

Nominations are open again for The Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Prize 2013 (http://www.thebrainprize.org/). The Brain Prize is awarded to one or more scientists who have distinguished themselves by an outstanding contribution to European neuroscience. The Prize recognizes a highly… Continue Reading