EAN News

Interview with Prof. Ettore Beghi and Prof. Dániel Bereczki, co-chairs of the Neuroepidemiology Scientific Panel

This year’s annual video interview series included the Neurogenetics panel

EAN’s Virtual 2021 Congress had a plethora of activities designed to bring the event closer to the participants. We also tried to include the smallest ones and give them an opportunity to express themselves creatively and maybe learn a bit… Continue Reading

By Ulf Kallweit “Sleep is by the brain (…) and for the brain” (Hobson, 2005). Narcolepsy is a rare brain disorder and is also a model disease for the understanding of sleep and wake regulation mechanisms and of their pathology.… Continue Reading

Dr Antonella Macerollo, Editor-in-chief, EANpages Professor Moro and Professor Ferretti introduced the Special Session on the EAN gender and diversity task force, which is investigating the impact of sex and gender-related differences in the management of neurological disorders. It is… Continue Reading

Have you ever gotten lost while travelling and had to pull out a map to find your way? If neurology is a vast country with many roads undiscovered, then guidelines are its necessary map to traverse it. As one of… Continue Reading

by Benedetta Bodini This interesting session covering updates on acute stroke pathogenesis and treatment started with a lecture by Dr Meinel from Switzerland, who provided a comprehensive description of covert brain infarction. He first focused on incidental covert brain infarctions,… Continue Reading

by Isabella Colonna The EAN Advocacy Talk ‘EFNA ONEUrology’ ran live on EAN TV on Monday 21 June at 12.45 and was moderated by Conny Lee. Invited guests were Prof. David Vodusek, chair of the EAN International Liaison Group, and… Continue Reading

by Isabella Colonna The session ‘Neurology training in Africa: future perspectives’ was  organised in co-operation with the African Academy of Neurology (AFAN) and was moderated by Dr. Augustina Charway-Fell. The first lecture, entitled ‘Neurology training in West Africa’, was presented… Continue Reading

The next EAN Autumn School will take in place in Loutraki, Greece, from October 7-11, 2021. The programme for the Autumn School is available online on the EAN website covering the topics of stiffness, eye movement disorders and muscle weakness. If you would… Continue Reading

by Martin Rakusa Lectures in the third plenary symposium covered state of the art topics from artificial intelligence to new biomarkers and the most expensive drugs in the world. However, with fast progress comes also a great responsibility and new… Continue Reading

Chairs: Riadh Gouider and Maged Abd El-Naseer The first speaker, Marwa Farghaly, started the session with a presentation on ‘Dementia in Arab world: challenges and new hope’. According to her findings, the Middle-East North-Africa (MENA) countries are the fastest growing… Continue Reading

Clarification (July 1, 2021): The “must see” symposium “The next revolution for neurotherapy? Navigated transcranial ultrasound for surgery, blood brain barrier opening and neuromodulation” presented leading scientist and clinicians from the novel field of Ultrasound Brain Therapies. Prof. Andres Lozano… Continue Reading

Dr Antonella Macerollo, Editor-in-chief, EANpages Professor Moro introduced the networking session dedicated to challenges for women in the field of neurology. Three female colleagues from different countries and with different backgrounds were involved in this session to provide advice to… Continue Reading

Dr Tom Jenkins, Editor-in-chief, EAN website This session, chaired by Professor Massimo Filippi, pitted two world-leading ALS neurologists against each other in a debate on the role of MRI in diagnosis. The session started with a poll of participants’ current… Continue Reading