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It is now only a few weeks left before we are all gathered for the 5th EAN Congress and we are looking forward to see you all here in Oslo, Norway.

Oslo is not only the capital of Norway and the host of the 5th EAN Congress, but also a city filled with sustainable neighborhoods, car-free streets and eco-friendly gourmet restaurants.

Due to the successful debut of BrainChallenge in 2018, the EAN Teaching Course sub-Committee is organising the second edition of this entertaining and challenging Neurology Quiz during the upcoming EAN congress in Oslo in 2019.

As in the previous years, EANpages asked EAN committee members, panel chairs, and invited speakers  which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Oslo 2019. Please find their answers below!

As in the previous years, EANpages asked EAN committee members, panel chairs, and invited speakers which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Oslo 2019. Please find their answers below!

We are happy to welcome you at the Oslo City Hall, where the annual Nobel Peace Price ceremony is taking place. Seize the opportunity to visit an impressive place while meeting the speakers and colleagues from all over the world!

The Norwegian population is small, stable, and well organized. Despite having seen increasing urbanization and immigration in recent years, the population of 5.3 million inhabitants is remarkably stable. Specialist health services are close to 100 % publicly financed and equally available to all. All inhabitants have unique Personal Identification Numbers and can easily be identified across a broad range of mandatory and voluntary public registries. Seventeen central, mandatory health registries are being used for health analysis and statistics, quality improvement, research, administration and emergency preparedness. These include the Medical Birth Registry of Norway, Norwegian Cause of Death Registry, Norwegian Patient Registry and Norwegian Prescription Database.

There are companies, websites and/or individuals who incorrectly claim or imply that they are partners of the 5th EAN Congress.

The 2019 participants of the EAN Tournament for Neurologists in training will receive a travel grant, free congress registration and up to four nights’ of hotel accommodation for the Lisbon Congress: Tournament 1 – Basic neurology Sunday, 30 June 2019,… Continue Reading

As in the previous years, EANpages asked EAN committee members, panel chairs, and invited speakers  which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Oslo 2019. Please find their answers below!

As part of the History of Neuroscience Session “The men behind the neuron theory”, that is held on Monday, July 1 in Room Berlin from 08:00 – 09:30, there is an optional visit of Fridtjof Nansen's home Polhøgda just outside Oslo on Monday, July 1 at 12:30. The visit can also be booked stand alone without attending the session.

Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) became famous as arctic explorer, politician, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. What is less known, is that Fridtjof Nansen was the first Norwegian to achieve a Ph.D. in brain research. He was curator at Bergen Museum, where he studied the nervous system in primitive animals. He published his thesis in 1887. He showed that nerve cells did not work as a syncytium, but as single cells within membranes, and with no direct connections between them. He was the first to formulate and give substantial proof for the neuron theory that later gave Santiago Ramon y Cajal and Camillo Golgi the Nobel Prize in 1906. In his thesis Nansen wrote:

The Early Registration Deadline for the 5th EAN Congress in Oslo this year is on 10 April 2019!