EAN Congress news

New perspectives in the treatment of neuromuscular diseases: therapies on the horizon
Hall B, Mon, 2016-05-30 14.45-16.45 Chairpersons
Eduardo Nobile-Orazio, Milan, ITALY
John Vissing, Copenhagen, DENMARK • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: still far from an effective therapy?
Vincenzo Silani, Milano, ITALY… Continue Reading

Copenhagen 2016: Interview with Paul Boon was last modified: July 7th, 2016 by Editor… Continue Reading

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Symposium
EHF/EAN Topical Symposium: CGRP antibodies: a new class of migraine-specific preventive medication
M5, Mon, 2016-05-30, 14.45-16.45 Chairpersons
Messoud Ashina, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Dimos-Dimitrios Mitsikostas, Athens, Greece Current treatment for migraine: efficacy and safety outcomes
Julio Pascual, Santander, Spain. The role… Continue Reading

…..from one of the attendees:
Case-based Course 1: EEG in patients with acute consciousness impairment
Saturday, 28 May 2016 08.30 – 10.00
Chairperson: Andrea Rossetti, Lausanne, Switzerland Use of the new ACNS nomenclature
Erik Westhall, Lund, Sweden\ Advanced EEG monitoring… Continue Reading

The Resident and Research Fellow Section (RRFS) of the EAN organised together with the “Yngre Neurologer Neurokirurger Neurofysiologer (YNNN)” a visit of the Rigshospital – University Hospital during the EAN Conference in Copenhagen on Sunday 29th of May 2016. The YNNN as well as the physicians of the Rigshospital generously organized the visit which was definitely one of the outstanding highlights of RRFS activities.

Plenary Symposium 2
Neuroimaging of dementia
Hall A, Mon, 2016-05-30, 10.30-12.30 Chairpersons:
Reinhold Schmidt, Graz, Austria.
Massimo Filippi, Milano, Italy. Imaging of cerebral small vessel disease
Reinhold Schmidt, Graz, Austria. Imaging of Alzheimer’s disease
Philip Scheltens, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Imaging… Continue Reading

Plenary Symposium 1
Presidential Symposium
Hall A, Sun, 2016-05-29 10.30-12.30 Chairpersons
Günther Deuschl, Kiel, GERMANY
Mads Henrik Ravnborg, Odense, DENMARK Moritz Romberg Lecture – The prediagnostic phase of Parkinson’s disease
Eduardo Tolosa, Barcelona, SPAIN Camillo Golgi Lecture – The mirror… Continue Reading

This networking event was attended by about 60 people, mostly women from different countries but also by several men. It was a very inspiring session, in which three successful women shared their professional and personal experience as neurologists. Prof. N.… Continue Reading

The 2nd Congress of the EAN had its’ official opening on Saturday, May 28th, the first congress day. Professor Mads Ravnborg, chair of the local organising committee and President of the Danish Neurological Society, welcomed all guest to Copenhagen and… Continue Reading