EAN Congress news

Representatives from key organisations in neurology detailed their actions for a European advocacy in the brain space in a Studio Session held on the third day of EAN 2023.

This special session organised by the European Federation of Neurological Associations covered the up-to-date unmet needs and future challenges in rare neurological diseases from the perspective of patients’ associations.

Kicking off the EAN-ESC brain-heart working group, this symposium, 'When heart meets brain', showed how this relationship is about so much more than stroke.

The amount of data available in neurology, neuroscience, neurobiology and related disciplines is rising exponentially and challenging clinicians’ ability to analyse and use that data, a panel of experts showed in a Plenary Session on day three of EAN 2023.

This Special Session on Cognitive impairment beyond neurodegenerative and vascular dementias was organised in collaboration with the European Journal of Neurology on four different aspects of cognitive impairment associated with non-degenerative and non-vascular neurological disorders.

EAN Website Editor Letizia Leocani talks to Prof. Mark Hallett, National Institutes of Health Distinguished Investigator Emeritus, who gave the C. Brown-Séquard Lecture at this year’s congress.

This interesting TV Session at EAN 2023 showed how past mistakes and misunderstood pioneers led to major steps forward in understanding brain function, brain anatomy, and neurological disease.

Complex cases were presented in the Clinical Grand Round session, emphasising the challenges in diagnosing neurological conditions.

Four distinguished neurologists delivered the prestigious named lectures during the Presidential Symposium, held on the second day of EAN 2023.

This session, shown live on EAN TV, focused on conditions that share a high disease burden but are at the same time underprioritised in health and financing programmes.

The historical context and current efforts in advocating for brain and neurological health - specifically epilepsy - formed the basis of this special Studio Session at EAN 2023.

Top neurologists gathered to discuss challenges for women in neurology in a dedicated session chaired by President Elect Elena Moro on the second day of EAN 2023.

The RRFS session on ‘General neurology vs specialisation: weighing the pros and cons’ shed light on important considerations for trainees, including individual goals, passion, work-life balance, and long-term career aspirations.

As usual, the annual EAN quiz show, the Brain Challenge brought plenty of entertaining and cheerful moments to EAN 2023 on Saturday afternoon, with two rival teams competing to solve difficult neurological cases.

EANpages Editor Benedetta Bodini talks to Prof. Josep Dalmau, Professor at the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA)-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, who will give the Camillo Golgi Lecture at this year’s congress.