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The new CME article November 2017: “Plasma and cerebrospinal fluid tau and neurofilament concentrations in rapidly progressive neurological syndromes: a neuropathology-based cohort” is online now! Please log-in and browse to the LEARN  section on the EAN Website and answer the… Continue Reading

In 2018, the EAN will offer 35 Clinical Fellowships.

Report from Dr Meri Grigoryan, from Yerevan, Armenia visiting the Department of Neurology, Universitatsklinikum Heidelberg, Germany under the supervision of prof. Peter Ringleb

The new CME article October 2017: “European Stroke Organization guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of cerebral venous thrombosis – endorsed by the European Academy of Neurology” is online now! Please log-in and browse to the LEARN section on the… Continue Reading

Dear Readers, An interesting interactive case has been published in eBrain this month. It has been written by the Neurology, Neuroscience and Stroke Unit teams from UCL Belgium. Please, find below the abstract. To see the full case, please log-in via the EAN-website, and once you are on the eBrain page, go to “virtual patient cases”:

With great gratitude and pleasure I report back about the RTC which took place in Odessa 27-29 April 2017. First of all, I would like to thanks the European Academy of Neurology, Head office Julia Mayer, Eveline Sipido, the EAN… Continue Reading

The 9th exam of the European Board of Neurology took place in Amsterdam on June 23rd last, one day before the start of the 3rd EAN congress.

During the EAN conference in Amsterdam in June 2017, the symposium on "Challenges for Women in Neurology" had 2 out of 3 invited speakers address aspects African Neurology (Dekker from Tanzania; Charway-Felli from Ghana). That is not a coincidence, as this region has seen significant developments in very recent years.

During the 3rd Congress of the EAN, an outstanding opportunity of meeting colleagues who took part in previous Spring School meetings was organized.

The 18th course of the Spring School attracted attention of 187 colleagues from 36 countries. Due to the capacity reasons we were forced to refuse one third of the applicants. Traditionally the highest interest was from Russia – 29, Uzbekistan - 21 and Romania - 19. As usually we had again delegates from mediterranian Africa. this year, we had 90 female participants and 31 male participants.

Don't miss the opportunity to apply for the EAN Research Fellowship until August 31, 2017.

We are delight to announce the launch of a new programme - the EAN-Day - for bringing international speakers to your national or regional meeting, and strengthening the links between EAN and our National Neurological Member Societies and Corresponding Societies. 

When coming back from international congresses, it happens to be asked by our patients if we have heard about new innovative and highly effective treatments or new research about specific neurological diseases…

Neurology training in Europe varies considerably between countries. Results from a recent survey have been published in the European Journal of Neurology, highlighting similarities and differences between European Union (EU) countries, other European Economic Area countries, and Switzerland.