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Our authors of the month conducted a retrospective study of the potential association between COVID-19 and seizures or epilepsy in the six months after infection, using an electronic health records network of 81 million people.

EAN Scientific Committee Chair, Prof. Thomas Berger, provides a general update, including guideline prioritisation news, ongoing research projects and the forthcoming 2nd EAN Science School.

Our research paper of the month presents the results of the Endovascular Treatment for Acute Basilar-Artery Occlusion (ATTENTION) trial; a multicentre, prospective, randomised and open-label trial, conducted in 36 Chinese centres.

The authors of our Covid paper of the month conducted this cross sectional study in southern Germany involving people aged 18–65, confirming the existence of a considerable burden of self-reported post-acute symptom clusters

EAN Secretary General, Tony Marson, provides a general update on membership issues, including new membership benefits and the opening of this year's membership renewal period..

This month we have selected the guidelines dedicated to the invasive therapeutic pathways for Parkinson's disease, published jointly by the EAN and the Movement Disorder Society-European Section.

Our paper of the month for October investigates vestibular function in patients with dizziness, vertigo and postural symptoms following COVID-19 vaccination.

New EAN Education Committee Chair, Irena Rektorova, introduces herself with an overview of recent and upcoming EAN educational initiatives.

This month we have selected two phase-2 trials investigating α-synuclein-binding antibodies as potential disease-modifying treatment of Parkinson’s disease.

Our authors of the month for September conclude that people with Parkinson's Disease and parkinsonism showed a higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection throughout the first 15 months of the pandemic.

The new EAN President-Elect highlights some hopes and objectives for the future of the EAN, including updates on the work of the Covid-19 Task Force and the Coordinating Panel on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Neurology.

Our research paper of the month presents the results of the ‘SWIFT direct’ trial, a randomised, open-label, blinded-outcome trial, aiming to investigate whether thrombectomy alone would be non-inferior to thrombectomy plus intravenous alteplase in patients with acute ischaemic stroke due to anterior circulation large vessel occlusion.

On the final day of EAN 2022, the EAN presidency was handed over to the new president, Prof. Paul Boon, chairman and senior full professor of neurology at Ghent University Hospital and Director of 4Brain at Ghent University.

Our research paper of the month is a meta-analysis investigating the influence of intraventricular fibrinolysis on functional outcomes in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage.

Our authors of the month conducted this study in which COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms and cognitive impairments, underwent DMI in the subacute stage of the disease.