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 Lisbon 2018. Please find their answers below!
EAN Congress 2025 relocated to HELSINKI due to UN summit (dates remain 21-24 June)
September 20, 2024
Due to unforeseen developments, the 11th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology has been relocated and will now be held in Helsinki on June 21-24, 2025.
EAN co-hosting G7 side-event in Ancona, Italy, on 8 October
September 13, 2024
Upcoming Joint Sessions at Partner Societies’ Congresses
August 26, 2024
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by Anna Sauerbier 1) EFNA launch ‘Survey of Young Europeans with Neurological Conditions’ http://www.braincouncil.eu/activities/news/efna-launch-survey-of-young-europeans-with-neurological-conditions/ 2) Europe’s pharma companies join with non-profit group in push to measure outcomes of medical treatments https://sciencebusiness.net/healthy-measures/news/europes-pharma-companies-join-non-profit-group-push-measure-outcomes-medical… Continue Reading
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Neurological news from Portugal IV – Machado-Joseph Disease: from past to future
April 1, 2018History Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is an autosomal dominant (AD) spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) initially described in descendants of immigrants from the Portuguese islands of the Azores. It was in 1972 that Kenneth K. Nakano and colleagues described the Machado family, with an AD, late onset, cerebellar ataxia with peripheral neuropathy. All family members were descendants from Guilherme Machado, who had migrated from São Miguel (Azores) to Massachusetts in the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries. -
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Paper of the month: Structural brain abnormalities as signatures in epilepsy
April 1, 2018For April 2018, we have selected: Whelan CD, Altmann A, Botia JA, et al., for the ENIGMA-Epilepsy Working Group. Structural brain abnormalities in the common epilepsies assessed in a worldwide ENIGMA study. Brain 2018;141:391-408. Epilepsy affects 0.6-1.5% of the population worldwide with one-third of patients being resistant to antiepileptic treatment. Nowadays epilepsy is considered a network disorder in which several structural changes are involved. -
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Country of the month – Slovakia
April 1, 2018Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a country in Central Europe. The total area of the Slovak territory is 49 036 km2 and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava. However, the Slovak Republic is a young state (established on January 1st, 1993, by the split of Czechoslovakia), indeed it is an old country with rich historical heritage. -
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Central Vein Sign Differentiates Multiple Sclerosis from Central Nervous System Inflammatory Vasculopathies
March 22, 2018by Prof. Radu Tanasescu Paper: Maggi et al. ‘Central Vein Sign Differentiates Multiple Sclerosis from Central Nervous System Inflammatory Vasculopathies’. Annals of Neurology. 2018;83:283–294. Outline: This paper shows for the first time that central vein assessment in white matter… Continue Reading -
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EAN & ITN Productions proudly present – Challenging the Global Burden of Brain Disease (Video)
March 20, 2018THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY PRESENTS ‘CHALLENGING THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF BRAIN DISEASE’, A COLLABORATION WITH ITN PRODUCTIONS In a unique communications partnership, European Academy of Neurology (EAN) and ITN Productions are producing a news and current affairs-style programme highlighting… Continue Reading -
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Activities of the European Paediatric Neurology Society (EPNS) 2017/2018
March 20, 2018The European Paediatric Neurology Society (EPNS) is a society for physicians committed to improving standards of care for children with neurological problems. With more than 1,300 members, it is one of the largest groups of paediatric neurologists around the… Continue Reading -
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Activities of the EAN Scientific Panel Epilepsy 2017
March 13, 2018Epilepsy Center, Neurocenter, Kuopio University Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland -
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Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research
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On 12-14 April the Dystonia Europe 25th Anniversary Conference and D-DAYs 2018 will take place in Brussels, Belgium. The 3-day event will include a special lunch in the EU Parliament.
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You can follow the announcement at: www.thebrainprize.org Four neuroscientists working in the UK, Belgium and Germany have today (6 March) won the world’s most valuable prize for brain research. The 2018 Brain Prize is awarded to Bart De Strooper (London… Continue Reading
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The new CME article March 2018: “EAN and ESO consensus statement and practical guidance for pre-hospital management of stroke” is online now! Please log-in and browse to the LEARN section on the EAN Website and answer the questions! All e-learning… Continue Reading
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62. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie und Funktionelle Bildgebung (DGKN) March 15th – 17th 2018, Berlin, Germany The DGKN conference offers a state of the art regarding clinical neurophysiology and functional imaging on a scientific basis presented… Continue Reading
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EAN signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Alzheimer Europe. Alzheimer Europe aims at providing a voice to people with dementia and their carers, at making dementia a European priority and promote a rights-based approach to dementia. The organisation also supports… Continue Reading