This is a format you definitely should not miss! Controversy sessions are both entertaining and very educative. They also help you to question your own position, and, of course, increase your knowledge of a certain topic.
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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Neurological news from the Netherlands V – the land of the 3rd EAN Congress: Movement Disorders
May 1, 2017By Agnita Boon, on behalf of the Dutch Society for Movement Disorders This task force on Movement Disorders of the Dutch Association of Neurology was founded in 2006. The board consist of representatives with special… Continue Reading -
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President’s Page: ICD 11 will finally classify stroke as a neurological disease
May 1, 2017The revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a highly complicated process handled by experts in statistics at the WHO in Geneva. The influence of Neurological Societies onto the creation of a revision is through the accredited Societies which are for Neurology and Stroke the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) and the World Stroke Organisation (WSO). They are working within the Topic Advisory Group Neurology (TAGN) and can only make recommendations to the experts. April 2011 the TAGN advised to shift the section “Cerebrovascular diseases” covering all types of stroke from the “Diseases of the circulatory system” class (as it is in ICD-10) into the “Diseases of the nervous system” class (as it proposed in the draft ICD-11). This corresponds to a change of the statistical and legal placement of stroke from Internal Medicine to Neurology. This was then executed accordingly 5 years ago and stroke went under the neurological diseases (08) in the beta-version of the ICD-11. Neurologists all over the world agreed with this decision. -
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Paper of the month: Idarucizumab to antagonize thrombin inhibitor dabigatran
May 1, 2017or May 2017 we have selected: Kermer P, Eschenfelder CC, Diener H-C, et al. Antagonizing dabigatran by idarucizumab in cases of ischemic stroke or intracranial hemorrhage in Germany – A national case collection. International Journal of Stroke 2017; doi: 10.1177/1747493017701944. The use of non-vitamin-K-antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation is increasing worldwide. -
Romania geographically belongs to Eastern Europe, but by history, tradition and culture it is perfectly expressing the values of an United Europe. With the Danube River as a large part of our Southern border (with Serbia and Bulgaria), the Danube… Continue Reading
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As Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month draws to a close, what better time to review the latest research into the disease in the European Journal of Neurology:
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Resident and Research Fellows
Call for expressions of interest: EAN-RRFS treasurer- Apply now!
April 20, 2017The Resident and Research Fellow Section (RRFS) of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) would like to announce the advertisement of a RRFS treasurer position, starting from June 2017 for one year. The position will start from the 3rd EAN congress in Amsterdam and end after the 4th EAN congress in Lisbon. -
The new CME article April 2017: “Pyridostigmine bromide versus Fludrocortisone in the treatment of orthostatic hypotension in Parkinson`s disease – a randomized controlled trial” is online now! Please log-in and browse to the LEARN section on the EAN Website and… Continue Reading
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The EAN has currently only 8 honorary members, the 6 members of the transition task force (Claudio Bassetti, Jacques De Reuck, José Ferro, Detlef Kömpf, Gustave Moonen, and Gunhild Waldemar), and the founding presidents of the two mother societies (Franz Gerstenbrand and the late Peter K. Thomas).
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EAN Congress news
Women in Neurology, third edition: Is the landscape in gender gap really changing?
April 1, 2017by Antonella Macerollo & Elena Moro
Dear EAN members, the successful event “Women in Neurology” will be held again this year, for the third time, on June 25th during the EAN congress in Amsterdam. It will be an informal working… Continue Reading -
The official journal of the EAN, covers all areas of clinical and basic research in neurology. Emphasis is placed on major diseases of clinical and socio-economic importance:
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Scientific Corner
EAN Guideline Production Group – 1st Science workshop on guideline production
April 1, 2017Establishment of European standards of diagnosis, treatment and care within the various subfields of neurology is one of the most important aims of the EAN. To reach this goal, EAN has set-up a Guideline Production Group (GPG), which provides scientific assistance to active Task Forces. -
Other News
James Parkinson – An Essay on the Shaking Palsy 1817: A Celebration of 200 Years of Progress
April 1, 2017From Anna Sauerbier and Miguel Rosa-Grilo On the 10th and 11th of March 2017 more than 250 leading health professionals came together in London to celebrate the 200 years of the publication of “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy”… Continue Reading -
Dear EAN/RRSF member, As you may know, as an EAN member, you have free access to the ebrain learning platform. The Association of British Neurologists have prepared a self-assessment test, set at the standard required for completion of… Continue Reading
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by Anna Sauerbier
Public investment in research and innovation more important than ever, new study confirms http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=newsalert&year=2017&na=na-160317 —————————————————– Cognitive enhancing drugs can improve chess play https://www.ecnp.eu/Informationandnews/Press/170306_Cognitive_enhancing_drugs_chess.aspx?ec_as=651409B93356489887F4353022160A40 —————————————————– Topics are under consideration for inclusion in future Innovative… Continue Reading