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28th Summer Stroke School – Healthy Lifestyle and Prevention of Stroke and Other Brain Impairments June 5th – 9th 2017, Dubrovnik, Croatia Primary objective of the course is to encourage cooperation and to promote exchange of knowledge between participants from… Continue Reading

    by Anna Sauerbier     I love my brain logo – please download and use
http://www.braincouncil.eu/activities/news/download-the-i-love-my-brain-logo/ World Health Day 2017 – Depression: the biggest barrier to workplace well-being
http://www.mhe-sme.org/fileadmin/Position_papers/Depression-_the_biggest_barrier_to_workplace_well-being.pdf Alzheimer Europe: The importance of awareness in dementia
http://researchfeatures.com/2017/02/28/alzheimer-europe/… Continue Reading

The European Brain Council sends out a newsletter as well as an External Environmental Report that brings articles and projects of interest to the attention of its members. From these, the Neuropenews Editors identify those that are of interest for… Continue Reading

Over the last months, Neuropenews has featured 8 chapters describing the beginning of neurology in Germany (chapter 1), a golden age at the end of the 19th century, the first 30 years of the 20th century with true scientific breakthroughs (chapter 2), the dark age before and during World War II (chapter 3), the slow and painful (chapter 4) and since the 1970ies accelerating recovery (chapter 5-8) of clinical neuroscience and neurology in Germany [1].

by Delia Lenzi Usually when we ought to understand how things work, first we try to get to know the structure exactly. But in neurology and neuroscience we often face the problem of trying to understand the software without knowing… Continue Reading

FNA is the umbrella organisation for more than 20 pan-European disease-specific neurology patient organisations. It will work with Pain Alliance Europe to push neurological and chronic pain conditions higher up the European agenda.

It’s a pleasure to briefly explain why I am applying for the position of the President of the EAN. The most important attraction is to form this new European Academy of Neurology as a strong organization. I am sure that this will move Neurology in Europe into a pole position.

by Delia Lenzi We know almost nothing about it (the brain, yes, again). And we’ve (re-)started with this conviction. Maybe because of this, it might be the right time. I really recomend you to spend some of your time watching… Continue Reading

by Delia Lenzi This month a tweet provided me with a very interesting article (and discussion) from Ed Yong, an award-winning British science writer, on the reliability of results in neuroscience papers. He took his inspiration from a paper published… Continue Reading

The European Commission held two major events during May to celebrate the European Month of the Brain under the Presidency of the Republic of Ireland.

Tuesday, 14 May 2013 Brussels, Belgium
European Brain Research Successes and Next Challenges Monday, 27 May and Tuesday, 28 May 2013 Dublin, Ireland
Healthy brain: healthy Europe – A new horizon for brain research and health care Please be informed… Continue Reading

The ECNP Media Prize is for any media-related activity (journalism, fiction, TV, theatre, dance – i.e. in any medium) that contributes to the de-stigmatisation of disorders of the brain. It comes with a € 5,000 prize. The key determinant is… Continue Reading

http://ec.europa.eu/research/brainmonth2013 Within the Month of the Brain, two major conferences are planned for 14 May (Brussels, Belgium) and 27&28 May (Dublin, Ireland). 14 May 2013 (Brussels, Belgium): This first conference will be dedicated to “European Brain Research: Successes and Next… Continue Reading