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by Hannah Cock Headache is felt at some time by nearly everybody, and the WHO estimates that almost half the world’s adults at any one time have recent personal experience of one or more of the three common primary headache… Continue Reading

by Thomas Berger With the beginning of the winter term you might be again engaged in education of students and residents. To support your teaching activities eBrain offers broad educative opportunities with e-learning sessions, webinars and virtual case reports. The… Continue Reading

by Hannah Cock The end of the traditional academic year will see thousands of new doctors across Europe start post-graduate medical training in clinical neurosciences, and many more starting to work as new doctors for the first time, so is… Continue Reading

The webcasts of several teaching courses and symposia that were recorded during the Joint Congress of European Neurology in Istanbul are now online and free-of-charge* available on www.ebrainjnc.com. If you wish to get an access token, please contact education@eaneurology.org. *The… Continue Reading

by Hannah Cock Epilepsy is one of the commonest serious neurological conditions, on a par with stroke and dementia so whatever your field, you need to know at least the basics. July also hosts the European Congress of Epileptology in… Continue Reading

At the Joint Congress of European Neurology in Istanbul several Symposia and Teaching Courses are recorded (http://efns2014.efns.org/Scientific-Programme-Satellite-Symposia.1153.0.html). These will be available soon on www.ebrainjnc.com. All EAN members will have unlimited access to the webcasts. All congress participants will have free… Continue Reading

If you are not able to go to the European Stroke Conference being held this month in Nice http://www.eurostroke.org/, why not brush up on your stroke knowledge via ebrain instead.
There are separate modules on Haemorrhagic vascular disease and ischaemic… Continue Reading

Please visit the EFNS-ENS booth (# D15) during the exhibition hours (Sat-Mon. 10h-17h; Tue 10.30-15h) of the Joint Congress of European Neurology.

The committee was founded in 2009 and the members are: Thomas Berger, Austria, Chairman Members: Michael Brainin, Richard Hughes, Detlef Kömpf, Jan Kuks, Jean-Marc Léger, Anthony Schapira, Hannah Cock (ENS), László Sztriha (EAYNT) Observer: Wolfgang Oertel (MDS-ES).

by Gian Luigi Lenzi Editor in chief: Gian Luigi Lenzi
Co-editors: José Ferro, Christian Krarup, David B. Vodusek   NEUROPENEWS has been published on the 1st of every month through all the year 2013 & 2012 and is planned to… Continue Reading

by Thomas Berger Dementia is among the most frequent (neurological) disorders  worldwide, causing an enormous burden for patients, relatives and health systems. The variety in symptoms, the complexity of (differential-) diagnosis, the sophisticated neuropsychological testing and the importance of adequate… Continue Reading

by Hannah Cock Movement disorders feature prominently in the March edition of European Journal of Neurology, so this month we are focussing on Parkinson’s disease. How up to date are you on the diagnostic criteria and pathophysiology of PD? Update… Continue Reading

by Thomas Berger, Chair of the e-learning Subcommittee eBrain was successfully developed within 24 months by a small but effective lead team (S. Shorvon, S. Thompson, K. Hardy-Smith, H. Cock, T. Berger), representing the unique partnership of the UK Joint… Continue Reading

High grade gliomas There is a huge amount of content within ebrain that is relevant to this month’s topic.  The following is a guide to selected content but it is by no means exhaustive! As an introduction you might consider… Continue Reading

Dear fellow neurologists,
Neuropenews has changed the policy regarding the Grand Rounds section.  As you might remember, in the beginning there was an open invitation for written presentations of unsolved or controversial cases. Most case reports have then actually been… Continue Reading