European Huntingston's Disease Network Plenary Network 2018
16th PAUNS congress (Pan-Arab Union of Neurological Societies)
Basic & Advanced Neuromuscular Ultrasound Course
8th Annual Brain Metastases Research and Emerging Therapy Conference
24th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society
EXCEMED practice teaching course: In-depth MRI techniques and analysis in multiple sclerosis
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Basic and Advanced Neuromuscular Ultrasound Course September 19th – 22nd 2018, Dubai, United Arab Emirates This course is concentrated on learning of the normal neuromuscular ultrasound anatomy of the upper and lower extremities and obtaining basic practical skills on neuromuscular… Continue Reading
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Paper of the MonthEAN NewsFeatured SliderPaper of the month: Waking up with a stroke: should we do thrombolysis?
For July 2018, we have selected: Thomalla G, Simonsen CZ, Boutitie G, et al., for the WAKE-UP Investigators. MRI-guided thrombolysis for stroke with unknown time of onset. NEJM May 16, 2018. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1804355. Thrombolysis is currently performed in patients with acute ischemic stroke within a window of 4.5 hours since the symptoms’ onset. In about one third of the patients, the exact time of stroke onset is unknown, like in patients who wake up from sleeping. -
Dear Readers, An interesting interactive case has been published in eBrain this month. It has been written by the Neurology, Neuroscience and Stroke Unit teams from UCL Belgium. Please, find below the abstract. To see the full case, please log-in via the EAN-website, and once you are on the eBrain page, go to “virtual patient cases”: -
Stroke Live Course – SLICE 2017 October 2nd – 4th 2017, Nice, France Over 15 million people suffer from a stroke worldwide each year and recent published trials have demonstrated the need for a combined team approach. Over 3 days,… Continue Reading
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With great gratitude and pleasure I report back about the RTC which took place in Odessa 27-29 April 2017. First of all, I would like to thanks the European Academy of Neurology, Head office Julia Mayer, Eveline Sipido, the EAN… Continue Reading -
The authors developed a sensor molecule to detect serotonin, injected it into rat striatum and scanned the rodents for 2 hours in a 9.4T magnet with 200 micron in-plane resolution to track the dynamics of reuptake of serotonin and the influence of drugs. -
Please find two articles from Latvian authors that were published in the Europena Journal of Neurology
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EAN Congress news
Copenhagen 2016: Report on Symposium 7 “Understanding functional connectivity using MRI”
Symposium 07 – Understanding functional connectivity using MRI Hall M1, Tuesday, 31st of May, 08:00-10:00 Chairpersons L. Kappos, Basel/Switzerland M. Filippi, Milan/Italy Brain functional connectivity assessed using MRI: the basis
B. B. Biswal, Newark/USA Clinical applications in MS
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As in the previous year, Neuropenews asked EAN committee members, panel chairs, speakers etc. which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Copenhagen 2016. Please find their answers below! -
Interviews
Interview with Prof. Irena Rektorova incoming co-chair of the EAN Scientific Panel “Neuroimaging”
Elena Moro (EM): As incoming co-chair of the Scientific Panel “Neuroimaging” can you briefly introduce yourself and your specific field of expertise to the EANpages readers. Irina Rektorova (IR): I am neurologist at the Department of Neurology, University hospital and School of Medicine in Brno, Czech Republic, Head of the Centre for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, and Head of the Applied Neuroscience Research Group at Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University in Brno. -
As in the previous year, Neuropenews asked EAN committee members, panel chairs, speakers etc. which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Copenhagen 2016. Please find their answers below! -
Other News
European Commission publishes ‘Non-binding guide to good practice for implementation of Directive 2013/35/EU on Electromagnetic Fields’
Background
The Alliance for MRI, a coalition of European Parliamentarians, patient groups, leading European scientists and the medical community, was officially launched in March 2007 in response to the pending implementation of the EU Physical Agents 2004/40/EC (on electromagnetic… Continue Reading -
The Editors have – together with the Scientific Committee – decided that new EFNS consensus papers will be presented in the Forum of NEUROPENEWS. The new EFNS/ENS consensus on the diagnosis and management of chronic ataxias in adulthood is published… Continue Reading
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Through the EFNS fellowship, I was able to carry out my project “Cerebral ischaemia measured using MRI spectroscopy (cerebral ischaemia study)” at the Acute Stroke research unit, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK chaired by Prof. Kennedy Lees. Doing this research from an interdisciplinary perspective has been a novel approach and I’m grateful I was able to begin my involvement with EFNS Scientific Fellowship at this stage in my career.
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