Neurology Updates

Neurology Updates

Here you will find regular scientific news from our Scientific Panels. We cover all areas of neurology, including rare diseases. The most recent news are displayed below. You will find all news of different areas sorted into the subsections of the respective scientific panel. Enjoy reading!

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| COVID-19 | Epilepsy  

Impact of COVID-19 on management of epilepsy

Physicians of all specialties worldwide are challenged by the new SARS-CoV-2 virus causing corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The virus is causing…

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Created by Tim J von Oertzen, Ronan McGinty, Martin Holtkamp, Reetta Kalviainen, Stephan Ruegg, Eugen Trinka, Guido Rubboli

| COVID-19 | Neuroepidemiology  

The Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe: Challenges, Unanswered Questions, Future Steps: A message from the EAN Epidemiology Panel

An unexpected outbreak due to the infection by the coronavirus, Covid-19, which started in China at the end of 2019, is rapidly expanding and is now…

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Created by Ettore Beghi & Daniel Berekzcki

| COVID-19 | Multiple Sclerosis | Neuroimmunology  

Immunotherapy for patients with neuroimmunological disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic

Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new illness caused by the novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),…

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Created by Massimo Filippi, Sonja Hochmeister, Celia Oreja-Guevara, Radu Tanasescu, Heinz Wiendl

| Neuro-oncology  

Breaking news in Neuro-Oncology

Practice changing studies have been published in late 2017 and 2018 on IDH wild-type diffuse astrocytoma (the new entity of WHO 2016 classification),…

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Created by Riccardo Soffietti

| Neurotraumatology  

Tranexamic Acid administered after Traumatic Brain Injury may reduce mortality

Patients with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury may benefit from treatment with Tranexamic Acid within 3 hours of injury.

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Created by Dr. Mihai Radu Ionescu Neurology Resident, University Emergency Hospital Bucharest RRFS Representative of the Neurotraumatology Panel

| Autonomic nervous system disorders  

Vagal nerve stimulation may improve post-stroke motor recovery

Can physiotherapy combined with vagal nerve stimulation enhance the functional recovery after stroke?

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Created by Prof. Dr. med. Christina Haubrich, Facharztzentrum Düsseldorf & Universitätsklinikum Aachen

| Neurogenetics  

Expanding the expansions in hereditary ataxias

A recent paper from Cortese et al (2019) reported that a new intronic expansion may be a relevant cause of late-onset ataxia.

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Created by Alessandro Filla, MD; Department of Neurological and Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, Federico II University; Naples, Italy, Michelangelo Mancuso, MD, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Neurological Institute

| Autonomic nervous system disorders  

Multiple system atrophy: bedside autonomic biomarkers

Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare, fatal, neurodegenerative disease of the adulthood presenting with progressive autonomic failure,…

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Created by Prof. Mario Habek, MD, PhD Referral Center for Autonomic Nervous System Department of Neurology, University Hospital Center Zagreb University of Zagreb, School of Medicine

| All others  

Nakalanga syndrome: Clinical characteristics, potential causes, and its relationship with recently described Nodding syndrome

A patient with Nakalanga syndrome (NLS) is unlikely to present for clinical care in Europe because cases are confined to impoverished sub-Saharan…

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Created by Prof. Peter Spencer, Ph.D., FANA, FRCPath., Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.

| Sleep disorders  

T cells in patients with narcolepsy target self-antigens of hypocretin neurons

Findings suggest narcolepsy type 1 to be a T-cell mediated autoimmune disease targeting hypocretin-producing Neurons.

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Created by Ulf Kallweit, Group Leader & Director of the Institute for Sleep Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University

| Epilepsy  

New treatment options for pediatric convulsive status epilepticus after failure of first-line benzodiazepines

There are limited options as second line treatment in convulsive status epilepticus (CSE), both in underage and adult populations with sufficient…

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Created by Prof. Konrad Rejdak; Department of Neurology; Medical University of Lublin, Poland

| Infectious diseases  

Zika Virus: Gone Today, Here Tomorrow?

Zika virus circulation has decreased but there is a possibility of its emergence or re-emergence in all areas with competent mosquito vectors.

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Created by Tamar Akhvlediani, Georgian Union of Neurologists