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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| Rare Neurological Diseases | Pain  

Novel Treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia

Classical trigeminal neuralgia is a rare painful chronic disorder. Carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine are first line treatments and act by blocking…

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Created by Martin Rakusa1, 2, Sofia Gak2, Nadine Attal2,3, Giorgio Cruccu2, 4 1Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia. 2 EAN Scientific Panel Pain, Vienna, Austria. 3INSERM U-987, Centre d'Evaluation et de Traitement de la Douleur, Hôp

| Muscle & Neuromuscular Junction Disorders | Rare Neurological Diseases  

New treatments in Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Dear colleagues, 

we would like to drive your attention to the recent developments in Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Two different approaches (use of…

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Created by Toscano, Schoser and others

| Neurogenetics  

Next Generation Sequencing: Sweet and Lowdown

McNeill and colleagues describe a patient suffering from leukoencephalopathy, brain calcifications and cysts (LCC).

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Created by Dr. Ettore Salsano – Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta – via Celoria 11 – 20133 Milano - ITALY

| Neuroepidemiology  

Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders during 1990-2015

The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) Study provides information on the worldwide and country-specific distribution, trends…

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Created by Ettore Beghi MD (IRCCS Istituto Mario Negri, Milano, Italy), Maura Pugliatti MD (Department of Biomedical and Surgical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy)

| Rare Neurological Diseases | Sleep disorders  

A mouse model in narcolepsy to explain the immunopathological pathway

In the past years multiple publications have focused on the immunological etiology of narcolepsy. Despite the extremely tight association with HLA…

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Created by Prof. Dr. Geert Mayer Hephata Clinic, Schwalmstadt, Germany University of Marburg, Germany

| Neurotraumatology  

Invasive intracranial pressure monitoring in severe traumatic brain injury

According to current guidelines [1] by the Brain Trauma Foundation in traumatic brain injury (TBI), intracranial pressure monitoring (ICP) is still…

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Created by Dr. Mihai Radu Ionescu – University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Neurology Resident - RRFS Representative for the EAN Neurotraumatology Scientific Panel

| Neurorehabilitation | Stroke  

The role of Cerebrolysin in early motor rehabilitation of acute ischemic stroke patients

Recently, a meta-analysis was published indicating  a beneficial effect of Cerebrolysin, a multimodal molecule, in the early rehabilitation of…

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Created by Prof. Dr. Dafin F. Muresanu Co-Chair EAN Scientific Panel Neurorehabilitation Vice President European Federation of NeuroRehabilitation Societies (EFNR) Past President of the Romanian Society of Neurology

| Neuro-oncology  

Practice changing advances in Neuro-Oncology

Several key papers regarding advances in brain tumors have been published in 2016 and 2017, and all are practice changing. A pivotal European/Canadian…

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Created by Riccardo Soffietti

| Neuropathies | Rare Neurological Diseases  

News on transthyretin-related hereditary amyloidosis for clinicians

Hereditary transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis (hATTR) is a devastating, progressive and ultimately fatal genetic disease with limited treatment…

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Created by Davide Pareyson

| Autonomic nervous system disorders  

The anti-inflammatory effect of vagus nerve stimulation

The principal autonomic neurotransmitters, acetylcholine and noradrenaline, are involved in immune regulation in the context of inflammation through…

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Created by Christina Haubrich

| Higher Cortical Functions  

Persisting spatial neglect correlates with transneuronal damage to the attention network in the contralesional hemisphere

This important study is the first to present neuroanatomical evidence for transneuronal damage to functional homologues of the attention  network in…

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Created by Wolfgang Heide; Roza M. Umarova et al.

| Headache  

Cluster Headache Awareness Day

On 21 March 2017, several activities including a meeting in the European Parliament were organized. In addition, the European Headache Alliance have…

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Created by Stefan Evers