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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| Neurotraumatology  

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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| Neurorehabilitation | Stroke  

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

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| 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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| Neuropathies | Rare Neurological Diseases  

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

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| Autonomic nervous system disorders  

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

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| Higher Cortical Functions  

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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| Headache  

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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| Stroke  

In the setting of haemorrhagic stroke, presence of intraventricular haemorrhage is a hallmark of poor prognosis with case-fatality up to 60%.1,2 Data…

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| Rare Neurological Diseases  

On 28th February, the world celebrates the Rare Disease Day 2017, sponsored by Eurordis.

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| Palliative Care  

Over the past few years the Taskforce of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) on neurology has been working on the writing of a…

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| Stroke  

The results of previous randomized trials, especially INTERACT-2, have shown that early intensive blood pressure lowering in patients with spontaneous…

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| Neurosonology  

Lochner et al. reported on the diagnostic applicability of ultrasonography in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IH) or secondary intracranial…

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