Abstract:
Objective: To report the results of a 24-month extension of a phase II trial assessing the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of the once-daily oral sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor modulator, fingolimod (FTY720), in relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS).
Methods: In the randomized, double-blind,… Continue Reading
Interview with Philip Scheltens
Philip Scheltens, Chair of the EFNS Scientist Panel Cognitive Neurology and Dementia
Gian Luigi Lenzi: Could you briefly tell our readers the state-of-the-art in the field of interest of your panel?
Philip Scheltens: The field of dementia is moving extremely… Continue Reading
Case report: A 29-year-old man with rapid onset tetraplegia and respiratory insufficiency
by Svein Ivar Bekkelund
A 29-year-old man with a history of moderate autism and diabetes mellitus treated with insulin presented with a 2-week history of malaise, progressive pareses in both legs and slight weakness in both arms. The last two… Continue Reading
Forum: Neurological news from Sweden – the land of the EFNS Congress 2012
Chapters in the history of Swedish Neuroscience – Swedish Academic Neurology: a brief outline
by Sten Fredrikson
This year, 2012, it is 125 years since the first chair of neurology was established at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. 1887, only a… Continue Reading
Forum: UEMS – European Union of Medical Specialists

by Alexandre Bisdorff
The European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS: Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes) is a professional European organization of doctors (except general practitioners).
The UEMS was founded in 1958 and is constituted by the national medical associations of… Continue Reading
President’s Page: From Research Agenda to Guidelines

• Research agenda. The European Brain Council have updated their 2006 consensus document on brain research (Di Luca,M. et al. 2011 Consensus document on European brain research. Eur. J. Neurosci. 33, 768-818). In a 50 page paper covering 43 topics… Continue Reading
Scientific Fellowship 2011 – report by Matthijs Brouwer

In 2011 I performed a scientific fellowship on the role of the plasminogen system in pneumococcal meningitis at the Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, in Munich, Germany which was funded by an EFNS scientific fellowship grant. My wife and 1½ year old… Continue Reading
Teaching Courses at the EFNS Congress in Stockholm
Space is limited – please make sure to register early via the congress website! www.efns.org/efns2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
9.30-11.00
Free Teaching Course: How do I examine…?
11.30 – 13.30
Teaching Course 1: Movement disorders – basic clinical knowledge
Teaching… Continue Reading
Webcasts at the 16th EFNS Congress in Stockholm
At the last two EFNS congresses (Geneva & Budapest) we made recordings of selected presentations, launching the concept of “webcasting”. This has proved to be valuable reference material, especially for those who couldn’t make it to the congress, missed certain… Continue Reading
EFNS Congress Evaluation: Winners of a Free Registration to the 16th EFNS Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, September 08-11, 2012
We thank all congress participants who filled in the evaluation forms at the 15th EFNS Congress in Budapest – Your feedback helps us to improve our congresses and scientific programme!
Among all evaluation forms received, five free registrations to the… Continue Reading