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Contents
+ EDITORIAL BOARD 4
+ WELCOME 7
+ FOREWORD 9
+ CONGRESS REVIEW
Review of the 5th European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress 2019, 10
held in Oslo, Norway, 29th June – 2nd July 2019.
+ CONGRESS FEATURE
Neuroinflammation and its Influence on ‘Non-Inflammatory’ 22
Neurological Diseases
Layla Southcombe
#BrainLifeGoals 24
Kirstie Turner
+ CONGRESS INTERVIEWS
Antonio Federico
Contents + EDITORIAL BOARD
“Considering the country’s longstanding history o
Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Prof Lászlo Vécse
Aims and Scope The European Medical Journal (EMJ)
EMJ Neurol. Chief Executive Officer Spencer Gore
Welcome Esteemed readers, collaborators, and frie
Share your knowledge with the world.
Foreword Dear colleagues, It is with great pleasu
Congress Review Review of the European Academy
Following the screening of a 5-year annivers
possess for the reduction of seizure frequency an
Multiple Sclerosis Incidence Linked to
One in Ten People Report Having had ‘Near-Death’
Finding the Time and Space to Combat Alzheimer’s
Study Reveals the Impact of the Holocaust on B
Earlier Intervention is Pivotal for the Successfu
“However, the effect of statins on these two outc
Norway Introduces First European Brai
Infant Language Impairment Associated with
Neuroinflammation and its Influence on ‘Non-
The identification of biomarkers in pre-symptomat
#BrainLifeGoals Kirstie Turner Editorial
4. Depression and anxiety. 5. Access to employm
Congress Interviews Find out more about EAN from
Q7 try to improve the care in many areas of E
Prof Dr Riccardo Soffietti Chairman of the EAN E
I have been involved in EAN activities for
The EMJ Neurology Editorial Board: A Roundtable I
Q2 This year, EAN is expected to host >6,000
Prof Gilhus: One of the differences now is tha
they do not necessarily arrive at the right ti
Optimism and Opportunities with Anti-CGRP Biologi
suboptimal efficacy and tolerability of existing
Prof Dickenson further explained the models
HALO CM was a multinational RCT conducted across
quality of life and minimise disease burden
References 1. Steiner TJ et al. Migraine: Th
Abstract Reviews Here, you will find some a colle
RESULTS Analysis of 150 ALS patient’s data showed
experience sleep disturbances in the form of insu
Table 1: Normative data stratified by age and educ
Benefit of Coenzyme Q10, Riboflavin, Pe
At the 12-month follow-up assessment, both n
with neurological diseases, action observatio
RESULTS At t0, no significant differences were fou
employees of Pharnext. This research was financed
over-expression and improves myelination, axonal
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Comparative Analysis of High Frequency
Classification of Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia:
INTRODUCTION Pontocerebellar hypoplasia (PCH) des
There is much clinical variability betw
cognitive development and limited speech. Other E
Lastly, PCH1A (MIM #607596) is caused by mu
die within the first month of life. Brain MRI show
callosum has been reported. Mutations in the AMDP
Figure 2: Depiction of pathological overlap betwe
precludes a classification based on mechanism. The
2016;139(11):2877-90.
Seizures in Childhood: Aetiology, Diagnosis, Tre
found to be 0.45% at the age of 5 and 0.66% at th
the ages of 3 and 10 years old as significant, exp
seizures.1 Roughly 80–85% of epilepsy patients in
Most of the genes identified encode fo
of children with medication-refractory epilepsy o
Neuromodulation is another treatment modality ava
targeted medications. Everolimus is a medication
13. Camfield P, Camfield C. Febrile seizu
At Physiologically Relevant Concentrations, Valpr
incorporate components of mitochondrial
relevant concentrations of LICA and VPA on
groups, variance was assessed by using Bartlett’s
following exposure to 480 μM H O . This was 22 co
The present findings demonstrated that in the
Furthermore, a growing body of research has demon
treatment and diagnosis. Importantly, sai
brain. Neurology. 1992;42(3 Pt 1):
A Possible Explanation For Neurodegenerative Dise
(DLB), 2% for frontotemporal dementia (FTD), 2%
proteins may exhibit ‘prion-like’ behaviour and s
Ageing May Differentially Affect Anatomical Pathw
innervation.51 Finally, the formation of NFT in A
disconnection results in the upregulation and dep
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amyloidosis, tauopathy, gliosis, apoptotic lo
observations: 1) neurodegenerative disease may be
molecules, and morphology. Folia Neuropathol. 201
The Autonomic Nervous System: Delineating
A Short History of the Autonomic Nervous System W
complications, in particular urinary
The Diversity of Transmitter Receptor Molecules –
their synthesising enzymes and the degrading PDE
THE INTERDIGITATION OF AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM A
Table 1: The evolution of key concepts on autonom
The impact of the discovery of the endogenous neu
action of amines. J Physiol. 1910;41(1- 45.
circulating lymphocytes as putative 79. bi
We want you to write for the EMJ blog.
Acquired Language Disorders in Bilinguals Autho
1977, the first structured classification: a) paral
as a teacher for 18 years. In this case, the high
observed in bilinguals with respect
This is a case of paradoxical use of one language
Figure 3: Switching from L2 to L1. In neurosurgic
translate from one language to the other, while n
References 1. Ardila A, Ramos E. Speech and
Archiv Neurol Psychiatr. 1927;21:43-72. (Article
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