People are often frightened of neurological conditions, and that goes for clinicians as well as patients! Neurophobia is well documented among medical students and non-neurologist doctors. Neurology is often perceived as complex and intimidating. Project Neurology was launched with the goal of tackling Neurophobia among (primarily) students, trainees and early career doctors. However, what started…
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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences researchers awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships
Congratulations to Angelika Zarkali (ACNR’s Conference News Editor), and Mathieu Bourdenx, who have both been awarded UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowships! Angelika Zarkali, Senior Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Neurologist at UCL Dementia Research Centre, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, has been awarded a fellowship worth £2.3 million to explore new treatment approaches…
Eisai presents new clinical data for four years of continuous treatment with lecanemab at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2025
Eisai has presented new clinical data demonstrating that early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients continue to benefit from four years of Leqembi®▼(lecanemab) treatment, at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2025, held in Toronto, Canada, and virtually on 30 July 2025 [1]. Key takeaways included: Lecanemab is an amyloid-beta (Aβ) monoclonal antibody that preferentially binds and clears…
Iron Over Dopamine? Restless Legs Syndrome Guidelines Revamp
To reduce the risk for complications, the use of dopaminergic agonists in the treatment of severe restless legs syndrome (RLS) has become less common. RLS is characterised by an irresistible urge to move the legs, often accompanied by unpleasant sensations such as itching, tingling, or electric paresthesia, which typically affect the lower limbs. It affects…
Join our new online community
Announcing the new ACNR online community – a moderated, members only space designed for professionals working in and around neurology. Here, you can share valuable content from any source, connect with trusted peers, and engage in meaningful discussion free from the disadvantages and of mainstream social media. The life of a neurologist in the UK…
Christian Langkammer is awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant
Christian Langkammer from the Department of Neurology at the Medical University of Graz has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant – one of Europe’s most prestigious research funding programs, granted solely on the basis of scientific excellence. The €2 million funding will enable him to further expand his research group in the coming years. With…
King’s Parkinson’s Charitable Fund launches
Twenty years ago, Professor K Ray Chaudhuri and colleagues wrote in ACNR about the often neglected non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s which impact so much on a patient’s quality of life – symptoms such as pain, poor sleep, depression, anxiety, sexual dysfunction and autonomic problems. Two decades on, the newly launched King’s Parkinson’s Charitable Fund aims…
WFNR Franz Gerstenbrand Award 2024 Winner
Dr Christian Endisch, a physician with a neurology residency at the department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology Charité Universitätsmedizin in Berlin, Germany, is the winner of the 2024 World Federation of Neurorehabilitation (WFNR) Franz Gerstenbrand Award. Announced this month at the 13th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation in Vancouver, Canada, Dr Endisch said: “I’m delighted to…
Karger Publishers Launches its Fourth Annual Vesalius Innovation Award to Advance the Future of Science
For the fourth consecutive year, Karger Publishers is seeking top-of-the-line applicants for its Vesalius Innovation Award. The award is aimed at early-stage startups in the Health Sciences and Publishing sectors that are developing innovative technological solutions with a significant impact in their respective fields. This year marks the fourth year of the Vesalius Innovation Award,…
ACNR Podcast – celebrating 20 years of ACNR
It is a great pleasure to mark ACNR’s 20th anniversary with a new departure for the reviews section. This is our first podcast review. And what better inaugural podcast to review than the ACNR’s very own, in the form of an interview by Sri Kodali. Sri questions no less a pair than Rachael Hansford, ACNR…
