eanCast: Weekly Neurology

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Official neurology podcast of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN). Expert talks on general neurology, stroke, dementia, epilepsy & many more. New episodes every Monday. For neurology residents, clinicians & researchers. A resource for continuing medical education and lifelong learning.

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Jun 15, 2025 · 24 min
Ep. 152: Breaking the Burnout Cycle: EAN and EPA Collaboration
In this episode González Martinez together with Toscano and Toparlak explores how collaboration between neurology and psychiatry helps combat clinician burnout, highlighting insights from the EAN Task Force on Wellbeing and the EPA, with discussions on me
Jun 8, 2025 · 27 min
Ep. 151: Burnout in Neurology: Real Cases and Practical Lessons
In this episode, Accorroni, Grneva, and de Visser explore burnout in neurology through real-life stories and insights. They discuss its impact across career stages, key causes like workload and gender inequality, and share strategies for individual and sy
Jun 3, 2025 · 26 min
Ep. 150: Is Burnout a Mental Disorder? Insights from Neurology and Psychiatry
In this thought-provoking episode di Liberto is joined by Cuffaro and Gurrea Salas as they explore the complex question: Is burnout a mental disorder? and bring cross-disciplinary insights from their respective fields. Together, they unpack the neurologic
May 25, 2025 · 26 min
Ep. 149: Normal pressure hydrocephalus
Moderator: Marian Galovic (Zurich, Switzerland) Guest: Per Kristian Eide (Oslo, Norway) In this episode, moderator Marian Galovich and guest Per Kristian Eide delve into the often overlooked but highly treatable condition of normal pressure hydrocephalus
May 18, 2025 · 21 min
Ep. 148: Ultrasound-Guided Botulinum Toxin Injection in Dystonia
Moderator: Nihat Mustafayev (Istanbul, Türkiye) Guest: Dr Anna Castagna (Milano, Italy) This episode explains how ultrasound-guided botulinum toxin injections are performed in patients with dystonia. Mustafayev and Castagna discuss who benefits most fr
May 11, 2025 · 31 min
Ep. 147: Basic Immunology in Rare CNS Disorders
Moderator: Gianmarco Abbadessa (Naples, Italy) Guest: Heinz Wiendl (Muenster, Germany) In this episode, Abbadessa and Wiendl delve into the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of rare CNS autoimmune disorders, examining the intricate immune mechanisms that
May 4, 2025 · 27 min
Ep. 146: Importance of brain donation in neurodegenerative diseases
Ean Moderator: Yıldız Değirmenci (Istanbul, Türkiye) Guest: Didem Öz (Izmir, Türkiye) In this episode, Değirmenci and Öz discuss the vital importance of brain donation in understanding and treating neurodegenerative diseases. They also highlight the Tu
Apr 27, 2025 · 20 min
Ep. 145: Why Should Neurologists Care About the World Dance Day?
Moderator: Alicia Gonzalez Martinez (Madrid, Spain) Guests: Thomas Berger (Vienna, Austria), Julia Polai (Innsbruck, Austria) In this episode for World Dance Day, Gonzales Martinez discusses the physical, emotional, and neurological benefits of dancing w
Apr 20, 2025 · 19 min
Ep. 144: New Methods to Identify Larger Structural Variants
Moderator: Maria Judit Molnar (Budapest, Hungary) Guest: Arianna Tucci (London, UK) In this episode Molnar hosts Tucci as they explore how advancements in short- and long-read sequencing technologies are revolutionizing the diagnosis of neurogenetic diso
Apr 13, 2025 · 21 min
Ep. 143: Novel Aspects of Repeat Expansions in Disease
Moderator: Francesca Magrinelli (London, UK) Guest: Andrea Cortese (London, UK) Join Magrinelli as she interviews Cortese about recent developments in the diagnosis and management of repeat expansion disorders, including diseases caused by repeats in non-coding genomic regions. eanCampus access for Associate Members: If you are a member of a National Neurological Society in Europe, you are most likely aleady an Associate Member of the EAN and have an account for the eanCampus. If you have provided your email address to your National Neurological Society, it should already be in our database. Here is how you can access the eanCampus as an Associate Member: 1. Enter the eanCampus 2. Click on the Log In Button 3. Log in with your MyEAN credentials and make use of the ‘forgot password’-functionality if necessary If you have trouble logging in, please get in contact with our Membership department (membership@ean.org) to cross-check if you are listed as an Associate Member to get access to eanCampus.
Apr 6, 2025 · 29 min
Ep. 142: Papers of the Month: Mismatch Repair & DNA Expansion in Huntington’s Disease
Moderator: Jean-Marc Burgunder (Guemligen, Switzerland) Guest: Sandrine Humbert (Paris, France) In this week's episode, Burgunder and Humbert discuss the intriguing phenomenon of somatic expansion—the further increase of CAG repeat numbers in the gene involved in Huntington’s disease, particularly in the striatum. They explore the molecular mechanisms behind this process, as addressed in two recent research papers. Please find here the papers discussed in this episode: Long somatic DNA-repeat expansion drives neurodegeneration in Huntington’s diseaseand Distinct mismatch-repair complex genes set neuronal CAG-repeat expansion rate to drive selective pathogenesis in HD mice. eanCampus access for Associate Members: If you are a member of a National Neurological Society in Europe, you are most likely aleady an Associate Member of the EAN and have an account for the eanCampus. If you have provided your email address to your National Neurological Society, it should already be in our database. Here is how you can access the eanCampus as an Associate Member: 1. Enter the eanCampus 2. Click on the Log In Button 3. Log in with your MyEAN credentials and make use of the ‘forgot password’-functionality if necessary If you have trouble logging in, please get in contact with our Membership department (membership@ean.org) to cross-check if you are listed as an Associate Member to get access to eanCampus.
Mar 30, 2025 · 18 min
Ep. 141: Sodium Valproate in Men
EAN moderator: Barbara Tettenborn (St. Gallen, Switzerland) Guest: Tony Marson (Liverpool, UK) In this special episode, Tettenborn and Marson discuss sodium valproate treatment for epilepsy, focusing on its use in men. They try to deemphasize the potenti
Mar 23, 2025 · 20 min
Ep. 140: Transition from Childhood to Adulthood
Moderator: Gudrun Gröppel (Linz, Austria) Guests: Dana Craiu (Bucharest, Romania), Thomas Berger (Vienna, Austria) This episode explores the challenges and solutions in transitioning young neurology patients from pediatric to adult care. Gröppel, Cra
Mar 16, 2025 · 24 min
Ep. 139: Supporting Early Brain Development
Moderator: Leena Haataja (Helsinki, Finland) Guests: Silja Kosola (Helsinki, Finland), Liisa Lehtonen (Turku, Finland) In the third March episode Haataja, Kosola and Lehtonen focus on evidence-based antenatal and neonatal care practices to protect the b
Mar 9, 2025 · 18 min
Ep. 138: The Brain Health Mission Roadmap
Moderator: Elena Moro (Grenoble, France) Guest: Paul Boon (Gent, Belgium) This special episode of eanCast explores the Brain Health Roadmap Paper initiated by the European Academy of Neurology, highlighting its goals to advance brain health through rese
Mar 2, 2025 · 25 min
Ep. 137: New Horizons on Treatment Choices of Rare Disorders
Moderator: Justyna Paprocka (Katowice, Poland) Guests: Laurent Servais (Oxford, UK), Michelangelo Mancuso (Pisa, Italy) In this first March episode, Paprocka, Mancuso, and Servais explore groundbreaking advancements in treating rare neurological disorde
Feb 23, 2025 · 34 min
Ep. 136: Susac Syndrome
Moderator: Andreu Vilaseca (Rochester, USA) Guest: Barbara Willekens (Edegem, Belgium) and Ilka Kleffner (Bochum, Germany) For the last February episode join Vilaseca, Willekens and Kleffner as they explore the complexities of Susac syndrome, a rare neu
Feb 16, 2025 · 26 min
Ep. 135: Cannabis based medicine in neurology
Moderator: Yıldız Değirmenci (Istanbul, Türkiye) Guest: Natalia Szejko (Warsaw, Poland) In this episode Yıldız Değirmenci interviews Natalia Szejko about the controversial topic of cannabis-based medicine (CBM) in neurology. Değirmenci and Szejko raise a
Feb 9, 2025 · 20 min
Ep. 134: Recognizing autoinflammatory syndromes as a neurologist
Moderator: João Moura (Porto, Portugal) Guest: Jeroen Kerstens (Edegem, Belgium) In this episode João Moura and Jeroen Kerstens focus on autoinflammatory syndromes. They discuss how to diagnose them and how they differ from autoimmune disorders, highlig
Feb 2, 2025 · 31 min
Ep. 133: Autoimmune encephalitis
EAN moderator: Maria Pia Giannoccaro (Bologna, Italy) Guests: Alberto Vogrig (Udine, Italy), Maarten Titulaer (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) In this first episode of the Neuroimmunology series, Maria Pia Giannoccaro talks with Alberto Vogrig and Maarten T