Our congratulations to Dr. Anne Weissbach, Institute of Neurogenetics in Lübeck, Germany, and the David Marsden Award 2019 for her paper: “Alcohol improves cerebellar learning deficit in myoclonus-dystonia: A clinical and electrophysiological investigation”. Dr. Weissbach was presented with the award by Dystonia Europe President Merete Avery at the Dystonia-Days 2019 held in London last weekend….
Dystonia Europe 26th Annual Conference in London 2019
The Dystonia Europe General Assembly was held on Friday 5th July, followed by a sightseeing trip and a dinner cruise on the river Thames in the afternoon. Delegates from the member countries, speakers and guests along with the The Dystonia Society board participated. DE received feedback that this was a great opportunity for the delegates…
Deep Brain Stimulation and Dystonia: The Vercise™ Dystonia Registry
Interview with Prof. Joachim Krauss, Director of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany Prof. Krauss, a pioneer in surgical dystonia treatment, has been involved in deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy since its development in the early 1990s. Under his stewardship as the Director of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Medizinische…
Dystonia Session at European Academy of Neurology in Oslo
Last June EAN 2019 – the European Academy of Neurology Conference was held in Oslo. Dystonia Europe organised one of the very first sessions with live streaming – https://www.youtube.com/user/DystoniaEurope . Merete Avery, Dystonia Europe, opened the session and invited two outstanding speakers: Professor Maja Relja from Croatia and Professor Kailash Bhatia from the UK. Professor…
EAN Congress 2019 in Oslo, Norway
This was the 5th EAN (European Academy of Neurology) conference and this year it was held in Oslo or to be more precise in Lillestrøm, just outside Oslo. There were about 7000 participants, mostly from Europe but also from all around the world, at this highly Medical Conference. The participants are in majority Medical Professionals…