In Memoriam: Martin A. Samuels, MD (1945–2023) bit.ly/3PSwmwF

1/If I had a hammer -Pete Seeger 1949 I broke my reflex hammer (on my desk...not a patient) So I ordered a new "Queen Square" hammer from Amazon ... but the box says "Babinski." Just what am I testing tendon jerks with?

We recommend that adult and child #neurology residents undergo more than 8 weeks (ideally >12 weeks) of #EEG training to ensure minimal routine EEG competency by the time they graduate. Sandor Beniczky Roohi Katyal Rebecca E. Matthews, MD Roy Strowd, MD, MEd, MS Neurology Journal ne.neurology.org/content/2/4/e2…

Continuous renal replacement therapy began in the early 1980s. Despite the term now being recognised by clinicians worldwide, the use of the word renal has recently been challenged. Rinaldo Bellomo & colleagues discuss in a new Correspondence: hubs.li/Q0272SK70

Key point: SE cessation and good outcome likelihood decreases between the first two treatment steps and the third , clinically reflecting the concept of refractory SE doi.org/10.1111/epi.17… #StatusEpilepticus #Antiseizuremedication #epilepsy #ILAE International League Against Epilepsy Wiley Neuro

Key point: Despite 35 years of intense litigation, there is no epidemiological or mechanistic evidence that the current vaccines cause or aggravate #epilepsy doi.org/10.1111/epi.17… #vaccination #seizures #infantilespasms #cytokine #ILAE International League Against Epilepsy Epilepsia Wiley Neuro

Overinterpretation of sharply contoured #EEG transients as interictal epileptiform abnormalities is the most common cause of misdiagnosing #epilepsy. This review paper explains how to avoid it :) doi.org/10.1016/j.yebe… Fábio Nascimento

What are the most clever or interesting medication names? Here are my top 9. 🧵 #tweetorial #butnotreally #medtwitter #neurotwitter

This open access educational review covers in detail Stereo-EEG. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About SEEG But Were Afraid to Ask :) doi.org/10.1002/epd2.2… #epilepsy #EEG Epileptic Disorders International League Against Epilepsy yesILAE The AnPhy Lab Wiley Neuro

Low-cost portable EEG device for bridging the diagnostic gap in resource-limited areas doi.org/10.1002/epd2.2… #EEG #epilepsy Epileptic Disorders DTU International League Against Epilepsy Wiley Neuro Filadelfia Research

Mounting #mpox infections and deaths have led World Health Organization (WHO) to once again declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Today, an Editorial from The Lancet: “Mpox: the need for a coordinated international response” hubs.li/Q02LzxDC0

The 15th European Epilepsy Congress kicked off on 7 September 2024 with a day full of teaching sessions, parallel sessions, and reconnecting with colleagues! What do you have planned for Day 2 of #EEC2024? Check out the programme and let us know: ilae.org/eec2024

Great talk by Terence O'Brien on the link between epilepsy and Alzheimer disease. Read more on this topic in this recent Review by Anita Kamondi and colleagues: go.nature.com/3wa0NqP #EEC2024

Does the brain change during pregnancy? You bet it does. How about doing 26 MRI scans on a single person pre-conception to 2 years post-partum. WOW! Laura Pritschet and colleagues nailed it with their new paper in Nature Neuroscience. Key Points: - The authors point out that pregnancy

Happy 53rd anniversary of the CT scan

11 ans après le naufrage près de #Lampedusa, l'#UE poursuit sa politique de dissuasion. Seul le nombre de morts change. Au moins 30 356 enfants, femmes et hommes, se sont noyés depuis 2014. Combien d'années encore de tragédies, de morts et de honte en Méditerranée ? Sauver des

Remembering the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first individual to be awarded two Nobel Prizes and still today the only individual with two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories: Marie Skłodowska Curie. Curie was born #OnThisDay in 1867.

Hippocampal sclerosis surgeries are declining in recent years, but does that mean the condition is disappearing? Find out in our latest paper, now published in European Journal of Neurology 🧠⚡️ @vaishaligursal Ley Sander onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/UDMMZZVN…

The next issue on #Epilepsy, guest edited by Dr. Jennifer Hopp, publishes on February 3! Jennifer Hopp Meriem Bensalem-Owen, MD, FAES, FANA, FACNS Roohi Katyal Dan Weber Lyell Jones MD @AANMember #Neurology #NeuroTwitter #MedEd

#Mattarella: l’Europa può accettare di essere schiacciata tra oligarchie e autocrazie? Con, al massimo, la prospettiva di un “vassallaggio felice”. Bisogna scegliere: essere “protetti” oppure essere “protagonisti”?