University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Eur J Neurol. 2024 Nov;31(11):e16440. doi: 10.1111/ene.16440. Epub 2024 Sep 6.
The European Academy of Neurology (EAN) was a merger from two parent societies: the European Neurological Association (ENS, founded in 1986) and the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS, founded in 1987).
This article was written by nine former presidents, three of whom were also founders of the ENS, and is based on recollections and documents. It follows up on a review of the ENS history stored in the EAN archive.
The first European society (ENS) was founded by eight individual European academic clinician-neuroscientists aiming at joining with other qualified European neuroscientists on an individual membership basis. After 1990 members were also invited from behind the former Iron Curtain. A principal goal was holding neurology meetings (700 participants in 1988 and over 3000 in 2010), promoting collaborative research projects with exchange of junior neuroscientists, and providing teaching and education independent from nationality. Health politics were not part of the agenda. The executive boards (4-year term) were staffed with academic scientists from all subspecialties of neurology. Numerous bursaries and fellowships were established for junior neurologists. The impact of ENS members on research activities of young investigators was appreciated by academia at large. After years of negotiations ENS and EFNS joint efforts resulted in forming the EAN covering all fields of neurology and neuroscience under one roof.
The basic principles of the ENS were successfully integrated into the new EAN in particular documented by the number of individual members rising to over 4000 in 2024.
欧洲神经病学学会（EAN）由两个母体学会合并而成：欧洲神经病学协会（ENS，成立于 1986 年）和欧洲神经病学会联合会（EFNS，成立于 1987 年）。
本文由九位前任主席撰写，其中三位也是 ENS 的创始人，基于回忆和文件。它是对 EAN 档案中存储的 ENS 历史的回顾。
第一个欧洲学会（ENS）由八位欧洲学术临床神经科学家创立，旨在以个人会员的身份与其他合格的欧洲神经科学家联合。1990 年后，来自前铁幕的成员也被邀请加入。主要目标是举办神经病学会议（1988 年有 700 名参与者，2010 年超过 3000 名参与者），促进合作研究项目，交流初级神经科学家，并提供独立于国籍的教学和教育。健康政策不是议程的一部分。执行委员会（任期四年）由来自神经病学所有亚专业的学术科学家组成。为初级神经科医生设立了众多奖学金和研究员职位。ENS 成员对年轻研究人员研究活动的影响得到了学术界的广泛认可。经过多年的谈判，ENS 和 EFNS 共同努力，成立了涵盖神经病学和神经科学所有领域的 EAN。
ENS 的基本原则成功地融入了新的 EAN，尤其是 2024 年的个人会员人数超过 4000 人这一事实证明了这一点。
