The Neurological Field Continues to Update

In recent years, there has been tremendous growth in new diagnostic information, pharmacological and neurosurgical treatments for neurological disease, as well as a greater understanding of brain function. Our news section informs you of ongoing topics with a potential worldwide influence. In addition to this section, we inform through our social media platforms to keep connect with our member more easier than before. 

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    We inform you on our projects and activities, the journal updates, the WFN committee update and more...
  • Neurology News
    Update on interesting news and current activities with worldwide scope. From the history of neurology through the modern technology that shape neurology nowadays.

World Federation of Neurology News

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13 Nov 2025

WFN-DGN Exchange Programme in Africa 2026

The World Federation of Neurology (WFN) together with the German Society for Neurology (DGN) and the Division of Neurology of the University of Cape Town (UCT) are pleased to announce a new exchange programme allowing one young neurologist colleague from Germany to visit the Department of Neurology at the University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, in Cape Town, South Africa.
World Neurology Nov-Dec 2025

18 Dec 2025

World Neurology: November-December issue now available online

Welcome to World Neurology, a publication circulated and read by about 25,000 neurologists worldwide.
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15 Dec 2025

Journal of the Neurological Sciences issue 479 now available

The latest issue of JNS Vol. 479 is now available online

Neurology News

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23 Dec 2025

Insights Into Headache Disorders

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) report, the most comprehensive study of death and health loss globally, probably needs no introduction to most readers. New estimates for the entire series (from 1990 onward) are published every two years. The standardized method, including calculation of years lived with disability (YLD), allows for a comparison of the burden between disorders.

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22 Dec 2025

Critical nodes in precision diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

A new review explores how advances in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research are linking core disease mechanisms with emerging biomarker strategies. The article focuses on key pathological processes such as β-amyloid accumulation, Tau hyperphosphorylation, neuroinflammation, and mitochondrial dysfunction as central targets for therapy.

World Neurology Nov-Dec 2025

18 Dec 2025

World Neurology: November-December issue now available online

This issue provides the results of the election at October's Council of Delegates, which was held at the World Congress of Neurology (WCN) in Seoul, South Korea.

 

International Meetings & Events

19 Feb 2026 - 22 Feb 2026 Peppers Noosa Resort & Villas Australia The World Federation of Neurology (WFN) Aphasia, Dementia and Cognitive Disorders (ADCD) Specialty Group will hold its next biennial meeting in Noosa Heads, Australia, at Peppers Noosa Resort &... More details...
6 Jul 2026 - 11 Jul 2026 The international Society for the history of neurosciences invites you to it's 30th meeting More details...
7 Jul 2026 - 11 Jul 2026 The ICNMD International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases is organized on behalf of the Specialty Group on Neuromuscular Diseases (NMD) of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN). Since 2014, the... More details...
21 Apr 2027 - 23 Apr 2027 EFIC Congress 2027 - Pain in Europe XV, 21-23 April 2027, Glasgow More details...