Author: rolf

Short movie about narcolepsy: personal and scientific

Silvia Melzi (SLEEP team, Center for neurosciences of Lyon) made with a short movie with Hugo Cayla (7 points productions) for the international festival for scientific films of Parisciences. They won the first prize of the symbiose contest. The movie is both personal and scientific… and it is about narcolepsy. 

Narcolepsy Masterclass and Days in Berlin 2021

This year the EU-NN organized the 12th Narcolepsy Masterclass and 17th Narcolepsy Days, due to corona again this year in hybrid form in Berlin.  The EU-NN board, the local organizers (Dr. C. Veauthier and dr. U. Kalweit), the speakers and numerous clinicans, researchers and patients were physically present in Berlin, while other participants followed the […]

EU-NN 2021 Awards

During the recent 12th Hybrid European Narcolepsy Day on 18-19 September 2021 in Berlin, the following researchers received awards from the European Narcolepsy Network: Young Scientist Award Helene Ægidius, University of Copenhagen Best Post Award Manon Villalba, Center for Research in Neuroscience of Lyon Best Oral Presentation Award Marie-Laure Possovre, University of Lausanne   EU-NN […]

Statement on vaccination against COVID-19

March 3, 2021 Several vaccines have been approved or currently are under consideration for the vaccination against the SARS-CoV 2 virus.  To date, there is no evidence that these vaccines increase the risk of developing narcolepsy or that, in already diagnosed narcoleptic patients; narcolepsy symptoms may worsen after these vaccinations. However, it should be noted […]

EU-NN 2020 Narcolepsy Young Scientist Award

During the recent 11th Virtual European Narcolepsy Day on 5 September 2020 in Berlin, dr. Ling Shan received the Young Scientists Award 2020 from the European Narcolepsy Network.  His research project is a part of successful long term collaboration between Prof. Swaab from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Prof. Gert Jan Lammers and Dr. […]

New 2013 incidence peak in childhood narcolepsy: more than vaccination?

On behalf of the European Narcolepsy Network (EU-NN), Zhang and colleagues1 recently discovered a new incidence peak in narcolepsy in 2013. The researchers used predictive modelling on the EU-NN database to assess possibly increases in incidence rates of narcolepsy type 1 over the past two decades. They interestingly reported a new incidence peak in 2013 […]

First Hybrid Narcolepsy Masterclass and Day in Berlin 2020

This year it is the second time that the EU-NN organizes the Narcolepsy Masterclass (11th) and Day (17th), due to corona this year in hybrid form.  The EU-NN board, the local organizers (Dr. C. Veauthier and dr. U. Kalweit) and the speakers were physically present in Berlin, while other participants (including many patients) followed the […]