From the Editors

We’d like to welcome all readers worldwide to the April 2025 issue of World Neurology.

In this issue’s President’s Column, WFN President Prof. Wolfgang Grisold updates readers on the many evolving World Federation of Neurology (WFN) activities, including the upcoming WFN elections and critical initiatives related to advocacy, education, and publications. He also highlights the upcoming World Brain Day 2025 and the exciting plans for the World Congress of Neurology 2025 coming up in October in Seoul, South Korea.

This issue includes two reports on World Brain Day. First, Dr. Tissa Wijeratne, co-chair of World Brain Day 2025, provides a brief historical overview of the development and evolution of the themes and activities of World Brain Day over the past decade. In an accompanying report, Dr. Wijeratne and David Dodick, World Brain Day co-chair, along with Dr. Steven Lewis, Dr. Alla Guekht, and Prof. Grisold, provide an update on the theme of World Brain Day 2025, “Brain Health for All Ages,” and the many activities being planned to support and enhance this global initiative.

Dr. Stefan Meng from Vienna, Austria, reports on the most recent 2-day course on nerve ultrasound. The annual event has taken place at National Taiwan University in Taipei since 2016.

This issue also includes two reports on the launch of the Brain House at Davos, Switzerland. This year, it was held in conjunction with the World Economic Forum and hosted by the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative. In the first report, Dr. Morris Freedman, WFN treasurer, provides the official WFN report from the event, which served as a global platform to highlight the link between brain health and economic growth. In the next report, Prof. Alfred K. Njamnshi and his esteemed coauthors provide further details of this seminal multidisciplinary event highlighting the importance of brain health in productivity, resilience, and well-being.

In this issue’s History Column, titled “Charcot, Impressionism, and Functional Dyschromatopsia,” Dr. Peter Koehler provides his insights into an association between the artistic school of Impressionism and the Salpêtrière.

This issue includes the statements for candidates who were put forward by the WFN Nominating Committee for the positions of WFN president, first vice president, and elected trustee. You can find more about the WFN election process on our website. Editorial oversight of the candidate’s statements for this section of World Neurology was taken over by WFN President Wolfgang Grisold to avoid any potential conflict of interest by the editors of World Neurology.

We also would like to draw your attention to “Neurology in the 21st Century,” which provides an overview of neurology in the current century. It was published in the March 22, 2025, issue of Annals of Neurology. It was written by Dr. John England, editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Neurological Sciences, WFN’s official journal, with collaborators Drs. Ann C. Tilton and Carlayne E. Jackson, immediate past-president of the AAN.¹ We think World Neurology readers will find this contemporary thought piece of interest.

In closing, thanks to all neurologists and neurologic trainee readers in all regions of the world for your interest in the WFN and in World Neurology. We look forward to your contributions to this publication and any suggestions for improvement. •