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Two free PDFs for the FEBN examination, written by a Fellow of the European Board of Neurology and checked against the guidelines and trials current in 2026.

The Neurology Tract Reference Papers Digest
Cover of The Neurology Tract by Dr. Mohamed Najm
01 · 2026 Edition · Board review

The Neurology Tract

Eighteen chapters of high-yield neurology for the closed-book and open-book components — current diagnostic criteria, the trials examiners ask about, and a pattern-recognition table closing every chapter.

74 pages18 chaptersMcDonald · McKeith · ICHD-3 · WHO CNS5 · ICSD-3
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Corrected 2026 edition — every change from the 2025 notes is listed on the “What changed” page inside.

Chapters 1–9Foundations and the big five

  1. 1Neurological examination and neuroanatomy
  2. 2Vascular neurology (stroke)
  3. 3Epilepsy
  4. 4Movement disorders
  5. 5Multiple sclerosis and demyelinating diseases
  6. 6Neuromuscular disorders
  7. 7Headache and facial pain
  8. 8Infections of the nervous system
  9. 9Neuro-oncology

Chapters 10–18The rest of the syllabus

  1. 10Dementia and cognitive disorders
  2. 11Sleep disorders
  3. 12Autonomic disorders
  4. 13Neuro-ophthalmology and neuro-otology
  5. 14Systemic disease
  6. 15Paediatric neurology
  7. 16Neurogenetics
  8. 17Ethics, coma and brain death
  9. 18Quick reference and emergency protocols
Cover of The Neurology Tract — Reference Papers Digest
02 · FEBN 2026 · For closed-book exam preparation

Reference Papers Digest

All 23 reference papers on the FEBN 2026 reading list: what each guideline recommends, what the trials since then changed, and the stems examiners write from them.

59 pages23 papers94 exam anglesRapid-fire · Numbers to know
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Check the official EBN reading list for exact references before the exam.

Papers 1–12Vascular, epilepsy, ICU, neuromuscular

  1. 1ESO — Cerebral venous thrombosis
  2. 2ESO–ESMINT — Mechanical thrombectomy
  3. 3Dementia with Lewy bodies
  4. 4Neuromodulation for drug-resistant epilepsy
  5. 5EAN — Cluster headache
  6. 6EAN — Palliative care in MS
  7. 7Neurosyphilis
  8. 8Neuropsychiatry of Parkinson's disease
  9. 9Coma and post-cardiac arrest prognostication
  10. 10TBI — the first hours
  11. 11Neurological complications of vasculitis
  12. 12EAN/PNS — CIDP (2021)

Papers 13–23And the rest

  1. 13Chemotherapy-induced neuropathy
  2. 14Psychiatric features of CTE
  3. 15Stroke neurorehabilitation
  4. 16Sleep and stroke
  5. 17Narcolepsy
  6. 18Neurogenic supine hypertension
  7. 19ABN — Myasthenia gravis
  8. 20EAN — Invasive therapies for PD
  9. 21Nodopathies and paraproteinaemic neuropathies
  10. 22EAN/PNS — Guillain–Barré syndrome
  11. 23EAN — ALS
How to use them

Read the Tract. Memorise the Digest.

First pass: The Neurology Tract chapter by chapter. Second pass: its tables and pattern-recognition pages. Final weeks: the Digest's green and red boxes, exam angles and the Numbers to know page.

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These guides are independent study resources. They are not endorsed by or derived from the European Board of Neurology or the UEMS, and contain no examination recall. Corrections are welcome at contact@thetract.org.