.: History of European Neuroscience
History of Neuroscience at the FENS Forum 2012 in Barcelona
Two exciting events dealing with History of Neuroscience are programmed at the FENS Forum 2012
Monday July 16, 2012 - 15:45 - 17:15
Symposium S32
From electric fish to single channel Neuro-electricity, one
century after Bernstein's Elektrobiogie (chaired by: M. Piccolino, Ferrara and B. Nilius, Leuven)
Tuesday July 17, 2012 - 18:45 - 21:15
History of Neuroscience Social
The Silver Connection: A conference on
Fernando de Castro (1896-1967), one of the main pupils of Cajal. This will be followed by a friendly get-together.
Project funded by FENS History Grants 2010
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Here we provide links to other major web-sites focused on history of Neuroscience
The homepage of The International Society for the History of Neuroscience http://www.ishn.org/ provides a link to
The History of Neuroscience Internet Forum http://www.bri.ucla.edu/nha/histneur.htm.
The International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) has got a History of Neuroscience Programme described as follows:
The mission of the History of Neuroscience Committee is to bring together and publicize relevant aspects of the history of the neuroscience in a concise and clear manner in IBRO’s History of Neuroscience series. In particular, the committee wishes to identify authors who might make interesting contributions to the web site and to encourage them to participate.
Its history of neuroscience page contains the following sections:
- Biographies
- Subject-based Contributions
- Comments
- Distinguished Scientists Interviewed
- Histories of IBRO's Affiliated Organizations
- Links to History Sites
The following links to history sites are listed:
- Neuroscience for Kids
- NeuroPathology/Anatomy on the Internet
- International Society for the History of Neuroscience
- Phineas Gage Information Page
- Nobel Prizes in Neuroscience
- Today's Neuroscience, Tomorrow's History
- History of European Neuroscience
- History of Neuroscience Autobiographies
The Society for Neuroscience presents a History of Neuroscience subsection on its About Neuroscience piece http://www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=HistoryofNeuroscience_main. It contains a rich open material, as well as links to valuable sites with historical material.:
SfN maintains this historical material as a resource for neuroscientists and the public. While not comprehensive, the documents chronicle the struggles and accomplishments of a still-young field and highlight major achievements and advances. Most of all, this information conveys the rigor and passion with which neuroscientists pursue scientific discovery.
- Autobiographical Chapters - A six-volume book series detailing the lives and discoveries of eminent senior neuroscientists. Available for download (PDFs).
- Autobiographical Videos - Archival interviews with distinguished senior neuroscientists.
- Classic Papers - A sample of high impact classic papers addressing a range of neuroscience topics. Available for download (PDFs).
- History Resources - A list of neuroscience history resources beyond SfN.
- SfN Presidents - View a list of SfN presidents, photos and years of service included.
- Download Robert W. Doty's chapter on neuroscience (PDF, 2.4 MB) from The History of the APS: The First Century, 1887-1987.*
The homepage of Club Officiel de la Société des Neurosciences Française contains : Articles en ligne with links to a large number of neurohistorical papers in French and/or English as well as Histoire des neurosciences françaises with links, and/or presentations of famous French neuroscientists, and French institutes of neuroscience in French and/or English.
Downloads of historic books and articles related to glial research
- Autobiographies
- Albe-Fessard, Denise - France (SfN)
- Alzheimer, Alois - Germany (IBRO)
- Andersen, Per - Norway (SfN)
- Babinski, Joseph - Poland/France (IBRO)
- Beritashvili, Ivan - Georgia/Russia (IBRO)
- Bernard, Claude - France (IBRO)
- Blix, Gustraf - Sweden (IBRO)
- Brodmann, Korbinian - Germany (IBRO)
- Boycott, Brian B. - UK (SfN)
- Bures, Jan - Czech Republic (SfN)
- Cajal, Santiago Ramon - Spain (IBRO)
- Carlsson, Arvid - Sweden (SfN)
- Changeux, Jean-Pierre - France (SfN)
- De Renzi, Ennio - Italy (SfN)
- Economo, Constantin - Austria (IBRO)
- Euler, Curt - Sweden (SfN)
- Golgi, Camillo - Italy (IBRO)
- Huxley, Andrew - UK (SfN)
- Iversen, Leslie L. - UK (SfN)
- Katz, Sir Bernard - Germany/UK (SfN)
- Luciani, Luigi - Italy (IBRO)
- Lugaro, Ernesto - Italy (IBRO)
- Menzel, Randolf - Germany (SfN)
- Newport Langley, John - UK (IBRO)
- Peters, Alan - UK (SfN)
- Ranvier, Louis - France (IBRO)
- Simarro, Luis - Spain (IBRO)
- Thoenen, Hans - Switzerland (SfN)
- Young, John Z. - UK (SfN)
- Videos
- Burnstock, Geoffrey - UK (UCL)
- Carlsson, Arvid - Sweden (SfN)*
- Crick, Francis - UK (SfN)*
- Dichgans, Johannes - Germany (GNS)
- Frackowiak, Richard - UK/Switzerland (UCL)
- Frith, Uta - Germany/UK (UCL)
- Gregory, Richard - UK (UCL)
- Jones, Terry - UK (UCL)
- Kreutzberg, Georg W. - Germany (GNS)
- Le Douarin, Nicole M. - France (SfN)*
- Levi-Montalcini, Rita - Italy (SfN)*
- Mansfield, Peter - UK (UCL)
- Moncada, Salvador - UK (UCL)
- Neuweiler, Gerhard - Germany (GNS)
- North, Alan - UK (UCL)
- Ordidge, Roger - UK (UCL)
- Rutter, Michael - UK (UCL)
- Silver, Ann - UK (UCL)
- Warrington, Elizabeth - UK (UCL)
- Institutions
- History of Neuroscience in Newcastle
* To view the videos you need QuickTime Player
The recently establisched FENS History Committee consists of the following members:
- Helmut Kettenmann (Chair)
- Sten Grillner
- Jacques Epelbaum
- Nicholas Wade
- Marina Bentivoglio
- Ulf Norrsell
- Michael Hagner
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Committee Meeting in Stockholm in Oktober 2011 |
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| Committee Meeting in Stockholm in Oktober 2011 |
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