Isaac Newton's pathways from the eyes to the brain

Purkinje's representation of his eponymous cells in the cerebellum

The figure marked, “Fig 2”, shows the equipment used for determination of warm and cold spots depicted on skin surfaces shown above the bottles. Reference: Blix M. Experimentela bidrag till lösning af frågan om hudnervernas specifika energi. Upsala Läkareförenings Förhandlingar. 1882;18(2):87-102 (plate II).

The figure marked, “Fig 3”, shows Blix’s tactile stimulator, and touch spots have been added to the warm and cold spots shown on the surface to the left. Reference: Blix M. Experimentela bidrag till lösning af frågan om hudnervernas specifika energi. Upsala Läkareförenings Förhandlingar. 1883;18(7 & 8):427-40 (plate VI).

.: History of European Neuroscience


Project funded by FENS History Grants 2010

Portraits of European Neuroscientists


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:

The following links to history sites are listed:



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.



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. Please follow this link: http://194.254.96.56/chn/



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The recently establisched FENS History Committee consists of the following members:

Committee Meeting in Stockholm in Oktober 2011

Committee Meeting in Stockholm in Oktober 2011

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