FENS facilitates the dissemination of scientific information through a series of online resources, available to all.

Browse the directory below and access a vast array of online materials, including position papers, training and career development materials, outreach and advocacy resources.

Title Description Type Year
3-Dimensional Images of Physiological Apparatus and Models with Historic Interest

3-D digital archive of physiological apparatus with descriptions of their use and their impact on the field of science.

Website 2012 Open URL
A Brain Museum Tour of Europe

A tour of the brain museums of Europe, showing the museums with materials relevant to the history of neuroscience in each country.

Website 2017 Open URL
A FENS guide to Twitter (complete version)

This FENS guide to Twitter will provide you with the basics: start your account, who to follow and how to interact with the neuroscience community. Developed by the FENS Communication Committee.
View as well the graphic guide to Twitter.

Document 2020 View/Download
A Short History of European neuroscience – from the late 18th to the mid 20th century

Short manuscript co-authored by Dr. Helmut Kettenmann, Chair and Dr Nicholas Wade, Member of the FENS History Committee (2010-2014).

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A Virtual Museum of Irish Brain Science

Digital archive website to collate and present 0teworthy historical objects of Ireland’s brain science archives.

Website 2017 Open URL
Albe-Fessard, Denise – France

Biography of Albe-Fessard, Denise – France
Via SfN

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Alzheimer, Alois – Germany

Biography of Alzheimer, Alois – Germany
Via Ibro

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Andersen, Per – Norway

Biography of Andersen, Per – Norway
Via SfN

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Angelo Mosso and his brain-mind problem, a seed for the modern brain imaging

Documentation of Angelo Mosso’s outstanding and pioneering activity on the relationship between the mind and the brain.

Website 2015 Open URL
Augusta Dejerine Klumpke (1859-1927). Commémoration du 160e anniversaire de sa naissance

Commemoration of the 160th anniversary of the birth of Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke, an extraordinary neurologist and neuroanatomist, a forgotten pioneer woman of neuroscience. This project received the support of FENS under the history neuroscience call projects

Video Augusta Dejerine Klumpke (1859-1927). Commémoration du 160e anniversaire de sa naissance
Babinski, Joseph – Poland/France

Biography of Babinski, Joseph – Poland/France
Via Ibro

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Beritashvili, Ivan – Georgia/Russia

Biography of Beritashvili, Ivan – Georgia/Russia
Via Ibro

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Bernard, Claude – France

Biography of Bernard, Claude – France
Via IBRO

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Blix, Gustraf – Sweden

Biography of Blix, Gustraf – Sweden
Via IBRO

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Boycott, Brian B. – UK

Biography of Boycott, Brian B. – UK
Via SfN

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Brain Awareness Week 2008 projects

Discover the Brain Awareness Week projects funded by the FENS and Dana Foundation grant in 2008.

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Brain Awareness Week 2009 projects

Discover the Brain Awareness Week projects funded by the FENS and Dana Foundation grant in 2009.

Document 2009 View/Download
Brain Awareness Week 2010 projects

Discover the Brain Awareness Week projects funded by the FENS and Dana Foundation grant in 2010.

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Brain Awareness Week 2011 projects

Discover the Brain Awareness Week projects funded by the FENS and Dana Foundation grant in 2011.

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Brain Awareness Week 2012 projects

Discover the Brain Awareness Week projects funded by the FENS and Dana Foundation grant in 2012.

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Brain Awareness Week 2013 projects

Discover the Brain Awareness Week projects funded by the FENS and Dana Foundation grant in 2013.

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Brain Awareness Week 2014 projects

Discover the Brain Awareness Week projects funded by the FENS and Dana Foundation grant in 2014.

Document 2014 View/Download
Brain Awareness Week 2015 projects

Discover the Brain Awareness Week projects funded by the FENS and Dana Foundation grant in 2015.

Document 2015 View/Download
Brain Awareness Week 2016 projects

Discover the Brain Awareness Week projects funded by the FENS and Dana Foundation grant in 2016.

Document 2016 View/Download
Brain Awareness Week 2017 projects

Discover the Brain Awareness Week projects funded by the FENS and Dana Foundation grant in 2017.

Document 2017 View/Download
Brain Awareness Week 2018 projects

Discover the Brain Awareness Week projects funded by the FENS and Dana Foundation grant in 2018.

Document 2018 View/Download
Brain Awareness Week 2019 projects

Discover the Brain Awareness Week projects funded by the FENS and Dana Foundation grant in 2019.

Document 2019 View/Download
Brain Awareness Week 2020 projects

Discover the Brain Awareness Week projects funded by the FENS and Dana Foundation grant in 2020.

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Brain Awareness Week 2021 projects

Discover the Brain Awareness Week projects funded by the FENS and Dana Foundation grant in 2021.

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Brain Awareness Week 2022 projects

Discover the Brain Awareness Week projects funded by the FENS and Dana Foundation grant in 2022.

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Brain science mapping the landscape of brain and neuroscience research

A report mapping the brain science landscape of brain and neuroscience research

Document 2014 View/Download
Brains by catalogue: surveying preserved Human brains in Portugal

Project funded under the FENS call for history of neuroscience projects.

Website 2018 Open URL
Brodmann, Korbinian – Germany

Biography of Brodmann, Korbinian – Germany
Via IBRO

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Bures, Jan – Czech Republic

Biography of Bures, Jan – Czech Republic
Via SfN

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Cajal and the Spanish Neurological School: Neuroscience Would Have Been a Different Story Without Them

Paper published by Fernando de Castro.

Website Open URL
Cajal, Santiago Ramon – Spain

Biography of Cajal, Santiago Ramon – Spain
Via IBRO

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Cajal: Lessons on brain development

Paper by Fernando de Castro, Laura López-Mascaraque and Juan A. De Carlos.

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Cajal’s Interactions with Sherrington and the Croonian Lecture

Paper published by Juan A. De Carlos and Zoltán Molnár.

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Cajal’s Legacy: Past, Present and Future

Historical video based on Ramón y Cajal’s life, highlighting his most important scientific milestones for building the birth of modern Neuroscience.

Video 2014 Cajal’s Legacy: Past, Present and Future
Cajal’s Man on the Peripheral Nervous System

Paper by Fernando de Castro.

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