Graphic recording of Karl Deisseroth’s lecture at the FENS 2020 Virtual Forum. Graphic by Engage Visually with the support of the Dana Foundation

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

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

The ALBA Network interviewed neuroscientists from all over the globe on their research and their experience of diversity in brain sciences.

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

What are in fact mental disorders? The problems faced in psychiatry have led researchers to reflect on the conceptualisation of mental disorders. Thus, some authors have argued for a neurocentric conceptualisation, suggesting to understand them as, precisely, brian disorders. However, this view implies some problems difficult to solve and reconcile to current data

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A consensus document about psychiatric and neurological diseases representing a considerable social and eco0mic burden in Europe. Written by Monica Di Luca, Mary Baker, Renato Corradetti, Helmut Kettenmann, Julien Mendlewicz, Jes Olesen, Ian Ragan and Manfred Westphal.

A consensus Statement on European Brain Research: The need to expand Brain Research in Europe

Report on the cost of disorders of the brain in Europe

Talk by Dr Peter Hacker, Oxford University

Mereology is the logic of part/whole relations. One kind of mereological mistake is that of misguidedly attributing properties of wholes to their parts. Some holistic properties cannot licitly be ascribed to parts: aeroplanes fly, but their engines cannot be said to fly; antique clocks keep time but their fusées cannot be said to keep time. A widespread mistake in cognitive neuroscience is to attribute to the human brain properties that can be intelligibly attributed only to the living human being as a whole. The brain is commonly held to perceive, to think, to feel emotions, and to intend to do things. These are category mistakes that lead to widespread fallacies in the reasoning of neuroscientists. The rationale of the mereological fallacy in neuroscience will be explained and objections will be refuted.

The Corpus Curiosum series was produced with the support of FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET)

Effects of early life stress are found to be dependent on many factors, including sex and genetic background, the age of early exposure, and the age and context within which the long-term impact is examined. Organised by the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET), hosted on Neuronline.

Sedentary behavior is on the rise, resulting in an increased prevalence of preventable life-limiting diseases, including those affecting the brain. This is despite evidence showing that physical activity is one of the most important modifiable lifestyle factors that supports good brain health throughout life and improves quality of life in old age. In this webinar, speakers will discuss different mechanisms by which exercise positively influences brain health and function across the lifespan, from modulation of inflammation to regulation of adult neurogenesis.

Webinar organised by the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training on the SfN digital platform, Neuronline.

In this FENS Friday webinar were discussed the challenges presented by the blood brain barrier to CNS biomarker discovery and use, the potential of extracellular vesicles as novel markers of brain function and dysfunction, and the clinical relevance of established and novel blood biomarkers of neuropsychiatric disorders and brain injury. The limitations of the use of blood-borne CNS biomarkers both in the laboratory and the clinic and provide insights into the future development of novel biomarkers of brain health and disease were also explored.

The webinar was organised by the FENS Committee for Higher Educqtion qnd Trqining (CHET).

Have you ever wondered what our brains do while we are sleeping? Do all brains sleep the same? What makes their experiences differ from one another and what are the determining factors? Watch the new FENS Friday webinar “Brain on Sleep” and delve into the fascinating world of sleep research and its different states and functions.

The FENS Friday webinar “Brain development and neuropsychiatric disorders” presented the state-of-the-art knowledge on the brain’s development and how genetic disturbances and/or environmental influences are thought to underlie several neuropsychiatric disorders. Organised by the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET).

Organised by the European Brain Council (EBC), the European Brain Research Area project (EBRA) and chaired by FENS President, Prof. Jean-Antoine Girault, this FENS Friday webinar focused on the importance of coordination and collaboration in the brain space highlighting the Shared European Brain Research Agenda (SEBRA).

How easy is it to communicate the needs of researchers to the general public, especially when animals are involved? This 60-minute online event aims to teach how to communicate the use of animals in scientific research responsibly and transparently.

This FENS live webinar aims to provide participants with useful tips on how to write a successful FENS-Dana Brain Awareness Week 2023 Grants application and how to run an engaging outreach event. The webinar will include an interactive Q&A session with the speakers to provide hands-on tips to the audience.

This playlist contains lectures given during the FENS SfN Summer School 2018 on Neural stem cells, brain orga0ids and brain repair (held in Italy). The interview with the School’s scientific organisers provides an introduction.

Interest in myelinated cells for neurobiologists has essentially been driven by research on demyelinating disorders. The majority of myelin is formed postnatally in the rodents and by adulthood in humans. Although myelin plasticity in response to neuronal activity is an old observation, its extent has been appreciated relatively recently. However, over recent years, myelinating cells have been found to participate to neural plasticity, being modified by neural activity, and in turn modulating the activity of neurons, and possibly vasculature.

It is now accepted that myelin can be shaped by environmental stimuli and undergo significant structural changes throughout life. This fine-tuning mechanism enhances neuronal function by orchestrating adjustments in myelin structure and axo-glial interactions. The potential link between this adaptive myelination and neuropsychiatric conditions is an active area of research. New directions in myelin research would be highlighted in this webinar.

Webinar organised by the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training on the SfN digital platform, Neuronline.

The webinar discusses mechanisms involved in post-ischemic brain adaptation. The knowledge of these mechanisms may provide information to bring light on those molecular pathways involved in brain protection. Organised by the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training under the signed agreement with the Neuroscience Training Committee of SfN; webinar available on Neuronline, the SfN online platform.