Recent Advances in Basic Neurosciences and Brain Disease: From Synapses to Behavior

Authors

• Guo-Qiang Bi, University of Pittsburgh
• Vadim Bolshakov, Harvard University
• Guojun Bu, Washington University in St Louis
• Catherine M. Cahill, Queen's University, Canada
• Zhou-Feng Chen, Washington University in St Louis
• Graham L. Collingridge, University of Bristol, UK
• Robin L. Cooper, University of KentuckyFollow
• Jens R. Coorssen, University of Calgary, Canada
• Alaa El-Husseini, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Vasco Galhardo, University of Porto, Portugal
• Wen-Biao Gan, New York University
• Jianguo Gu, University of Florida
• Kazuhide Inoue, Kyushu University, Japan
• John Isaac, National Institutes of Health
• Koichi Iwata, Nihon University, Japan
• Zhengping Jia, University of Toronto, Canada
• Bong-Kiun Kaang, Seoul National University, Korea
• Mikito Kawamata, Sapporo Medical University, Japan
• Satoshi Kida, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
• Eric Klann, Baylor College of Medicine
• Tatsuro Kohno, Niigata University, Japan
• Min Li, Johns Hopkins University
• Xiao-Jiang Li, Emory University
• John F. MacDonald, University of Toronto, Canada
• Karim Nader, McGill University, Canada
• Peter V. Nguyen, University of Alberta, Canada
• Uhtaek Oh, Seoul National University, Korea
• Ke Ren, University of Maryland, Baltimore
• John C. Roder, University of Toronto, Canada
• Michael W. Salter, University of Toronto, Canada
• Weihong Song, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Shuzo Sugita, University of Toronto, Canada
• Shao-Jun Tang, University of California Irvine
• Yuanxiang Tao, Johns Hopkins University
• Yu Tian Wang, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Newton Woo, National Institutes of Health
• Melanie A. Woodin, University of Toronto, Canada
• Zhen Yan, State University of New York at Buffalo
• Megumu Yoshimura, Kyushu University, Japan
• Ming Xu, University of Chicago
• Zao C. Xu, Indiana University
• Xia Zhang, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• Mei Zhen, University of Toronto, Canada
• Min Zhuo, University of Toronto, Canada

Abstract

Understanding basic neuronal mechanisms hold the hope for future treatment of brain disease. The 1st international conference on synapse, memory, drug addiction and pain was held in beautiful downtown Toronto, Canada on August 21-23, 2006. Unlike other traditional conferences, this new meeting focused on three major aims: (1) to promote new and cutting edge research in neuroscience; (2) to encourage international information exchange and scientific collaborations; and (3) to provide a platform for active scientists to discuss new findings. Up to 64 investigators presented their recent discoveries, from basic synaptic mechanisms to genes related to human brain disease. This meeting was in part sponsored by Molecular Pain, together with University of Toronto (Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology as well as Center for the Study of Pain). Our goal for this meeting is to promote future active scientific collaborations and improve human health through fundamental basic neuroscience researches. The second international meeting on Neurons and Brain Disease will be held in Toronto (August 29-31, 2007).

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-30-2006

Notes/Citation Information

Published in Molecular Pain, v. 2, article 38, p. 1-22.

© 2006 Bi et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8069-2-38

Funding Information

MZ is supported by grants from NINDS NS42722, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the EJLB-CIHR Michael Smith Chair in Neurosciences and Mental Health, and the Canada Research Chair.

Repository Citation

Bi, Guo-Qiang; Bolshakov, Vadim; Bu, Guojun; Cahill, Catherine M.; Chen, Zhou-Feng; Collingridge, Graham L.; Cooper, Robin L.; Coorssen, Jens R.; El-Husseini, Alaa; Galhardo, Vasco; Gan, Wen-Biao; Gu, Jianguo; Inoue, Kazuhide; Isaac, John; Iwata, Koichi; Jia, Zhengping; Kaang, Bong-Kiun; Kawamata, Mikito; Kida, Satoshi; Klann, Eric; Kohno, Tatsuro; Li, Min; Li, Xiao-Jiang; MacDonald, John F.; Nader, Karim; Nguyen, Peter V.; Oh, Uhtaek; Ren, Ke; Roder, John C.; Salter, Michael W.; Song, Weihong; Sugita, Shuzo; Tang, Shao-Jun; Tao, Yuanxiang; Wang, Yu Tian; Woo, Newton; Woodin, Melanie A.; Yan, Zhen; Yoshimura, Megumu; Xu, Ming; Xu, Zao C.; Zhang, Xia; Zhen, Mei; and Zhuo, Min, "Recent Advances in Basic Neurosciences and Brain Disease: From Synapses to Behavior" (2006). Biology Faculty Publications. 89.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/biology_facpub/89