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
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
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Molecular Pain, v. 2, article 38, p. 1-22.
© 2006 Bi et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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