Society for Neuroscience
| Founded | 1969 |
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| Focus | Neuroscience |
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Members
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Nearly 40,000 (2014) |
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Key people
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Hollis Cline, President |
| Slogan | Advancing the Understanding of the Brain and Nervous System |
| Website | www |
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is a professional society, headquartered in Washington, DC, for basic scientists and physicians around the world whose research is focused on the study of the brain and nervous system.[1]
History
SfN was founded in 1969 by Ralph W. Gerard and, at nearly 40,000 members, has grown to be the largest neuroscience society in the world.[1] The stated mission of the society is to:
- Advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system.
- Provide professional development activities, information, and educational resources.
- Promote public information and general education about science and neuroscience.
- Inform legislators and other policy makers about the implications of research for public policy, societal benefit, and continued scientific progress.[1]
The Society publishes a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal—The Journal of Neuroscience—which covers all subdisciplines of the field.
Annual meeting
The Society holds an annual meeting that is attended by scientists from around the world. The first annual meeting of the society, held in Washington, DC in 1971, was attended by 1,396 scientists. Subsequent meetings have been held in a variety of cities throughout the USA except for the 1988 meeting, which was held in Canada. Attendance has steadily increased to about 30,000, with 31,263 in 2014.[2]
Presidents
The following persons have been President of the Society:[3]
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- Ralph W. Gerard (Honorary president)
- Edward R. Perl (1969–1970)
- Vernon Mountcastle (1970–1971)
- Neal E Miller (1971–1972)
- Walle Nauta (1972–1973)
- Theodore Holmes Bullock (1973–1974)
- Edward Evarts (1974–1975)
- Robert W. Doty (1975–1976)
- Floyd E. Bloom (1976–1977)
- W. Maxwell Cowan (1977–1978)
- Torsten Wiesel (1978–1979)
- Solomon H. Snyder (1979–1980)
- Eric Kandel (1980–1981)
- David H. Cohen (1981–1982)
- Dominic P. Purpura (1982–1983)
- Gerald D. Fischbach (1983–1984)
- William D. Willis Jr. (1984–1985)
- Bernice Grafstein (1985–1986)
- Mortimer Mishkin (1986–1987)
- Albert Aguayo (1987–1988)
- David H. Hubel (1988–1989)
- Patricia Goldman-Rakic (1989–1990)
- Robert H. Wurtz (1990–1991)
- Joseph T. Coyle (1991–1992)
- Ira B. Black (1992–1993)
- Larry R. Squire (1993–1994)
- Carla J Shatz (1994–1995)
- Pasko Rakic (1995–1996)
- Bruce McEwen (1996–1997)
- Lorne Mendell (1997–1998)
- Edward G. Jones (1998–1999)
- Dennis Choi (1999–2000)
- Donald L. Price (2000–2001)
- Fred Gage (2001–2002)
- Huda Akil (2002–2003)
- Anne B. Young (2003–2004)
- Carol A. Barnes (2004–2005)
- Stephen F. Heinemann (2005–2006)
- David C. Van Essen (2006–2007)
- Eve Marder (2007–2008)
- Thomas J. Carew (2008–2009)
- Mickey Goldberg (2009–2010)
- Susan Amara (2010–2011)
- Moses Chao (2011–2012)
- Larry W. Swanson (2012–2013)
- Carol A. Mason (2013–2014)
- Steven Hyman (2014–2015)
- Hollis Cline (2015–present)
