Working in Neurosciences today. BAW 2015 IBCN

FIORE, LUCIANO (1°); BAEZ, VERÓNICA (1°); LÓPEZ, SILVIA (1°); SANCHEZ, VIVIANA (1°)

Mar del Plata

Congreso; XXX CONGRESO ANUAL DE LA SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA DE INVESTIGACION EN NEUROCIENCIAS; 2015

SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA DE INVESTIGACION EN NEUROCIENCIAS

Working in Neurosciences today. BAW 2015 IBCNThe International Brain Awareness Week (BAW) took place from March 16th to 20th in the Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience ?Prof. E. de Robertis? (IBCN), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires. The activities were sponsored by the Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencia (SAN) and were aimed to the general public. The speakers exposed the following topics: Neurodegenerative Diseases, Epilepsy, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Addictions, Development of the Visual System, Research in Argentina, Animal models in research, Stroke, Developmental Neurobiology, Memory and Learning, Behaviour and Epilepsy, Techniques in Electronic Microscopy.The activities were broadcasted on radio, TV and newspapers (Clarin and Pagina/12). The number of participants exceeded 200 people. The audience consisted of secondary and university students, employees such as therapeutic assistants, radiologists, nutritionists, doctoral fellows of CONICET and psychologists.Attendees were very enthusiastic, which was demonstrated by the large number of questions raised during the discussions. Since there are few opportunities for the general public to interact with researchers, people suggested that this kind of activities should be maintained in the future.Cognition, Behavior, and Memory