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VLTP Course in Neuroscience, Federal University of
the Amazon, Manaus, Amazon, Brazil, September 19-26,
2007, Topics, Principles of neural signaling
Structure, function and formation of synapses,
Channels and receptors, Structural and functional
organization of the visual system, Neural development
and regeneration
Mechanisms of plasticity, Molecular biology of
neurodegenerative disease. Thirty-five lectures last
for about 50 minutes each. Conferences are used for
discussion of questions that arise from the lectures
and consist of small groups that rotate day by day to
different lecturers. Students will have the
opportunity to present 10 min. talks on their own work
if they wish. Tutorials on how to present the talks
according to the format of international meetings are
given at the end of each day. There will also be
formal discussions about studentships and postdoctoral
opportunities in Europe and North America Organizers:
Spartaco Astolfi, PhD, Professor Department of
Biochemistry, Federal University of the Amazon,
Manaus, Brazil. sastolfi@ufam.edu.br, Elaine Del Bel,
PhD, Department of Physiology, University of São
Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. eadelbel@yahoo.com.br,
Profa. Adriana Malheiro, Researcher, Instituto de
Hematología e Hemoterapía do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil.
Online registration for the course will be open in
May on the IBRO Schools site http://schools.ibro.info.