Abstracts of Communications of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry

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Abstracts of Communications of the 45^th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry     

Abstracts of Communications of the 1999 Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry (JSN)

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Abstracts of Communications of the 1999 Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry (JSN)     

The American Society for Neurochemistry (ASN): Antecedents, Founding, and Early Years

Events leading to and the influences on the founding of the American Society for Neurochemistry are recounted, with emphasis on early activities of neurochemists in the United States, as well as the international activities, that led to the founding of both the International and American societies (in 1965 and 1969, respectively). The founding of the American Society for Neurochemistry in the period 1968-1969 and its first annual meeting in 1970 are described, together with significant developments during the early years of the Society.     

A History of the Origin and Development of Japanese Society for Neurochemistry: International Cooperation to Overcome Dementia and Mental Illness

“Neurochemistry” in Japan was established by intensive cooperation between psychiatrists and their collaborators, biochemists, who have sought to investigate the etiology of mental illness to establish treatments. It was a completely different direction from the flow of modern biochemistry that was born using microorganisms or eukaryotic cells as research materials. Neurochemists aimed to elucidate the physiological or pathological functions of the brain through chemical analysis of the morphologically and functionally unique complexity and characteristics of brain. I here describe some of the origin and history of neurochemistry in Japan how researchers estabIished Japanese Society for Neurochemistry in1958 Yasuzo Tsukada as a president in collaboration with Isamu Sano, Genkichiro Takagaki and Masanori Kurokawa. The formation of research groups with the support of MEXT played a major role in promoting neurochemistry. Many international conferences held in Japan promoted the activity of neurochemistry: The International Society of Physiology (Tokyo) in 1965, and the Japan-US Neurochemistry Conference (Oiso) in 1965, and in 1967 the International Conference on Biochemistry (Tokyo). These meetings offered excitements to younger researchers by close interaction with the world top class researchers. Government established Brain Research Institutes in several national universities. The Asia–Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (APSN) was established in 1991 subsequent to an initiative by JSN. APSN presidents: Yasuzo Tsukada, Kazuhiro Ikenaka, and Akio Wanaka contributed to promote neurochemistry. The 4th ISN meeting was organized at Tokyo (Yasuzo Tsukada, president) in 1973 and the 15th ISN meeting at Kyoto (Kinya Kuriyama, president) in 1995. Kunihiko Suzuki and Kazuhiro Ikenaka as ISN Presidents greatly contributed in promoting the activity of ISN.

     

Society for Industrial Microbiology

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The History of Neurochemistry as Revealed by the Journal of Neurochemistry

Abstract: Analyses of samples of articles in the Journal of Neurochemistry between 1956 (the year of its foundation) and 1990 were used to obtain numerical indices of the history of neurochemistry. Data suggest that the acceleration of neurochemical research did not merely reflect the increase of biochemical research in general and that it involved progressive decreases and increases of interest in major constituents and transmitters, respectively, as indicated by both numbers and citations of papers. Papers on all classes of transmitters increased steadily and in the order of amines > amino acids, acetylcholine > peptides. Within the field of brain metabolism, papers on energy metabolism decreased markedly. Use of techniques other than those of biochemistry/neurochemistry altered strikingly with decreases of histological, electrophysiological, and pharmacological methods and increases of chemical, immunological, and tissue culture methods. Citations by neuroscience core journals between 1975 and 1988 suggest that the relative prominence of neurochemistry within neuroscience has remained constant. Analyses indicate that the influence of the U.S.A. relative to that of other regions has remained fairly steady between 1956 and 1990, but that number of papers from the U.K. has declined, whereas the influences of Western Europe and other areas appear to have recently increased substantially. Sociological changes have been the virtual disappearance of single-author papers, an increase of multiauthorship (>3), and a recent striking increase of assertive sentence titles.     

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Participation of women in neurochemistry societies

Women have made important scientific contributions to the field of neurochemistry, and they have also been leaders in neurochemical societies throughout the world. Here I discuss women's involvement and leadership in six neurochemistry societies: American Society for Neurochemistry, Argentine Society for Neurochemistry, International Society for Neurochemistry, European Society for Neurochemistry, Japanese Society for Neurochemistry, and Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry. The number of women who have been active in these societies and the level of their activity vary considerably. Neurochemical societies in the Western hemisphere, i.e., the American and the Argentine Society for Neurochemistry, have much greater numbers of women who have held office, been on council, or engaged in other leadership activities than in the rest of the world. The limited participation of women in the Japanese Neurochemistry Society relates to Japanese cultural views and was not unexpected. However, the relatively few women leaders in the International Society for Neurochemistry was a surprise. The European Society had a somewhat better record of female participation than did the International Society. The reasons for these differences are partly cultural, but factors related to when each society was formed, how it is organized, and how elections are structured undoubtedly play a role. Further analysis of these observations would be of interest from a sociological and a women's studies point of view     

Synaptopathies: synaptic dysfunction in neurological disorders – A review written by students for students,and a story of success for ISN schools

One of the major endeavors of the International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) is the promotion and support of young researchers, for instance at ‘schools’ that offer young students an opportunity to closely interact with renowned researchers as well as with each other. As a result of the 13th International Society for Neurochemistry Advanced School on ‘Synapses’ held in Mission Beach, Australia, prior to the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry in August 2016 in Cairns, we are pleased to publish this comprehensive Review article, written from students for students. Read the highlighted article  ‘Synaptopathies: synaptic dysfunction in neurological disorders – A review from students to students’ on page 785 .     

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The International Mammalian Genome Society

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The Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry

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The Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry

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The Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry

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Novel targets for cancer and connective tissues diseases: A meeting sponsored by the International CCN Society

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Novel targets for cancer and connective tissues diseases: A meeting sponsored by the International CCN Society Coast Coal Harbour Hotel, Vancouver, BC, Canada (September 24–27, 2011)     

Proceedings of the XX Congress of the Italian Society for Pure and Applied Biophysics (SIBPA), Arcidosso (Grosseto), Italy,September 2010

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Proceedings of the XX Congress of the Italian Society for Pure and Applied Biophysics (SIBPA), Arcidosso (Grosseto), Italy, September 2010     

Abstracts of 40th Annual Symposium of the Czech Society of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

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Abstracts of 40th Annual Symposium of the Czech Society of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry     

Abstracts of the Annual Symposium of the Czech Society of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry. Brno, Czech Republic, 1-2 December 2000

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Abstracts of the Annual Symposium of the Czech Society of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry