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| remarks = | formerly = | footnotes = | bodystyle = }}The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) is a European federation of scientific societies for basic scientists and physicians whose research is focused on the brain and nervous system (i.e., neuroscience).

History

The federation was founded in 1998 to coordinate and present at the European level the research of members of national and European neuroscience societies. It succeeded the European Neuroscience Association. FENS federates 44 member societies and 5 associate member societies, representing around 23,000 scientists.WEB, FENS member societies,weblink 2024-02-20, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, en, WEB, FENS Member Societies,weblink Homepage, FENS, 2010-01-10, 2020-04-16,weblink dead,

Activities

FENS organises an international scientific meeting in even years, the FENS Forum of European Neuroscience. Every meeting takes place in a different European country hosted by its national neuroscience society.WEB, Past Forums,weblink Homepage, FENS, 2020-01-10, In the odd years that no Forum meeting takes place, a FENS Regional Meeting is held.WEB, FENS Regional Meeting,weblink Homepage, FENS, 2020-01-10, In addition, twice yearly more specialised meetings are organized in collaboration with the Lundbeck Foundation, called The Brain Conferences.WEB, The Brain Conferences,weblink Homepage, FENS, 2020-01-10, WEB,weblink Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), Inside Scientific, JOURNAL, Abbott, Alison, 2018-08-07, Neuroscience societies join outcry over treatment of Max Planck neuroscientist,weblink Nature, en, 10.1038/d41586-018-05907-2, 158328866,

Publications

Together with Wiley-Blackwell, the federation publishes the European Journal of Neuroscience, a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal,WEB, European Journal of Neuroscience,weblink European Journal of Neuroscience, Wiley-Blackwell, 2020-01-10, and the FENS Forum Abstracts, the proceedings of the FENS Forums of European Neuroscience.

References

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External links

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• European Brain Council

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