1st INCF Workshop on Neuroanatomical Nomenclature and Taxonomy

Stockholm, September 10-11, 2007

Goal

The goal of this meeting was to agree on a general strategy for developing a systematic, useful, and scientifically appropriate framework for neuroanatomical nomenclature. The workshop focused on general principles that will serve as a basis for future decisions on implementation strategies. A workshop report will summarize the findings.

Invited participants

Mihail Bota, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Douglas M Bowden, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Sten Grillner, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
John G Hildebrand, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Edward G Jones, University of California Davis, Davis, USA
Juergen K Mai, H-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
Maryann E Martone, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
George Paxinos, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Randwick, Australia
Anton J Reiner, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA
Tom Smulders, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Nicholas J Strausfeld, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Larry W Swanson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Harry BM Uylings, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Reporter: Mihail Bota, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Program

• Larry W Swanson | Introduction – toward a global nervous system parts taxonomy
• Nicolas J Strausfeldt & John G Hildebrand | Invertebrate nervous systems – general terms & principles
• George Paxinos | Experience from a broad range of adult & developmental atlases
• Anton J Reiner | The new avain brain nomenclature: a brief history
• Sten Grillner | Basic conserved components of the vertebrate nervous system
• Jürgen K Mai | Needs for human neuroanatomy
• Harry B M Uylings | The problem of partial correspondences in a single species
• Tom Smulders | Facilitating communication in comparative anatomy
• Edward G Jones | Experience from the human & primate thalamocortical system

• Douglas M Bowden | Experience from NeuroNames
• Maryann E Martone | Nomenclature needs of the Biomedical informatics Research Network (BIRN)
• Mihail Bota | Constructing neuron nomenclatures & hierachies in the Brain Architecture Knowledge Management System (BAMS)

Each presentation is scheduled to allow 20 minutes, including questions.

Support

Supported by European Union Special Support Action: INCF, the Swedish
Foundation for Strategic Research, and the INCF Central Fund.

Meeting location

INCF Secretariat
Karolinska Institutet
Nobels väg 15 A
SE-171 77 Stockholm
Sweden

Travel info

Travel between the airport, the hotel, and the INCF Secretariat

Scientific organizer

Larry W. Swanson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA