Brain Development Symposium in June

[Tony Movshon]

                   THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRAIN FUNCTION

           An International Symposium at New York University
                           June 15 - 19, 1993

The Center for Neural Science at      Scientific sessions will cover:
New York University will hold its     
second International Symposium,       o    Cell-cell interactions
The Development of Brain Function,    
at the Washington Square campus in    o    Migration and differentiation
June, 1993.  The symposium will       
begin on Tuesday afternoon, June      o    Neuroethological perspectives
15th, and end at lunchtime on         
Saturday, June 19th.  The program     o    Activity-dependent processes
will concentrate on areas of          
developmental neuroscience that       o    Visual and auditory function
have seen substantial progress in     
recent years. The 40 distinguished    o    Connections and architecture
invited speakers will cover topics         of cortex
that range from molecular and cel-    
lular mechanisms of brain develop-    o    Development of higher brain
ment to analyses of infant                 function
behavior. The symposium will be
open to up to 400 attendees.          The symposium is supported in part
Registration cost is $75 ($40 for     by an education grant from the
students).                            Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

                                Speakers

        Israel Abramov                              Darcy Kelley
        Chiye Aoki                                 Lynne Kiorpes
        Jocelyn Bachevalier                         Eric Knudsen
        Martin Banks                               Patricia Kuhl
        Elizabeth Bates                            Arthur Lander
        Colin Blakemore                          Susan McConnell
        Tobias Bonhoeffer                         Kenneth Miller
        Sarah Bottjer                                David Moore
        Thomas Carew                             Anthony Movshon
        Connie Cepko                              Paul Patterson
        Martha Constantine-Paton                     Pasko Rakic
        Michael Friedlander                          Edwin Rubel
        Lincoln Gray                                   Dan Sanes
        Ralph Greenspan                             Joshua Sanes
        Martin Grumet                                Carla Shatz
        Jeff Hall                               Nicholas Spitzer
        Mary Beth Hatten                         Michael Stryker
        Susan Hockfield                            Davida Teller
        Thomas Jessell                                 Tim Tully
        Lawrence Katz                               Lynne Werner

For further information, please contact:

Jeanette Tacoronte                                   Phone: 212 998-3949
Center for Neural Science
New York University                                    FAX: 212 995-4011
4 Washington Place, Room 809
New York, NY 10003                          Email: symposium at cns.nyu.edu

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A complete program is available in electronic form.  You can print the
following page and use it as a registration form.
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                  THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRAIN FUNCTION

          An International Symposium at New York University
                          June 15 - 19, 1993


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	The Development of Brain Function
	Center for Neural Science
	New York University
	4 Washington Place, Room 809
	New York, NY 10003

	Phone: (212) 998-3949
	FAX: (212) 995-4011            
	E-mail:symposium at cns.nyu.edu