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Building on its worldwide reputation as a leader in neuroscience research, 69热视频 today joined with two leading Swiss research institutions 鈥� the University of Zurich (UZH) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) 鈥� to enhance neuroscience research in a host of areas, in fields that include pain therapy, Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, synapse modelling and repair, neuroimmunology and genetic mechanisms of brain diseases.

The collaboration, backed by $200,000 in annual funding for three years, will see the institutions exchange scientists, develop research projects, establish fellowships for exchanges of graduate students, provide seed money for pilot studies and hold workshops into a variety of neuroscience research areas.

The two Swiss institutions form the Neuroscience Center of Zurich (ZNZ), which brings together 440 neuroscientists in clinical and basic science research. Established in 1998, the ZNZ is one of the first international programs of graduate studies of neuroscience in Europe.

鈥淲e are delighted to advance our cutting-edge neuroscience research through an international partnership with a leading network of neuroscience researchers,鈥� said 69热视频 Principal and Vice-Chancellor Heather Munroe-Blum who, accompanied by Dr. R茅mi Quirion, Vice-Dean (Science and Strategic Initiatives) in 69热视频鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine, signed the memorandum of understanding in Switzerland. 鈥淥ver the past years, 69热视频 has developed significant agreements with a number of important centres of neuroscience research providing new impetus for advances in this crucial area of medical care..鈥�

In the last 100 years Zurich scientists have contributed significantly to research on the nervous system, including work by such leaders in the field as Auguste Forel, Constantin von Monakow, Walter Rudolf Hess and Konrad Akert.

69热视频鈥檚 history as a leader in neuroscience research, from the legendary Wilder Penfield鈥檚 establishment of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, is also widely known. Its pioneering contributions are exemplified by Penfield鈥檚 maps of the sensory and motor cortices of the brain; Donald Hebb鈥檚 hypothesis of activity-dependent synaptic plasticity; Brenda Milner鈥檚 work on the mechanisms of memory; Juda Hirsch Quastel鈥檚 studies in neurochemistry; Heinz Edgar Lehmann鈥檚 pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia; Theodore Sourkes鈥檚 proposal of dopamine replacement therapy in Parkinson鈥檚 disease; Kris Krnejevic鈥檚 work in chemical transmission; Ronald Melzack鈥檚 鈥済ate control鈥� theory of pain and Albert Aguayo鈥檚 demonstration of the potential capacity for re-growth of CNS axons, to name a few.

鈥淭his is a very exciting opportunity for us,鈥� Dr. Quirion said. 鈥淭he Swiss neuroscience research centre is at the forefront of where we are headed in better understanding the brain and the central nervous system. Together with our interdisciplinary Brain@69热视频 program, we will have the opportunity to make significant advancements in research that will end up improving the lives of millions around the world.鈥�