FY2O11Annual Report e m B r a C i n g opportunities M e M b e r s S e r v i n g t e C h n o l o g i e s o u t r e a c h M e M o r y T r a i n i n g SCIENCE D i s C o v e r y B r a i n R e s e a R c h v a l u e A d v o c A c y S u p p o r t i n g C i r C u i t i nternational m i s s i o n f u t u r e E v o l v i n g D y n a m i c a C tion Potential C o g n i t i o n f o s t e r i n g connections e m B r a C i n g opportunities f o s t e r i n g R e s e a R c h S e r v i n g o u t r e a c h SCIENCE E v o l v i n g B r Technologies v a l u e S u p p o r t i n g D y n a A d v o c A c y m i s s i o n I n t e r n a t I o n a l C i r C u i t f u t u r e M e M o r y C o g n i t i o n t r a i n i n g 2010-2011 Society for Neuroscience Council OFFICERS Susan G. Amara, PhD President Moses V. Chao, PhD President-Elect Michael E. Goldberg, MD Past President Donald S. Faber, PhD Treasurer Darwin K. Berg, PhD Treasurer-Elect Marie-Francoise Chesselet, PhD, MD Past Treasurer Freda D. Miller, PhD Secretary Hollis T. Cline, PhD Secretary-Elect COUNCILORS Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD Howard B. Eichenbaum, PhD Nancy Y. Ip, PhD Frances E. Jensen, MD John H. Morrison, PhD Sacha B. Nelson, PhD, MD Anthony G. Phillips, PhD Marina Picciotto, PhD FY2O11Annual Report connections a i n D i s c o v e r y m i c M e M b e r s 2010–2011 Society for Neuroscience Past Committee Chairs Presidents Howard B. Eichenbaum, PhD Susan G. Amara, PhD Michael E. Goldberg, MD, 2009-10 Albert J. Aguayo, MD, 1987–88 Audit Committee Nominating Committee Thomas J. Carew, PhD, 2008-09 Mortimer Mishkin, PhD, 1986–87 Jill B. Becker, PhD Sharon L. Juliano, PhD Eve E. Marder, PhD, 2007-08 Bernice Grafstein, PhD, 1985–86 Committee on Animals in Research Anne M. Etgen, PhD (Co-Chairs) Professional Development Committee David C. Van Essen, PhD, 2006-07 William D. Willis, Jr., PhD, MD, 1984–85 Freda D. Miller, PhD Committee on Committees Scott M. Thompson, PhD Stephen F. Heinemann, PhD, 2005-06 Gerald D. Fischbach, MD, 1983–84 Program Committee Carol A. Barnes, PhD, 2004–05 Dominick P. Purpura, MD, 1982–83 David R. Riddle, PhD Committee on Neuroscience James O. McNamara, MD Anne B. Young, PhD, MD, 2003–04 David H. Cohen, PhD, 1981–82 Departments and Programs Public Education and Communication Committee Huda Akil, PhD, 2002–03 Eric R. Kandel, MD, 1980–81 Susan G. Amara, PhD Fred H. Gage, PhD, 2001–02 Solomon H. Snyder, MD, 1979–80 Executive Committee Daniel Johnston, PhD Scientific Publications Committee Donald L. Price, MD, 2000–01 Torsten N. Wiesel, MD, 1978–79 Donald S. Faber, PhD Finance Committee Dennis W. Choi, MD, PhD, 1999–00 W. Maxwell Cowan, PhD, MD, 1977–78 Bruce S. McEwen, PhD Edward G. Jones, MD, DPhil, 1998–99 Floyd E. Bloom, MD, 1976–77 Government and Public Affairs Lorne M. Mendell, PhD, 1997–98 Robert W. Doty, PhD, 1975–76 Committee Bruce S. McEwen, PhD, 1996–97 Edward V. Evarts, MD, 1974–75 Carol A. Barnes, PhD International Affairs Committee Pasko Rakic, MD, PhD, 1995–96 Theodore H. Bullock, PhD, 1973–74 Carla J. Shatz, PhD, 1994–95 Walle J.H. Nauta, PhD, MD, 1972–73 David H. Cohen, PhD Investment Committee Larry R. Squire, PhD, 1993–94 Neal E. Miller, PhD, 1971–72 Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele, PhD Ira B. Black, MD, 1992–93 Vernon B. Mountcastle, MD, 1970–71 Membership and Chapters Joseph T. Coyle, MD, 1991–92 Edward R. Perl, MD, 1969–70 Committee Robert H. Wurtz, PhD, 1990–91 Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic, PhD, 1989–90 David H. Hubel, MD, 1988–89 D y n a m i c S c i e n c e I n t e r n a t I o n a l A d v o c A c y C i r C u i t f u t u r e M e M o r y C o g n i t i o n b r a i n M i s s i o n c o n t e n t s E v o l v i n g 4 SfN Mission, Vision, and Values science in society, science in Progress 6 Message from the President Exploring the progress and potential of neuroscience research and its impact on the world around us. 8 Strategic Opportunities 16 ApproAches to MentAl heAlth Creating Venues for great ScienCe 10 11 Annual Meeting: Neuroscience 2011 Neuroscientists are making strides in understanding and treating mental illness, but 14 The Journal of Neuroscience battling these diseases also involves changing prevailing societal views. 16 Fighting the Stigma of supporting the neurosCienCe Community Mental Illness 20 18 Rethinking Depression 21 Membership and Chapters 28 responsible Animal reseArch 24 Professional Development eduCating and engaging the publiC 32 Animal research is vital for advances in 33 Public Information and Outreach science and health, and forms the foundation for understanding functions such as cognition, perception, and sensation. 35 Science Advocacy 28 Animal Research: The Basis of Medical Progress 30 Attention: An Eye-Opening Story FINANCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 42 38 the teenAge brAin As society continues to debate how to address teen behavior, research is explaining how the teen brain differs from the adult. 38 Teens, Neuroscience, and Society 40 Teen Brain: Vulnerability Exposed m i s s i o n Advance the understanding of the brain and the Promote public information and general education nervous system by bringing together scientists of diverse about the nature of scientific discovery and the results backgrounds, by facilitating the integration of research and implications of the latest neuroscience research. directed at all levels of biological organization, and by Support active and continuing discussions on ethical encouraging translational research and the application issues relating to the conduct and outcomes of of new scientific knowledge to develop improved disease neuroscience research. treatments and cures. Inform legislators and other policymakers about Provide professional development activities, new scientific knowledge, recent developments, and information, and educational resources for neuroscien- emerging opportunities in neuroscience research and tists at all stages of their careers, including undergradu- their implications for public policy, societal benefit, and ates, graduates, and postdoctoral fellows, and increase continued scientific progress. participation of scientists from diverse cultural, ethnic, and geographic backgrounds. v i s i o n Guided by its mission and its values, the vision of the social, ethical, and technical dimensions. Some of these Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is that the next ten years challenges are common to biomedical research in general should be a decade of breakthrough discovery in neurosci- and to its subdisciplines of bioinformatics and scientific ence and breakthrough translation of scientific advances to ethics. Others are unique to neuroscience by virtue of the improve the health of people everywhere. tremendous complexity of neural circuits and their role in SfN represents the entire range of scientific research controlling behavior. This entails opportunities as well as endeavors aimed at understanding the nervous system responsibilities for the neuroscience community to develop and translating this knowledge to the treatment and novel tools and approaches for integrating and advancing prevention of nervous system disorders. It fosters the broad our understanding of the nervous system. interdisciplinarity of the field that uses multiple approaches SfN will play a key role in confronting new issues as they (e.g., genetic, molecular, cellular, anatomical, neurophysi- challenge and energize the field. This will require active ological, system, comparative, evolutionary, computational, dialogue between SfN and federal funding agencies (NIH, and behavioral) to study the nervous system of organisms NSF, and others) to define current needs and to develop ranging from invertebrates to humans across various stages strategies for meeting them. SfN’s perspective on the of development, maturation, and aging. SfN facilitates current nature of the field and its future trajectory permeates the translation of this fundamental knowledge into all the elements of this strategic plan and will guide the strategies for the treatment of nervous system disorders, initiatives aimed at enhancing the key scientific functions including neurological, neurosensory, neurodevelopmental, of the SfN, including the annual meeting and The Journal of psychiatric, addictive, and other related illnesses. It also Neuroscience. This perspective will guide the ways in which encourages information transfer from the clinic back to SfN will strive to serve its membership and will frame the the basic research arena. In these ways, SfN contributes to public outreach and governmental interactions of SfN. the breadth of the field of neuroscience, its highly dynamic SfN supports the open exchange of scientific informa- nature, and its creative use of all the tools of modern biol- tion both among scientists and between scientists and ogy to understand neural function in health and disease.