Join us in Estoril on Portugal’s Riviera coast for an exciting and diverse programme that provides an opportunity to learn about the most recent advances in fundamental and disease-focused developmental neuroscience.

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Call for Papers

Abstracts are invited by 26 February 2010 for oral and poster presentations at the conference. Topics will include a balance of human development and animal model/molecular work including genetics as follows:

• Evolution and human cerebral cortical development
• Mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders from epilepsy to autism and schizophrenia
• Molecular targets and pathways in neurodevelopmental disorders
• Neural patterning and cell fate
• Neurogenetics and epigenetic mechanisms
• Neurogenetics and neuroimaging of neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan
• Stem cells and neural repair

ISDN 2010 is organised by the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience. Conference administration is provided by Elsevier, publisher of International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience.