Neuroscience Day 2014

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system and it is an interdisciplinary science that
collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics,
medicine and allied disciplines, philosophy, physics, and psychology.

The scope of neuroscience has broadened to include different approaches used to study the molecular, cellular,
developmental, structural, functional, evolutionary, computational, and medical aspects of the nervous system.
The techniques used by neuroscientists have also expanded enormously, from molecular and cellular studies
of individual nerve cells to imaging of sensory and motor tasks in the brain. Recent theoretical advances in
neuroscience have also been aided by the study of neural networks.

The aim of this day is to bring together people doing research at the University of Pretoria in the Neurosciences
across all Faculties. The aim is not only to showcase Neuroscience Research at the University of Pretoria,
but also to foster collaboration between the different groups at the University and beyond.

Date: 15 May 2014
Time: 08:00 - 16:00
Venue: University of Pretoria, Groenkloof Campus, Pretoria
Cost: R450