The Next 50 Years of Neuroscience
- Cara M. Altimus1,*,
- Bianca Jones Marlin2,*,
- Naomi Ekavi Charalambakis3,
- Alexandra Colón-Rodríguez4,
- Elizabeth J. Glover5,
- Patricia Izbicki6,
- Anthony Johnson7,
- Mychael V. Lourenco8,
- Ryan A. Makinson9,
- Joseph McQuail10,
- Ignacio Obeso11,
- Nancy Padilla-Coreano12, and
- Michael F. Wells for Training Advisory Committee13
- 1Milken Institute,
- 2Columbia University Zuckerman Institute,
- 3University of Louisville,
- 4University of California at Davis,
- 5University of Illinois at Chicago,
- 6Iowa State University,
- 7Veterans Administration Health Care System,
- 8Federal University of Rio do Janeiro,
- 9Journal of DoD Research & Engineering,
- 10University of South Carolina School of Medicine,
- 11Fundación de Investigación HM Hospitales,
- 12Salk Institute, and
- 13Broad Institute
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↵*C.M.A. and B.J.M. contributed equally to this work as chair and incoming chair, respectively, of the Trainee Advisory Committee.
Abstract
On the 50th anniversary of the Society for Neuroscience, we reflect on the remarkable progress that the field has made in understanding the nervous system, and look forward to the contributions of the next 50 years. We predict a substantial acceleration of our understanding of the nervous system that will drive the development of new therapeutic strategies to treat diseases over the course of the next five decades. We also see neuroscience at the nexus of many societal topics beyond medicine, including education, consumerism, and the justice system. In combination, advances made by basic, translational, and clinical neuroscience research in the next 50 years have great potential for lasting improvements in human health, the economy, and society.
- Received April 1, 2019.
- Revision received December 3, 2019.
- Accepted December 3, 2019.
- Copyright © 2020 the authors
