Neuroscience in Mexico
In response to Dr. Pettersens' query about the history of neuroscience in Mexico: I know a couple of people have already responded privately about individual researchers, and I trust that others can recommend monographs, chapters, and papers. To that I will add contact information for people who might be of assistance. Be sure to note in your queries your affiliation (University of Guadalajara), since your "hotmail.com" address does not suggest your institutional address (not that this is necessary, of course--I don't intend to put off independent scholars, by any means--but it often helpful to include an affiliation and/or a description of the research context in which you are making one's query). Mexico is represented by 2 members in the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences (ISHN)--Drs. Eugenio Frixione and Dr. Manuel Velasco-Suarez--and they are listed in the Geographical Directory at: http://www.ishn.org/ishndir.htm The representative from Mexico in the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) may be contacted by information provided at: http://www.ibro.org/regions/latin_american.htm [click on "Regional Committee Structure" to see Prof. R. Romo's address and email]. I vaguely recall that an issue of _IBRO News_ contained an article on the history of neuroscience research in Mexico. Contact former Editor-in-Chief (and ISHN member) Dr. Colin Blakemore (blakemore@physiol.ox.ac.uk) or the present Editor, Andree Blakemore (andree.blakemore@physiol.ox.ac.uk) . Finally, a search of MEDLINE with the keywords "Mexico" and "neuroscience" retrieves two papers with the publication type "Historical Article": Aréchiga-Urtuzuástegui, H. (División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación 1er. Piso, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, México, D.F.) "Conferencia magistral "Miguel F. Jiménez". Las neurociencias y su papel en la medicina contemporánea. [The Miguel F. Jiménez Annual Conference. Neurosciences and their role in contemporary medicine]" Gaceta Medica de Mexico, 1998 Sep-Oct, 134(5):567-73. and Feria-Velasco, A (División de Investigacíon Biomédica, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS Mexico, D.F.) "Historical development of the neurosciences in Mexico. An overview with particular reference to publications on neurosciences in Archives of Medical Research." Archives of Medical Research, 1995, 26 Spec No:S105-7. Cheers, Russell Johnson ___________________________________________________ Russell A. Johnson rjohnson@library.ucla.edu Archivist and Cataloger (310) 825-6940 History & Special Collections Division Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA Box 951798 Los Angeles CA 90095-1798 <http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/biomed/his/hisdiv.htm> Archivist (310) 825-3191 or 206-2753 Neuroscience History Archives Brain Research Institute, UCLA Box 951761 Los Angeles CA 90095-1761 <http://www.NeuroscienceArchives.org>