These meetings have proved to be highly beneficial, not only for the scientific exchanges, but also in terms of training opportunities for students and young researchers.Research on brain function in health and disease is among the priorities for today’s societies, and several indicators put the mediterranean research area among strategic issues for the European Union (EU).

Many South-North collaborations and networks have emerged in recent years through bilateral and multi-lateral actions, supported by the EU or by international and national actions, whether for setting up teaching curricula (Tempus programs), or by building human potential (FP7 programs).

Objectives of the MNS

The MNS works towards three main objectives:

• Strengthen exchanges between mediterranean neuroscientists
• Promote education in the neurosciences and increase public awareness of progress made
• Sustain the Mediterranean Neuroscience Conference

To reach these objectives, the MNS’s policy is to work in close cooperation with existing national and international Neuroscience Societies.