De Giorgio, R.

Mariotti, R.

Michetti, F.

Pacini, A.

Panzica, G. C.

Quartu, M.

Tayebati, S. K.

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european journal of histochemistrya journal of functional cytologyISSN 1121-760Xvolume 64/ supplement 32020ejhunder the auspices ofthe University of Pavia, ItalyProceedings of the30th National Conference of the Italian Group for the Study of Neuromorphology“Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Neuromorfologia” G.I.S.N.PROCEEDINGSNovember 12-14, 2020University of TorinoTorino (Virtual Event) - ItalyINTRODUCTIONA BRIDGE AMONG HISTORY AND NEW MULTIDISCI-PLINARY APPROACHES: THE ROLE OF G.I.S.N. IN THEFIELD OF NEUROMORPHOLOGYG.C. Panzica1,2, F. Michetti3, S.K.Tayebati4, R. De Giorgio5, R. Mariotti6, A. Pacini7, M. Quartu8 1Department of Neuroscience, Rita Levi Montalcini, University ofTorino, Italy; 2Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi(NICO), Orbassano, Italy; 3Department of Neuroscience,Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Roma, Italy; 4Human AnatomySection, School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino Italy;5Department of Morphology, Surgery and ExperimentalMedicine, University of Ferrara, Italy; 6Department ofNeuroscience, Biomedicine, and Movement Sciences, University ofVerona, Italy; 7Department of Experimental and ClinicalMedicine, Anatomy Section, University of Firenze, Italy;8Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, ItalyThis special issue collects the abstracts of the lectures and com-munications presented at the 30th National Conference of theItalian Group for the Study of Neuromorphology (G.I.S.N.), ascientific association founded to promote and develop neuro-science education and research preferentially related to the fieldof morphology of nervous system. The community of Italian sci-entists is particularly involved in the field of Neurobiology andNeuroanatomy, due to a long historical tradition starting withGabriele Falloppia (1523-1562) and Bartolomeo Eustachio(1500-1574) that described the organization of the ear,Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), who applied the recently dis-covered microscope to the study of the nervous system, GiovanniBattista Morgagni (1682- 1771) who linked brain alterations toneurological diseases, and Luigi Rolando (1773-1831) whodescribed human cerebral convolutions. Neuroanatomical studieshad a great boost with the development of fixation and stainingtechniques, and the contribution of Camillo Golgi (1843-1926)in this field was a milestone recognized by the award of the NobelPrize (1906). This long tradition of neuroanatomical studies hasbeen perpetuated by several disciples of these giants of the earlyperiod of medical studies and has come down to our days, as evi-denced by the Nobel Prize awarded in 1986 to Rita LeviMontalcini (1909-2012). In almost all Italian universities,anatomists are engaged in the study of the nervous system fromdifferent points of view, with experimental studies involving ani-mal models of neurological diseases, the link between neuralstructures and behavior, the effects of the environment or drugson neural circuits and structures. Several researches are nowdevoted to fMRI studies that seek to elucidate the connectivityor modifications of the human brain under normal and patholog-ical conditions. These different approaches converge towards theactually consolidated awareness of the unique peculiarity of thenervous system, where the structure is intimately joined to thefunction, laying the foundations of the growing field of neuro-science nowadays embracing central, peripheral and enteric ner-vous systems. All these lines of research, and many others, arerepresented in our group and have been discussed in our meet-ings. We hope that reading these abstracts can give a picture ofthe state of the art of Neuromorphology in Italy.G.I.S.N. Board of Directors1European Journal of Histochemistry 2020; vol. 64; supplement 3

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