Information for NEUROSCIENCE/bionet.neuroscience

e-mail address:     neur-sci@net.bio.net

Discussion leaders: Vincent A Mazzarella (vamg6792@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu)
                    James L. Olds (olds@anatomy.org)


Charter for NEUROSCIENCE/bionet.neuroscience

      It is herein proposed that a Usenet newsgroup be created for the
exchange of scientific ideas under the multi-disciplinary rubric of
bionet.neuroscience. The group, while welcoming and encouraging the
participation of computer scientists, will not focus on artificial
intelligence or neural nets, as there are newsgroups already on the
Usenet dedicated to these topics. Rather, scientists such as
physiologists, computational neuroscientists, molecular biologists,
and behavioral scientists would be encouraged to interact through this
medium to discuss the function, evolution, and structure of biologic
nervous systems. It would also be a place for researchers to sound out
novel theories and to facilitate collaborations.  Discussions of
abstracts would be appropriate. It is recognised that neuroscientists
tend to be computer literate to an extent that would suggest a
justifiable volume for newsgroup creation.