From Brain to Neuro: The Brain Research Association and the Making of British Neuroscience, 1965–1996

2012/03/19 by Joelle M. Abi-Rached · 2 citations
Neuroscience · #Neurology and Historical Studies #Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations #Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

paper · doi:10.1080/0964704x.2011.552413

openalex publication_date 2012/03/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

This article explores the short history of "neuroscience" as a discipline in its own right as opposed to the much longer past of the brain sciences. It focuses on one historical moment, the formation of the first British "neuroscience" society, the Brain Research Association (BRA), renamed in 1996 to the British Neuroscience Association (BNA). It outlines the new thinking brought about by this new science of brain, mind, and behavior, it sketches the beginnings of the BRA and the institutionalization of neuroscience in the British context, and it further explores the ambiguous relation the association had towards some of the ethical, social, and political implications of this new area of research.

Citations

• Seymour Benzer (1921–2007)

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• The origins of the British Neuroscience Association
• British Neuroscience Association [wikipedia]

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