Creation of the International Society of Neuropathology

During a meeting of the International Committee of Neuropathology at the Fifth International Congress of Neuropathology, President of the Congress Prof F. Lüthy proposed that the International Society of Neuropathology should be created as the continuation of the committee. Thus, the ISN was created on 31 August 1965.

 

Main topics:

• Neuropathology of Coma and Postcomatous States

• Genetically Induced Metabolic Disorders

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinsonism-Dementia Complex, and Kuru Disease in the Western Pacific Islands

• Iatrogenic Lesions of the Nervous System and Iatrogenic Modifications of the Pathology of Infections (Subtheme: Immunopathology)

• Relationship between Human Neuropathology and Neurochemistry

• Pathology of Ageing

• Neuromuscular Diseases

• Embryo-Foetopathies

 

Documents from the ISN Archive:

Proceedings of the Vth ICN Zurich 1965 part 1

Proceedings of the Vth ICN Zurich 1965 part 2

Proceedings of the Vth ICN Zurich 1965 part 3

Programme part 1

Programme part 2

Programme part 3