Foundational Neuroscience. An Introduction to the Field

Authors

Norbert R. Myslinski Professor, University of Maryland, College Park; Adjunct Professor, Stevenson University, Owings Mills and Stevenson, Maryland, USA. Dr. Myslinski is a neuroscientist who has devoted his professional life to teach about the human brain around the world and educate doctors, nurses, and research scientists in the field of neuroscience. He received his doctorate in neuropharmacology from the University of Illinois and continued his training in post-doctoral studies in neurochemistry at Tuft's University, sabbatical studies in sensory neurophysiology at Bristol University in England, as well as courses in cognitive neuroscience from Harvard University and journalism from Johns Hopkins University. He has served as a professor at the University of Maryland for the last four decades, and is adjunct professor in psychology at Stevenson University. He founded the International Brain Bee (IBB), to inspire and motivate young men and women to become professionals to treat and find cures for more than 1000 brain disorders. The IBB has now expanded to 200 chapters in 50 countries in 6 continents. He contributed to the curriculum of the Community College of Baltimore, the On-Line Laureate University, and the University of Dubai. He is also devoted to improving the lives of the lay public by giving free lectures at public libraries, museums, elementary schools, high schools, colleges, the deaf and the blind, the Baltimore Prison System and universities throughout the world. Dr. Myslinski is the author of hundreds of professional and lay publications, recipient of millions of dollars in grant money, and numerous awards which include the best All-Round Student Award from high school, Distinguished Military Graduate from college, the top Founder's Day Award for Public Service from the University of Maryland at Baltimore, the Neuroscience Education Award from the Society for Neuroscience, Alumni of the Year Awards from Saint Mary's High School and Canisius College, and Best Teacher of the Year Award. He was President of the Baltimore Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience. He has appeared dozens of times on television and radio, and has been cited hundreds of times in the press world-wide.