Neuroscience on the internet

BMJ 1995;310:1675 (24 June)

Letters

Neuroscience on the internet

EDITOR,--We were interested to read the recent articles on theworldwide web.¹ ² ³ We recently set up what we believe are thefirst British pages on the worldwide web devoted to the neurosciences(http://medweb.bham.ac.uk/clinneuro.html). We have several aims.

Firstly, the pages will help all doctors with an interest inneurology to access relevant material on the worldwide web.Secondly, they will serve as a forum for discussion betweenneuroscience researchers so that they can exchange informationand ideas. Since many neurological disorders are uncommon thepages will provide a means of communicating rapidly with otherresearchers and thus help in the collection of data. They willalso help people to communicate with charitable organisationsand research foundations to gain information on forthcomingresearch grants, and they will provide information on forthcomingacademic meetings, calls for abstracts, etc. Thirdly, the pageswill serve as a teaching resource at both undergraduate andpostgraduate . . . [Full text of this article]