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Chapter I: Neuroscience Before Neuroscience, WWII to 1969
Chapter II: Establishing the Society for Neuroscience, 1968-1970
Chapter III: Fostering a New Interdisciplinary Approach to Problems of Brain and Behavior, 1970-1974
Chapter IV: Disciplinary Consolidation, the mid-1970s to the early 1980s
Chapter V: Neuroscience Ascendant, Mid-1980s to 1995
Chapter VI: A Robust SfN in a Rapidly Changing World
Chapter VII: SfN at the 25-Year Mark
Chapter VIII: Bold Transitions in the New Century
Chapter IX: The Annual Meeting, the “Hub,” of SfN, Enters the Digital Age
Chapter X: Reaching Many Audiences: Publications and Education
Chapter XI: Government and Public Advocacy: Not “Just a One-Day Affair”
Chapter XII: Meeting the Needs of an Increasingly Diverse Scientific Community
Chapter XIII: Nurturing a Global Society
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