Objective This proposal, entitled "Cytokines in the Brain", aims at enabling scientists from Central and Eastern European countries and New Independent States of the former Soviet Union (PECO scientists) to take part in a network bringing together laboratories actively involved in biological research on the mechanisms of the neural effects of cytokines. Cytokines are primary mediators of communication between the immune system and the brain and play a critical role in the interactions between stress, disease and the brain. Understanding the mechanisms of the neural effects of these signals is a multi-disciplinary task in which PECO scientists are already involved together with other European laboratories, but of which the success is critically dependent on the availability of high quality reagents and coordination of efforts between scientists from different disciplines, including immunology and neurobiology. The specific objectives of the present project are (1) to enable PECO scientists to have access to the high quality reagents which are produced and distributed by the Centralized Facility established within the context of the BIOMED Concerted Action "Cytokines in the Brain"; (2) to allow them to establish contacts and conduct collaborative research with Europea, participants in the Concerted Action; (3) to enable them to participate in meetings organized at the international level by European participants; (4) to improve their training in basic aspects of the neurobiology of cytokines. Programme(s) IC-PECO/COPERNICUS - Scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and European non-member countries, 1992- Topic(s) 0201 - CEEC participation in BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH RESEARCH programme Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale EU contribution No data Address Rue Camille Saint Saëns 33077 Bordeaux France See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Academy of Sciences of Belarus Belarus EU contribution No data Address 28,F. Skorina Street 220725 Minsk See on map Total cost No data Charles University Czechia EU contribution No data Address 7,Vinicna 128 44 Praha 2 See on map Total cost No data Institute for Experimental Medicine -Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Russia EU contribution No data Address 12,Acad.Pavlov street 197376 St Petersburg See on map Total cost No data Institute of Immunology - Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Russia EU contribution No data Address 14,Yadrintsovskaya Street 630091 Novosibirsk See on map Total cost No data Yerevan Physics Institute - Armenian Academy of Sciences Armenia EU contribution No data Address 2,Koryun 375044 Yerevan See on map Total cost No data
