SBNeC brings together researchers, graduate students and students from all over the country who are involved with the different facets of the study of the Nervous System. Internationally, we are affiliated with the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and the Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Neuroscience Associations (FALAN), which we helped to found. In Brazil, SBNeC is affiliated with the Federation of Experimental Biology Societies (FeSBE) and the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC).