Guanajuato, Gto., March 16, 2017.- From March 15 to 17 it is held at the University of Guanajuato (UG) the International Week of the Brain, which has the purpose to divulge the scientific progresses and get the audience close to the knowledge of the brain dynamic.

The Week of the Brain is done annually and as an initiative of the Society for Neuroscience. Currently, there are 1,700 scientific institutions, government dependencies, hospitals and universities around the world, among them UG who are participating.

This has been going on at the University of Guanajuato for eight years. This represents an opportunity for divulgation and learning, in addition of the conferences and colloquiums with experts, there are alternate events to ease the interaction of the public and scientists, such as the anatomic and functional exposition of brains and posters, among others.

The organizer at the House of Studies is Dr. Martha Silvia Solís Ortíz, of the Department of Medical Sciences of Campus Leon, who explained that this year's theme is the cerebral network, and in it participate med students and professors, psychology, nutrition students, but also the audience interested in the theme.

This year, the International Week of the Brain of UG has two venues: Campus Leon, March 15, 16; and Campus Celaya, March 17. The purpose is to extend the activities to other spaces of the University.

Dr. Solís also participated as a speaker with the topic "Conectoma: una nueva vision del cerebro y los trastornos mentales", where she talks about the actual techniques used to see how the cerebral networks are connected in patients with illnesses such as epilepsy, depression, attention deficit or schizophrenia.

She explained that the study's progress on cerebral networks are establishing biomarkers for mental disorders, this means, they are already known, hence, they can measure and evaluate the substances that indicate such illnesses.

Also as speakers were Dr. Cuauhtémoc Sandoval Salazar, of Campus Celaya-Salvatierra of UG, who spoke about "Conectividad y Obesidad", and Dr. Markus Müller, of the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, who explained "La red functional de la dinámica cerebral: qué es, cómo estimarlo y como caracterizarlo."

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