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www.mjms.usm.my © Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2014 For permission, please email:[email protected] This first special issue of the Neuroscience- Orient Neuron Nexus was established after a meeting on the 11th of March, 2014 in the Universiti Sains Malaysian (USM) Press, which was chaired by Professor Dato Dr Mohammed Jantan agreed to “take over” The Orient Neuron Nexus, which had been run by the Department of Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia and to have at least one issue that included fundamental, applied and clinical neuroscience manuscripts in a journal already cited in PubMed. We proceeded with 6 manuscripts and abstracts from previous Orient Neuron Nexus articles in the first issue of December, 2014 and hope that this yearly special issue will flourish in the future, thereby establishing citable research articles in neuroscience and brain science and in particular neuroinformatics in a Malaysian journal. In 2013 and 2014 Malaysian neuroscience after two important meetings reached another level. Malaysia will finally join the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) after recently becoming a member of the Society of Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) (Figure 1). The INCF is an international science organisation that facilitates international collaboration of activities and infrastructures in neuroinformatics-related fields. It was established in 2005 by recommendations from the Global Science Forum working group of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The secretariat is hosted Special Issue - Neuroscience Neuroscience and Brain Science Special Issue begins in the Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences Jafri Malin AbdullAh Chief Editor, Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia 1 Malays J Med Sci. Dec 2014; Special Issue: 1-5 Abstract The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences and the Orient Neuron Nexus have amalgated to publish a yearly special issue based on neuro- and brain sciences. This will hopefully improve the quality of peer-reviewed manuscripts in the field of fundamental, applied, and clinical neuroscience and brain science from Asian countries. One focus of the Universiti Sains Malaysia is to strengthen neuroscience and brain science, especially in the field of neuroinformatics. Keywords: brain science, neuroscience, Malaysia, neuroinformatics Submitted: 27 Oct 2014 Accepted: 8 Nov 2014 by the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Currently, the INCF has national nodes in 17 member countries. The Executive Director is Sean Hill, and the chairman of the governing board is Jan G Bjaalie from the University of Oslo. The recommendation to coordinate international efforts in the new field of neuroinformatics was first made in the report on Bioinformatics elaborated under the aegis of the then OECD Megascience Forum in 1998. Following extensive discussions in the Neuroinformatics Figure 1: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between SBMT and USM in the field of brain mapping where future research projects will be coordinated by Associate Professor Dr Zamzuri Idris via the Center for Neuroscience Services and Research.
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Thisfirst special issueof theNeuroscience-Orient Neuron Nexus was established aftera meeting on the 11th of March, 2014 in theUniversiti Sains Malaysian (USM) Press, whichwas chaired by Professor Dato Dr MohammedJantanagreedto“takeover”TheOrientNeuronNexus, which had been run by the Departmentof Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences,Universiti Sains Malaysia and to have at leastone issue that included fundamental, appliedand clinical neuroscience manuscripts in ajournal already cited inPubMed.Weproceededwith6manuscripts andabstracts frompreviousOrient Neuron Nexus articles in the firstissue of December, 2014 and hope that thisyearly special issue will flourish in the future,thereby establishing citable research articles inneuroscienceandbrainscienceandinparticularneuroinformaticsinaMalaysianjournal. In 2013 and 2014 Malaysian neuroscienceafter two important meetings reached anotherlevel.Malaysiawill finally join the InternationalNeuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF)afterrecentlybecomingamemberoftheSocietyof Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT)(Figure 1).The INCF is an international scienceorganisation that facilitates internationalcollaboration of activities and infrastructuresin neuroinformatics-related fields. It wasestablished in 2005 by recommendations fromtheGlobal Science Forumworking group of theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation andDevelopment (OECD). The secretariat is hosted
Special Issue - Neuroscience
Neuroscience and Brain Science Special Issue begins in the Malaysian Journalof Medical Sciences
Jafri Malin AbdullAh
Chief Editor, Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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Abstract TheMalaysianJournalofMedicalSciencesandtheOrientNeuronNexushaveamalgatedtopublishayearlyspecialissuebasedonneuro-andbrainsciences.Thiswillhopefullyimprovethequalityofpeer-reviewedmanuscriptsinthefieldoffundamental,applied,andclinicalneuroscienceandbrainsciencefromAsiancountries.OnefocusoftheUniversitiSainsMalaysiaistostrengthenneuroscienceandbrainscience,especiallyinthefieldofneuroinformatics.
Keywords: brain science, neuroscience, Malaysia, neuroinformatics
Submitted:27Oct2014Accepted:8Nov2014
by the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm,Sweden.Currently,theINCFhasnationalnodesin 17member countries.TheExecutiveDirectoris SeanHill, and the chairmanof the governingboardisJanGBjaaliefromtheUniversityofOslo. The recommendation to coordinateinternational efforts in the new field ofneuroinformaticswasfirstmadeinthereportonBioinformaticselaboratedundertheaegisofthethenOECDMegascienceForumin1998.Followingextensive discussions in the Neuroinformatics
Figure 1: A Memorandum of Understandingwas signed between SBMT andUSM in the field of brain mappingwherefutureresearchprojectswillbecoordinated by Associate ProfessorDr Zamzuri Idris via theCenter forNeuroscienceServicesandResearch.
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Working Group of the Global Science Forumchaired by Dr Stephen Koslow, the proposalto create an International NeuroinformaticsCoordinating Facility, as well as the fundingProgramme in International Neuroinformatics(PIN),was thenpresented in2002.ThisprojectwasendorsedbyOECDscienceministersattheirmeeting in January 2004. Australia, Canada,China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, theNetherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, theUnitedKingdom,theUnitedStatesandVictoria,Australia as well as the European Commission,then established the working documents thatformthelegalbasisfortheINCFandthePIN. The field of information sciences studiesthe nervous system, neuroscience concerningstudiesonthegenometothoseonbrainimagingofbehavioursinhumansandotherspecies,underdifferentfunctionalstates,andatall interveninganalytical levels.Largequantitiesofdata,whichare constantly increasing to higher levels ofcomplexity have led to the development andcreation of shared neuroscience analytical data,and modelling tools as well as computationalmodels(1,2). Historically,neuroscienceandbrainsciencewere funded by the Hospital Universiti SainsMalaysiaundertheDirectorDrHajiRamliSaad(Figure2),wheretheneurosciencelabswithclass100and1000particleroomswereestablishedforstem cell work, neural cell growth experimentsandsophisticatedpatchclampelectrophysiologyand animal behaviour equipment leading to thehigh-quality publications in this field (3–7). In2009, the magnetoencephalography equipmentfollowed by the 3 Tesla magnetic resonanceimagingequipmentwithfunctionalsoftwareandhardware helped neuroscience advance to thenextlevel. Thebeginningoftheintroductionoftraineelecturers in neuroinformatics, biomedicalengineering, cognitive neurosciences andneuropsychology in 2010 has resulted in ametamorphosis of the human resource and thetransdisciplinary and translational group ofneuroscientistsinthecampus. The first neuroinformatics gathering ofscientistsfromMalaysia(Figure3)(Table1)withtheattendanceofDrSeanHillfromtheINCFonthe27thofNovember,2013initiatedtheseconddiscussion between Dr Sean Hill and MalaysiawiththeparticipationoftheUniversitiTeknologiPetronasasthegatekeeperforthenext3years,which was agreed upon on the 2nd of October2014(Figure4).
Figure 4: Final discussions between INCFrepresentedbyProfDrSeanHillwithUniversity Technology PetronasViceChancellorDatukIr(Dr)AbdulRahimHashim, Prof IrDrAhmadFadzilMohamadHani,andProfDrJafri Malin Abdullah, Director ofP3Neuroonthe2ndOctober2014atParryRoom,HotelLeMeridein,KualaLumpur.
Figure2:DrHajiRamliSaadpreviousDirectorofHospitalUniversitiSainsMalaysia.
Figure 3: Group photo of the firstneuroinformatics meeting inCenterforNeuroscienceServicesand Research, Universiti SainsMalaysia27thOctober2013withthepresenceofProfSeanHill.
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Table1:AttendanceofneuroscientistsfromalloverMalaysiaforthefirstneuroinformaticmeetingListofParticipantsNeuroinformaticCourse2013Date:27October2011Venue:SeminarRoom(1),StudentLearningandResourceBlockSchollpfMedicalSciences,UniversitiSainsMalaysia(USM)No Name Institution Email1 NurShafikaRazali SchoolofMathematical
Sciences,[email protected]
2 NurIzzatiKhairudin SchoolofMathematicalSciences,USM
3 NurizatulSyarfinasAhmadBakhtiar
SchoolofMathematicalSciences,USM
4 DrNorhaslindaKamaruddin
UITM,ShahAlam [email protected]
5 ProfDrAbdulWahabAbdulRahman
KullofInformation&CommunicationTechnology,IIUM
6 DrRosniwatiGhafar SchoolofHealthSciences,USM [email protected] DrJoseMiguelSanchez
BornotUTP [email protected]
8 DrNordinZakaria UTP [email protected] RanaFayyazAhmad UTP [email protected] ArslanShahid UTP [email protected] MunsifAliJatoi UTP [email protected] MumtazHussain UTP [email protected] RashaHaider UTP [email protected] RaheelZafar UTP [email protected] EhtashamJaved UTP [email protected] DrSaratChandraDass UTP [email protected] NurInaniAbidin UNIMAS [email protected] DrNorsiahFauzan UNIMAS19 ProfMandavaRajeswari ScienceComputerCenter,USM [email protected] D'yiaSarahMdShukri [email protected] NorSafiraElainaMohd
NoorUTP [email protected]
22 DrMohdIbrahimAbdullah UNIZA [email protected] TeoYongChang USM [email protected] WongJiaHui USM [email protected] AzmanSamsudin SchoolofComputersciences,
26 NazeerahAbdRahman USM [email protected]
27 DrMohammedFaruqueReza
Neurosciences,USM [email protected]
28 AssocProfZamzuriIdris Neurosciences,USM [email protected] DrTahaminaBegum Neurosciences,USM [email protected]
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30 HussainAzzahari Neurosciences,USM [email protected] DrPutraSumari SchoolofComputerSciences,
32 DrHoTattWei UTP [email protected] NorHisham UTP [email protected] MuhammadBilal Neurosciences,USM [email protected] KohJunHau Neurosciences,USM [email protected] Rumaisa Neurosciences,USM [email protected] Nazirah Neurosciences,USM [email protected] HazimOmar Neurosciences,HospitalUSM [email protected] MaziraMohamadGhazali Neurosciences,USM [email protected] KeeSuiMei Neurosciences,USM [email protected] NurazaOthman Neurosciences,USM [email protected] NurAmalinaHashim Neurosciences,HospitalUSM [email protected] AlwaniLiyanaAhmad Neurosciences,HospitalUSM [email protected] NurHaziraMdZain P3Neuro [email protected] NurulAiniM.Nashir Neurosciences,USM [email protected]:USM=UniversitiSainsMalaysia;UITM=UniversitiTeknologiMARA;IIUM=InternationalIslamicUniversityMalaysia;UTP=UniversitiTeknologiPetronas;UNIMAS=UniversitiMalaysiaSarawak;UNIZA=UniversitiZainalAbidin.
Figure5:BothpsychiatryandpsychologyhasreachedtheGlobalAverageofImpactRelativetoSubjectAreaof1.0and;NeuroscienceandBehaviourhasreachedtheMalaysianAverageof0.54.
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Figure6:AllahyarhamMohdAliMdSalimwasatraineelecturerunderUniversitiSainsMalaysia.
It is anticipated that neuroscience willflourish (Figure 5), and we hope funds throughphilanthropyor government initiativeswill helpestablishastrongSouthEastAsianneurosciencecentre that will impact solving neurologicalproblemsinAsia. The conclusion of this inaugural editorialendswithitsdedicationtothetragicsuddenlossofMohdAliMdSalim,aMalaysianneuroscientist(Figure 6) who was a clinical psychologistpursuing his PhD in the field of DevelopmentNeuropsychopathology from the ErasmusUniversity Rotterdam. The plane he was onboardMalaysiaAirlinesFlight17wasascheduledinternational passenger flight from AmsterdamtoKuala Lumpur that crashed on 17 July 2014,presumed to have been shot down and crashednear Torez in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. MJMShopes that neuroscientists will honour him bygrowning development neuropsychopathologysciences in this country. We enclose one of hispublication that he co-authored prior to hissuddendemise(8).
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ProfessorDato’JafriMalinAbdullahMD,PhD,FRCS(Ed),FACS,DSCN(Belgium)ChiefEditorMalaysianJournalofMedicalSciencesUniversitiSainsMalaysiaHealthCampus16150KubangKerianKelantan,MalaysiaTel:+609-7676972Fax:+609-7672359Email:[email protected]
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