Find out more about NEURON in the following articles:
- NEW SPIRITS – the ERA-NET NEURON moves on. An Interview with PD Dr. M. Dorlöchter and an article "NEURON – advanced Origami of Joint Transnational Calls", by PD Dr. Hella Lichtenberg, Dr. Petra Lüers and PD Dr. M. Dorlöchter (GLOBAL SCIENTIA, Issue 2, 2012, p. 82-85, article in English, PDF 2,64 MB)
- NEURON – a network of European funding organizations by the NEURON coordinator, PD Dr. M. Dorlöchter and PD Dr. Hella Lichtenberg (Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2005 March; 1(1): 87–88, article in English)
- "NEURON - Ein Netzwerk für die Neurowissenschaft" by the FWF representative, Dr. Herbert Mayer (CliniCum 03/2007, p.18, article in German)
- "NEURON: Ein Netzwerk europäischer Forschungsförderer" by the NEURON coordinator, PD Dr. M. Dorlöchter and PD Dr. Hella Lichtenberg (Neuroforum, 04/2007, p. 137-139, article in German)
The December 2007 publication of "" featuring 20 new ERA-NET projects selected for funding as a result of the fifth and final cut-off date under the Sixth Research Framework Programme (FP6).
The European Commission, Research Directorate General has published a commentory in Nature Medicine (2006) including remarks on NEURON.
Funded October 2003 - December 2004 by the European Commission, the pilot Specific Support Action (SSA) NEURON prepared the grounds for linking European national research funding programmes in the field of disease-related neuroscience. A publication by the European Commission Directorate-General for Research: Coordination of Research Activities (- Networking the European Research Area). The full brochure can be found at: http://www.cordis.lu/coordination/era-net.htm
The Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports - National Authority for Scientific Research (ANCS) of Romania published a brochure: "Perspectives in Neuroscience Research in Romania" (December 2012, PDF 1,3 MB)
Jakob Edler elaborated on research funding in a recent science issue entitled: "Toward Variable Funding for International Science". (SCIENCE, vol. 388, p. 331-332, October 19th, 2012; PDF 2 MB)
Trillion-dollar brain drain. Comment in Nature (Nature 478, p. 13 Oct. 2011)
Cost of disorders of the brain in Europe 2010 (European Neuropsychopharmacology Nr. 21, 2011, pp. 655-679)
Size and burden of mental disorders in Europe - a critical review and appraisal of 27 studies. (European Neuropsychopharmacology Nr. 15, 2005, pp. 357-376)
Some information about research and its funding in Europe has been compiled in journal articles 'Research in the European Union' (The Lancet Neurology, Volume 2, Issue 11, Pages 702 - 706, November 2003), 'European Alzheimer disease funding' or 'European Union research policy and funding for Alzheimer disease'.
Statistical data referring to brain disorders, their prevalence and cost are depicted in 'The burden of brain diseases in Europe' (European Journal of Neurology, Volume 10, Number 5, September 2003 , pp. 471-477(7).
The European Journal of Neurology has dedicated a supplement issue to 'Cost of disorders of the brain in Europe'.
