The 5th Congress of Federation of Asian- Oceanian Neuroscience Societies (FAONS) hosted by the Indian Academy of Neurosciences (IAN) was held along with its XXVIII annual conference at Lucknow from November 25–28, 2010. With the theme Emerging Trends in Basic and Clinical Neurosciences, the neuroscience event first of its kind to be organized in the country provided the current status of research in basic and clinical neurosciences, new information on brain development, mechanisms involved in the development of neurodegenerative disorders and ageing as well as advances in neurodiagnostics, neuroimaging, neurogenetics and neuroinformatics and their applications in basic and clinical research and treatment.

doi : 10.5214/ans.0972.7531.11183011