Recent developments in neurobiology: introduction to the symposium to honor Professor Douglas G. Stuart

This year’s symposiuim ‘‘Recent Developments in Neurobiology’’ honors Dr Douglas G. Stuart, Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Physiology at the University of Arizona for his long-time contribution to research in the field of neural control of movement, and for his service to the development of neuroscience research in the State of Arizona and beyond (Fig. 1). In addition to his long list of research accomplishments (summarized subsequently), Professor Stuart served as the Head of Physiology at the University of Arizona, and as Associate Dean of Research at the UA College of Medicine. He was a founding member of the College of Medicine (1967) and was awarded Regents’ Professor status in 1990. Professor Stuart has over 120 experimental papers in scientific journals, and over 80 chapters, reviews and symposium papers. In the recent years, he provided overviews on motor control and on the history of movement neuroscience.