NEUROSCIENCES: MYTHS AND TRUTHS

Alfredo Hernández is a doctor born in the city of La Plata (Argentina), specialized in neurosurgery (35 years of career) and Professor of Neurology at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the National University of La Plata - Argentina - He is also a professor of the Diploma Sports and Neurosciences of the Institute of Sports Sciences of the Favaloro University of Buenos Aires. On the other hand, he carries out educational and training activities in sport (rugby) as part of a game safety commission of the Buenos Aires Rugby Union and between 2014-2020 he had the World Rugby medical educator license. He is currently a member of the group of the International Sport Science Forum (iss-fourm.net) founded in Sydney by Enrique Topo Rodríguez, which is fundamentally dedicated to the prevention and care of athletes. He co-directs a multidisciplinary educational platform based on neuroscience and motor skills called Neurar (www.neurar.org)

The ISSF is a pioneering scientific organization in the world that provides scientific advice - empirical and experiential, in the form of guidelines and educational programs for athletes, coaches, clubs, representative teams, administrators, sports science professionals, as well as referees and legislators. . A 360 degree approach. Its focus is to prevent all "preventable" injuries and / or illnesses that occur during practice and preparation for sport, whether the athlete is paid or not. Its strategy is that all the human resources involved in the Sports Business function in a unified way. A harmonized approach will protect the health, safety and well-being of athletes (present and future)

The Applied Morphological Research Laboratory is dedicated to the study of human anatomy. He is currently developing some lines of work in digital anatomy with the aim of complementing the teaching-learning process of this subject. They create virtual 3D models that can be used in teaching classes and also do 3D printing.

The history of the National University of La Plata begins to take shape at the end of the 19th century, when the then Senator from Buenos Aires, Rafael Hernández, promoted the initiative to create a University that would respond to the renewed needs for scientific, technical and cultural training expressed by young women. generations that began to inhabit the newly founded city of La Plata, the new capital of the province of Buenos Aires.