Conference on Excitatory Amino Acids & Brain Function

兴奋性氨基酸会议

• 批准号: 6894727
• 负责人: MORGAN H. SHENG
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-06-23 至 2008-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6894727
• 关键词: excitatory aminoacid; meeting /conference /symposium; neurophysiology; travel

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The third Gordon Research Conference on Excitatory Amino Acids and Brain Function will be held in July 2003 at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. This meeting has established itself as one of the most important forums for discussing progress in this rapidly moving field. The conference will bring together approximately 130 active investigators, post-doctoral fellows and students for discussion of recent advances in the area of excitatory amino acids (EAAs) and brain function. The science discussed will be highly interdisciplinary, encompassing genetic, molecular, cellular, biophysical, structural, and behavioral approaches to understanding brain function. Specific topics which will be covered at the conference include, structure and function of excitatory amino acid (EAA) receptors, genetic approaches to EAA receptor function using invertebrate and vertebrate systems, membrane trafficking of EAA receptors, presynaptic function at excitatory synapses, regulation of dendritic and spine structure, EAAs and neuronal development and synaptic plasticity. The chosen speakers include the major leaders in the field as well as promising young scientists near the beginning of their careers. This proposal requests funds to provide partial support for travel and registration fees for participants from North America and overseas. This conference is timely and important, as it will bring together investigators from many scientific disciplines whose common link is the elucidation of the role of EAAs in brain function. The unique Gordon Conference format, which encourages informal and open discussion among the participants, provides an ideal environment for the development of new ideas/approaches, and initiation of new collaborative efforts, which will help shape the future directions of this critical field. EAAs play important roles in most higher brain function and are relevant to affective and behavioral disorders, mental health and drug addiction as well as brain development and plasticity. EAAs also are involved in several neurological disorders and diseases of aging such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and other neurodegenerative diseases. The conference should be of interest to the missions of several institutes at NIH including NIMH, NINDS, NICHD, NIA, NIDA and NIAAA.

描述（由申请人提供）：第三届戈登兴奋性氨基酸和大脑功能的研究会议将于2003年7月在马萨诸塞州南部哈德利的霍利奥克山学院举行。这次会议已将自己确立为讨论这个快速移动领域的进步的最重要论坛之一。该会议将汇集大约130名活跃的研究人员，博士后研究员和学生，以讨论兴奋性氨基酸（EAA）和大脑功能的最新进展。讨论的科学将是高度跨学科的，包括遗传，分子，细胞，生物物理，结构和行为方法，以理解脑功能。会议上将涵盖的具体主题包括兴奋性氨基酸（EAA）受体的结构和功能，使用无脊椎动物和脊椎动物系统的EAA受体功能的遗传方法，EAA受体的膜运输，兴奋性突触的突触前功能，树突状结构和棘突结构的调节和EAAS结构和神经元素，塑料，塑料和Synaptical and Synapticic and Synapticic and Synapticic and Synapticic and synatptic and synatpticic and synapticic and synapticic and synapticic and synatpticic and synapticic and protentic and protentic。所选的演讲者包括该领域的主要领导人以及职业生涯开始时有希望的年轻科学家。该提案要求资金为北美和海外​​参与者的旅行和注册费提供部分支持。这次会议是及时和重要的，因为它将聚集来自许多科学学科的研究人员，这些科学学科的共同联系是阐明EAA在大脑功能中的作用。独特的戈登会议格式鼓励参与者之间的非正式和公开讨论，为发展新思想/方法的发展提供了理想的环境，并开始了新的协作努力，这将有助于塑造这个关键领域的未来方向。 EAA在大多数更高的大脑功能中起着重要作用，并且与情感和行为障碍，心理健康和药物成瘾以及脑发育和可塑性有关。 EAA还参与了几种神经系统疾病和衰老的疾病，例如阿尔茨海默氏症和帕金森氏症以及其他神经退行性疾病。该会议应该引起NIH，NIMH，NINDS，NICHD，NIA，NIA，NIDA和NIAAA在内的几家机构的任务。