Workshop on the Evolution of the First Nervous Systems-- St. Andrews, Scotland: July 1989

将举办一次研讨会，介绍和讨论与早期神经系统如何进化问题相关的数据。从事一系列原始生物研究的不同学科的专家将参加会议。我们将检查神经系统的三个主要区域。(1)兴奋性--电压门控离子通道的存在和性质。(2)细胞间通信--细胞之间相互通信的方法。非常原始生物体的细胞间通讯可能是高级神经系统突触传递的先驱。(3)感觉传导--细胞的能力，在高等动物中，特殊的感觉受体将环境刺激转化为有用的细胞事件。研讨会将持续4天，包括特邀专家的演讲、其他参与者的宣传画会议和公认专家的组织讨论。

A workshop will be held to present and discuss data relevant to the question of how early nervous systems evolved. Specialists in various disciplines working with a range of primitive organisms will attend. Three major areas of the nervous system will be examined. (1) Excitability--the presence and properties of voltage-gated ion channels. (2) Intercellular communication-- the methods used by cells to communicate with one another. Intercellular communication in very primitive organisms may be the forerunner of synaptic transmission in higher nervous systems. (3) Sensory transduction--the ability of cells and, in higher animals, specialized sensory receptors to transduce environmental stimuli into useful cellular events. The workshop will last 4 days and consist of talks by invited experts, poster sessions for presentations by other participants and organized discussions "lead" by recognized experts.