Conference: Recent Progress in Cerebellar Research, November 16-18, 2001, St Louis, Missouri

这次为期三天的会议将把国际小脑研究人员聚集在一起，讨论该领域的现状。小脑生理学进展迅速，交流新成果和新概念的会议似乎是及时的。这次会议将有助于该领域不同派别之间在了解小脑功能方面的交叉努力。七次连续的小组会议，每一次都有组织和主持的讨论时间，两次关于具有里程碑意义的发现的历史的全体讲座，以及一次海报会议，将在三天的时间里讨论以下对了解小脑功能很重要的主题。1)小脑作为协调运动的装置；2)小脑皮质和核团的相对作用；3)平行的纤维束。它们是做什么的？攀升小脑的纤维输入。什么是信号？5)小脑的认知处理；6)学习和记忆的LTP和分子机制；7)小脑功能的模型。预计与会者将获悉小脑领域的最新进展和研究。由于小脑研究目前非常活跃，而且许多演讲者使用最先进的技术，如光学记录和多电极记录技术，与会者还将了解与神经科学相关的方法学的最新进展。招贴会的开放式形式将为积极、亲密的讨论提供机会。

This three-day conference will bring together the international community of cerebellar researchers to discuss the current status of the field. Progress in cerebellar physiology has proceeded at a rapid pace and a meeting to exchange new results and concepts seems timely. This meeting will serve to cross-fertilize efforts between various factions in the field in the understanding of cerebellar function. Seven sequential panel sessions, each with an organized and moderated discussion period, two plenary lectures the history of landmark discoveries, and a poster session will be presented over a three-day period to consider the following topics that are important for understanding cerebellar function. 1) The cerebellum as a device for coordination of movement; 2) Relative roles of the cerebellar cortex and nuclei; 3) Parallel fiber beams. What do they do? 4) Climbing fiber inputs to the cerebellum. What is signaled? 5) Cognitive processing by the cerebellum; 6) LTD, LTP and molecular mechanisms of learning and memory; 7) Models of cerebellar function. It is expected that attendees of the meeting will be informed of the very latest progress and research in the cerebellar field. Because cerebellar research is presently extremely active, and because many of the speakers use state of the art technology such as optical recording and multiple electrode recording techniques, attendees will also be informed of the state of the art of methodology related to the neurosciences. The open format of the poster session will provide the opportunity for active, intimate discussion.