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

这个为期三天的会议将汇集小脑研究人员的国际社会，讨论该领域的现状。小脑生理学的研究进展迅速，召开一次会议来交流新的成果和概念似乎是及时的。这次会议将有助于交叉施肥的努力在该领域的各个派别之间的理解小脑的功能。七个连续的小组会议，每一个有组织和主持的讨论期，两个全会讲座的历史上具有里程碑意义的发现，和海报会议将在三天的时间内提出考虑以下主题是重要的理解小脑功能。 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）平行纤维束。 他们是干什么的？4)向小脑的攀爬纤维输入。什么是信号？5)小脑的认知加工; 6）LTD，LTP和学习记忆的分子机制; 7）小脑功能模型。预计与会者将了解小脑领域的最新进展和研究。由于小脑研究目前非常活跃，并且由于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先进技术。 海报会议的开放形式将为积极、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.