Conference: ICN, Salamanca 2010, Spain, August 2-7, 2010

第九届国际神经行为学大会（ICN）将于2010年8月2-7日在西班牙萨拉曼卡举行。ICN是国际神经行为学学会（ISN）的科学会议，自1986年以来一直举行。这次会议汇集了不同的神经科学家，他们研究了广泛的动物行为的神经基础。这是一个杰出的场所，汇集了具有广泛观点的国际科学家，但他们都专注于对神经功能有重要影响的常见基础科学问题。主题包括感觉和运动加工，中枢整合过程，发展，突触可塑性和学习，再生，以及理解可塑性和行为的系统级方法。此外，一些会议侧重于新兴技术。神经行为学旨在根据单个神经元和网络的活动来解释自然行为，并探索行为的发育和进化方面。神经行为学家使用比较方法为共同的问题寻求共同的解决方案。这包括对进化原理的理解，因为它们适用于神经系统和适应性行为的产生。从进化的角度比较不同物种的相同行为有助于确定指导包括人类在内的所有物种行为产生的共同原则。这次会议的更广泛的影响是促进初级研究人员，特别是妇女和少数民族科学家在这一领域的参与，并促进与会者之间的思想交流。资助将直接用于资助学生、博士后和初级研究人员的旅行和注册。总的来说，美国科学家，尤其是年轻的研究人员，将有机会接触到来自世界各地的前沿研究和技术。

The 9th International Congress of Neuroethology (ICN) will be held on August 2-7, 2010, in Salamanca, Spain. The ICN is the scientific meeting of the International Society for Neuroethology (ISN) that has been held since 1986. This meeting brings together diverse neuroscientists who investigate the neural basis of behavior across a broad spectrum of animals. It is an outstanding venue to bring together international scientists with a broad range of perspectives, but who all focus on common basic-science questions that have important implications for neural function. Topics include sensory and motor processing, central integrative processes, development, synaptic plasticity and learning, regeneration, and systems-level approaches to understanding plasticity and behavior. In addition some sessions focus on emerging technologies. Neuroethology aims to explain natural behaviors in terms of the activity of individual neurons and networks, and to explore developmental and evolutionary aspects of behavior. Neuroethologists use a comparative approach to seek common solutions to common problems. This involves an understanding of evolutionary principles as they apply to nervous systems and the generation of adaptive behaviors. Evolutionarily informed comparisons of equivalent behaviors in different species can help to identify the common principles that guide the generation of behavior in all species, including humans. The broader impacts of this meeting are to promote engagement in this area for junior investigators, and in particular women and minority scientists, and to stimulate cross-fertilization of ideas among the participants. Support will be directed to fund travel and registration for student, postdoctoral and junior investigators. The benefits to American scientists in general, and to young investigators in particular, will be the opportunity for exposure to cutting-edge research and techniques from around the world.