Meeting: 2012 Meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience (October 2012, New Orleans)

神经科学传统上认为神经系统是一个孤立的实体。然而，最近的研究充分证明了社会结构(例如，母婴依恋、配对纽带、稳定与不稳定的家庭)对大脑发育和功能的相当大影响。这些因素通过神经、神经内分泌、代谢、免疫和遗传因素的持续相互作用作用于个体，其中大脑是中央调节机构和社会因素的可塑性目标。至关重要的是，下一代科学家要做好准备，将动物模型和人类研究结合起来，以确定社会因素是如何准确地影响人类大脑和生物学的。目前的提案通过支持即将召开的社会神经科学学会会议来满足这一迫切需求，这次会议强调学生和青年科学家，并促进不同学科、模型系统和方法之间的对话。会议的一个主要目标是为研究生实习生提供关于社会神经科学的跨学科和国际视角。该项目旨在确保性别、主题和职业阶段的平衡，并为学生和教师参与者之间的讨论和互动提供时间和机会。此外，助学金资助小额但有声望的奖项，资助初级私人投资主任和有前途的研究生的旅费。主讲人是发现镜像神经元系统的国际著名神经学家贾科莫·里佐拉蒂，他获得了包括高尔基生理学奖和格拉韦耶奖在内的多项荣誉。作为今年会议的主旨发言人，Rizzolatti将阐述比较研究的价值，并将促使我们的成员和学生讨论在研究动物模型的研究人员和研究人类的研究人员之间开启新对话的重要性。传播计划确保这些信息到达与会者以外的受众。

The neurosciences have traditionally considered the nervous system as an isolated entity. However, recent research has amply demonstrated the considerable impact of social structures (e.g., mother-infant attachments, pair-bonds, stable versus unstable families) on brain development and function. These factors operate on the individual through a continuous interplay of neural, neuroendocrine, metabolic, immunologic, and genetic factors, in which the brain is the central regulatory organ and a malleable target of social factors. It is critical that the next generation of scientists be prepared to bring animal models and human studies together to bear on how precisely social factors are impacting human brain and biology. The current proposal contributes to this critical need through support for the forthcoming meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience a meeting that emphasizes students and young scientists and that promotes a dialog across diverse disciplines, model systems, and methodologies. A major goal of the meeting is to provide graduate student trainees with interdisciplinary and international perspectives on social neuroscience. The program has been designed to ensure balance across gender, topics and career stage and to provide time and opportunities for discussions and interactions among student and faculty participants. In addition, the grant funds small but prestigious awards that subsidizes the travel of junior PIs and promising graduate students. The keynote speaker, the internationally renowned neuroscientist Giacomo Rizzolatti who discovered the mirror neuron system, is the recipient of many honors including the Golgi Prize for Physiology and the Grawemeyer Prize. As the keynote speaker in this year's meeting, Rizzolatti will illustrate the value of comparative research and will stimulate discussions among our members and our students regarding the importance of opening new dialogues between researchers who study animal models and those who study humans. The dissemination plan ensures these messages reach an audience beyond the attendees.