NEUROSCIENCE TRAINING PROGRAM

这是一个新的申请，要求资金支持神经科学两年的广泛的博士前培训。该培训计划强调多学科方向，并由NINDS使命指导，以促进神经系统疾病的预防，诊断和治疗以及为此目的的基础科学。该计划借鉴了科学家与基础和临床部门的主要任命之间密切互动的悠久传统，以及他们在基础和临床研究之间的相互作用中正式和通过实例指导学生的可用性。导师包括30名研究兴趣集中在离子通道的生物物理和药理学特性的神经科学家;正常，发育和病理状态下的突触蛋白和信号分子;心血管和自主调节;内脏疼痛机制;神经肌肉疾病;细胞和系统水平的皮质和皮质下组织;自闭症，抑郁症和精神分裂症的神经生物学;痴呆的诊断和治疗;以及高级认知过程（感知，记忆，语言，情感和决策）的神经心理学和解剖学。一个更大的教师池参与教学，委员会工作和神经科学计划的其他活动，并可以作为学生的共同导师。神经科学培训计划强调学生在一系列子学科中获得经验，使他们能够在快速发展的多学科学术环境中有效发挥作用。学生采取课程和实验室轮换相结合，在五个细分（细胞，发育，分子，系统和行为神经科学）的结构内组织。这一结构也是专题综合研讨会系列和期刊俱乐部的基础。在第二年年底有两部分的书面和口头综合考试，随后几年主要用于论文研究。从目前的应用程序的津贴是心理状态，以支持学生在他们的第一年和/或第二年，他们的承诺之前，一个特定的研究方向。

This is a new application requesting funds to support two years of broad predoctoral training in Neurosciences. This Training Program emphasizes a multi-disciplinary orientation, and is guided by the NINDS mission to foster work toward the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of nervous system disorders and the basic sciences fundamental to this purpose. The Program draws on a long tradition of close interactions among scientists with primary appointments in basic and clinical department, and their availability to instruct students, both formally and by example, in the interplay between basic and clinical research. Mentors include 30 extramurally-funded neuroscientists with research interests focused on biophysical and pharmacological properties of ion channels; synaptic proteins and signaling molecules in normal, developmental, and pathological states; cardiovascular and autonomic regulation; visceral pain mechanisms; neuromuscular diseases; cortical and subcortical organization at a cellular and systems level; neurobiology of autism, depression, and schizophrenia; diagnosis and treatment of the dementias; and the neuropsychology and anatomy of higher cognitive processes (perception, memory, language, emotion, and decision making). A larger faculty pool participates in teaching, committee work, and other activities on the Neuroscience Program, and can serve as co-mentors for students. The Neuroscience Training Program emphasizes that students gain experience in a range of subdisciplines, to allow them to function effectively in a rapidly evolving multi-disciplinary academic environment. Students take a combination of coursework and laboratory rotations, organized within the structure of five subdivisions (cellular, developmental, molecular, systems, and behavioral neuroscience). This structure also serves as the basis for a thematically integrated seminar series and journal clubs. There is a two-part written and oral Comprehensive Exam at the end of the second year, with subsequent years devoted primarily to thesis research. Stipends from the present application are mentation to support students in their first and/or second year, prior to their commitment to a specific research direction.