RESEARCH TRAINING IN NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

神经药理学利用来自神经科学研究的知识来确定心理治疗药物和拟精神药物以及神经毒素如何作用于中枢神经系统以及介导其活动的神经化学底物。拟议的培训计划结合了神经科学家的才能和三个正在进行的项目（药学系、医学院、药学系、药学院和一个校际项目的神经科学项目）的实习生招聘资源。该培训计划将为下一代科学家提供所需的智力和技术技能，以继续完成揭示心理治疗药物的作用机制，开发新的治疗药物和了解精神疾病的原因的重要任务。第一年请两名博士预科学员，此后每年请四名，总共五年的经费。第一年申请一名博士后培训生，以后几年申请两名。博士预科生将在成为博士候选人后，即在完成一般考试后，有资格参加该计划。预计学员将在两年内完成论文要求。博士后学员预计在两年内完成培训。我们的师资队伍是一群有凝聚力的神经科学家，他们拥有现代和传统的神经药理学研究经验，包括分子生物技术、神经化学、细胞培养、膜片钳记录和图像分析能力。该培训项目充分利用了俄亥俄州立大学三个主要项目的所有研究、教学和招聘资源。

Neuropharmacology employs knowledge derived from neuroscience research to determine how psychotherapeutic and psychotomimetic drugs and neurotoxins act in the CNS and the neurochemical substrates that mediate their activity. The proposed training program combines the talents of neuroscientists and trainee recruiting resources from three ongoing programs [The Department of Pharmacology The College of Medicine, The Division of Pharmacology, The College of Pharmacy and The Neuroscience Program an intercollegiate program]. The training program will provide the next generation of scientists with the intellectual and technical skills needed to continue with the important task of unmasking the mechanism of action of psychotherapeutic drugs, developing new therapeutic agents and understanding the cause of mental illness. Two predoctoral trainees are requested for the first year and four each year thereafter for a total of five years of funding. One postdoctoral trainee is requested for the first year and two for the following years. The predoctoral trainees will be eligible for the program after becoming a candidate for a Ph.D. i.e., after completing the General Examination. It is anticipated that trainees will complete their thesis requirement in two years. Postdoctoral trainees are anticipated to complete training in two years. The faculty are a cohesive group of funded neuroscientists with contemporary and traditional neuropharmacological research experiences including molecular biotechnology, neurochemistry, cell culture, patch-clamp recording and image analysis capabilities. The training program takes advantage of all of the research, teaching and recruiting resources of three major programs at The Ohio State University.