18TH THROUGH 22ND ANNUAL NATIONAL NEUROTRAUMA SYMPOSIUM

在这个多年的会议申请中，我们要求为将于2000年11月3日和4日在路易斯安那州新奥尔良举行的第18届全国神经创伤学会年会和随后的四次会议提供部分资金支持。为了方便不同领域的神经科学家参加会议，会议将与神经科学学会年会同时举行。2000年的会议计划将包括19个特邀演讲和11个从会员提交的摘要中选出的演讲。来自神经创伤学会以外的演讲者被特别挑选出来，为该领域带来新的见解。第十八届年度神经创伤研讨会将集中讨论神经创伤研究中的争议和辩论领域。在神经科学研究的新领域，丰富的翻译到神经元损伤领域将被讨论。会议的主题是“神经创伤：新千年的问题”。本次会议的特别之处将是讨论细胞凋亡、炎症、再生中的抑制因子、动物模型的相关性和实验终点。会议还将举行小组讨论，旨在加强学术界和工业界之间的互动。在为期两天的研讨会中，总共有四个小时的海报展示环节。会议主题包括：1)细胞凋亡：好，坏，还是无所谓？2)炎症是一把双刃剑？3)生长抑制分子对轴突再生的危害有多大？4)大脑和脊髓如何修复？5)我们的模型有多相关？6)我们的端点是最好的吗？此外，还将举行三场公开交流会议，一场题为“女性在研究中的玻璃天花板”的小组讨论，以及另一场题为“神经创伤学术界/工业界”的小组讨论。还讨论了关于组织今后会议的具体情况。

In this multi-year Conference Application, we request partial funding support for the 18th Annual National Neurotrauma Society Symposium which will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 3 and 4, 2000 and the subsequent four meetings. In order to facilitate attendance of a diverse spectrum of neuroscientists, the meetings are being held in conjunction with the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. The program for the 2000 meeting will feature 19 invited lectures and 11 presentations selected from abstracts submitted by the membership. Speakers from outside the Neurotrauma Society have been specifically selected to bring new insights into the field. The 18th Annual Neurotrauma Symposium will focus on areas of controversy and debate in neurotrauma research. New areas of research in neuroscience, rich for translation into the neuronal injury arena will be discussed. The theme for the meeting will be Neurotrauma: Questions for the New Millennium. Special features of this meeting will be debates on apoptosis, inflammation, inhibitory factors in regeneration, relevance of animal models, and experimental endpoints. There will also be a panel discussion designed to enhance interactions between academia and industry. Poster presentation sessions totaling four hours are included in the two-day symposium. The session topics include: 1) Apoptosis: Good, Bad, or Indifferent? 2) Inflammation: a double-edged sword? 3) How detrimental are growth-inhibitory molecules on axonal regeneration? 4) How can brain and spinal cord be repaired? 5) How relevant are our models? 6) Are our endpoints the best? In addition, there will be three open communication sessions, a panel discussion entitled The Glass Ceiling for Women in Research, and another entitled Neurotrauma Academia/Industry. Specific information regarding the organization of future meetings is also discussed.