Molecular and Cellular Cognition Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：我们正在为下一届分子和细胞认知（MCC）会议寻求部分支持。会议将于2004年10月21日和22日在圣地亚哥会议中心举行，就在神经科学学会年会之前。MCC会议汇集了初级和高级科学家，他们结合分子（药理学，遗传学，转基因，病毒方法等）和生理学（电生理学，光学生理学和其他细胞方法）来研究行为，包括学习和记忆。这些研究的总体目标是推导出对认知的解释

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are requesting partial support for the next Molecular and Cellular Cognition (MCC) Meeting. The Conference will be held in the San Diego Convention Center on October 21st and 22nd, 2004, right before the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. The MCC meeting brings together junior and senior scientists that combine molecular (pharmacology, genetics, transgenics, viral approaches, etc) and physiological (electrophysiology, optical physiology and other cellular approaches) to study behavior, including learning and memory. The general goal of these studies is to derive explanations of cognitive processes that integrate molecular, cellular, and behavioral mechanisms, as well as to use this information and related animal models in the search for treatments for cognitive, psychiatric and neurological disorders in children, adults and the elderly. These meetings have been organized under the sponsorship and leadership of the Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society (MCCS), a new group whose main function is to organize meetings and promote interaction and collaborations among laboratories working in this general area. Although there are several learning and memory meetings in the USA and abroad, the Molecular and Cellular Cognition meeting is unique because it brings together individuals that integrate molecular, physiological and behavioral approaches in studies of memory and related disorders. Although the molecular and cellular cognition field is relatively new, it has already had a profound impact on neuroscience research. Importantly, in the last 5 years there has been an exponential increase in both the number of papers published, and the number of new groups that joined this area of research, which currently includes more than 100 laboratories. Currently, this is the only periodic meeting in the field, an invaluable opportunity to exchange information, and develop this young field. The 2002 and 2003 meetings were highly successful, attracting each year a diverse group of approximately 400 participants from North America, Europe, and Asia, and we have every reason to believe that the 2004 meeting will be equally successful.