Molecular and Cellular Cognition Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：我们请求为下一次分子和细胞认知（MCC）会议提供部分支持。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，结合联合收割机分子（药理学，遗传学，转基因学，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得出认知的解释， 该研究旨在整合分子、细胞和行为机制的过程，以及使用这些信息和相关动物模型来寻找儿童、成人和老年人认知、精神和神经障碍的治疗方法。这些会议是在分子和细胞认知学会（MCCS）的赞助和领导下组织的，MCCS是一个新的团体，其主要职能是组织会议并促进在这一一般领域工作的实验室之间的互动和合作。虽然在美国和国外有几个学习和记忆会议，但分子和细胞认知会议是独一无二的，因为它汇集了在记忆和相关疾病研究中整合分子，生理和行为方法的个人。虽然分子和细胞认知领域相对较新，但它已经对神经科学研究产生了深远的影响。重要的是，在过去的5年里，发表的论文数量和加入这一研究领域的新团队数量都呈指数级增长，目前包括100多个实验室。目前，这是该领域唯一的定期会议，是交流信息和发展这一年轻领域的宝贵机会。2002年和2003年的会议非常成功，每年都吸引了来自北美、欧洲和亚洲的大约400名与会者，我们有充分的理由相信2004年的会议将同样成功。

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.