2007 Neurotrophic Factors Gordon Research Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是为2007年神经营养因子戈登研究会议的部分支持。该会议每隔一年举行一次，研究神经元生长因子、其作用机制及其在神经系统发育、可塑性和疾病中的作用的顶尖科学家都踊跃参加。多年来，该领域的许多重大突破都在这次会议上展示。这次会议在神经科学界发挥了重要作用，汇集了年轻和成熟的研究人员，他们对神经营养因子有着不同的兴趣，并在分子生物学，细胞生物学，信号转导，突触传递，发育，行为和疾病方面具有专业知识。2007年会议的目标是：1。交流和传播有关已知和新的营养因子，其作用机制及其在发育，可塑性和疾病中的作用的新发现。2.增加研究小组之间的合作，使用分子，遗传，细胞生物学方法与神经学家以及对使用神经营养因子进行治疗感兴趣的公司的科学家。3.提供一个讨论新想法的场所，并促进试剂和未发表信息的交流。4.为学生，博士后和新教师提供一个与研究生长因子生物学的资深科学家会面和互动的氛围。神经营养因子是影响神经元和神经胶质细胞增殖、存活、分化、迁移、轴突和树突生长以及突触可塑性的肽生长因子。神经营养因子在复杂的行为中也起着重要的作用，包括进食，焦虑，抑郁和学习。神经营养因子戈登研究会议汇集了年轻和成熟的研究人员，他们对神经营养因子有着不同的兴趣，并在神经发育，行为和神经疾病治疗方面具有专业知识。本次会议对于公众健康来说至关重要，因为神经营养因子可用于治疗与饮食行为和情绪相关的神经系统疾病，以及神经变性疾病，包括阿尔茨海默病、帕金森病、亨廷顿病，以及癫痫、中风和伴随糖尿病的衰弱性周围神经病变。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is for partial support for the 2007 Neurotrophic Factors Gordon Research Conference. This conference, which is held every other year, is very well attended by leading scientists studying neuronal growth factors, their mechanisms of action and their roles in development, plasticity and diseases of the nervous system. Over the years, many of the major breakthroughs in the field have been showcased at this meeting. This Conference has played an essential role in the neuroscience community by bringing together both young and established investigators with diverse interests in neurotrophic factors and with expertise in molecular biology, cell biology, signal transduction, synaptic transmission, development, behavior and disease. The goals of the 2007 Conference are: 1. To communicate and disseminate new findings about known and novel trophic factors, their mechanisms of action, and their roles in development, plasticity and disease. 2. To increase collaborations between research groups using molecular, genetic, cell biological approaches with neurologists as well as scientists at companies interested in the use of neurotrophic factors for therapeutic purpose. 3. To provide a venue for discussion of new ideas and to facilitate the exchange of reagents and unpublished information. 4. To provide an atmosphere for students, postdocs and new faculty to meet and interact with senior scientists studying growth factor biology. Neurotrophic factors are peptide growth factors that influence neuron and glial proliferation, survival, differentiation, migration, axon and dendrite growth, and synaptic plasticity. Neurotrophic factors also play important roles in complex behaviors including feeding, anxiety, depression and learning. The Neurotrophic Factors Gordon Research Conference brings together young and established investigators with diverse interests in neurotrophic factors and with expertise in neural development, behavior and treatment of neurological disease. This Conference is of the utmost importance for the public health because neurotrophic factors may be useful for the treatment of neurological diseases related to eating behavior and mood, as well as neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and epilepsy, stroke, and debilitating peripheral neuropathies that accompany diabetes.