The Simian Collective

项目摘要。 这个申请是一个资金的请求，以支持一个名为“猿猴集体”的会议， 非人类灵长类神经科学研究在美国，其独特的作用，作为一个翻译模型， 人类神经精神疾病，并寻求建立关键的社区努力，以解决关键的挑战， 面向世纪的领域猿猴集体的基本原则是， 现代灵长类神经科学研究的影响需要科学的互补目标， 道德、教育和宣传。由于灵长类动物大脑的共同功能组织，我们的猿 表兄弟是独特的强大模型，以阐明人类大脑功能的许多方面， 疾病这项尖端研究必须继续增长，并获得新的投资才能蓬勃发展。的 会议还将强调使用具有如此多共同特征动物的系统发育优势 对于调查性研究来说，也必须与至关重要的神经伦理学考虑相平衡， 因为这些相似性而出现。此外，Simian Collective还将强调责任 教育我们的科学同事和普通大众关于灵长类动物的独特重要性， 研究并倡导其重要性。会议的议程旨在强调 这些核心原则之间的互补关系，并建立一个社区倡议， 在未来几年推动灵长类神经科学研究。

Project Summary. This application is a request for funds to support a conference entitled the ‘Simian Collective’ that highlights nonhuman primate neuroscience research in the United States, its unique role as a translational model of human neuropsychiatric disorders and seeks to build crucial community effort to address the key challenges facing the field in the 21st Century. The foundational tenet of the Simian Collective is that maximizing the impact of primate neuroscience research in the modern era necessitates complementary goals of Science, Ethics, Education and Advocacy. Owing to the shared functional organization of the primate brain, our simian cousins are uniquely powerful models to elucidate many facets of human brain function in both health and disease. This cutting-edge research must continue to grow and receive renewed investments to prosper. The meeting will also emphasize that phylogenetic advantages of using animal with so many shared characteristics for investigative research must also be balanced by the crucial neuroethical considerations that inevitably emerge because of these similarities. Furthermore, the Simian Collective will also emphasize the responsibility of the field to educate our scientific colleagues and general population about the unique importance of primate research and to advocate for its significance. The program of the meeting has been designed to emphasize the complementary relationship between these core tenets, and to build a community initiative to build and promote primate neuroscience research in the coming years.