The Simian Collective

项目摘要。 这份申请是申请资金，以支持一个名为“猿人集体”的会议，该会议突出了 美国非人灵长类神经科学研究，其作为翻译模型的独特作用 人类神经精神障碍，并寻求建立关键的社区努力，以应对关键挑战 面向21世纪的赛场。思绵集体的基本宗旨是最大化地 灵长类神经科学研究在现代的影响需要科学的补充目标， 道德、教育和倡导。由于灵长类动物大脑的共同功能组织，我们的猿猴 堂兄弟是唯一强大的模型，可以阐明人类大脑功能的许多方面，无论是在健康还是 疾病。这种尖端研究必须继续增长，并获得新的投资才能蓬勃发展。这个 会议还将强调使用具有如此多共同特征的动物的系统发育优势 因为调查性研究还必须与关键的神经伦理考虑相平衡，这不可避免地 正是因为这些相似之处才出现的。此外，四面集体也将强调责任 向我们的科学同事和普通民众宣传灵长类的独特重要性 研究和宣传其重要意义。这次会议的日程安排是为了强调 这些核心原则之间的互补关系，以及建设社区的倡议，以建立和 在未来几年促进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.