Xi'an International Neurotoxicology Conference

西安国际神经毒理学会议（XINC）是第13届国际神经毒理学协会双年会（INA-13）和第11届职业与环境健康神经行为方法与效果国际学术研讨会（neueo -11）的联合会议。会议将于2011年6月5日至9日在中国西安市中心的西安建国酒店和会议中心召开。会议的主题是“神经毒性和神经变性：局部效应和全球影响”。会议的总体目标是汇集来自学术界、工业界、政府和非政府组织的全球专家，讨论新的进展，以确定研究差距，并确定未来在神经毒性和神经变性的环境和职业原因方面的研究需求。随着会议地点在世界上最大的发展中国家举行，XINC将提供一个独特的机会来研究快速工业发展所带来的真正的环境和职业问题。联合会议将在众多神经退行性疾病的背景下讨论这些结果，重点是神经退行性疾病的遗传学、分子和细胞机制（主题1），神经毒性的暴露、调节和风险评估（主题2），神经毒性的诊断、治疗和预防进展（主题3），行为神经毒性测试（主题4）和神经毒理学流行病学（主题5）。本次会议的健康相关性非常重要，因为讨论和报告将确定影响人类神经健康的领域中需要实验解决的主要问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Xi'an International Neurotoxicology Conference (XINC) is a joint conference of the 13th International Neurotoxicology Association Biennial Meeting (INA-13) and 11th International Symposium on Neurobehavioral Methods and Effects in Occupational and Environmental Health (NEUREOH-11). The XINC will convene between June 5-9, 2011 in Xi'an Jian-Guo Hotel and Conference Center in Downtown Xi'an, China. The theme of the conference is "Neurotoxicity and Neurodegeneration: Local Effect and Global Impact". The overall objective of the conference is to bring together worldwide experts from academia, industry, government and non-government organizations to discuss new advances, in order to identify research gaps, and to define future research needs in the environmental and occupational causes of neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration. With the meeting venue taking place in the world largest developing country, the XINC will provide a unique opportunity to examine the real environmental and occupational issues resulting from rapid industrial development. The joint conference will discuss these outcomes within the context of numerous neurodegenerative disorders, with emphasis on genetics, molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration (Theme 1), exposure, regulation, and risk assessment of neurotoxicities (Theme 2), advances in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of neurotoxicities (Theme 3), behavioral neurotoxicity testing (Theme 4), and neurotoxicological epidemiology (Theme 5). The health relevance of this conference is highly significant in that the discussions and presentations will define the major questions that require experimental resolution in areas that affect human neurological heath. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Worldwide experts in neurotoxicology specializing in environmental and occupational exposure will meet in Xi'an, China, between June 5-9, 2011, to discuss the issues related to chemical- induced neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration. The meeting will help to identify and develop novel strategies for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of neurological disorders.