U.S.- France Cooperative Research: Adaptive Plasticity and the Descending Control of Sensory Processing in MormyridFish.

小行星9416882 这项为期三年的奖励要求支持美国-法国感觉系统合作研究，合作者是俄勒冈州波特兰好撒玛利亚医院神经科学研究所的柯蒂斯·贝尔和法国吉夫河畔伊维特法国国家科学研究中心的柯斯蒂·格兰特。 他们的研究目标是研究长吻电鱼大脑中的神经信号。 他们将研究适应性突触可塑性及其在控制进入大脑的感觉输入中的作用。 这项工作将他们以前的体内研究扩展到体外系统，这将使他们能够研究突触可塑性和局部脑回路。 美国和法国的研究人员都是生理学家，他们有着不同和互补的研究经验，这对完成这个项目至关重要。 Bell博士的经验是在体内系统方面，而Grant博士在体外切片制备方面有着丰富的经验。 他们提出的项目将促进我们对感觉回路和局部大脑回路的理解。 ***

9416882 Bell This three-year award requests support for U.S.-France cooperative research in sensory systems between Curtis Bell of the Neurological Science Institute of the Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon, and Kirsty Grant of the French National Research Center for Scientific Research in Gif-sur- Yvette, France. The objective of their research is to study neural signals in the brain of mormyrid electric fish. They will investigate adaptive synaptic plasticity and its role in controlling sensory input into the brain. This work extends their previous in vivo studies to in vitro systems which will allow them to investigate synaptic plasticity and local brain circuitry. The U.S. and French investigators are physiologists with different and complementary research experience that are essential to completion of this project. Dr. Bell's experience has been with in vivo systems whereas Dr. Grant has had extensive experience with in vitro slice preparations. Their proposed project will advance our understanding of sensory circuits and local brain circuitry. ***