Conference: Using the Neuron Simulation Enviorment at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meetings in 1998, 1999 and 2000

IBN 98-13435卡内维尔这个项目的目的是教科学家如何使用神经元，神经元是模拟神经细胞和大脑回路功能的强大工具。该奖项支持每年在神经科学学会会议上举办的卫星短期课程。该课程指导神经科学研究人员和教师如何使用被广泛接受的专门为生物逼真神经模型设计的模拟工具。由于它运行在所有领先的计算平台(Unix/Linux、MSWindows 3.1、95、98和NT以及MacOS)上，因此在中国销售的几乎每一台笔记本电脑和台式计算机都能够执行研究质量的模拟。神经元对神经科学界的潜在重要性源于这样一个事实，即包括人类在内的所有动物的神经系统通过涉及分布在空间和时间上的电信号和化学信号的复杂相互作用的计算来执行诸如感知、学习和自适应控制等任务。科学家们越来越多地发现，模拟是理解具有如此复杂相互作用的系统运行的不可或缺的工具。神经元课程将教授这种工具在神经科学中的应用。

IBN 98-13435 CARNEVALE The aim of this project is to teach scientists how to use NEURON, a powerful tool for simulating the function of nerve cells and brain circuits. This award supports a satellite short-course presented annually at the Society for Neuroscience meeting. The course instructs neuroscience investigators and teachers how to use a widely-accepted simulation tool designed specifically for biologically realistic neural models. Since it runs on all leading computational platforms (UNIX/Linux, MSWindows 3.1, 95, 98, and NT, and MacOS), virtually every laptop and desktop microcomputer sold in the country is capable of performing research-quality simulations. The potential importance of NEURON to the neuroscience community derives from the fact that the nervous systems of all animals, including human beings, perform tasks such as perception, learning, and adaptive control, through computations that involve the complex interactions of electrical and chemical signals that are distributed in space and time. Scientists are increasingly finding simulation to be an indispensable tool for understanding the operation of systems with such complex interactions. The NEURON course will teach the use of such a tool for applications in neuroscience.