1999 SUMMER NEUROPEPTIDE CONFERENCE--ADDICTION SYMPOSIUM

美国国家药物滥用研究所正请求赞助一个名为“神经肽与药物成瘾：促肾上腺皮质激素释放因子研究的最新进展”的研讨会，该研讨会是1999年夏季神经肽会议的一部分，将于6月27日至7月1日在佛罗里达州的基韦斯特举行。研讨会的目的是聚集多肽和药物滥用研究领域的领袖，讨论他们关于神经肽CRF在药物滥用中的作用的最新发现。本次研讨会将提供重要的、及时的信息，以帮助了解药物成瘾和戒断的机制，并将重点讨论神经肽和神经内分泌系统，包括HPA轴，作为奖赏和成瘾的中介。具体地说，我们正在申请资金，用于支付本次研讨会的五位受邀发言者的费用，以及几个研究生/博士前实习生的旅费，总额为11,600美元。夏季神经肽会议现已进入第九个年头，已成为神经肽研究的主要国际会议之一。这次会议突出了神经肽研究的重大新进展，吸引了来自世界各地学术界和工业界的资深和初级参与者。强烈鼓励研究生和博士后学员以及妇女和少数族裔科学家积极参与。大会的形式包括上午和晚上的座谈会、海报会议、会议宴会和一位著名科学家的全体演讲。这种形式，再加上非正式的环境，为与会者交流最新信息和发展新的合作提供了一个理想的论坛。

Request is being made from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to sponsor the symposium titled "Neuropeptides and Drug Addiction: Recent Developments in Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Research" to be held as a part of the 1999 Summer Neuropeptide Conference to be held in Key West, Florida from June 27-July 1. The goal of the symposium is to bring together leaders in the fields of peptide and drug abuse research to discuss their latest findings of the role of the neuropeptide CRF in drug abuse. This symposium will provide important, timely information to aid in understanding the mechanisms of drug addiction and withdrawal, and will focus on neuropeptide and neuroendocrine systems, including the HPA axis, as mediators of reward and addiction. Specifically, we are requesting funds for meeting expenses for the five invited speakers in this symposium, and for several graduate student/predoctoral trainee travel awards, for a total request of $11,600. The Summer Neuropeptide Conference, now in its ninth year, has become one of the premier international meetings for neuropeptide research. The conference highlights major new advances in neuropeptide research and attracts a good mixture of senior and junior participants from academia and industry throughout the world. Active participation by graduate and postdoctoral trainees, as well as by women and minority scientists, is strongly encouraged. The formal of the conference involves morning and evening symposia, a poster session, a conference banquet, and a plenary lecture by a distinguished scientist. The format, coupled with the informal setting, provides an ideal forum for the exchange of current information and the development of new collaborations among the participants.