GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

这项提案要求提供资金，以赞助一个为期一天的研讨会，题为 “大脑和行为的性别差异”。卫星会议 将在1999年国际行为大会的前一天举行 神经科学学会(IBNS)会议，1999年6月23日，法国南希。 与这次国际行为学会议的联系 神经科学家将提高上座率，促进广告投放，并 促进超越美国国界的研究合作。 这次会议的目的是让著名的研究人员聚集在一起，分析 性别和性别差异与生物、行为或认知 结果。会议的重点是神经化学和/或 这些与性别相关的行为差异的神经解剖学基础 特别关注滥用药物(包括酒精)。重点是 用于发言者选择的目的是促进与 在神经系统中的性别之间的异同 与药物滥用问题有关的行为，特别是 压力在影响药物滥用反应方面的作用包括 精神刺激剂、苯二氮卓类、尼古丁和酒精。座谈会 围绕四个主要主题组织，包括1)性别、焦虑和 抗焦虑药物(苯二氮卓类和酒精)2)性别和压力相关 激素，3)性别和滥用药物，以及4)性激素的影响 在行为上。这将是一个重要的场所，通过它， 科学家可以讨论他们与性和性别相关的发现 差异，并提供一个与国际社会互动的论坛 神经科学界。尽管研讨会的重点是 这个主题的基本方面，我们已经包括了一次会议，重点是 潜在差异的更多临床方面(会议4，组织 作者：礼来公司的N.Ostrowski)。 这次会议的主要目的是讨论当前的调查结果。 与大脑和行为的性别差异有关，以及他们的 对这一重要领域的未来方向的影响。给定 美国国立卫生研究院最近对性别问题的重视，拟议的研讨会将 在这个关键时刻提供一个绝佳的机会来评估 性别之间的相似和不同，以及神经化学或 神经解剖学系统可能与未来的基础和 临床研究。

This proposal requests funds to sponsor a one-day symposium entitled "Gender differences in the brain and behavior". The satellite meeting will be held one day prior to the 1999 International Behavioral Neuroscience Society (IBNS) meeting, on June 23,1999 in Nancy, France. The association with this meeting of international behavioral neuroscientists will promote attendance, facilitate advertising, and promote research collaborations beyond US boundaries. The meeting is designed to bring together noted researchers analyzing sex and gender differences with biological, behavioral or cognitive outcomes. The focus of the meeting is on the neurochemical and/or neuroanatomical bases for these behavioral sex-related differences, with a particular focus on drugs of abuse (including alcohol). The emphasis for speaker selection was to facilitate discussion related to the similarities and differences between the sexes in neural systems which underlie behaviors relevant to drug abuse issues, and particularly the role of stress in affecting responses to drugs of abuse including psychostimulants, benzodiazepines, nicotine and alcohol. The symposium is organized around four major themes, including 1) Gender, anxiety, and anxiolytics (Benzodiazepines and alcohol) 2) Gender and stress-related hormones, 3)Gender and drugs of abuse, and 4) Effects of sex hormones on behavior. This will be an important venue through which these scientists can discuss their findings relevant to sex and gender differences, and provide a forum for interaction with the international neuroscience community. Although the symposium concentrates on the basic aspects of this topic, we have included one session focusing on the more clinical aspects of potential differences (session 4, organized by N. Ostrowski of Lilly). The main objective of this meeting is to discuss current findings relevant to sex differences in brain and behavior, and their implications for future directions in this important field. Given the recent emphasis on gender issues by NIH, the proposed symposium will provide an excellent opportunity at this critical junction to assess similarities and differences between genders, and the neurochemical or neuroanatomical systems which might be relevant to future basic and clinical research.