EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS AND BRAIN FUNCTION CONFERENCE

1999年戈登兴奋性氨基酸和脑功能研究会议将于1999年6月27日至1999年7月2日在普利茅斯州立大学举行。会议将汇集约130名活跃的研究人员、博士后研究员和学生，讨论兴奋性氨基酸（EAAs）领域的最新进展。会议将涉及的具体主题包括：1)兴奋性突触的超微结构和兴奋性氨基酸（EAA）受体的组织；2)EAA受体的突触靶向及其与锚定和聚类蛋白的相互作用；3)EAA功能的遗传途径；4)EAA在生理过程中的作用；5)EAA在学习和记忆中的作用；6)EAA转运蛋白及其生理和病理生理作用；7)在拉斯穆森脑炎、癫痫、脑损伤、中风和缺血性脑细胞损伤等病理生理疾病中的eaa。本提案要求提供资金，为北美和海外应邀参加者的旅费和生活费用提供部分支助。这次会议将是及时和重要的，因为它将汇集来自许多科学学科的研究人员，他们的共同联系是阐明eaa在脑功能中的作用和机制。会议的跨学科性质，加上独特的戈登会议形式，鼓励参与者之间进行非正式和公开的讨论，为发展新思想/方法提供了一个思想环境，并启动了新的合作努力，这将有助于塑造这一关键领域的未来方向。

The 1999 Gordon Research Conference on Excitatory Amino Acids and Brain Function will be held at Plymouth State College from 27 June 1999 - 2 July 1999. The conference will bring together approximately 130 active investigators, post-doctoral fellows and students for discussion of recent advances in the area of excitatory amino acids (EAAs). Specific topics which will be covered at the conference include 1) ultrastructure of excitatory synapses and organization of excitatory amino acid (EAA) receptors, 2) synaptic targeting of EAA receptors and interaction with anchoring and clustering proteins, 3) genetic approaches to EAA functions, 4) role of EAAs in physiological processes, 5) role of EAAs in learning and memory, 6) EAA transporter proteins and their physiological and pathophysiological roles, and 7) EAAs in pathophysiological diseases such as Rasmussin's Encephalitis, epilepsy, brain injury, stroke and ischemic damage to brain cells. This proposal request funds to provide partial support for travel and subsistence expenses for invited participants from North America and overseas. This conference will be timely and important as it will bring together investigators from many scientific disciplines whose common link is the elucidation of the role and mechanisms of EAAs in brain function. The interdisciplinary nature of the conference, coupled with the unique Gordon Conference format, which encourages informal and open discussion among the participants, provides an idea environment for the development of new ideas/approaches, and initiation of new collaborative efforts which will help shape the future directions of this critical field.