GENETICS AND EPILEPSY

这是一个计划和实施第二个斯普林希尔的建议 遗传学和癫痫会议。 受邀与会者将 在斯普林希尔会面三天（1990年7月19日至22日） 会议中心位于明尼苏达州韦扎塔， 明尼阿波利斯 拟议中的会议将在第一次会议十年后召开。 斯普林希尔遗传学和癫痫会议（1980年7月20-23日） 这是由NINCDS资助的。 这次会议和 由此产生的出版物被证明是非常有效的， 鼓励个人和合作努力， 导致了分子生物学、遗传学和 神经科学 当时提出的一些问题 基本上解决了，但也出现了许多新的问题。 1990年会议的目标将是： 回顾我们对遗传学的认识现状， 癫痫，（B）对当前研究修改的考虑 战略，将提供更有效的答案， 问题，以及（c）确定研究战略， 还没有应用到这个问题上，但似乎是成立的 坚定的承诺 与1980年相比，一个重大变化将是增加专家， 神经科学和分子遗传学。 其中一些方法是 开始应用于癫痫的研究，但其他 技术是相关的，应予以鼓励。 本提案要求支持60名与会者：25名发言者， 30名受邀的研究科学家将在讨论中分享;上， 5名工作人员。 设施将允许出席， 另有35名研究人员参加，但费用自理。

This is a proposal to plan and carry out a second Spring Hill Conference on Genetics and Epilepsy. Invited participants will meet for three days (July 19-22, 1990) at the Spring Hill Conference Center in Wayzata, Minnesota, 25 miles west of Minneapolis. The proposed conference will be convened ten years after the First Spring Hill Conference on Genetics and Epilepsy (July 20-23, 1980) at which was supported by a grant from NINCDS. That conference and the resulting publication proved to be very effective in stimulating both individual and collaborative efforts, which have resulted in expanded research in molecular biology, genetics, and neuroscience. Some of the questions posed then have been essentially resolved, but many new questions have emerged. The objectives of the 1990 conference will be: (a) a critical review of the present status of our knowledge about genetics and epilepsy, (b) a consideration of modifications in current research strategies that would provide more effective answers to important questions, and (c) the identification of research strategies that have not yet been applied to the problem but that appear to hold strong promise. A major change from 1980 will be the addition of specialists in the neurosciences and molecular genetics. Some of these approaches are beginning to be applied to the study of epilepsy, but other techniques are relevant and should be encouraged. This proposal requests support for 60 participants: 25 speakers, 30 invited research scientists who will share in the discuss;on, and 5 staff. The facilities will permit attendance and participation by another 35 researchers, but at their own expense.