31ST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS RESEARCH CONFERENCE

描述：申请人摘要 此申请是为了支持国际社会第31届年会 麻醉品研究会议。会议将在西雅图举行， 2000年7月10日至15日，华盛顿。多年来，INRC一直是 传播和交流当代世界知识的国际会议 关于阿片类药物和麻醉药品的生物医学研究领域的资料 内源性阿片系统主题范围从分子到行为， 临床相关研究。越来越多的人在讨论其他虐待行为。 毒品，如大麻、可卡因和酒精，由于广泛的相互作用， 这些药物和内源性阿片系统之间的关系已经被记录在案。 请求提供的支助主要是部分差旅支助， 科学家，即，研究生、博士后和年轻的独立研究员 研究人员参加会议。一小部分资金 将用于支持来自其他学科的杰出全体发言人， 与成瘾性药物研究有关，谁将描述战略，概念， 或可能对INRC观众有用的技术。特邀座谈会 发言人和极少数资深科学家，无法资助自己的 旅行，将得到部分支持。最后，我们要求资金， 行政及会议开支，约占总开支的15 预算今年我们计划邀请4位全体演讲者，涵盖以下主题 多巴胺受体的二聚化与药物滥用的共病， 精神病将有7个专题讨论会，涵盖广泛的主题 在申请中描述，与1999年只有有限的重叠 会议，在被认为发展足够快，值得更新的领域。一 在每次研讨会上将提交一些相关的论文， 将有3个海报会议，每个持续3小时，在这总是有 很多交流和讨论。研讨会还拨出充足的时间， 讨论热烈的讨论是INRC会议的一个标志， 非正式的环境，参与者之间的互动很容易。

DESCRIPTION: Applicant's Abstract This application is for support of the 31st annual meeting of the International Narcotics research Conference (INRC). The Conference will be held in Seattle, Washington, July 10-15, 2000. The INRC has for many years been the most prestigious international meeting for the dissemination and exchange of current information in the area of biomedical research on opiate drugs and on the endogenous opioid system. The topics range from molecular to behavioral and clinically related studies. There is increasing discussion of other abused drugs, such as marihuana, cocaine and alcohol, since extensive interaction between these drugs and the endogenous opioid system has been documented. Support is requested primarily for partial travel support to enable young scientists, i.e., graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and young independent researchers, to participate in the Conference. A small portion of the funds will be used to support distinguished plenary speakers from other disciplines, relevant to research on addictive drugs, who will describe strategies, concepts or techniques likely to be useful to an INRC audience. Invited symposium speakers and a very small number of senior scientists, unable to fund their own travel, will receive partial support. Finally, we ask for funds for administrative and meeting expenses, representing about 15% of the total budget. This year we plan to invite 4 plenary speakers covering topics from dimerization of dopamine receptors to co-morbidity of drug abuse and psychiatric illness. There will be 7 symposia covering a wide range of topics described in the application, with only limited overlap with the 1999 Conference, in areas deemed sufficiently fast moving to deserve an update. A number of relevant contributed papers will be presented at each symposium and there will be 3 poster sessions, each lasting 3 hours, at which there is always much exchange and discussion. Ample time is also allotted at the symposia for discussion. Lively discussions are a hallmark of INRC meetings, held in informal settings where interaction between participants is easy.