CONFERENCE ON HIPPOCAMPUS

海马体是一种已知对人类和其他动物的记忆形成和存储具有重要作用的大脑结构。在过去的5年里，从分离的海马突触蛋白的分子研究到小鼠的遗传学研究，再到人类记忆的成像研究，在各个水平上对海马功能的分析都取得了很大的进展。技术和科学的进步为突触形成的性质、突触的传输和可塑性以及海马体的认知功能提供了新的线索(S)。由于这些进展如此之快，几乎没有机会让在不同水平工作的神经科学家见面并分享数据和想法。这次跨学科研讨会将汇聚在分析海马体功能的所有层面的科学家，试图综合我们现有的知识，突出主要的新发现，讨论有争议的领域，并指出重要的新研究方向。在我们选择演讲者时，我们试图撒下一张大网，经常选择初级教员来代替老牌的资深科学家。

The hippocampus is a brain structure known to be important for memory formation and storage in humans and other animals. In the past 5 years there has been great progress in the analysis of hippocampal function at all levels, ranging from molecular studies of isolated hippocampal synaptic proteins to genetic studies of mice to imaging studies of memory in humans. Technical and scientific advances have shed new light on the nature of synapse formation, synaptic transmission and plasticity, and the cognitive function(s) of the hippocampus. Because these advances have been so rapid, there has been little opportunity to allow neuroscientists working at these different levels to meet and share data and ideas. This interdisciplinary symposium will bring together scientists working at all levels of analysis of hippocampal function in an attempt to synthesize our present knowledge, highlight major new findings, discuss controversial areas, and point to important new directions for research. In our choice of speakers we have attempted to cast a broad net, often choosing junior faculty in lieu of the established senior scientists.