Conference on Behavioral Neurobiology of Birdsong

描述（申请人提供）：鸟类鸣叫的许多特征使其成为研究行为神经生物学中重要问题的有用模型，并引起了研究人员在物种典型行为、交流、行为发育、中枢感觉加工、运动学习、感觉运动控制、神经发生和神经元可塑性等方面的关注。最近的发展涉及解剖学、神经生理学、神经内分泌、分子和行为技术，进一步增加了歌唱系统模型的实用性。由猎人基因中心（RCMI）和猎人学院（CUNY）生物心理学博士项目联合赞助，将于2002年12月12日至14日在纽约市亨特学院举行一次关于鸟类鸣叫行为神经生物学的会议。会议将汇集该领域相当大比例的主要研究人员，以及一组潜在的未来领导者，在这个高度高产的神经科学领域进行演讲，圆桌会议，研讨会和讨论当前问题的计划。本申请说明了妇女和少数民族参与的计划，以及根据会议记录编写一卷的计划。会议的费用将由RCMI、NIH和NSF共同承担，RCMI负责会议的组织、宣传和运行以及准备会议记录的费用，并为与会者提供支持。NIH的捐款将用于增加会议覆盖面的广度和与会者的多样性。在最近的记忆中还没有举行过这样的会议，这次会议应有助于提供该领域现状的记录，并确定今后研究的方向。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Many features of bird song have made it a useful model for research on important problems in behavioral neurobiology and have engaged the attention of researchers on species-typical behavior, communication, behavioral development, central sensory processing, motor learning, sensorimotor control, neurogenesis, and neuronal plasticity. Recent developments involving anatomical, neurophysiological, neuroendocrine, molecular, and behavioral techniques, have further increased the utility of the song system model. Funds are requested towards the support of a Conference on the Behavioral Neurobiology of Bird Song, to be held at Hunter College, New York City, December 12-14, 2002 under the joint sponsorship of the Hunter Gene Center (RCMI) and the Biopsychology Doctoral Program, Hunter College (CUNY). The Conference will bring together a substantial proportion of the major researchers in this area, together with a selected group of potential future leaders for a program of presentations, roundtables, workshop and discussions of current issues in this highly productive area of neuroscience. Plans for the involvement of women and minorities have been described in this application, as have plans for the production of a volume based upon Conference proceedings. The costs of the Conference will be shared among RCMI, NIH and NSF, with the RCMI covering the costs associated with organizing, publicizing and running the Conference and preparing proceedings for publication, as well as contributing to support of participants. The NIH contribution will be used to increase the breadth of Conference coverage and the diversity of participants. No such Conference has been held within recent memory and this Conference should help provide a record of the current state of the field and set the directions of future research.