CONFERENCE ON THE MODULATION OF CHEMOSENSORY SIGNALING

描述（由申请人提供）：该申请寻求会议的资金，以考虑内在和外在调制在化学感觉处理中的作用。会议将于2005年1月21日至23日在怀俄明州杰克逊举行，分为7个系列会议，每个会议都有一个特定的主题。将审议的专题是：1）化学感觉信号的刺激诱导的调节，2）嗅觉和味觉上皮水平的神经调节，3）嗅觉和味觉输入的中枢调节，4）化学感觉输入的环境、营养和发育改变，5）来自行为和心理物理学研究的化学感觉调节的证据，和6）研究不足的领域和新的策略，研究化学感受器调制。每个2小时的会议将有三个15 - 20个演讲，然后是涉及所有与会者的一般性讨论。受邀的演讲者是嗅觉和味觉调节各自领域的领导者，并将在整个领域的广泛背景下展示他们目前的研究结果。计划在会议中间举行的海报会议是第七次会议，让所有与会者有机会介绍他们目前的成果。会议的目标是确定化学感觉神经调节领域的现状以及发展方向。通过这样做，未来的研究计划，以促进该领域的快速发展，可以开发，以揭示短期和长期的调节机制，关键调节化学感觉功能。通过不限制会议的范围到一个单一的化学传感模式或模型系统，我们希望促进该领域的研究人员之间的合作互动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks funding for a conference to consider the role of intrinsic and extrinsic modulation in chemosensory processing. The conference, to be held in Jackson, WY from January 21-23, 2005, is organized as a series of 7 sessions each with a specific topic. The topics to be considered are: 1) stimulus induced modulation of chemosensory signaling, 2) neuromodulation at the level of the olfactory and gustatory epithelium, 3) central modulation of olfactory and gustatory input, 4) environmental, nutritional and developmental alteration of chemosensory input, 5) evidence of chemosensory modulation from behavioral and psychophysical studies, and 6) under-researched areas and new strategies for investigating chemosensory modulation. Each 2 hour session will three 15-20 presentations followed by a general discussion involving all participants in the conference. The invited speakers are leaders in their respective fields of olfactory and gustatory modulation and will present their current findings in the broad context of the field as a whole. A poster session, scheduled for the middle of the conference, serves as the seventh session and allows all participants the opportunity to present their current results. The goal of the conference is to determine where the field of chemosensory neuromodulation is and where it needs to go. By doing so future research initiatives to foster a rapid advancement of the field can be developed to reveal the short-term and long-term modulatory mechanisms that critically regulate chemosensory function. By not restricting the scope of the conference to a single chemosensory modality or model system we hope to foster collaborative interactions among investigators in the field.