Eighth Conference on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

描述(申请人提供)：第八届学习和记忆神经生物学会议是由加州大学欧文分校学习和记忆神经生物学中心组织的一系列会议中的第八次。这次会议的主题是：记忆和大脑：基本机制和临床意义。它将于2006年3月11日至14日在加利福尼亚州的欧文举行。会议的总体目标是交流和讨论学习和记忆的神经生物学中五个目前重要的主题的最新研究成果，鼓励关于如何将基本发现转化为治疗或其他应用的讨论，并教育和告知该领域的研究人员。 2006年的会议将包括五个会议：1)强化相关行为的获得和维持机制：与成瘾/强迫的关系，2)感觉和知觉学习，3)记忆与正常和异常衰老，4)神经可塑性和长期记忆的调节，以及5)记忆的分子和细胞机制。到目前为止，已有15位发言者同意发言；我们计划总共发言20位。这些演讲者在所列主题中都是世界领先的研究人员。会议形式强调所有与会者的讨论。每届会议都将选出主席，以领导思想交流。 一般会议将在欧文凯悦酒店举行；海报会议(约100张海报)将在哥伦比亚特区欧文校区的赫克洛兹研究设施举行。我们预计将有350-400人参加，包括来自美国和许多国家的教职员工、博士后研究人员和研究生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Eighth Conference on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory is the eighth in a series of conferences organized by the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory at the University of California, Irvine. The theme of the conference is: Memory and Brain: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Implications. It will be held in Irvine, California on March 11-14, 2006. The overall goals of the conference are to communicate and discuss recent research findings in five currently important topics in the neurobiology of learning and memory, to stimulate discussion about how basic findings might be translated into therapeutic or other applications, and to educate and inform researchers in the field. The 2006 meeting will include five sessions: 1) Mechanisms for acquisition and maintenance of reinforcement related behavior: Relation to addiction/compulsion, 2) Sensory and perceptual learning, 3) Memory and normal and abnormal aging, 4) Modulation of neuroplasticity and long-term memory, and 5) Molecular and cellular mechanisms of memory. To date, fifteen speakers have agreed to make presentations; we are planning a total of twenty. These speakers are among the world's leading investigators in the topics listed. The conference format emphasizes discussion by all participants. Chairs will be chosen for each session, to lead the interchange of ideas. The general sessions will take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Irvine; a poster session (approximately 100 posters) will be held in the Herklotz Research Facility on the DC Irvine campus. We anticipate an attendance of 350-400 people, including faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students from the U.S. and many foreign countries.