2005 Gordon Conference on Catecholamines

描述(申请人提供)：本申请旨在为2005年7月24-29日在NH安多佛市普罗科特学院举行的2005年戈登儿茶酚胺研究会议申请资金。2005年会议将力求阐明儿茶酚胺神经生物学以及儿茶酚胺功能和功能障碍方面的领先研究，并将包括分子、系统和行为层面的分析。虽然演讲者和会议负责人将提供适合不太熟悉的与会者的介绍，但演讲将针对最新的、新颖的和未发表的发现。 预计与会者约为120人，其中约95%是学术研究人员。大约40%预计将是本科生、研究生和博士后研究人员，其余的预计将是实验室负责人，包括儿茶酚胺领域的许多领先研究人员。大约25%的人将发言，其余的大多数人将展示海报。其目标是通过促进对该领域最新和最有争议的想法进行尽可能自由的讨论和辩论来推动该领域的发展，并为未来的合作做出贡献，并向经验较少的科学家提供重要的反馈。 这些课程的标题是：行为与神经传递；驱动神经活动；多巴胺是奖励的底物吗？辩论；突触调节；儿茶酚胺和神经退行性变；受体和转运体-突触后；行为障碍；受体和转运体-突触前；整合生物学和行为。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is to request funding for the 2005 Gordon Research Conference on Catecholamines at Proctor Academy, Andover, NH from July 24-29, 2005. The 2005 Conference will seek to illuminate leading research in catecholamine neurobiology, as well as catecholamine function and dysfunction, and will include molecular, systems and behavioral levels of analysis. Although speakers and session leaders will provide an introduction suited for the less acquainted attendee, presentations will be geared to late-breaking, novel and unpublished findings. The attendees are expected to be approximately 120 participants of whom approximately 95% are academic researchers. Approximately 40% are expected to be undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers, and the remainder is expected to be laboratory heads, including many of the leading researchers in the catecholamine field. About 25% will speak, and the majority of the remainder will present posters. The goals are to advance the field by facilitating the freest possible discussion and argument on the latest and most controversial ideas in the field, as well as to contributing to future collaboration, and providing important feedback to less experienced scientists. The sessions are entitled Behavior & Neurotransmission; Driving Neuronal Activity; Is dopamine the substrate for reward? a debate; Synaptic modulation; Catecholamines & neurodegeneration; Receptors and transporters - postsynaptic; Behavioral disorders; Receptors and transporters - presynaptic; Integrating biology and behavior.