Neural Systems and Behavior

描述(由申请人提供)：自1978年以来，为期8周的神经系统与行为课程为优秀的博士后和博士后学生在其研究生涯的早期阶段提供了现代行为神经生物学的概念和方法的强化培训。MBL提供了一个独特的、非常有价值的学习环境，这是世界上很少有其他机构能与之匹敌的。每年夏天，20名学生在该领域一些最好的教师和研究人员的指导下沉浸在讲座和实验室工作中，学生和教职员工之间的密切互动是这门课程的一个标志。神经系统和行为课程提供广泛的动手实验室培训，使用最先进的技术和设备进行各种无脊椎动物和脊椎动物的准备。课程包括严格而全面的讲课安排，辅以研讨会演讲者和常驻学者(SIRS)，他们根据自己的研究详细阐述所涵盖的主题和观点。NS&B鼓励原创思维和创造性的、多学科的方法来理解大脑和行为。轻松但充满智慧的讨论所有话题都是常态，这使得这种高度整合和互动的形式在标准的大学培训中是罕见的。这门课程的设计具有挑战性，在支持性的智力环境中对学生的成绩有很高的期望。虽然这门课程仍然忠于其核心理念，但随着神经生物学格局的变化，它在多年来进行了修改。在过去的几年里，为了反映学科内部正在发生的变化，主任和教职员工纳入了新的电生理学技术、分子方法和定量分析。教师和学生来自不同的学科，包括神经科学、心理学、生物学和医学，该课程还吸引了大量具有数学、物理或工程背景的优秀申请者。要求提供资金，以继续以目前的形式提供这一独特的培训机会。心理健康问题，包括情绪和行为障碍、成瘾和神经疾病。下一代脑科学家需要了解临床研究和基础研究之间不可分割的关系。本申请中介绍的神经系统和行为培训计划提供的广泛综合培训非常适合帮助实现确定基础研究和临床科学之间的桥梁这一目标。了解基因-环境-行为相互作用如何影响大脑发育和功能，对于提高我们对认知、情感、社会行为和沟通疾病的理解至关重要。目前申请的目的是为未来继续培训调查人员，以帮助缓解精神疾病问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Since 1978, the 8-week Neural Systems & Behavior course has provided intensive training in the concepts and methodology of modern behavioral neurobiology to outstanding pre- and postdoctoral students during early stages of their research careers. MBL offers a unique and highly rewarding learning environment that is matched by few other institutions in the world. Each summer twenty students are immersed in lectures and laboratory work under the mentorship of some of the best teachers and researchers in the field, with close interactions among students and faculty being a hallmark of the course. The Neural Systems & Behavior course offers extensive hands-on laboratory training with a variety of invertebrate and vertebrate preparations using state-of-the-art techniques and equipment. The course includes a rigorous and comprehensive lecture schedule, complemented by seminar speakers and Scholars-in-Residence (SIRs), who elaborate on the topics and viewpoints covered based on their own research. NS&B encourages original thinking and creative, multi-disciplinary approaches to understanding the brain and behavior. Relaxed, but intellectually charged, discussion of all topics is the norm, making this highly integrated and interactive format a rarity in standard university training. The course is designed to be challenging, with high expectations for student achievement in a supportive intellectual environment. Although the course has remained true to its core philosophy, it has been modified through the years in response to the changing landscape of neurobiology. Over the past several years, the directors and faculty have incorporated new electrophysiological techniques, molecular approaches, and quantitative analyses in order to mirror the changes taking place within the discipline. Faculty and students are drawn from diverse disciplines including neuroscience, psychology, biology and medicine, and the course also draws significant numbers of outstanding applicants with backgrounds in mathematics, physics or engineering. Funding is requested to continue this unique training opportunity in its present form. Mental health problems, include a emotional and behavioral disorders, addiction, and neural diseases. The next generation of brain scientists require exposure to the integral relationship between clinical and basic research.. The broad integrative training offered by the Neural Systems & Behavior training program presented in this application is ideally suited to help achieve this goal of identifying bridges between basic research and clinical science. Understanding how gene-environment-behavior interactions influence brain development and function is essential for enhancing our understanding of diseases of cognition, emotion, social behavior, and communication. The aim of the current application is to continue training investigators for the future to help alleviate the problems of mental illness.