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在现代行为神经生物学的概念和方法方面为优秀的博士前和博士后学生提供了密集的培训。MBL提供了一个独特的和高度有益的学习环境，是世界上其他机构匹配。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，学生和教师之间的密切互动是该课程的标志。神经系统与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工作。该课程包括严格而全面的讲座时间表，辅以研讨会演讲者和驻校学者（SIR），他们根据自己的研究详细阐述了所涵盖的主题和观点。NS&B鼓励原创性思维和创造性，多学科的方法来理解大脑和行为。轻松，但智力充电，所有主题的讨论是规范，使这种高度集成和互动的格式在标准的大学培训罕见。该课程旨在具有挑战性，对学生在支持性的知识环境中取得成就抱有很高的期望。虽然这门课程一直忠于其核心理念，但多年来一直在修改，以应对神经生物学不断变化的景观。在过去的几年里，董事和教师已经纳入了新的电生理技术，分子方法和定量分析，以反映学科内发生的变化。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，该课程也吸引了大量具有数学，物理或工程背景的优秀申请人。要求提供资金，以继续提供目前形式的这一独特培训机会。心理健康问题包括情绪和行为障碍、成瘾和神经系统疾病。下一代脑科学家需要接触临床和基础研究之间的整体关系。本申请中提出的神经系统和行为训练计划提供的广泛的综合训练非常适合帮助实现识别基础研究和临床科学之间桥梁的目标。了解基因-环境-行为相互作用如何影响大脑发育和功能，对于增强我们对认知、情感、社会行为和沟通疾病的理解至关重要。目前申请的目的是继续培训未来的调查人员，以帮助减轻精神疾病的问题。

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.