Symposium on Neuroimaging in Alcoholism

描述（由申请人提供）：我们提议举办第三届酒精中毒神经影像学应用国际会议（ICANA）。前两次ICANA会议分别于2004年和2008年在纽黑文举行，每一次会议都吸引了来自世界各地的100多名主要研究人员，重点讨论与应用一套快速发展的神经成像工具和方法研究酒精使用和酒精中毒有关的技术、概念问题和研究结果。这些会议引起了广泛的关注，第一次会议由《美国医学会杂志》（JAMA）报道，第二次会议发表在《酒精中毒：临床和实验研究》上。拟议的会议将是另一个开创性的事件，将吸引领先的专家聚集在一起，以推进我们对酒精对大脑的影响、对酒精的脆弱性、成瘾过程以及与酒精相关的神经毒性的认识。将召集在脑成像其他领域工作的知名研究人员以及已经在酒精相关领域工作的研究人员，分享酒精中毒的方法应用，并促进跨模式的合作。将作出特别努力，支持研究学员、研究员和新研究人员的出席和参与。拟议的会议计划将与之前的会议类似，在为期两天半的研讨会上包括一份国际发言人名单。预计听众将包括来自世界各地的100-150名研究人员。对第三次会议的兴趣已经很高了。例如，我们已经得到了《时代》杂志一位撰稿人的承诺，他将参与并报道会议过程。提议的会议日期为2013年2月15日至18日。拟议的议程将包括4个主要主题：功能磁共振成像（fMRI），磁共振成像(MRI) -扩散张量成像（DTI）磁共振波谱（MRS），神经受体成像（PET/SPECT）。会议将包括全体会议报告和专门讨论每种成像方式（MRI-DTI、fMRI、MRS、PET/SPECT）的会议，以及与分子遗传学、动物和人类神经成像以及神经成像在酒精依赖治疗研究中的应用的联系。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose holding the third iteration of the International Conference on Applications of Neuroimaging to Alcoholism (ICANA). Each of the prior two ICANA Conferences, held in New Haven in 2004 and 2008, drew over 100 leading investigators from around the world to focus on techniques, conceptual issues, and findings related to the application of a rapidly evolving set of neuroimaging tools and approaches to the study of alcohol use and alcoholism. These conferences drew broad attention, with the first conference covered by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the second producing position papers published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. The proposed conference would be another seminal event that would draw leading experts together to advance our knowledge about alcohol effects in the brain, the vulnerability to alcoholism, the addiction process, and the neurotoxicity associated with alcoholism. Established investigators who work in other areas of brain imaging as well as those already working in alcoholism-related areas will be convened to share methodological applications to alcoholism and foster collaboration across modalities. Special efforts will be made to support the attendance and participation of research trainees, fellows, and new investigators. The proposed program would parallel the earlier conferences by including an international roster of speakers in a two-and-one-half day symposium. The audience is expected to include 100-150 researchers from around the world. The interest level in this third meeting is already high. For example, we already have a commitment from a writer for TIME magazine to participate and report on the proceedings. The proposed meeting dates are February 15-18th, 2013. The proposed agenda will include 4 main topics: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), Neuroreceptor imaging (PET/SPECT). The conference will include plenary presentations and sessions dedicated to each modality of imaging (MRI-DTI, fMRI, MRS, PET/SPECT), as well as links to molecular genetics, neuroimaging in animals and humans, and applications of neuroimaging to the study of the treatment of alcohol dependence. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The proposed 3rd International Conference on Applications of Neuroimaging to Alcoholism (ICANA-3) will foster interest and research in this expanding technological area. The conference will bring together leading investigators with expertise in diverse imaging techniques to consider methodological applications to alcoholism, and foster collaboration. The conference will provide an opportunity to shape and fertilize neuroimaging research in alcoholism by convening leading imaging investigators to collaboratively focus on neuroimaging applications in alcoholism.