Basic Neuroscience Training in Age-Related Disorders

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案要求为面向疾病的基础神经科学的博士前培训计划提供资金，重点是衰老和与年龄相关的神经系统疾病。我们正在申请对五名博士前实习生的支持。该计划旨在为博士生提供严格和专门的培训，在衰老和年龄相关的神经退行性疾病，如阿尔茨海默病，帕金森病，亨廷顿病和中风的神经生物学。拉什大学医学中心的神经科学研究生课程是该国为数不多的提供疾病导向基础神经科学培训的课程之一;它位于神经科学系，一个有大量基础科学家和临床医生在转化研究中密切合作的部门。拟议的博士前培训计划包括11名基础科学家，他们拥有资金充足的研究项目和对老龄化研究的长期承诺;他们的专业知识范围从分子和结构生物学到电生理学，成像和行为。其他教学人员包括神经科学系的其他基础科学家和临床医生，以及拉什大学医学中心研究生院其他部门的成员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests funds for a pre-doctoral training program in disease oriented basic neuroscience with an emphasis on aging and age-related neurological disorders. We are requesting support for five pre-doctoral trainees. The program is designed to offer PhD students rigorous and specialized training in the neurobiology of aging and age-related neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and stroke. The Graduate Program in Neuroscience at Rush University Medical Center is one of the few programs in the country that offers training in disease oriented basic neuroscience; it is housed in the Department of Neurological Sciences, a department where a large number of basic scientists and clinicians work very closely together on translational research. Preceptors for the proposed pre-doctoral training program include 11 basic scientists with well funded research programs and a long-standing commitment to aging research; their expertise ranges all the way from molecular and structural biology to electrophysiology, imaging and behavior. Additional teaching faculty include other basic scientists and clinicians in the Department of Neurological Sciences, as well as members of other divisions within the Graduate College of Rush University Medical Center.