Register T his meeting brings together recent progress in axon-glial signaling at the node of Ranvier, the synapse, and in premyelinated axons during development and in association with neuronal injury and disease. This conference will highlight recent research on effects of electrical activity and other neuronal signals in glial proliferation, differentiation, myelination, synaptic plasticity and response to injury. The meeting is being held at the Airlie Center, in Warrenton, Virginia, USA, in the countryside about a one hour drive from NIH and the Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
Registration is open to all interested students and researchers.
Attendence limited to 100. Tsien P.F. Worley B ringing together new research on gene regulation by neural impulse activity, with research on synaptic plasticity and intracellular signaling, this conference explores the molecules and mechanisms that coordinate the structure and function of the brain. By controlling cell-cell interactions and activating intracellular signaling pathways, cell adhesion molecules help control nervous system structure according to the pattern of impulses flowing through developing neural circuits. New experimental and theoretical advances are beginning to show how second messengers, kinases, and transcription factors operate as a system to transmit and integrate information contained in action potential activity and control transcription of genes involved in activity-dependent plasticity. Presentations include studies on invertebrate and vertebrate nervous systems in the context of development, LTP, LTD, and memory.