Powell Kelly R, Albers H Elliott
Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Georgia State University, P,O, Box 3966, Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3966, USA.
J Biomed Discov Collab. 2006 Jul 17;1:9. doi: 10.1186/1747-5333-1-9.
The Center for Behavioral Neuroscience was launched in the fall of 1999 with support from the National Science Foundation, the Georgia Research Alliance, and our eight participating institutions (Georgia State University, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Clark-Atlanta University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College). The CBN provides the resources to foster innovative research in behavioral neuroscience, with a specific focus on the neurobiology of social behavior. Center faculty working in collaboratories use diverse model systems from invertebrates to humans to investigate fear, aggression, affiliation, and reproductive behaviors. The addition of new research foci in reward and reinforcement, memory and cognition, and sex differences has expanded the potential for collaborations among Center investigators. Technology core laboratories develop the molecular, cellular, systems, behavioral, and imaging tools essential for investigating how the brain influences complex social behavior and, in turn, how social experience influences brain function. In addition to scientific discovery, a major goal of the CBN is to train the next generation of behavioral neuroscientists and to increase the number of women and under-represented minorities in neuroscience. Educational programs are offered for K-12 students to spark an interest in science. Undergraduate and graduate initiatives encourage students to participate in interdisciplinary and inter-institutional programs, while postdoctoral programs provide a bridge between laboratories and allow the interdisciplinary research and educational ventures to flourish. Finally, the CBN is committed to knowledge transfer, partnering with community organizations to bring neuroscience to the public. This multifaceted approach through research, education, and knowledge transfer will have a major impact on how we study interactions between the brain and behavior, as well as how the public views brain function and neuroscience.
行为神经科学中心于1999年秋季成立，得到了美国国家科学基金会、佐治亚研究联盟以及我们的八个参与机构（佐治亚州立大学、埃默里大学、佐治亚理工学院、莫尔豪斯医学院、克拉克-亚特兰大大学、斯佩尔曼学院、莫尔豪斯学院、莫里斯布朗学院）的支持。行为神经科学中心提供资源，以促进行为神经科学领域的创新性研究，特别关注社会行为的神经生物学。在合作实验室工作的中心教员使用从无脊椎动物到人类的各种模型系统，来研究恐惧、攻击、依恋和生殖行为。在奖励与强化、记忆与认知以及性别差异方面增加新的研究重点，扩大了中心研究人员之间合作的潜力。技术核心实验室开发分子、细胞、系统、行为和成像工具，这些工具对于研究大脑如何影响复杂的社会行为，以及反过来社会经验如何影响大脑功能至关重要。除了科学发现之外，行为神经科学中心的一个主要目标是培养下一代行为神经科学家，并增加神经科学领域中女性和代表性不足的少数群体的数量。为从幼儿园到12年级的学生提供教育项目，以激发他们对科学的兴趣。本科和研究生项目鼓励学生参与跨学科和跨机构项目，而博士后项目则在各实验室之间架起桥梁，使跨学科研究和教育事业蓬勃发展。最后，行为神经科学中心致力于知识转移，与社区组织合作，将神经科学知识普及给公众。这种通过研究、教育和知识转移的多方面方法，将对我们研究大脑与行为之间的相互作用，以及公众如何看待大脑功能和神经科学产生重大影响。
