Session 1 Formation of Cortical Neural Specificity
09:10-09:55
“Activation and Inhibition of FGF-Signaling Mechanisms That Control Cortical Patterning”
John L. R. Rubenstein (UCSF, USA)
09:55-10:40
“Neural Map Formation in the Mouse Olfactory System”
Hitoshi Sakano (Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
10:40-10:55
Coffee Break
10:55-11:40
“Parallel Mitral- and Tufted-Cell Streams in the Central Olfactory System”
Kensaku Mori (Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
11:40-12:25
“Molecular Logic of Neocortical Projection Neuron Development and Repair”
Jeffrey D. Macklis (Harvard Univ., USA)
12:25-13:30
Lunch
13:30-13:45
“Spatiotemporal Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Cyclin D2 mRNA Induces Asymmetrical Cell Fates in Neuroepithelial Cells and Self-Organization of Corticogenesis”
Noriko Osumi (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
13:45-14:30
“Cortical Neuron Diversity and Local Connection Selectivity”
Yasuo Kawaguchi (NIPS, Japan)
Session 2 Functional Organization of the Cortical Networks in the Visual and Auditory Systems
14:30-15:15
“Critical Period Plasticity in the Visual and Auditory Systems”
Takao Hensch (Harvard Univ., USA)
15:15-15:30
Coffee Break
15:30-16:15
“Cell-Specific Circuits and Plasticity in Visual Cortex”
Mriganka Sur (MIT, USA)
16:15-17:00
“How Neural Activity and Molecular Cues Guide the Formation of
Cortical Maps and Connections Between Brain Areas”
Michael P. Stryker (UCSF, USA)
17:00-17:20
“Difference in Binocularity and Ocular Dominance Plasticity Between GABAergic and Excitatory Cortical Neurons, as Revealed by In Vivo Two-Photon Functional Ca2+ Imaging”
Tadaharu Tsumoto (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
17:20-17:35
Coffee Break
17:35-18:20
“Activity Dependent Maturation of Functional Local Circuits”
Yumiko Yoshimura (NIPS, Japan)
18:20-19:05
“Organization of Spiking Activity in Neuronal Populations of Auditory Cortex”
Kenneth D. Harris (Imperial College London, UK)
March 13 (Sat)
Session 3 Functional Organization of the Cortical Networks in Primates and Humans
09:00-09:45
“Principles of Interareal Cortical Networks”
Henry Kennedy (Inserm U846, France)
09:45-10:30
“Analysis of Cortical-Area Specific Gene Expressions in the Old World Monkey Reveals Large Domain Structures in the Primate Neocortex”
Tetsuo Yamamori (NIBB, Japan)
10:30-10:50
Coffee Break
10:50-11:35
“Diversity of Pyramidal Neurons Across Neocortical Areas in the Primate: Biophysics, Morphology, and Postnatal Development”
Ichiro Fujita (Osaka Univ., Japan)
11:35-12:20
“Hierarchically Organized ‘Functional Structures’ in Monkey Inferior Temporal Cortex”
Manabu Tanifuji (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
12:20-13:30
Lunch
13:30-14:15
“Color Processing in Higher Cortical Areas of the Monkey”
Hidehiko Komatsu (NIPS, Japan)
14:15-15:00
“Perceptual Learning as a Result of an Exposed Feature Being Internally Enhanced”
Takeo Watanabe (Boston Univ., USA)
15:00-15:20
Coffee Break
Session 4 Motion Control and the Anatomical and Physiological Basis
15:20-16:05
“Contrast in the Use of the Supplementary and Pre-Supplementary Motor Areas of Primates”
