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March 15 (Wednesday) |
I, Mechanisms of Neural Coding (10:30AM-2:50PM) |
(Chair: Fujita, I. & Takahashi,T.) |
10:30-10:40 |
Hideo Mohri (NIBB) |
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"Opening Remarks" |
10:40-11:20 |
Ichirou Fujita (Osaka University) |
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"Representation of surfaces and features of objects in the visual temporal cortex" |
11:20-12:00 |
Yasushi Miyashita (Tokyo Univeristy) |
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"Higher order representation of visual objects and its activation in memory retrieval" |
Lunch |
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13:30-14:10 |
Terry Takahashi (University of Oregon) |
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"Integration of binaural cues for the formation of auditory spatial fields" |
14:10-14:50 |
Yale Cohen (Dartmouth College) |
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"Auditory processing in the parietal Cortex" |
Coffee Break |
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II, Mechanisms of Neural Network Formation (3:10 - 6:50 PM) |
(Chair: Rensch, T. & Tsumoto, T.) |
15:10-15:50 |
Michael Crair (Baylor College of Medicine) |
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"The role of sensory experience in the development of cortical |
15:50-16:30 |
Takao Rensch (RIK.EN) |
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"Cellular determinants of the critical period for visual cortical plasticity" |
Coffee Break |
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16:50-17:30 |
Michael Stryker (UCSF) |
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"Neurotrophin and the site of neural plasticity in developing visual cortex" |
17:30-18:10 |
Tadaharu Tsumoto Osaka University |
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"Roles of Brain-deived neurotophic factor in LTP/LTD and ocular dominant plasticity in the developing visual cortex" |
18:10-18:50 |
Tobias Bonhoeffer (Max Planck Institute) |
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"Activity dependent plasticity: new insights into functional and morphological changes on the synaptic level" |
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March 16 (Thursday) |
III, Mechanisms of Neural Specificity (9:00 AM - 4:20 PM) |
(Chair: Murakami, F. & Landmesser, L.) |
9:00-9:40 |
Yoshiki Hotta (National Institute of Benetics) |
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"Cell fate decision between glia and neuron in Drosophila" |
9:40-10:20 |
Masaharu Noda (National Institute for Basic Biology) |
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"Systematic isolation of topographic molecules in the retina." |
Coffee Break |
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10:40-11:20 |
Masatoshi Takeichi (Kyoto Univeristy) |
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"Cadherin-mediated processes in neuronal connection" |
11:20-12:00 |
Lynn Landmesser (Case Western Reserve University) |
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"Early specification of multiple, functionally distinct motoneuron subtypes" |
Lunch |
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13:30-14:10 |
Shigetada Nakanishi (Kyoto Univeristy) |
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"Glutamate receptor in integrative synaptic transmission" |
14:10-14:50 |
Kensaku Mori (Tokyo University, RIK.EN) |
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"Olfactory axon address system and glomerular modules in the olfactory bulb" |
Coffee Break |
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15:00-15:40 |
Fujio Murakami (Osaka University) |
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"Roles of Substrate-Bound Cues in the Guidance of Axons Along the Rostrocaudal Axis in the Vertebrate CNS" |
15:40-16:20 |
Tetsuo Yamamori (National Institute for Basic Biology) |
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"Molecular biological approaches to study monkey informational processing" |
Poster section (16:30-19:00) |
Banquet (19:30-21:00 PM) |
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March 17 (Friday) |
IV, Molecular Mechanisms of Axonal Guidance (9:00-12:00AM) |
(Chair: Fujisawa, H. & Kolodkin, A.) |
9:00-9:40 |
Hajime Fujisawa (Nagoya University) |
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"Roles of neuropilin-1-mediated sema3A chemorepulsive signals in the establishment of peripheral and sympathetic nervous systems" |
9:40-10:20 |
Alain Chedotal (INSERM, FRANCE) |
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"Role of semaphorins and slit proteins in the developing vertebrate CNS" |
Coffee Break |
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10:40-11:20 |
Alex Kolodkin (The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) |
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"Neuropilins and moleular basis of repulsive neuronal growth cone guidance" |
11:20-12:00 |
Peter Scheiffele (University of California, Berkeley) |
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"An in vitro analysis of the induction of presynaptic development in CNS neurons" |
12:00-12:20 |
Michael Stryker |
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"ConcludingRemarks" |