The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society

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Plenary Lectures

Special Lectures

Award Lecture

Symposia

Plenary Lectures

PL1-A1 14:00-14:50
Rise and Fall of REST: Creating the Nervous System

Gail Mandel, Professor
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Oregon Health and Science
University, USA

Chair: Yasushi Okamura (Osaka Univ)

PL2-A1 10:10-11:00
Schizophrenia as a Progressive Brain Disorder

Robert W. McCarley, Professor
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, USA

Chair: Kiyoto Kasai (Univ of Tokyo)

PL2-A2 18:10-19:00
The Neurobiology of Consciousness
What do We Know and How Can We Discover More?

Christof Koch, Professor
California Institute of Technology, USA

Chair: Mitsuo Kawato(ATR)

PL3-A1 14:00-14:50
Functions of electrical synapses in the brain

Barry W. Connors, Professor
Brown University, USA

Chair: Yasuo Kawaguchi (Nat'l Inst Physiol Sci)

Special Lectures

SL1-A1 10:40-11:30
Strategies toward regenerating the damaged CNS using ES/iPS cells.

Hideyuki Okano
Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine

Chair: Kazuhiro Ikenaka (Nat'l Inst Physiol Sci)

SL2-A1 14:00-14:50
Chimpanzee mind: Primate origins of human cognition and behavior

Tetsuro Matsuzawa
Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University

Chair: Atsushi Iriki (RIKEN BSI)

SL2-A2 15:00-15:50
Stepwise processing of APP by gamma secretase

Yasuo Ihara
Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University

Chair: Takeshi Iwatsubo (Univ of Tokyo)

SL3-A1 10:40-11:30
Signaling of neuronal polarization (Tokizane Award)

Kozo Kaibuchi
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine

Chair: Masaki Fukata (Nat'l Inst Physiol Sci)

Award Lecture

AL1-A1 15:10-15:50
Tsukahara Award Lecture
Chemosensory receptor and behavior

Kazushige Touhara
Department of Integrated Biosciences, The University of Tokyo

Chair: Kensaku Mori (Univ of Tokyo)

AL1-A2 16:00-16:40
Tokizane Award Lecture
Connection and firing specificity of neocortical neurons

Yasuo Kawaguchi
Division of Cerebral Circuitry, National Institute for Physiological Sciences

Chair: Ichiro Fujita (Osaka Univ)

AL3-A1 10:30-11:30
Tokizane Award Lecture, Special Lecture
Signaling of neuronal polarization

Kozo Kaibuchi
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine

Chair: Masaki Fukata (Nat'l Inst Physiol Sci)

Symposia

16 (Wed.), September

17 (Thu.), September

18(Fri.), September

(* symposia planned by young researchers)

SY1-A1

8:30~10:30

Theme:

Frontier in visualization of brain function by two-photon microscopy

Sponsored by Olympus Corporation

FV1000MPE

Chair:

Shigeo Okabe (Tokyo Univ.), Haruo Kasai (Tokyo Univ.)

Speakers:

Mutsuo Nuriya（Keio University School of Medicine）
Katsumasa Fujita(Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University)
Haruo Kasai (Tokyo Univ.)
Junichi Nabekura (NIPS)

SY1-A2

17:00~20:00
Special symposium with Future Planning Committee of the Japan

Theme:	Integrated symposium of basic and clinical neuroscience - Alzheimer's disease; from molecular mechanisms to frontiers of therapy
Chair:	Atsushi Iwata (Tokyo Univ.), Maki K. Yamada (Tokyo Univ.)
Speakers:	Takeshi Iwatsubo (Tokyo Univ.) Melanie Meyer-Luehmann (Harvard Medical School, Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ) Ottavio Arancio (Colombia Univ.) Takaomi Saido (RIKEN) Akihiko Takashima (RIKEN) Ronald DeMattos (Eli Lilly)

SY1-B1

18:30~10:30

Theme:	Neurogenesis 2009: history and perspectivesSponsored by Abcam plc
Chair:	Kazunobu Sawamoto (Nagoya City Univ.), Tatsuhiro Hisatsune (Tokyo Univ.)
Speakers:	Tatsunori Seki (Tohoku Univ.) Satoru Matsuda (Keio Univ.) Ryoichiro Kageyama (Kyoto Univ.) Kinichi Nakashima (NAIST)

SY1-B2

15:00~17:00

Theme:	Cellular and molecular basis for dendritic patterning and plasticity.
Chair:	Kazuo Emoto (NIG), Mineko Kengaku (Kyoto Univ.)
Speakers:	Rachel O. L. Wong (Washington Univ.) Haruhiko Bito (Tokyo Univ.) Atsushi Mochizuki (RIKEN) Mineko Kengaku (Kyoto Univ.) Kei-ichiro Yasunaga (NIG)

SY1-B3

17:00~19:30
JNS-SfN-FENS-ANS special symposium

Theme:	Neuroscience and Society: Global Perspectives
Sponsored by:	The British Embassy in Japan
Chair:	Atsushi Iriki (RIKEN BSI)
Speakers:	Glenda Halliday, Australian Neuroscience Society - Public Outreach through Community-based Activities Nicholas Spitzer, Society for Neuroscience - Collaboration between Neuroscience Research and Education Sten Grillner, Federation of European Neurosciences - Why Neuroinformatics is needed for Global progress in Neuroscience Norihiro Sadato: Japan Neuroscience Society - Neuroscience and Ethical Literacy Claire Rawlinson, The Royal Society - Communicating Scientific Findings to the Public David Cyranoski, Nature Asia-Pacific - Neuroscience and Science Journalism

SY1-C1

8:30~10:30

Theme:	The awake and sleeping brain - Processing of sequential information and memory consolidation -
Chair:	Carol A. Barnes (Arizona Univ.), Masami Tatsuno (University of Lethbridge)
Speakers:	Thanos Siapas (CIT) Kaori Takehara-Nishiuchi (University of Toronto) Mark G. Baxter (Oxford Univ.) Carol A. Barnes (Arizona Univ.) Masami Tatsuno (University of Lethbridge) Yoko Yamaguchi (RIKEN)

SY1-C2

15:00~17:00

Theme:	Social neuroscience: motivation, decision-making, and justice
Chair:	Tatsuyoshi Saijo (Osaka Univ.)
Speakers:	Takafumi Minamimoto (NIRS) Keise Izuma (NIPS) Saori Tanaka (Osaka Univ.) Ming Hsu (Illinois Univ.)

SY1-C3

17:00~19:30

Theme:	Selective Synapse Formation and Maintenance: From Drosophila to Mammals
Chair:	Nobuhiko Yamamoto (Osaka Univ.), Takuji Iwasato (NIG)
Speakers:	Kazuo Emoto (NIG) Wenbiao Gan (New York Univ.) Patricia Gaspar (INSERM) Akinao Nose (Tokyo Univ.) Nobuhiko Yamamoto (Osaka Univ.) / Takuji Iwasato (NIG)

SY1-D1

8:30~10:30

Theme:	*Role of glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission in psychiatry : innovative integration from molecule to system
Chair:	Kiyoto Kasai (Tokyo Univ.)
Speakers:	Motoko Maekawa (RIKEN) Seiichiro Jinde (NIMH) Yuchio Yanagawa (Gunma Univ.) Ito Koki(Hokkaido Univ.) Gregory A. Light (UCSD)

SY1-D2

15:00~17:00

Theme:	Novel aspects of the function of ionotropic & metabotropic glutamate receptors
Chair:	Hirokazu Hirai (Gunma Univ.)
Speakers:	Hirokazu Hirai (Gunma Univ.) Tomoo Hirano (Kyoto Univ.) Michihiro Tateyama (NIPS) Hisashi Mori(Toyama Univ.)

SY1-D3

17:00~19:00

Theme:	Perspectives for regenerative medicine in neurological diseases
Chair:	Tetsuro Yamamoto (Mie Univ.), Hidekazu Tomimoto (Mie Univ.)
Speakers:	Jianwu Dai (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Jun Takahashi (Kyoto Univ.) Takao Yasuhara (Okayama Univ.) Haruhisa Inoue (Kyoto Univ.) Masafumi Ihara (Kyoto Univ.)

SY1-E1

8:30~10:30

Theme:	Formation and reorganization of functional map in CNS
Chair:	Yumiko Yoshimura (OIIB), Yoshio Hata (Tottori Univ.)
Speakers:	Mariko Miyata (Tokyo Women's Med. Univ.) Yumiko Yoshimura (OIIB) Yoshio Hata (Tottori Univ.) Jianhua Cang (Northwestern Univ.) Hitoshi Sakano (Tokyo Univ.)

SY1-E2

15:00~17:00

Theme:	Novel mechanism of brain energy-sensing in food intake regulationSponsored by Sankyo Foundation of Life Science
Chair:	Yasuhiko Minokoshi (NIPS), Toshihiko Yada (Jichi Med. Univ.)
Speakers:	Shiki Okamoto (NIPS) Fumihiko Maekawa(Jichi Med. Univ.) Tamas L. Horvath (Yale Univ.) Tadahiro Kitamura (Gunma Univ.) Yukari Date (Miyazaki Univ.)

SY1-E3

17:00~19:00

Theme:	How Are Neuroendocrine Hypothalamic Structures Sculpted?
Chair:	Masahiro Kawata (Kyoto Pref. Univ. of Med.), Yasuo Sakuma (Nippon Med. Sch.)
Speakers:	Suzan Wray (NINDS) Marc Breedlove (Department of Psychology, Michigan State University) Ishwar S Parhar (School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University) Ken-Ichi Matsuda (Kyoto Pref. Univ. of Med.) Chitose Orikasa (Nippon Med. Sch.)

SY1-F1

8:30~10:30

Theme:	* Neuroscience of Adaptive Locomotor Control; From Animal to Robot, Physiology to Engineering
Chair:	Naomichi Ogihara (Kyoto Univ.), Kaoru Takakusaki (Asahikawa Med. Coll.)
Speakers:	Trevor Drew (Montréal Univ.) Futoshi Mori (Yamaguchi Univ.) Naomichi Ogihara (Kyoto Univ.) Koichi Osuga (Kobe Univ.) Koh Hosoda (Osaka Univ.)

SY1-F2

15:00~17:00

Theme:	Development and disease of the central nervous system, the new signaling mechanisms & the new molecules
Chair:	Hironori Katoh (Kyoto Univ.), Junji Yamauchi (NRICHD)
Speakers:	Shin-ichi Hisanaga (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.) Hironori Katoh (Kyoto Univ.) Hirofumi Tokuoka (Tokyo Inst. of Tec.) Yuki Miyamoto (NRICHD) Toru Ogata (Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center)

SY1-F3

17:00~19:00

Theme:	New signaling pathways in the retina
Chair:	Makoto Kaneda (Keio Univ.), Eiichi Miyachi (Fujita Health Univ.)
Speakers:	Shigang He (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Itaru Arai (Tokyo Univ.) Yonehara Keisuke (NIBB) Yoshihiko Tsukamoto (Hyogo Med. Univ.) Hideki Imada (Fujita Health Univ.) Makoto Kaneda (Keio Univ.)

SY1-H1

17:00~19:00

Theme:	* Dissecting the spinal neuronal network for motor behavior;From molecular basis to function
Chair:	Hiroshi Nishimaru (Tsukuba Univ.), Kazuhiko Seki (NIPS)
Speakers:	Shin-ichi Higashijima (NINS) David McLean (Northwestern Univ.) Ole Kiehn (Karolinska Inst.) Kazuhiko Seki (NIPS) Yukari Ohki (Kyorin Univ.)

SY2-A1

8:30~10:00

Theme:	* Sensory Systems and Neural Circuits in Drosophila
Chair:	Azusa Kamikouchi (Tokyo Univ.), Aki Ejima (Kyoto Univ.)
Speakers:	Teiichi Tanimura (Kyushu Univ.) Aki Ejima (Kyoto Univ.) Joerg T. Albert (University College London) Azusa Kamikouchi (Tokyo Univ.) Andre Fiala (Göttingen Univ.)

SY2-A2

16:00~18:00

Theme:	Neuroimaging and real world complexity
Chair:	Yukiyasu Kamitani (ATR)
Speakers:	Yukiyasu Kamitani (ATR) John-Dylan Haynes (BCCN) Norihiro Sadato (NIPS) Uri Hasson (Princeton Univ.) Christpher de Charms (Omneuron, Inc.)

SY2-B1

8:30~10:00

Theme:	* Neuronal mechanisms of visual illusions : empirical approaches from psychophysics, brain stimulation, electrophysiology, and pharmacology
Chair:	Naotsugu Tsuchiya (CIT), Ryota Kanai (London Univ.)
Speakers:	Naotsugu Tsuchiya (CIT) Ryota Kanai (London Univ.) Olivia Carter (Melbourne Univ.) Melanie Wilke (California Univ.)

SY2-C1

8:30~10:00

Theme:	Discovery of novel axon guidance molecules and future prospect
Chair:	Hideaki Tanaka (Kumamoto Univ.), Hajime Fujisawa (Nagoya Univ.)
Speakers:	Shahidul Islam (Kumamoto Univ.) Kohtaro Takei (Yokohama City Univ.) Hiroyuki Kamiguchi (RIKEN) Kenji Mandai (Johns Hopkins Univ.)

SY2-C2

14:00~16:00

Theme:	Strategic design of protein-based tools for the study of lively neurons
Chair:	Yasushi Okamura (Osaka Univ.), Hiromu Yawo (Tohoku Univ.)
Speakers:	Kazushige Touhara (Tokyo Univ.) Hidekazu Tsutsui (Osaka Univ.) Hiromu Yawo (Tohoku Univ.) Yoshinori Moriyama (Okayama Univ.) Paul Brehm (Oregon Health and Sciences Univ.)

SY2-C3

16:00~18:00

Theme:	The amygdala: at the crossroads of self and other
Chair:	Kathleen S. Rockland (RIKEN), Hiroyuki Nakamura (Gifu Univ.)
Speakers:	Hiroyuki Nakamura (Gifu Univ.) Noritaka Ichinohe (RIKEN) Tetsuya Iidaka (Nagoya Univ.) Ralph Adolphs (CIT) Donald Pfaff (Rockefeller Univ.)

SY2-D1

8:30~10:00

Theme:	Epigenetics underlying neuronal plasticity
Chair:	Hiroshi Ueda (Nagasaki Univ.), Masaaki Tsuda (Toyama Univ.)
Speakers:	Tatsuya Kishino (Nagasaki Univ.) Tsukasa Sanosaka (NAIST) Masaaki Tsuda (Toyama Univ.) Hiroshi Ueda (Nagasaki Univ.)

SY2-D2

14:00~16:00

Theme:	* Cutting-edge of cognitive and motor representation in rodents
Chair:	Masanori Matsuzaki (Tokyo Univ.), Yoshikazu Isomura (RIKEN)
Speakers:	Masanori Matsuzaki (Tokyo Univ.) Yoshikazu Isomura (RIKEN) Jozsef Csicsvari (Oxford Univ.) Kazuo Kitamura (Tokyo Univ.) Taro Ishikawa (London Univ.)

SY2-E1

8:30~10:00

Theme:	* New Vistas of the Pathophysiology of Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder: Animal model Perspectives
Chair:	Yukiori Goto (McGill Univ.)
Speakers:	Sylvie Granon (Pasteur Inst.) Chihiro Tohda (Toyama Univ.) Yukiori Goto (McGill Univ.)

SY2-E2

14:00~16:00

Theme:	A role of the subcortical sensory system in emotional learning and behaviorsSponsored by Asian CORE Program
Chair:	Hisao Nishijo (Toyama Univ.)
Speakers:	Carlos Tomaz (Brasilia Univ.) Etsuro Hori (Toyama Univ.) Michael Davis (Emory Univ.) Yuko Sekino (Tokyo Univ.)

SY2-E3

16:00~18:00

Theme:	Neuropsychiatric diseases as disorders of learning and memory mechanisms
Chair:	Tsuyoshi Miyakawa (Fujita Health Univ.), Andrew Holmes (NIH)
Speakers:	Isabel Mansuy (Zürich Univ.) Hee-Sup Shin (KIST) Sumantra Chattarji (Natl. Centre for Biol. Sci.) Andrew Holmes (NIH) Tsuyoshi Miyakawa (Fujita Health Univ.)

SY2-F1

8:30~10:00

Theme:	Origin of the Circadian Clock and Time-sensing Systems
Chair:	Kazuhiro Yagita (Osaka Univ.), Takashi Yoshimura (Nagoya Univ.)
Speakers:	Takao Kondo (Nagoya Univ.) Kazuhiro Yagita (Osaka Univ.) Hikari Yoshitane (Tokyo Univ.) Hiroki R. Ueda (RIKEN) Takashi Yoshimura (Nagoya Univ.)

SY2-F2

14:00~16:00

Theme:	* Understanding the significance of neural progenitor cell-cycle progression in brain development
Chair:	Yoichi Kosodo (RIKEN)
Speakers:	Dehay, Colette (Stem Cell and Brain Research Inst.) Mototsugu Eiraku (RIKEN) Takeshi Kawauchi (Keio Univ.) Takao Takahashi (Keio Univ.) Takashi Takeuchi (Mitsubishi Kagaku Inst. of Life Sci.) Yuji Tsunekawa (Tohoku Univ.)

SY2-F3

16:00~18:00

Theme:	Dopamine metabolism in the striatum: new insights and therapeutic applications
Chair:	Shin-ichi Muramatsu (Jichi Med. Univ.), Hiroshi Ichinose (Tokyo Univ.)
Speakers:	Atsumi Nitta (Nagoya Univ.) Hiroshi Ichinose (Tokyo Inst. of Tec.) Wuh-Liang Hwu (Taiwan Univ.) Shin-ichi Muramatsu (Jichi Med. Univ.)

SY2-H1

14:00~16:30
Joint symposium with the DFG

Theme:

Development and plasticity in the nervous system: molecular, cellular and network processes of behavior and disease - Young Excellence in German Neuroscience and Japanese Counterpart

Chair:

Shoji Komai, Ph.D. (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biological Sciences)
Ileana Hanganu-Opatz (University Medical Center Hamburg)

Speakers:

Christian Wegener	(Philipps-University, Marburg)
Daniela C. Dieterich	(Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology)
Oliver Schlüter	(Göttingen University Medical School and Max-Planck Society)
Ilona Grunwald Kadow	(Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology)
Hiromu Tanimoto	(Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology)
Marc Spehr	(Ruhr-Universitaet)
Björn Brembs	(Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
Akihito Okabe	(Hyogo College of Medicine)
Ileana Hanganu-Opatz	(University Medical Center Hamburg)
Madoka Narushima	(Technical University Munich)
Hauke Heekeren	(Freie Universität &Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development)

SY3-A1

8:30~10:30

Theme:	Novel strategies in probing neuronal function - current progress and challengesSponsored by Leica Microsystems Japan
Chair:	Haruhiko Bito (Tokyo Univ.), Karl Deisseroth (Stanford Univ.),
Speakers:	U. Valentin Nagerl (Bordeaux University / INSERM) Hajime Fujii (Tokyo University) George Augustine (Duke University Medical Center) Karl Deisseroth (Stanford University) Toshiaki Furuta (Toho University)

SY3-A2

15:00~17:30

Theme:	Frontier of research on autism and related developmental disorders
Chair:	Hitoshi Okazawa (Tokyo Med& Dent Univ.), Noriko Osumi (Tohoku Univ.)
Speakers:	Takeshi Sakurai(Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Toru Takumi (Osaka Bioscience Inst.) Teiichi Furuichi (BSI) Noriko Osumi (Tohoku Univ.) Hitoshi Okazawa (Tokyo Med& Dent Univ.) Gul Dolen (MIT) Haruhiro Higashida (Kanazawa Univ.) Yamasue Hidenori (Tokyo Univ.)

SY3-B1

8:30~10:30

Theme:	Frontier of neuroscientific research on consciousness
Chair:	Christof Koch (CIT), Tadashi Isa (NIPS)
Speakers:	Christof Koch (CIT) Ned Block (New York Univ.) Hakwan Lau (Columbia Univ) Masatoshi Yoshida (NIPS)

SY3-B2

15:00~17:30

Theme:	Neural Plasticity:From Molecules to Behavior
Chair:	Takuya Takahashi (Yokohama City Univ.), Michisuke Yuzaki (Keio Univ.)
Speakers:	Takuya Takahashi (Yokohama City Univ.) Michisuke Yuzaki (Keio Univ.) Edward Ziff(New York University) Andreas Barria(University of Washington)

SY3-C1

8:30~10:30

Theme:	Molecular targeted therapy for neurodegenerative disease - new progress
Chair:	Gen Sobue (Nagoya Univ.)
Speakers:	Nobuyuki Nukina (RIKEN) Gen Sobue (Nagoya Univ.), Nobuyuki Nukina (RIKEN) Ryosuke Takahashi (Kyoto Univ.) Shin Kwak (Tokyo Univ.) Koji Yamanaka (RIKEN)

SY3-C2

15:00~17:30

Theme:	The role of prefrontal cortex in context-dependent adjustment of executive controlSponsored by Narishige Neuroscience Research Foundation
Chair:	Farshad A. Mansouri (RIKEN), Yosuke Morishima (Tokyo Univ.)
Speakers:	Masamichi Sakagami (Tamagawa Univ.) Tobias Egner (Northwestern Univ.) Mark Buckley (Oxford Univ.) Yosuke Morishima (Tokyo Univ.) Farshad A. Mansouri (RIKEN)

SY3-D1

8:30~10:30
Elsevier/Neuroscience Research Symposium

Theme:	Animal models of mental disorders: Toward the elucidation of molecular mechanism
Chair:	Tadafumi Kato (RIKEN)
Speakers:	Takaoki Kasahara (RIKEN) Shigeru Morinobu (Hiroshima Univ.) Hiroyuki Nawa (Niigata Univ.) Jun Mukai (Columbia Univ.) Iiris Hovatta (University of Helsinki)

SY3-D2

15:00~17:30

Theme:	The next generation of study on memory regulation; from phenomenology to molecular mechanisms
Chair:	Satoshi Kida (Tokyo Univ.), Bong-Kiun Kaang (Seoul Natl. Univ.)
Speakers:	Daniel Storm (Washington Univ.) Bong-Kiun Kaang (Seoul Natl. Univ.) Tom McHugh (MIT/RIKEN) Naoki Matsui (Fujita Health Univ.) Satoshi Kida (Tokyo Univ.)

SY3-E1

8:30~10:30

Theme:	Monitoring extracellular signal substances in action
Chair:	Atsuo Fukuda (Hamamatsu Med. Univ.), Kenzo Hirose (Nagoya Univ.)
Speakers:	Kenzo Hirose (Nagoya Univ.) Makoto Tominaga (OIIB) Katsuya Yamada (Hirosaki Univ.) Sachiko Yoshida (Toyohashi Tec. Univ.) Volkmar Lessmann (Otto-von-Guericke Univ.)

SY3-E2

15:00~17:30

Theme:	* Understanding and Utilizing Human Brain Function - Their Technologies and Ethics -
Chair:	Kyousuke Kamada (Tokyo Univ.), Junichi Ushiba (Keio Univ.)
Speakers:	Kyousuke Kamada (Tokyo Univ.) Riki Matsumoto (Kyoto Univ.) Junichi Ushiba(Keio Univ.) Toshiki Yoshimine (Osaka Univ.) Osamu Sakura (Tokyo Univ.)

SY3-F1

8:30~10:30

Theme:	Development, disorders and treatment strategies of cerebellar neuronal circuitry
Chair:	Hidehiro Mizusawa (Tokyo Med& Dent Univ.), Izumi Sugihara (Tokyo Med& Dent Univ.)
Speakers:	Izumi Sugihara (Tokyo Med& Dent Univ.) Kei Watase (Tokyo Med& Dent Univ.) Osamu Onodera (Niigata Univ.) Kinya Ishikawa (Tokyo Med& Dent Univ.) Stefan M. Pulst (Cedars Sinai Med. Center),

SY3-F2

15:00~17:30

Theme:	Abnormal plastic phenomena, "Epileptogenesis" is the key to understand the higher brain function.
Chair:	Yoshiya L. Murashima (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.)
Speakers:	Hiroshi Otubo (Toronto Univ.) Takahiro Ota (Tokyo Univ.) Akio Ikeda (Kyoto Univ.) Ryuta Koyama (Tokyo Univ.) Yoshiya L. Murashima (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.)

SY3-H1

8:30~10:30

Theme:	Platforms at the Neuroinformatics Japan-Node
Chair:	Shiro Usui (RIKEN)
Speakers:	Shiro Usui (RIKEN) Ryohei Kanzaki (Tokyo Univ.) Yoshimi Kamiyama (Aichi Pref. Univ.) Kazuhisa Niki (AIST) Hiroaki Wagatsuma (RIKEN)

SY3-H2

15:00~17:00

Theme:	Molecular and functional imaging studies with diseases models of non-human primates
Chair:	Hirotaka Onoe (RIKEN), Shigeru Obayashi (NIRS)
Speakers:	Masaya Nakamura (Keio Univ.) Shigeru Obayashi (NIRS) Takuya Hayashi (Natl. Cardiovascular Center) Noriyuki Higo (AIST) Yukio Nishimura (Washington Univ.)

(* symposia planned by young researchers)