Program and titles of oral sessions


March 15 (Mon)
18:00-20:00 Get-together party at Okazaki National Institutes (Restaurant eSangriaf)           

March 16 (Tue)
8:30-8:35 Welcome note; Noboru Mizuno (NIPS)  
8:35-8:40 Opening remark; Tadashi Isa (NIPS)  
Session 1 (8:40-10:10) Chaired by Hans Hultborn  
8:40-9:10 Sten Grillner (Stockholm) The gVertebrate Motor Infrastructureh– a gtoolboxh of networks & the intrinsic function of one model network.
9:10-9:40 Joseph Fetcho (Stony Brook) Optical and genetic approaches toward understanding motor system function and dysfunction.
9:40-10:10 Yoichi Oda (Osaka) Functional organization of segmentally homologous reticulospinal neurons in the teleost hindbrain.
10:10-10:30 break  
Session 2 (10:30-11:30) Chaired by Sten Grillner  
10:30-11:00 Ole Kiehn (Stockholm) Physiological and genetic approaches to locomotor circuits in mammals.
11:00-11:30 Hans Hultborn (Copenhagen) Key mechanisms for setting the input-output gain across the motoneuron pool.
Poster Session 1 (Prelude) 11:30-12:05 Chaired by Ole Kiehn Short talk from selected posters (5 min each)
11:30-11:35 1. Lorenzo Cangiano (Stockholm)  
11:35-11:40 2. Kaoru Takakusaki (Asahikawa)  
11:40-11:45 3. Yuriko Sugiuchi (Tokyo)  
11:45-11:50 4. Masamichi Sakagami (Machida)  
11:50-11:55 5. Manabu Honda (Okazaki)  
11:55-12:00 6. Eiichi Naito (Kyoto)  
12:00-12:05 7. Hiroyuki Nakahara (Wako)  
12:05-13:30 Group photo and Lunch  
13:30-15:30 Poster session 1  
Session 3 (15:30-17:00) Chaired by Peter Strick  
15:30-16:00 Bror Alstermark (Umeå) Functional role of direct (monosynaptic) versus indirect (disynaptic) cortico-motoneuronal pathways in the Macaque monkey.
16:00-16:30 Eberhard Fetz (Seattle) Contrasting roles of primate cortical and spinal neurons in preparation and execution of voluntary movements.
16:30-17:00 Stephen Scott (Kingston) Neural correlates of limb mechanics and mechanical loads in primary motor cortex.
17:00-17:30 break  
Session 4 (17:30-19:00) Chaired by Eberhard Fetz  
17:30-18:00 Peter Strick (Pittsburgh) "Muscle" and "Movement" Representation in the Motor Cortex: New Anatomical and Physiological Perspectives.
18:00-18:30 Masahiko Takada (Tokyo) Organization of multisynaptic pathways linking the prefrontal cortex and the primary motor cortex.
18:30-19:00 Roger Lemon (London) Interactions between premotor and motor cortex in the primate: role in visual control of grasp

March 17 (Wed)
Session 5 (8:30-10:00) Chaired by Roger Lemon  
8:30-9:00 Atsushi Iriki (Tokyo) Reorganization of visuo-somatosensory integration in the intraparietal cortex induced by tool-use training in monkeys.
9:00-9:30 Jun Tanji (Sendai) Pre-SMA versus SMA: from a perspective of motor selection based on visual instructions.
9:30-10:00 Kiyoshi Kurata (Hirosaki) Dynamic visuo-motor transformation in the ventral premotor cortex of monkeys.
10:00-10:30 break  
Session 6 (10:30-12:00) Chaired by Daniel Wolpert  
10:30-11:00 Andrew Schwartz (Pittsburgh) Useful signals from motor cortex.
11:00-11:30 Reza Shadmehr(Baltimore) Learning dynamics of reaching.
11:30-12:00 Mitsuo Kawato (Kyoto) Computational Learning Mechanisms for Impedance Control and Internal Model Acquisition.
Poster Session 2 (prelude) (12:00-12:35) Chaired by Steve Scott Short talks from selected posters (5 min each)
12:00-12:05 1. Yoshiko Izawa (Tokyo)  
12:05-12:10 2. Kazuhiko Seki (Okazaki)  
12:10-12:15 3. Shinji Kakei (Sendai)  
12:15-12:20 4. Shigehiro Miyachi (Fuchu)  
12:20-12:25 5. Martin Voss (London)  
12:25-12:30 6. Masaki Isoda (Sendai)  
12:30-12:35 7. Rieko Osu (Seikacho)  
12:35-13:30 Lunch  
13:30-15:30 Poster Session 2  
Session 7 (15:30-17:00) Chaired by Tadashi Isa  
15:30-16:00 Daniel Wolpert (London) Uncertainty in sensorimotor control.
16:00-16:30 William Hall (Durham) Exploring the superior colliculus In Vitro.
16:30-17:00 Shigeto Sasaki (Tokyo) Neural mechanisms of controlling velocity guided orienting in behaving cats.
17:00-17:30 break  
Session 8 (17:30-19:00) Chaired by William Hall  
17:30-18:00 Adonis Moschovakis (Cretè) Space representation in the superior colliculus and its use in motor control.
18:00-18:30 Yoshikazu Shinoda (Tokyo) Initiation and suppression of saccades by the frontal eye field (FEF) in the monkey.
18:30-19:00 Martin Paré (Kingston) Neural basis of controlled and ballistic movement processing.
19:00-20:00 Conference Dinner  
Session 9 (20:00-21:00) Chaired by Adonis Moschovakis  
20:00-20:30 Kikuro Fukushima (Sapporo) Discharge characteristics of pursuit neurons in the caudal frontal eye fields during vergence eye movements in monkeys.
20:30-21:00 Kenji Kawano (Kyoto) Preparatory modulation of the gain of visuo-motor transmission for smooth pursuit.

March 18 (Thur)
Session 10 (8:30-10:00) Chaired by Andrew Schwartz  
8:30-9:00 Tadashi Isa (Okazaki) Dynamic modulation of local circuit in the superior colliculus during saccadic eye movements.
9:00-9:30 Shigeru Kitazawa (Tokyo) Optimization of goal-directed movements: a random walk hypothesis in the cerebellum.
9:30-10:00 Randy Flanagan (Kingston) Prediction and control in skilled manipulation.
10:00-10:30 break  
Session 11 (10:30-12:30) Chaired by Okihide Hikosaka  
10:30-11:00 Tomoo Hirano (Kyoto) Cerebellar control of eye movement in mutant mice.
11:00-11:30 Soichi Nagao (Tochigi) Role of cerebellar LTD in reflex eye movement learning control.
11:30-12:00 Hitoshi Kita (Memphis) The role of the globus pallidus external segment in the basal ganglia circuitry.
12:00-12:30 Toshihiko Aosaki (Tokyo) Cell assemblies in the striatum.
12:30-14:00 Lunch  
Session 12 (14:00-15:30) Chaired by Jun Tanji (Sendai)  
14:00-14:30 Atsushi Nambu (Okazaki) Dynamic model of the basal ganglia functions and Parkinson's disease.
14:30-15:00 Hagai Bergman (Jerusalem) Teaching signals and information processing in the basal ganglia of normal and parkinsonian primates.
15:00-15:30 Okihide Hikosaka (Bethesda) Motivational control of saccadic eye movement.
15:30-16:00 break  
Session 13 (16:00-17:00) Chaired by Hagai Bergman  
16:00-16:30 Kenji Doya (Kyoto) Competition and Cooperation of Multiple Learning Modules.
16:30-17:00 Minoru Kimura (Kyoto) Encoding Motivation and Outcome of Decision by Dopamine Neurons.
  Closing remark; Atsushi Nambu (NIPS)  
  Dinner for invited speakers (Okazaki New Grand Hotel)  

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