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The Eighth International Neural Microcircuit Conference
- Synaptic Specificity to Circuit Dynamics –
Program (subject to change)
January 29th (Wed), 2020
13:00 -                Reception desk opens
(13:20 – 14:00)   Enjoy hot spring with swimming suit in Momoyama bath for gentlemen

14:00 - 14:05      Opening remark, Yoshiyuki Kubota

Session I, Chairman Mieko Morishima
14:05 - 14:30      T1  Fuyuki Karube (Doshisya University, Japan)
      Novel Direct cortical Innervation on Globus Pallidus in the Rat
14:30 - 14:55      T2  Yasuharu Hirai (Doshisya University, Japan)
      Simultaneous measurement of electrical and calcium activities from deeply locating avian
      auditory nuclei by photometric patch electrode
14:55 - 15:20      T3  Yoshifumi Ueta (Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan)
      Peripheral nerve injury-induced synaptic remodeling of somatotopically organized circuits
      in the thalamus
15:20 - 15:25      General Discussion

15:25 - 15:50      Coffee break & Poster presentation

Session II, Chairman Fuyuki Karube
15:50 - 16:10      ST1  short talk
16:10 - 16:35      T4  Yumiko Hatanaka (Osaka University, Japan)
      Genetic labeling of neurons derived from direct and indirect neurogenesis in the mouse
      cerebral cortex
16:35 - 17:00      T5  Satoru Kondo (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
      Functional organization of response-selective inputs on dendrites of mouse primary visual
      cortex neurons.
17:00 - 17:20      Coffee break & Poster presentation

Session III, Chairman Guang Yang
17:20 - 17:40      ST2  short talk
17:40 - 18:05      T6  Yasuhiro Tanaka (Tamagawa University, Japan)
      Cortical manifestation of cerebellar and basal-ganglia information via thalamus during
      motor learning.
18:05 - 18:10      General Discussion

18:10 - 20:00      Dinner

Session IV, Chairman Jackie Schiller
20:00 - 20:40      T7  Haruhiko Bito (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
      Multiplex imaging of neural activity and signaling dynamics
January 30th (Thu), 2020
7:00 - 8:00          Breakfast

Session V, Chairman Nuo Li
8:00 - 8:35          T8  Yoshiyuki Kubota (NIPS, Japan)
      Thalamo-cortical neural network in motor cortex analyzed with large volume electron
      microscopy
8:35 - 9:15          T9  Wei-Chung Allen Lee (Harvard University, U.S.A.)
      Neuronal circuits of sensory-guided action and behavior
9:15 - 9:20          General Discussion

9:20 - 9:45          Coffee break & Poster presentation

Session VI, Chairman Yasuo Kawaguchi
9:45 - 10:25        T10  Maria Victoria Puig Velasco (IMIM, Spain)
      Prefrontal-hippocampal circuit as target for cognitive amelioration in brain disorders
10:25 - 11:05      T11  Allan Gulledge (Dartmouth College, U.S.A.)
      Coordinated neuromodulation of cortical output circuits by serotonin and acetylcholine
11:05 - 11:45      T12  Nuo Li (Baylor college of Medicine, U.S.A.)
      Modularity and redundancy in cortical circuits
11:45 - 11:50      General Discussion

11:50 - 14:00      Get together photo, Lunch & Poster presentation
(13:20 – 14:00)   Enjoy hot spring with swimming suit in Momoyama bath for ladies

Session VII, Chairman Wei-Chung Allen Lee
14:00 - 14:25      T13  Mieko Morishima (NIPS, Japan)
      Sublayer dependent excitatory and inhibitory circuits in the layer 5 of rat frontal cortex
14:25 - 14:50      T14  Kenji Morita (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
      Roles of cortico-basal ganglia circuits in value learning and motivation
14:50 - 15:20      T15  Yitzhak Schiller (Technion, Israel)
      The network dynamics of M1 cortex in Parkinson’s disease mice
15:20 - 15:25      General Discussion

15:25 - 15:50      Coffee break & Poster presentation

Session VIII, Chairman Maria Victoria Puig Velasco
15:50 - 16:10      ST3  short talk
16:10 - 16:35      T16  Takeshi Otsuka (NIPS, Japan)
      Oscillation in the cortical circuitry
16:35 - 17:00      T17  Jaerin Sohn (NIPS, Japan)
      Input-dependent spine dynamics in motor cortex during motor learning
17:00 - 17:40      T18  Guang Yang (Columbia University, U.S.A.)
      Experience and sleep-dependent synaptic plasticity in the cortex
17:40 - 17:45      General Discussion

17:45 - 20:00      Dinner & Poster presentation

Session IX, Chairman Haruhiko Bito
20:00 - 20:40      T19  Jackie Schiller (Technion, Israel)
      The motor cortex as a model system for studying dendritic physiology
January 31st (Fri), 2020
7:00 - 8:00          Breakfast

8:00 - 11:00        Excursion: Snow Monkey tour

11:00 - 12:30      Poster presentation & Lunch

Session X, Chairman Allan Gulledge
12:30 - 13:00      T20  Masanobu Kano (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
      Cellular and neural circuit mechanisms of developmental synapse pruning in the cerebellum
13:00 - 13:30      T21  Minoru Kimura (Tamagawa University, Japan)
      Monitoring and updating of action selection through direct and indirect pathways in the dorsomedial striatum
13:30 - 14:10      T22  Yasuo Kawaguchi (NIPS, Japan)
      Local circuits in the frontal cortex drive diverse corticocortical projections
14:10 - 14:15      General Discussion

14:15 - 14:45      Best presentation award
14:45 - 14:50      Concluding remarks, Yasuo Kawaguchi
14:50                  Departure
(15:34                 Nagano dentetsu limited express Snow monkey)