
Nagoya International Symposium on Neural Circuits
- Decoding principle of neural circuits using model animals -
神経回路による情報処理を読み解く
第1回 名古屋大学神経回路国際シンポジウム
Nagoya International Symposium on Neural Circuits
Date: March 24 (Mon), 2014 10:00-18:00
Venue: Sakata Hirata Hall, Nagoya University
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[Morning session] What can worms tell us?
Chair: Azusa Kamikouchi
10:00-10:05 Opening remark (Ikue Mori)
10:05-10:55 Hannes E. Buelow (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA)
Shaping dendrites - insights from C. elegans
10:55-11:45 Shin Ishii (Kyoto University, Japan)
A system identification-based approach to neural systems
Lunch Break
[Afternoon session 1] Invertebrate model animals: worms & flies
Chair: Hiroko Bannai
13:00-13:20 Ikue Mori (Nagoya University, Japan)
Information processing of the neural circuit underlying
learning and memory in C. elegans
13:20-13:40 Azusa Kamikouchi (Nagoya University, Japan)
The fruit fly as a model for hearing
13:40-14:30 Kenta Asahina (Caltech, USA)
Neuropeptides, sexually dimorphic neurons and aggressive arousal
Coffee Break 1
[Afternoon session 2] Vertebrate model animals: fish & mice
Chair: Ikue Mori
14:45-15:05 Yoichi Oda (Nagoya University, Japan)
Functional motifs composed of morphologically homologous neurons
repeated in the hindbrain segments
15:05-15:55 Hongkui Zeng (Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA)
Genetic approaches to mouse brain circuit mapping
Coffee Break 2
[Evening session] Remodeling of neural networks and
higher brain function in mammals
Chair: Hiroko Bannai
16:10-17:00 Junichi Nabekura (NIPS, Japan)
Remodeling of Cortical Synapses in Living Mice: Glia-Synapse Interaction
Lecture by Prof. Kuniyoshi L. Sakai (University of Tokyo, Japan) was cancelled
17:00-17:10 Closing remark (Azusa Kamikouchi)

Banquet (17:10-19:30)
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