The 34th Annual Meeting ofthe Japan Neuroscience Society - Neuroscience of the Mind -

Symposia

Japan Neuroscience Society Symposia

S2-D-1 2011/9/15 (thu) 8:30 - 11:00Room D (503)

Neuroethics symposium：Progress in Neuroethics for Human Brain Research

Organizer: Tamami Fukushi (Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS) Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST))
Speakers: Judy Illes (Dept. Medicine/Div. Neurology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
Hiroaki Tomita (Div. of Biol. Psychiat., Grad. Sch. of Med., Tohoku Univ.)
Manabu Honda (Dept. Functional Brain Res., Natl. Inst. Neurosci./CREST, JST)
Osamu Sakura (Interfuculty Initiative in Info. Stud., Univ. of Tokyo)
Tamami Fukushi (Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST))

S2-F-1 2011/9/15 (thu) 8:30 - 11:00Room F (302)

Joint symposium of Japanese and Chinese Neuroscience Societies：Frontiers in neurosciences in Asia

Organizers: Shigang He (Chinese Academy of Science)
Tadashi Isa (National Institute for Physiological Sciences)
Speakers: Haruhiko Bito (Dept. of Neurochem., Grad. Sch. of Med., Univ. of Tokyo/CREST-JST)
Guosong Liu (Center for learning and memory, school of medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
Masao Tachibana (Dept. of Psychol., Grad. Sch. of Hum. & Soc., University of Tokyo)
Shigang He (State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Institite of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)
Discussant: Keiji Tanaka (RIKEN BSI)

S2-F-2 2011/9/15 (thu) 17:00 - 19:00Room F (302)

Integrated symposium of basic and clinical neuroscience with Future Planning Committee：Neuroscience of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Organizers: Hidenori Yamasue (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate school of Medicine, University of Tokyo)
Shigeru Kitazawa (Department of Neurophysiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine)
Speakers: Sue Carter (Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA)
Haruhiro Higashida (Dep. of Biophysical Genetics, Grad.Sch of Med., Kanazawa Univ.)
SHIGERU KITAZAWA (Dep. of Neurophysiol., Juntendo Univ. Grad. Sch. of Med.)
Hidenori Yamasue (Dept. Neuropsychiatry, Grad. Sch. of Med., Tokyo Univ.)
Discussant: Uta Frith (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London, UK)

S2-J-1 2011/9/15 (thu) 8:30 - 11:00Room J (313＋314)

Gender Equality Committee symposium：Trends in Neuroscience

Organizers: Mayumi Nishi (Nara Medical University)
Tatsumi Hirata (National Instiutute of Genetics)
Speakers: Rei K. Morikawa (Dept Cell Biol, Osaka Biosci Inst.)
Azusa Kamikouchi (Tokyo Univ Pharm Life Sci.)
Akiko Hayashi-Takagi (Lab of Structural Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo/JST)
Reiko Hanada (Fac. of Medicine, Medical inovention center (TK project))
Makiko Yamada (NIRS)
Keiko Muguruma (Neurogenesis and Organogenesis, CDB, RIKEN)

S3-B-1 2011/9/16 (fri) 8:30 - 11:00Room B (501)

NSR-Elsevier sponsored symposium：Lessons from photobiology ? optogenetic applications of photo-transduction proteins in Neuroscience

Organizers: Hiromu Yawo (Tohoku University Graduate School of Life sciences)
Amane Koizumi (National Institute for Physiological Sciences)
Speakers: Peter Hegemann (Biology, Exp. Biophysics, Humboldt-Universitaet, Berlin, Germany)
Masakatsu Watanabe (Grad. School. for Creation of Photonics Indust.)
Hironao Kataoka (Botanical Gardens, Tohoku Univ./Graduate School Life Sciences, Tohoku Univ.)
Amane Koizumi, Kenji Tanaka (National Institute for Physiological Sciences)
Hajime Mushiake (Dep. of Pysiol., Grad. Sch. of Med., Tohoku Univ.)

S3-B-2 2011/9/16 (fri) 14:00 - 16:00Room B (501)

The 2nd Japan-Australia joint symposium

Organizers: Chihiro Akazawa (Tokyo Med. Dent. Univ.)
Perry Bartlett (Queensland Brain Institute)
Speakers: Hideyuki Okano (Dept. of Physiology, Keio Univ. School of Med.)
Fujio Murakami (Grad Sch of Frontier Biosci, Osaka Univ.)
Chihiro Akazawa, Nobuharu Suzuki (Dep. of Biochem. and Biophys., Grad. Sch. of Healthcare Sci., Tokyo Med. Dent. Univ./NIDCR, NIH, Bethesda, USA)
Perry F Bartlett (Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
Jurgen Gotz (BMRI, University of Sydney, Australia)
Seong-Seng Tan (Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia)

S3-G-1 2011/9/16 (fri) 8:30 - 11:00Room G (303)

JNS-SfN-FENS-ANS joint symposium：Higher education in neuroscience

Organizers: Keiji Tanaka (RIKEN)
Speakers: Noriko Osumi (Div. of Dev. Neurosci., Grad. Sch. of Med., Tohoku Univ.)
Sarah A Dunlop (Sch of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Australia)
David R Riddle (Dept. Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA)
Jean-Pierre Hornung (DBCM, Fac Biol Medicine, Univ Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland)

S4-D-1 2011/9/17 (sat) 8:30 - 11:00Room D (503)

Japan-Canada collaborative symposium：Origin, differentiation and regulatory mechanism of neural stem cells

Organizers: Tatsunori Seki (Dept of Histology and Neuroanatomy, Tokyo Medical University, Japan)
Anthony Phillips (Dept of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Canada)
Speakers: Derek van der Kooy (Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada)
Pierre Drapeau (Pathology and Cell Biology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada)
Kazunobu Sawamoto (Dept. of Dev. Regen. Biol., Nagoya City Univ. Grad. Sch. Med. Sci.)
Tatsunori Seki (Dept. of Histol. Neuroanat., Tokyo Medical University)

Symposia

S2-B-1 2011/9/15 (thu) 8:30 - 11:00Room B (501)

Update Understandings of Epigenetic Neuroscience：Neurogenesis and Diseases

Organizers: Takeo Kubota (Department of Epigenetic Medicine, University of Yamanashi)
Kinichi Nakashima (Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Speakers: Takeo Kubota (Div. of Epigenetic Med., Grad. Sch. of Med. and Tech, Yamanashi Univ.)
Masakazu Namihira (Lab. of Mol. Neurosci., Grad. Sch. of Biol. Sci., NAIST)
Tomoko Kuwabara (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))
Minoru Narita (Dept. Pharmacol., Sch. Pharm. Pharmaceut. Sci. Hoshi Univ.)
Kunio Miyake (Department of Epigenetic Medicine, University of Yamanashi)
Kazuya Iwamoto (Dep. of Mol. Psychiatry, The Univ. of Tokyo)

S2-C-1 2011/9/15 (thu) 8:30 - 11:00Room C (502)

Others in the self: recent advances in social neuroscience

Organizers: Chris Frith (University College London)
Masaki Isoda (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Speakers: Masaki Isoda (Unit on Neural Systems and Behavior, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Michael L. Platt (Department of Neurobiology, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, USA)
Satoshi Umeda (Dept. of Psychol., Keio Univ.)
Chris D. Frith (Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, UK/Center for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, Denmark)

S2-C-2 2011/9/15 (thu) 17:00 - 19:00Room C (502)

Newly revealed glial functions in neuropsychiatric diseases

Organizer: Kazuhiro Ikenaka (National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences)
Speakers: Jun-ichi Kira (Dept. Neurol, Grad. Sch. of Med. Sci., Kyushu Univ.)
Koji Yamanaka (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
Shigenobu Kanba (Neuropsychiatry, Grad Sch of Med Sci, Kyushu Univ.)
Kazuhiro Ikenaka (Natl. Inst. for Physiol. Sci., Natl. Inst. of Natural Sci.)

S2-D-2 2011/9/15 (thu) 17:00 - 19:00Room D (503)

Gradients of guidance cues in axon and dendrite patterning

Organizer: Masayuki Masu (University of Tsukuba)
Yasushi Hiromi (National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan)
Speakers: Masayuki Masu (Dept Mol Neurobiol, Univ of Tsukuba)
Massimo A. Hilliard (Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
Yasushi Hiromi (National Institute of Genetics)
Naoki Honda (Grad. Sch. of Informatics., Kyoto Univ.)
Keisuke Onishi (University of Callfornia, San Diego)

S2-E-1 2011/9/15 (thu) 8:30 - 11:00Room E (301)

Neurobiology of sociosexual interactions

Organizers: Daisuke Yamamoto (Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences)
Kazushige Touhara (The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences)
Speakers: Lisa Stowers (Dept. of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA. USA)
Yoshihiro Yoshihara (Lab. for Neurobiol. of Synapse, RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
Takefumi Kikusui (Companion Animal Research, Sch. Vet. Med., Azabu Univ.)
Kazushige Touhara (Dept. of Applied Biol. Chem., Grad. Sch. of Agri. Life Sci., The University of Tokyo)
Daisuke Yamamoto (Neurogenetics, Tohoku Univ. Grad. Sch. Life Sci.)

S2-E-2 2011/9/15 (thu) 17:00 - 19:00Room E (301)

Translational Studies on Hormonal and Environmental Regulation of Behavior for Mental Health Care

Organizers: Sonoko Ogawa (Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
Yasushi Kajii (Pharmacology Research Laboratories I, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation)
Speakers: Yasushi Kajii (Pharmacology Res Lab I, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.)
Kazuyuki Shinohara (Dept of Neuro and Beha, Grad. Sch. of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki Univ.)
Mitsuhiro Kawata (Dept. of Anat. and Neurobiol., Grad. Sch. of Med. Sci., Kyoto Pref. Univ. Med.)
Sonoko Ogawa (Lab Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Grad Schl Comprehensive Human Sci, Univ Tsukuba)
Larry J. Young (Department of Psychiatry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA)
Akira Sawa, Minae Niwa (Dept Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Univ, MD, USA)

S2-G-1 2011/9/15 (thu) 8:30 - 11:00Room G (303)

Optical imaging techniques linking different levels of neural information processing in the brain

Organizers: Yuko Sekino (Division of Pharmacology, National Institute of Health Sciences)
Katsuei Shibuki (Department of Neurophysiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University)
Speakers: Masanori Murayama (Behavioral Neurophysiology Lab. BSI Riken)
Tomoaki Shirao (Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior, Gunma Univ. Grad. Sch. of Med.)
Yuji Ikegaya (Grad School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Yuko Sekino (Div. of Pharmacol., NIHS)
Katsuei Shibuki (Dept. Neurophysiol., Brain Res. Inst., Niigata Univ.)

S2-G-2 2011/9/15 (thu) 17:00 - 19:00Room G (303)

Exploration of active cognition supporting human development all through a life

Organizers: Shun Nakamura (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Katsuo Sugita (Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Health, Faculty of Education, Chiba University)
Speakers: Miyuki Torii (Grad. Sch. of Human Development and Environment Kobe Univ.)
MAKIKO OKUYAMA (Dept. of Psychosocial Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development)
Yutaka Takayama (Dep. of Psych., Mita Hosp., Int. Univ. of Health and Welfare)
Mamiko koshiba (Lifesci & Tech, Tokyo Univ. A&T/NCNP/NIRS)
Ichiro Sora (Dept. of Bio. Psychiat., Grad. Sch. of Med., Tohoku Univ.)
Gentiane Venture (Mechanical Systems Engineering, Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology)

S2-H-1 2011/9/15 (thu) 8:30 - 11:00Room H (304)

Emerging synapse organizers in hippocampal neural circuits

Organizer: Jun ARUGA (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
Speakers: Hideto Takahashi (Dep. of Psychiatry, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
Jaewon Ko (Dept. of Mol. and Cell. Physiol, Stanford Uni. of Sch. of Med., Stanford, CA, USA)
Naoko Morimura (Lab. Behav. Dev. Disord., RIKEN BSI)
Michisuke Yuzaki (Dept Physiol, School of Med, Keio Univ.)
Eunjoon Kim (Dept of Biol Sci, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea)

S2-H-2 2011/9/15 (thu) 17:00 - 19:00Room H (304)

Significance of TRP channels in neurons and glia cells

Organizers: Shuji Kaneko (Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmac. Sci., Kyoto Univ.)
Makoto Tominaga (Div. of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience)
Speakers: Yasuo Mori (Dept. of Syn. & Biol. Chem., Grad. Sch. of Med..Kyoto Univ.)
Shuji Kaneko (Dept. Mol. Pharmacol., Grad. Sch. of Pharm. Sci., Kyoto Univ.)
Koji Shibasaki (Dep. of Mol. Cell. Neurobiol., Gunma Univ. Grad. Sch. of Med.)
Megumu Yoshimura (Grad Sch Health Sci, Kumamoto Health Science Univ.)
Makoto Tominaga (Div. of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Inst. for Integrative Bioscience)

S2-I-1 2011/9/15 (thu) 8:30 - 11:00Room I (311＋312)

Advances in the study of sensorimotor coordination in singing birds

Organizers: Kazuo Okanoya (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
Kazuhiro Wada (Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University)
Speakers: Wan-chun Liu (Laboratory of Animal Behavior, The Rockefeller University, USA)
Jun Nishikawa (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
Johan J. Bolhuis (Behavioural Biology and Helmholtz Inst.,Utrecht Univ., Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Kentaro Abe (Kyoto University, Graduate Schools of Biostudies/PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency)
Satoshi Kojima (Keck Center for Integ. Neurosci., Univ. of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA)
Kentaro Katahira (Okanoya Emotional Information Project, ERATO, JST/Dept Comp Sci and Eng, Univ of Tokyo/BSI, RIKEN)

S2-I-2 2011/9/15 (thu) 17:00 - 19:00Room I (311＋312)

Biogenic Amines in Cortical Plasticity ? from Animal Model to Human Application ?

Organizer: Yukiori Goto (Department of Psychiatry, McGill University)
Speakers: Satoru Otani (INSERM-U952/CNRS-UMR7224/University of Pierre and Marie Curie-Paris6, Paris, France)
Machiko Matsumoto (Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Science University of Hokkaido)
Tatsuya Mima (Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto Univ Grad Sch Med)
Michael A. Nitsche (Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany)

S2-J-2 2011/9/15 (thu) 17:00 - 19:00Room J (313＋314)

Vertebrate brain functions elucidated in zebrafish and medaka

Organizers: Koichi Kawakami (National Institute of Genetics)
Masahiko Hibi (Nagoya University)
Yoichi Oda (Nagoya University)
Speakers: Koichi Kawakami (Div. Molec. Dev. Biol., Natl. Inst. Genetics/Dep. of Genetics, Grad. Univ. Adv. Studies)
Masahiko Hibi (Biosci Biotech Center, Nagoya Univ.)
Masashi Tanimoto (Div. of Biol. Sci., Grad. Sch. of Sci., Nagoya Univ.)
Shin-ichi Higashijima (Okazaki Inst for Integ Biosci, National Inst of Natural Sciences)
Emre Aksay (Dept Physiol Biophy, Cornell Univ, Weill Med Col, New York, USA)
Hideaki Takeuchi (Dep. of Biol. Sci., Grad. Sch. of Sci., Univ. of Tokyo)

S3-C-1 2011/9/16 (fri) 8:30 - 11:00Room C (502)

What is the neural cell dysfunction in neurological and psychiatric disorders?

Organizer: Keiji Wada (National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry)
Speakers: Nobutaka Hattori (Dept. of Neurology, Juntendo Univ. Sch. of Med.)
Tomohiro Kabuta (Dept. of Degener. Neurol. Dis., Natl. Inst. of Neurosci., NCNP)
Norio Ozaki (Div. of Dep. Psychiat., Grad. Sch. of Med., Nagoya Univ.)
Hiroshi Kiyama (Div. of Functional Anatomy & Neuroscience, Grad. Sch. of Med./JST, CREST)
Hideki Katagiri (Dep. of Metab Dis., Grad. Sch. of Med., Tohoku Univ.)

S3-D-1 2011/9/16 (fri) 8:30 - 11:00Room D (503)

Dynamics of neuronal polarity formation and migration

Organizers: Fujio Murakami (Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences Osaka University)
Mineko Kengaku (Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences Kyoto University)
Speakers: Naoyuki Inagaki (Neuronal Cell Morphogenesis, Grad. Sch. of Bio. Sci., Nara Inst. Sci. and Technol.)
Kamon Sanada (Mol. Genet. Res. Lab., Grad Sch. of Sci., Univ. Tokyo)
Takeshi Kawauchi (Dept. of Anat., Keio Univ. Sch. of Med./PRESTO, JST)
Xiao-bing Yuan (Institute of Neurosci., SIBS, CAS, China)
Caren Norden (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)

S3-E-1 2011/9/16 (fri) 8:30 - 11:00Room E (301)

Basic biology and clinical implications of lipids

Organizers: Takeo Yoshikawa (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
Kei Hamazaki (Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama)
Speakers: Toshihide Kobayashi (RIKEN Advanced Science Institute)
Toru Moriguchi (Dept. of Food and Life Sci., Azabu Univ.)
Motoko Maekawa (RIKEN, Brain Science Institute, Laboratory for Molecular Psychiatry)
Kenta Matsumura (Department of Adult Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry/School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University)
Kei Hamazaki (Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama)

S3-F-1 2011/9/16 (fri) 8:30 - 11:00Room F (302)

Toward understanding of neural network of recognition

Organizers: Norihiro Sadato (National Institute for Physiological Sciences)
Seiki Konishi (Department of Physiology, The University of Tokyo School of Medicine)
Speakers: Takashi Tsukiura (Cogn. Sci., Kyoto Univ.)
Hiroki C. Tanabe (Div. of Cerebral Integration, NIPS/School of Life Science, SOKENDAI)
Guillen Fernandez (Donders Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Seiki Konishi (Dept. of Physiol., The Univ. of Tokyo Sch. of Med.)
Michael Milham (New York Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA)

S3-H-1 2011/9/16 (fri) 8:30 - 11:00Room H (304)

Taking a Close Look at Reward System: From Neuron, Molecule to Clinical Application

Organizers: Toshiya Murai (Department of Psychiatry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine)
Kiyoto Kasai (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo)
Speakers: Kazuki Enomoto (Brain Sci. Inst., Tamagawa Univ.)
Hidehiko Takahashi (Dep of Psychiatry, Grad. Sch. of Med., Kyoto Univ.)
Brian Knutson (Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA)
Saori Tanaka (Inst. of Social and Economic Research, Osaka Univ.)
Noriaki Yahata (Dept of Neuropsych, Grad Sch of Med, Univ of Tokyo)

S3-I-1 2011/9/16 (fri) 8:30 - 11:00Room I (311＋312)

Plasticity in the olfactory system - genesis, migration, circuit reorganization and function of adult olfactory bulb neurons

Organizers: Akio Tsuboi (Nara Medical University)
Masahiro Yamaguchi (Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo)
Speakers: Akio Tsuboi (Lab. for Mol. Biol. of Neural System, Nara Med. Univ.)
Itaru Imayoshi (The Hakubi Center, Kyoto University/Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University/PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST))
Masato Sawada (Nagoya City Univ.)
Masahiro Yamaguchi (Dep. of Physiol., Grad. Sch. of Med., Univ. of Tokyo)
Pierre-Marie LLEDO (Dept of Neuroscience, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France)

S3-J-1 2011/9/16 (fri) 8:30 - 11:00Room J (313＋314)

Impact of Sigma-1 receptor in depressive diseases

Organizers: Kohji Fukunaga (Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Teruo Hayashi (Cellular pathology Unit, National Institute on Drug Abuse)
Speakers: Teruo Hayashi (Cellular Stress Signaling Unit, Cellular Pathobiology Section, IRP, NIDA, NIH. Baltimore, USA)
Masatomo Ishikawa (Div. of Clin. Neuroscience, Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba Univ.)
Tangui Maurice (University of Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France)
Kohji Fukunaga (Dept of Pharmacol. Grad. Sch. Pharm. Scis. Tohoku Univ.)

S4-B-1 2011/9/17 (sat) 8:30 - 11:00Room B (501)

Dynamic aspects of memory formation

Organizers: Kaoru Inokuchi (Graduate School of Medicine & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama)
Satoshi Kida (Tokyo University of Agriculture, Department of Bioscience)
Speakers: Tim Bussey (Department of Experimental Psychology and MRC and Wellcome Trust Behavioural and Clinical Neurosciences Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)
Djoher Nora Abrous (Neurocentre Magendie, Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France)
Takashi Kitamura (Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama/The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/JST, CREST)
TATSUIHIRO HISATSUNE (Dept Integrated Biosciences, Univ. Tokyo)
Satoshi Kida (Dep. of Bioscience, Tokyo Univ. Agriculture/CREST, JST)

S4-C-1 2011/9/17 (sat) 8:30 - 11:00Room C (502)

Frontiers of major affective disorders: from molecular mechanism to diagnostic biological marker

Organizers: Masami Kojima (AIST, JST/CREST)
Bai Lu (GlaxoSmithKline (GSK))
Speakers: Masami Kojima (Bio-interface Research Group, Health Research Inst. AIST/CREST, JST)
Bai Lu (GlaxoSmithKline, R&D China, Shanghai, China)
Shigeru Morinobu (Dept. of Psychiat. Neurosci., Grad. Sch. of Biomed., Hiroshima Univ.)
HIROSHI OHNISHI (Lab. of Biosignal Sciences, IMCR, Gunma University)
Francis S. Lee (Cornell University, USA)

S4-E-1 2011/9/17 (sat) 8:30 - 11:00Room E (301)

Neurodevelopmental model of psychiatric disorders

Organizer: Toru Takumi (Hiroshima University)
Speakers: Ricardo Dolmetsch (Stanford School of Medicine, USA)
Takeshi Sakurai (Dept. Psych., Mt. Sinai Sch. Med., New York, USA/Med. Innovation Ctr, Kyoto Univ. Sch. Med.)
Noriko Osumi (Div. of Dev. Neurosci., Grad. Sch. of Med., Tohoku Univ.)

S4-F-1 2011/9/17 (sat) 8:30 - 11:00Room F (302)

New Perspectives for Neuroscience Research using Molecular Imaging

Organizers: Suhara Tetsuya (Molecular imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences)
Yanai Kazuhiko (Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine)
Speakers: Takafumi Minamimoto (Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Scineces/PRESTO, JST)
Bin Ji (Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences)
Hideaki Hara (Mol. Pharmacol., Gifu Pharmaceutical Uni.)
Nobuyuki Okamura (Dep. of Pharmacol., Grad. Sch. of Med., Tohoku Univ.)
Daniel Skovronsky (Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, USA)

S4-G-1 2011/9/17 (sat) 8:30 - 11:00Room G (303)

Molecular and Neural Mechanisms of Chemosensory Information Processing

Organizers: Yuichi Iino (Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
Yoshihiro Yoshihara (Laboratory for Neurobiology of Synapse, RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
Speakers: Yuzo Ninomiya (Sec. Oral Neurosci., Grad. Sch. Dent. Sci., Kyushu Univ.)
Ko Kobayakawa (Dept. Functional Neurosci., Osaka Bioscience Institute)
Nobuhiko Miyasaka (Lab Neurobiology of Synapse, RIKEN BSI)
Teiichi Tanimura (Dept.Biology, Grad. Sch. Sciences, Kyushu Univ.)
Takeshi Ishihara (Dept. of Biol, Grad. Sch. of Sci., Kysuhu Univ.)
Hirofumi Kunitomo (Dept Biophys Biochem, Grad Sch Sci, Univ Tokyo)

S4-H-1 2011/9/17 (sat) 8:30 - 11:00Room H (304)

Genomic science research for higher brain function in primates

Organizers: Masato Taira (Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
Erika Sasaki (Central Institute for Experimental Animals)
Speakers: Erika Sasaki (Central Institute for Experimental Animals/Keio University School of Medicine)
Yusuke Sotomaru (N-BARD, Hiroshima Univ.)
Kazuto Kobayashi (Dept. of Mol. Genet., Fukushima Med. Univ.)
Dai Watanabe (Grad. Sch. of Bio., Kyoto Univ./Faculty of Med., Kyoto Univ.)
Tadashi Isa (Natl Inst Physiol Sci./CREST, JST)
Hiroo Imai (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University)

S4-I-1 2011/9/17 (sat) 8:30 - 11:00Room I (311＋312)

Neural Pathway of Negative Emotion via Sensation

Organizer: Shin Fukudo (Department of Behavioral Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine)
Speakers: Shin Fukudo (Department of Behavioral Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine)
Fusao Kato (Lab. Neurophysiol., Dept. Neurosci., Jikei Univ. Sch. Med.)
Masabumi Minami (Dept. of Pharmacol., Grad. Sch. of Pharm. Sci., Hokkaido Univ.)
Kazutaka Ikeda (Res. Project for Addictive Substances, Tokyo Metropolitan Inst. of Med. Sci.)
Lukas Van Oudenhove (Translatinal Resarch Center for Gastrointestinal Diseases, University of Leuven, Belgium)

S4-J-1 2011/9/17 (sat) 8:30 - 11:00Room J (313＋314)

Mirror Neuron System in Future

Organizer: Motoaki Sugiura (IDAC, Tohoku University)
Speakers: Akira Murata (Dep. of Physiol., Kinki Univ. Facul. of Med.)
Sotaro Shimada (Sch Sci Tech, Meiji Univ.)
Motoaki Sugiura (Dept. Functional Brain Imaging, IDAC, Tohoku Univ.)
Emily S. Cross (BSI & Donders Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands)