@4th International Symposium, Society for Research on the Cerebellum
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Congress Schedule
8:30- Registration

9:00- Welcoming remarks (Chair: N. Koibuchi)
Ferdinando Rossi, President SRC
Shoji Tsuji, Univ. of Tokyo

9:10-9:50 Plenary lectureiChair: F. Rossij
Masao Ito (RIKEN, Japan)
gEver-growing significance of the cerebellumh


<Symposium 1>
Cerebellar Development and Regeneration (Chair: K. Tsutsui)

9:50-10:10 Ferdinando Rossi (Univ. of Turin, Itary)
gSpecification and differentiation of cerebellar GABAergic neuronsh

10:10-10:30 Mikio Hoshino (Natl Inst. Neurosci, Japan)
gRoles of transcription factors in specifying neuron subtypes in the cerebellar systemh

10:30-10:50 David Vaudry (INSERM, France)
gRole of PAPCAP in cerebellar developmenth

10:50-11:10 Kazuyoshi Tsutsui (Waseda Univ., Japan)
gNeurosteroid biosynthesis and action during cerebellar developmenth

11:10-11:25 Coffee Break


<Symposium 2>
Synaptic Plasticity of Cerebellum (Chair:T. Ebner)

11:25-11:45 Masanobu Kano (Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
gActivity-dependent maturation of climbing fiber to Purkinje cell synapses during postnatal cerebellar developmenth

11:45-12:05 Tomoo Hirano (Kyoto Univ., Japan)
gRegulation of inhibitory synaptic plasticity in a Purkinje neuronh

12:05-12:25 Timothy Ebner (Univ. Minnesota, USA)
Flavoprotein optical imaging of cerebellar circuits: Beams, bands, patches and plasticity.

12:25-12:45 Michisuke Yuzaki (Keio Univ., Japan)
gThe ins and outs of GluD2: Why and how Purkinje cells use the special glutamate receptor.h

12:45-13:50 Luncheon Seminar (Chair: S. Tsuji)
Hideyuki Okano (Keio Univ., Japan)
gBrain Science using iPS technologies and transgenic non-human primatesh


<Symposium 3>
Molecular basis of cerebellar structure and function (Chair:N. Koibuchi)

13:50-14:10 Jan Voogd (Erasmus Med. Ctr., Netherlands)
gThe modular organization of the cerebellum: history and future.h

14:10-14:30 Jean Mariani (UPM, France)
gThe nuclear receptor RORƒ¿: acritical actor in the neuron-astrocyte dialogueh

14:30-14:50 Mario Manto (FNRS-ULB, Belgium)
gCerebellar Research: 2 centuries of discoveries.h

14:50-15:50 Poster Presentation
Poster viewing (See below for poster titles and authors) 


<Symposium 4>
Cerebellar functional analysis (Chair: Y. Ugawa)

15:50-16:10 Thomas Knopfel (RIKEN, Japan)
gCellular diversity in the deep cerebellar nuclei.h

16:10-16:30 Izumi Sugihara (Tokyo Med. Dent. Univ., Japan)
gCerebellar functional and anatomical connection.h

16:30-16:50 Shinji Kakei (Tokyo Metropol. Inst. Med. Sci., Japan)
gFunctional evaluation of the feedforward and feedback controllers in cerebellar disorders.h

16:50-17:10 Yoshikazu Ugawa (Fukushima Med. Univ., Japan)
gCerebellar stimulation in cerebellar disorders.h


<Symposium 5>
Recent advances ofresearch on human cerebellum and disease models. (Chair: S. Tsuji)

17:10-17:30 Im Joo Rhyu (Korea University, Korea)
gMacroscopic and microscopic changes of cerebellum in response to motor skill learning in human and animal modelsh
17:30-17:50 Hirokazu Hirai (Gunma Univ., Japan)
gRescue of developmental defects in mice with cerebellar ataxia using lentiviral vectors.h

17:50-18:10 Ichiro Miyai (Morinomiya Hospital, Japan)
gChallenge of neurorehabilitaion for cerebellar degenerative diseases.h

18:10-18:40 Shoji Tsuji (Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
gElucidation of molecular mechanisms of ataxias based on personal genome analysis and translation into therapeutic approaches.h

18:40-18:45 Closing Remarks
Mario Manto (Editor-in-Chief, The Cerebellum)

19:00- Reception


  POSTER TITLES

Poster 1
gModeling study for a possible mechanism of spacing effect in cerebellar motor learningh
Tadashi Yamazaki (RIKEN BSI-TOYOTA Collaboration, Japan)

Poster 2
gProtein synthesis in the cerebellar cortex underlies the transfer of memory trace of adaptation induced by spacing learningh
Soichi Nagao (RIKEN BSI, Japan)

Poster 3
gPurkinje cells actively produce an unknown neurosteroid from pregnenolone during cerebellar developmenth
Shin-ichiro Okuyama (Waseda Univ., Japan)

Poster 4
gEstradiol promotes Purkinje dendritic growth, spinogenesis and synaptogenesis during neonatal life by inducing the expression of BDNFh
Shogo Haraguchi (Waseda Univ., Japan)

Poster 6
gCerebellar dysfunction and behavioral disorder in congenital hypothyroid (rdw) rath
Sayo Yamaguchi (Gunma Univ., Japan)

Poster 7
gRegulatory roles of DNA topoisomerase IIƒÀin the developing cerebellar neuronsh
Kimiko M. Tsutsui (Okayama Univ., Japan)

Poster 8
gCould the tail tell the tale? About the Cerebellar Tonsil and the Resting Brainh
Federico D'Agata (Univ. Turin, Italy)

Poster 9
gMulti-site modulation of AMPA-receptor trafficking during cerebellar LTDh
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (RIKEN BSI, Japan)

Poster 10
gPurkinje cell clusters in the embryonic cerebellum are the origin of the longitudinal compartments in the adult cerebellumh
Hirofumi Fujita (Tokyo Med. Dent. Univ., Japan)

Poster 11
gPhysiological characteristics of small inhibitory interneurons underneath the cerebellar Purkinje cell layerh
Moritoshi Hirono (RIKEN BSI, Japan)

Poster 12
gDirect causality between single Purkinje cell activities and motor learning revealed by a cerebellum-machine interface utilizing VOR adaptation paradigmh
Yutaka Hirata (Chubu Univ., Japan)

Poster 13
gSearching for novel binding partners of Atoh1 and Ptf1a, cerebellar development-related proteins using Proteomic analysesh
Tomoo Owa (NCNP, Japan)

Poster 14
gSpatial specification of cerebellar neuroepithelium by bHLH transcription factors, Ptf1a and Atoh1, during developmenth
Mayumi Yamada (NCNP, Japan)

Poster 15
gDiffuse reduction of cerebral blood flow, cognitive impairment and depressive mood in sporadic cases of autosomal recessive spinocerebellar degeneration with APTX and SETX mutationsh
Masaki Ikeda (Gunma Univ., Japan)

Poster 16
gTranscription factors expressed in the Purkinje cells lineageh
Yusuke Seto (NCNP, Japan)

Poster 17
gThe effect of lipopolysaccharides on thyroid hormone-regulated functions of astrocyteh
Ming Xu (Gunma Univ., Japan)

Poster 18
gDisruption of Cerebellar Development by Brominated Organic Chemicals Possibly through Suppression of TR-mediated Transcriptionh
Toshiharu Iwasaki (Gunma Univ., Japan)

Poster 19
gThe birthdate of Purkinje cells" is the key to understanding the cerebellar compartmentalization and the cerebellar functionh
Mitsuhiro Hashimoto (RIKEN BSI, Japan)

Poster 20
gTranscranial magnetic stimulation over the cerebellum in ataxic and non-ataxic patients with progressive supranuclear palsyh
Yuichiro Shirota (Univ. Tokyo, Japan)

Poster 21
gDisruption of mGluR-mediated signaling at cerebellar parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapses in staggerer mutant miceh
Nobutake Hosoi (Gunma Univ., Japan)

Poster 22
gAnalysis of cerebellar Purkinje cell-specific vesicular GABA transporter deficient miceh
Toshikazu Kakizaki (Gunma Univ., Japan)

Poster 23
gActivity-dependent synapse elimination of climbing fiber to Purkinje cell projections in vitroh
Takayasu Mikuni (Univ. Tokyo, Japan)

Poster 24
gSimple spike activities of cerebellar Purkinje cells for step-tracking wrist movement of the wristh
Takahiro Ishikawa (Tokyo Metropol. Inst. Med. Sci., Japan)

Poster 25
gActivation of autophagy protects neurons from remote degeneration after acute focal damageh
Maria Teresa Viscomi (IRCCS S., Italy)

Poster 26
gInvestigation of cerebellar ataxia prevalence rate in South Koreah
Chan-Nyoung Lee (Korea University, Korea)

Poster 27
gRNA mediated neurodegeneration in SCA31, a non-coding pentanucleotide repeat expansion disorder common in Japanh
Yusuke Niimi (Tokyo Med. Dent. Univ., Japan)

Poster 28
gPolyglutamine expansions inƒ¿1A calcium channel C-terminal exert toxicity in the cytoplasm with CREB transcriptional activationh
Makoto Takahashi (Tokyo Med. Dent. Univ., Japan)

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