From: Dennis L. Glanzman, Ph.D. (glanzman@helix.nih.gov)
Date: Mon Sep 27 2004 - 21:41:58 CEST
Twelfth Annual
Dynamical Neuroscience Satellite Symposium:
Closing the Loop
Thursday, October 21, 2004 8 a.m.-9 p.m.
Friday, October 22, 2004 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Preceding the 34th Annual Meeting
of the Society for Neuroscience
San Diego Convention Center
San Diego, California
From ion channels to networks to behavior, the majority of neuronal
processes are in a closed loop, where the input to the system depends on
its
output. In contrast, most in vitro preparations are not.
Thanks to recent advances in real-time computing, we can artificially
close the loop and
stimulate the system according to its current state. Such a
closed-loop approach blurs the border between experiments and
simulations, and it allows us to peek into the inner workings of the
brain that are not accessible by any other means. This symposium
considers neuronal systems ranging from single cells, to small circuits,
to the whole organism. It emphasizes the dynamic clamp
approach to study the role of ion channels in orchestrating behavior, and
extends this closed-loop concept to networks, neural prostheses and
therapeutic interventions.
Invited Speakers:
Eve E. Marder, Brandeis University, How Good is Good Enough?
Using the Dynamic Clamp to Understand Parameter Regulation in Network
Function
Robert Butera, Georgia Institute of Technology, Dynamic
Clamp:
Technological Implementations and Algorithmic Development
Gwendal le Masson, INSERM, Paris, Biological-Artificial
Interactions:
Evolution of Techniques and Emerging Concepts in Network
Neurosciences
Farzan Nadim, Rutgers University, Synaptic Depression
Mediates
Bistability in Neuronal Networks with Feedback Inhibition
Alex Reyes, New York University, Controlling the Spread of
Synchrony with Inhibition
Shimon Marom, Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Haifa
Learning in Networks of Cortical Neurons
Yang Dan, University of California, Berkeley
Timing-Dependent Plasticity in Visual Cortex
Moshe Abeles, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Spatial and Temporal Organization of Activity in Motor Cortex
Rafael Yuste, Columbia University, Imaging the Spontaneous
and Evoked Dynamics of the Cortical Microcircuit
Theodore W. Berger, University of Southern California, Nonlinear
Dynamic Models
of Neural Systems as the Basis for Neural Prostheses: Application
to Hippocampus
Michael Dickinson, California Institute of Technology
The Organization of Visual Motion Reflexes in Flies and their Role in
Flight Control
Andrew Schwartz, University of Pittsburgh, Useful Signals from
Motor Cortex
Peter A. Tass, Institute of Medicine, Jülich, and University of
Cologne, Germany
Model-Based Development of Desynchronizing Deep Brain
Stimulation
Keynote Address:
Mayada Akil, National Institute of Mental Health
Putting it All Together: Schizophrenia, from Phenotype to
Genotype and Back
Poster sessions will be held during both days of the meeting.
Program
agenda may be accessed via the NIMH website located at:
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/scientificmeetings/dynamics2004.cfm
For further information, registration and other logistics, contact
Matt
Burdetsky at Capital Meeting Planning, Inc., 6521 Arlington Blvd.,
Suite
505, Falls Church, VA 22042 (703) 536-4993; Fax: (703) 536-4991;
E-mail:
matt@cmpinc.net
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