Cerebellum Meeting.
Lecture Hall K, Erasmus University Mecical Center(Dijkzicht), Rotterdam
October 14-16, 2002
Program :
Monday October 14th, 2002: Public meeting
09:30-10:20 : D. Ogden (Institute for Medical Research, London) : Postsynaptic mechanisms in the slow EPSP of Purkinje neurones
10:20-11:10 : M. Meyer (Institute of Ophthalmology, London) : Calbindin, calcium transients and cerebellar control of behaviour
11:10-12:00 : S.N. Schiffmann and Guy Cheron (Universite Libre Bruxelles) : Calretinin and calbindin in the control of cerebellar physiology
13:10-14:00 : N. Hartell (University of London) : Functional differences between granule cell-Purkinje cell synapses?
14:00-14:50 : J.G. Barbara (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris) : Properties of parallel fibres-stellate cell excitatory synapses and recent findings in the modulation of calcium transients recorded from parallel fibres
14:50-15:40 : V. Gauck (University Tubingen) : Interaction of NMDA and GABAa inputs in DCN activity control
16:00-17:00 : Y. Yarom (Hebrew University Jerusalem) : Timing, oscillations and cerebellar function
17:00-18:00 : After meeting drinks hosted by the Neuroscience Institute
19:00-?? : Hosted dinner for PIs only at the Overschiese
Tuesday October 15th, 2002: EC Consortium meeting
09:30-10:10 : Yonatan Loewenstein: "Purkinje Cells as Toggle switches"
WP1 : Functional Architecture of Precerebellar Systems and Cerebellar Modules
10:10-10:50 : Sveinung Lillehaug: Digital atlasing of somatosensory cerebro-cerebellar circuits: anatomy to function
10:50-11:20 : Coffee break
11:20-11:50 : Jan G. Bjaalie: Understanding plasticity of cerebellar somatosensory maps: viewpoints from anatomy
WP2 : Functional Architecture of Olivary Nucleus and Climbing Fiber Projections
11:50-12:30 : Edith Chorev: "Oscillations without gap junctions"
12:30-14:00 : Discussion WP1 and WP2 (PIs only) + lunch
WP3 : Mossy Fiber and Granule Cell Firing Properties and Synaptic Plasticity
WP4 : Function of the Cerebellar Granule Cell Layer and the Role of the Glomerulus
14:00-14:30 : Egidio D'Angelo: "Quantal analysis reveals increased quantal release during mf-grc LTP"
14:30-15:00 : Tom Nielsen: "Why do granule cell AMPA receptor EPSC waveforms depend on release probability"
15:00-15:30 : Francesca Prestori: "Presynaptic current changes and NO production during mf-grc LTP"
15:30-16:00 : Tea break
16:00-16:40 : Frederik Geurts: "Functional morphology of large granular layer interneurons"
16:40-18:00 : Discussion WP3 and WP4 (PIs only).
19:00-?? : No-host dinner (24 euro) for everybody at old Delfsthaven harbour
Wednesday October 16th, 2002: EC Consortium meeting
WP4 : continued
9:30-10:10 : Simon Mitchell: "Shunting inhibition modulates neuronal gain in cerebellar granule cells"
10:10-10:40 : Paola Rossi: "Impairment of mf-grc LTP in mice with NMDA receptor mutations"
WP6 : Neuroinformatics Database on the Cerebellum and Its Connections
10:40-11:10 : R. Cannon: "Current status of distributed databasing"
11:10-11:40 : Coffee break + Discussion WP6 (PIs only)
WP5 : Excitability and Plasticity in the Molecular Layer
11.40-12:20 : Freek Hoebeek: "It's the noise that makes the choice"
12:20-13:00 : Reinoud Maex: "Resonant synchronization in networks of inhibitory neurons"
13:00-14:00 : Lunch
14:00-14:50 : Mike Hausser: "Feedforward inhibition in the molecular layer of cerebellar cortex"
14:50-15:30 : John Weber: "Long-term depression of climbing fiber-evoked calcium transients in Purkinje cell dendrites"
15:30-17:30 : Tea break + Discussion WP5 + remaining issues (PIs only)