3rd International Symposium on Prefrontal Cortex – Searching for Mechanism of Mind – was held on Nov.29 -30, 2012.

Date: November 29 – 30, 2012
Place: Large Conference Hall, 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Organizer
Shintaro Funahashi (Kyoto University, Japan)
Satoru Otani (Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6 France)
Yukiori Goto (McGill University, Canada)
Programme
Day 1 (November 29)
9:00-9:05　Opening Remark
Session 1: Cellular and Network Mechanisms of Information Processing in Rodents
9:05-9:45
Satoru Otani (Ryotokuji University, Japan/University of Paris VI, France)
Title: Functional and dysfunctional plasticity inductions in rodent prefrontal cortex
9:45-10:25
Eiichi Jodo (Fukushima Medical University, Japan)
Title: Dysfunction of the hippocampo-prefrontal cortex system in phencyclidine-treated animals as an animal model of schizophrenia
10:25-10:35 Coffee Break
10:35-11:15
Young-A Lee (McGill University, Canada)
Title: Prefrontal cortical alterations by prenatal and postnatal stress interaction
11:15-11:55
Masatoshi Takita (Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Japan)
Title: Neural elements underlying prefrontal functions – Focus on hippocampal-prefrontal pathway
11:55-12:35
Charles Yang (Shanghai Chempartner, China)
Title: Dopamine modulates ion channels that regulate neuronal excitability and repetitive　firing to encode forms of plasticity in the prefrontal cortex
12:35-14:00　Lunch
Session 2: Prefrontal Cortical Activity and Cognitive Functions in Primates
14:00-14:40
Shintaro Funahashi (Kyoto University, Japan)
Title: Prefrontal cortex and neural mechanism of executive function
14:40-15:20
Masamichi Sakagami (Tamagawa University)
Title: Reward inference by primate prefrontal and striatal neurons
15:20-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-16:10
Yoshio Sakurai (Kyoto University)
Title: Dynamic synchrony of firing in the prefrontal cortex in monkeys and rats
16:10-16:50
Yong-Di Zhou　 (East China Normal University, China)
Title: Neuronal activity in monkey prefrontal cortex in a visual-haptic cross-modal delay task.
Day 2 (November 30)
9:00-9:40
Mark Buckley (University of Oxford, UK)
Title: Distinguishing the contributions of frontopolar cortex and other prefrontal cortical　regions to cognition in the non-human primate
9:40-10:20
Clayton Curtis (New York University, USA)
Title: The role of topographic maps of prioritized space in frontal and parietal cortex.
10:20-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:10
Masaki Isoda　(Kansai Medical University, Japan)
Title: Monitoring others’ actions in the medial prefrontal cortex of the macaque
11:10-11:50
Masaki Tanaka (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Title: Multiple components of prefrontal signals for covert tracking of moving objects
Session 3: Human Prefrontal Cortical Functions and Dysfunction in Psychiatric Disorders
11:50-12:30
Hidehiko Takahashi (Kyoto University, Japan)
Title: Molecular neuroimaging of the prefrontal functions in human
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:40
Michael Nitsche(Georg-August-University, Germany)
Title: Impact of neuromodulators on plasticity in humans
14:40-15:20
Ester Miyuki Nakamura Palacios (University of Espirito-Santo, Brazil)
Title: Neuromodulation of prefrontal cortex activity by direct current stimulation on alcohol and crack-cocaine dependence
15:20-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-16:10
Naoyuki Osaka (Kyoto University, Japan)
Title: Medial PFC correlates of self in the human brain: an fMRI study
16:10-16:50
Roshan Cools and Quirine Veth (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherland)
Title: Dopaminergic modulation of frontostriatal function
16:50-17:00 Concluding Remark

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