Scientific Program(As of February 19, 2010)

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Named Lectures

NL1 (A1) Adrian lecture

Mauguiere F (Lyon)
Functions of insula

Chairperson: Tanaka T (Asahikawa)

NL2 (A2) Berger lecture

Luders HO (Cleveland)
Epilepsy and cortical functions

Chairperson: Kato M (Fukuoka)

NL3 (A3) Kugelberg lecture

Rossini PM (Rome)
Neuronal plasticity in human

Chairperson: Hashimoto I (Tokyo)

Special Lecture for Opening Ceremony

Lucking CH (Freiburg) and Nuwer MR (Los Angeles)
History of IFCN

Chairperson: Shibasaki H (Kyoto)

Memorial Lectures for Prof. Toshihiko Tokizane

(Monday, November 1, 2010, before Closing Ceremony)
Yanagisawa N (Tokyo) & Kimura J (Iowa City)
Introduction of Professor Toshihiko Tokizane

Tokizane Lecture I

Hashimoto I (Tokyo)
Cortical representation of attention focus: short-term plasticity in the human somatosensory cortex

Chairperson: Yanagisawa N (Tokyo)

Tokizane Lecture II

Shibasaki H (Kyoto)
Cortical activities associated with voluntary and involuntary movements

Chairperson: Kimura J (Iowa)

Special Lectures

SL1 (B1)

Ziemann U (Frankfurt)
Neuropharmacology of intracortical inhibition

Chairperson: Hanajima R (Tokyo)

SL2 (C1)

Tobimatsu S (Fukuoka)
Physiology of visual cortex

Chairperson: Kuroiwa Y (Yokohama)

SL3 (D1)

Guerit JM (Brussels)
Use of evoked potentials for intraoperative monitoring

Chairperson: Cibils D (Montevideo)

SL4 (E1)

Valeriani M (Rome)
Somatosensory evoked potentials

Chairperson: Ozaki I (Aomori)

SL5 (F1)

Stam CJ (Amsterdam)
Cortico-cortical functional coupling: what can we learn from graph theory?

Chairperson: Hallett M (Bethesda)

SL6 (G1)

Valls-Sole J (Barcelona)
Electrophysiological studies of cranial nerve functions

Chairperson: Kimura J (Iowa City)

SL7 (H1)

Lauritzen M (Copenhagen)
Hemodynamic vs. electrophysiologic activities of brain

Chairperson: Fukuyama H (Kyoto)

SL8 (B2)

Rothwell JC (London, UK)
Future of TMS

Chairperson: Ugawa Y (Fukushima)

SL9 (C2)

Stalberg EV (Uppsala)
EMG study of myopathy

Chairperson: Sonoo M (Tokyo)

SL10 (D2)

Garcia-Larrea L (Lyon)
Cortical pain processing

Chairperson: Kakigi R (Okazaki)

SL11 (E2)

Hallett M (Bethesda)
Physiology of psychogenic movement disorders

Chairperson: Shibasaki H (Kyoto)

SL12 (F2)

Mills KR (London, UK)
Generation of abnormal spontaneous electrical activity in muscle

Chairperson: Komori T (Tokyo)

SL13 (G2)

Burke D (Sydney)
Action potentials and impulse conduction in sensory and motor axons

Chairperson: Kuwabara S (Chiba)

SL 14 (B3)

Deuschl G (Kiel)
Clinical physiology of tremor

Chairperson: Elble RJ (Springfield, Ill.)

SL15 (C3)

Sanders DB (Durham)
Physiology of neuromuscular junction

Chairperson: Oh SJ (Birmingham, Ala.)

SL16 (D3)

Bostock H (London, UK)
Threshold electrotonus and related techniques

Chairperson: Burke D (Sydney)

SL17 (E3)

Kimura J (Iowa City)
Recent advance in F wave

Chairperson: Yanagisawa N (Tokyo)

SL18 (F3)

Lehmann-Horn F (Ulm)
Myotonia as channelopathies

Chairperson: Arimura K (Kagoshima)

SL19 (G3)

Daube JR (Rochester, Minn.)
Pitfalls of needle electromyography: a case based discussion

Chairperson: Kohara N (Kobe)

SL20 (B4)

Romani GL (Chieti)
Multimodal neuroimaging

Chairperson: Sadato N (Okazaki)

SL21 (D4)

Stegeman DF (Nijmegen)
New insights into high density surface EMG

Chairperson: Kimura A (Izu)

SL22 (E4)

Hari R (Espoo)
Brains in social interaction

Chairperson: Nagamine T (Sapporo)

SL23 (F4)

Brown P (London, UK)
Significance of oscillations in the basal ganglia circuit

Chairperson: Hashimoto T (Matsumoto)

SL24 (G4)

Eisen A (Vancouver)
Electrophysiological diagnosis of ALS

Chairperson: Dengler R (Hannover)

SL25 (H4)

Naatanen R (Helsinki)
Clinical use of mismatch negativity

Chairperson: Koga Y (Mitaka)

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