(As of February 19, 2010)

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Lectures

Symposium (S1 - S25)

Symposium (S26 - S51)

Workshop

Joint Seminar

Symposium (S1 - S25)

S1 (A1) (120 min) Sleep monitoring

Chairpersons: Chokroverty S (Edison, N.J.), Kohyama J (Tokyo)

1. Tachibana N (Osaka)
   Historical overview of sleep scoring – how and why it has been modified
2. Miyamoto T, Miyamoto M (Mibu)
   Clinical and polysomnographic features of idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder
3. Nakajima T (Mitaka)
   Abnormal awaking state detected by activity monitoring
4. Chokroverty S (Edison, N.J.)
   Rhythm of the sleeping brain
5. Svanborg E (Stockholm)
   Neurophysiological testing in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
6. Kohyama J (Tokyo)
   Sleep disorders in children

S2 (B1) (120 min) Working memory and social brain

Chairpersons: Stephane M (Minneapolis), Osaka M (Osaka)

1. Osaka M (Osaka)
   Neural bases of working memory
2. Clark CR (Adelaide)
   Working memory in post-traumatic stress disorder
3. Stephane M (Minneapolis)
   Working memory in schizophrenia
4. Osaka N (Kyoto)
   Cognitive aspects of social brain
5. Sadato N (Okazaki)
   Social brain by fMRI study

S3 (C1) (120 min) Axonal conduction and threshold tracking

Chairpersons: Burke D (Sydney), Kuwabara S (Chiba)

1. Bostock H (London, UK)
   Clinical application of threshold electrotonus
2. Krarup C (Copenhagen)
   Axonal conduction in degenerating and regenerating nerve fibers
3. Kuwabara S (Chiba)
   Diabetic neuropathy
4. Kiernan M (Sydney)
   Toxic and metabolic neuropathy
5. Kaji R (Tokushima)
   Conduction block

S4 (D1) (120 min) Intracortical inhibition

Chairpersons: Di Lazzaro V (Rome), Hanajima R (Tokyo)

1. Sohn YH (Seoul)
   Surround inhibition
2. Hanajima R (Tokyo)
   Mechanisms of intracortical inhibition.
3. Chen R (Toronto)
   Intracortical inhibition in movement Disorder
4. Di Lazzaro V (Rome)
   Transcranial brain stimulation and cortical plasticity.

S5 (E1) (120 min) High frequency oscillations (HFOs)

Chairpersons: Restuccia D (Rome), Hashimoto I (Tokyo)

1. Hashimoto I (Tokyo)
   Physiological basis of HFOs
2. Restuccia D (Rome)
   Pharmacological modulation of HFOs
3. Hamada M (Tokyo)
   HFOs in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
4. Alegre M (Pamplona)
   Cortical myoclonus

S6 (F1) (120 min) Small fiber physiology

Chairpersons: Cole J (Poole, UK), Iwase S (Nagoya)

1. Cole J (Poole, UK)
   Physiology of low threshold unmyelinated sensory fibres
2. Inui K (Okazaki)
   Physiology of nociceptive fibers
3. Schmelz M (Heidelberg)
   Small fiber neuropathy and pain
4. Iwase S (Nagoya)
   Sympathetic nerve conduction

S7 (G1) (120 min) Evaluation of radiculopathy and myelopathy

Chairpersons: Nobrega J (Sao Paulo), Tani T (Kochi)

1. Kuruoglu R (Ankara)
   Evaluation of radiculopathy
2. Lo YL (Singapore)
   Cervical spondylosis
3. Tani T (Kochi)
   Spinal cord evoked potentials in cervical compression myelopathies with conduction block
4. Nobrega J (Sao Paulo)
   F wave

S8 (H1) (120 min) Brain computer interface

Chairpersons: Hallett M (Bethesda), Babiloni F (Rome)

1. Hallett M (Bethesda), Matsuhashi M (Kyoto)
   Intention to move
2. Cichocki A (Wako)
   Current trends in noninvasive brain computer interfaces
3. Ushiba J (Tokyo)
   Instrumentation
4. Yoshimine T (Osaka)
   Decoding of electrocorticogram
5. Babiloni F (Rome)
   Brain computer interfaces for communication and control of robotic devices and applications

S9 (A1) (150 min) Physiological studies of cognitive functions

Chairpersons: Polich J (San Diego), Farina J (Porto Alegre)

1. Polich J (San Diego)
   Overview
2. Tomberg C (Brussels)
   Factors influencing ERP
3. Kuroiwa Y (Yokohama)
   Cognitive VEP
4. Olichney JM (Davis, Calif.)
   ERP studies of memory disorders
5. Yamaguchi S (Izumo)
   Neurological disorders
6. Tachibana H (Nishinomiya)
   Movement disorders
7. Tucker DM (Eugene, Oreg.)
   Dense array EEG and mechanisms of epilepsy

S10 (B1) (150 min) Clinical application of MEG: Epilepsy and brain mapping

Chairpersons: Papanicolaou A (Houston), Nakasato N (Sendai)

1. Nakasato N (Sendai)
   Practical reasons for applying MEG clinically
2. Bast T (Kehl-Kork)
   Combined EEG and MEG analysis for epilepsy
3. Papanicolaou A (Houston)
   Presurgical language lateralization and mapping
4. Birbaumer N (Tubingen)
   Clinical application of neuromagnetic brain-computer interface
5. Roberts TP (Philadelphia)
   Language impairment in autism spectrum disorders
6. Otsubo H (Toronto)
   MEG and intracranial video EEG in pediatric neocortical epilepsy

S11 (C1) (150 min) Clinical application of rTMS

Chairpersons: Rossi S (Siena), Wang Y (Beijing)

1. Rossi S (Siena)
   Safety issue of rTMS
2. Bestmann S (London, UK)
   Combined TMS and fMRI
3. Saitoh Y (Osaka)
   Pain
4. Kito S (Mitaka)
   Depression
5. Wang Y (Beijing)
   Epilepsy
6. Enomoto H (Fukushima)
   Drug effects in normal and basal ganglia disorders

S12 (D1) (150 min) Physiological abnormalities in psychiatric diseases

Chairpersons: Salisbury DF (Boston), Niwa S (Fukushima)

1. Matsuura M (Tokyo)
   Introduction
2. Salisbury DF (Boston)
   ERP indices of static and progressive brain abnormalities in schizophrenia
3. Niwa S (Fukushima)
   ERP in schizophrenia and developing disorders
4. Stephane M (Minneapolis)
   Working memory in schizophrenia
5. Michie PT (Callaghan)
   Mismatch negativity: a physiological index of structural and functional brain abnormalities in schizophrenia
6. Takizawa R (Tokyo)
   Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in psychiatric disorders
7. Araki T, Kasai K (Tokyo)
   ERP and neuroimaging study in schizophrenia

S13 (E1) (150 min) Deep brain recording and stimulation

Chairpersons: Katayama Y (Tokyo), Rektor I (Brno)

1. Hashimoto T (Matsumoto)
   Physiological findings
2. Rektor I (Brno)
   Basal ganglia recording in epilepsy
3. Fraix V (Grenoble)
   Parkinson's disease
4. Zhuang P (Beijing)
   Dystonia
5. Katayama Y (Tokyo)
   Chronic pain
6. Chang JW (Seoul)
   Mental disorders

S14 (F1) (150 min) Development and brain functions

Chairpersons: Vanhatalo S (Helsinki), Ozaki H (Mito)

1. Vanhatalo S (Helsinki)
   Neonatal EEG beyond the graphoelements
2. Pihko E (Helsinki)
   Neonatal MEG
3. Martinovic Z (Belgrade)
   EEG evolution in children with epilepsy
4. Inagaki M (Kodaira)
   Magnocellular VEP in dyslexics
5. Chan AS (Hong Kong)
   Autistic children
6. Ozaki H (Mito)
   Neurophysiological contribution to evidence based education

S15 (A2) (120 min) Auditory system

Chairpersons: Starr A (Irvine), Ozaki I (Aomori)

1. Starr A (Irvine)
   Physiology of auditory nerve
2. Okamoto H (Munster)
   Auditory evoked magnetic field
3. Ozaki I (Aomori)
   Human tonotopic maps and their rapid task-related changes studied by MEG
4. Fischer C (Lyon)
   Cognitive auditory evoked potentials in uncommunicative patients
5. Satoh M (Sendai)
   Music and the brain: cognition and emotion

S16 (B2) (120 min) Event-related desynchronization ⁄ synchronization (ERD ⁄ ERS)

Chairpersons: Derambure P (Lille), Hirata M (Osaka)

1. Neuper C (Graz)
   New concepts of ERD/ERS for the study of mental processes
2. Hirata M (Osaka)
   Language study based on the cerebral oscillatory changes using beam forming magnetometry
3. Wheaton L (Atlanta)
   Praxis movement
4. Derambure P (Lille)
   Clinical application

S17 (C2) (120 min) Sensorimotor integration

Chairpersons: Tecchio F (Rome), Mima T (Kyoto)

1. Ohki Y (Mitaka)
   Basic physiology
2. Tecchio F (Rome)
   Local cortical and cortico-spinal neural synchrony for sensorimotor control
3. Quartarone A (Messina)
   Paired associative stimulation
4. Kida T (Okazaki)
   EEG/MEG study
5. Mima T (Kyoto)
   Combined study

S18 (D2) (120 min) Visual system

Chairpersons: Holder GE (London, UK), Tobimatsu S (Fukuoka)

1. Miyake Y (Nagoya)
   Clinical electrophysiology of retina
2. Holder GE (London, UK)
   Clinical application of ERG
3. Tobimatsu S (Fukuoka)
   Modality-specific VEP
4. Hirai M (Kingston, Ontario)
   Neural response to perception of biological motion
5. Puce A (Bloomington, Ind.)
   Neural measures of non-verbal communication

S19 (E2) (120 min) Use of TMS for treatment

Chairpersons: Mills KR (London, UK), Tsuji S (Kitakyushu)

1. Mills KR (London, UK)
   Overview
2. Terao Y (Tokyo)
   Implications of hemispheric lateralization in motor recovery
3. Ugawa Y (Fukushima)
   Parkinson disease
4. Pascual-Leone A (Boston)
   Neurological diseases
5. Paulus W (Gottingen)
   Transcranial electrical stimulation techniques

S20 (F2) (120 min) Pathophysiology of essential tremor

Chairpersons: Vaillancourt DE (Chicago), Katayama Y (Tokyo)

1. Volkmann J (Kiel)
   Lessons deep brain stimulation told us about the pathophysiology of essential tremor
2. Katayama Y (Tokyo)
   Role of thalamus
3. Louis ED (New York)
   Neuropathology
4. van Rootselaar AF (Amsterdam)
   Cortical tremor
5. Vaillancourt DE (Chicago)
   Dynamics of tremor in Parkinson's disease

S21 (G2) (120 min) Infraslow cortical activities

Chairpersons: Fabricius M (Copenhagen), Ikeda A (Kyoto)

1. Fabricius M (Copenhagen)
   Cortical spreading depolarizations
2. Rodin E (Salt Lake City)
   Intracranial infraslow EEG
3. Ikeda A (Kyoto)
   Epilepsy
4. Vanhatalo S (Helsinki)
   Slow events in child's brain

S22 (H2) (120 min) EEG ⁄ MEG and epilepsy in children

Chairpersons: Pihko E (Helsinki), Kaga M (Kodaira)

1. Negoro T (Okazaki)
   Development of EEG and age dependent epilepsy
2. Kubota M (Tokyo)
   Use of MEG in the study of development
3. Pihko E (Helsinki)
   Neonatal MEG
4. Ochi A, Otsubo H (Toronto)
   MEG and scalp EEG in children
5. Kaga M (Kodaira)
   Auditory perception in Landau-Kleffner syndrome

S23 (A2) (150 min) Intraoperative and ICU monitoring

Chairpersons: Nuwer MR (Los Angeles), Cibils D (Montevideo)

1. Cibils D (Montevideo)
   Overview
2. Guerit JM (Brussels)
   Cortical functions
3. Fabricius M (Copenhagen)
   Long term electrocorticography in acute brain injury
4. Fischer C (Lyon)
   Auditory event-related potentials in comatose patients
5. Machado C (Havana)
   Diagnosis of brain death and other disorders of consciousness
6. Yamamoto T (Tokyo)
   Neurosurgical monitoring
7. Yingling CD (San Francisco)
   Mapping corticospinal tract

S24 (B2) (150 min) Use of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)

Chairpersons: Mackert BM (Berlin), Koizumi H (Saitama)

1. Koizumi H (Saitama)
   Principle of NIRS
2. Hoshi Y (Tokyo)
   Basic study of NIRS
3. Watanabe E (Tochigi)
   Clinical application
4. Fukuda M (Maebashi)
   Psychiatric disorders
5. Fallgatter AJ (Wurzburg)
   Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
6. Yamaguchi M (Tokyo)
   NIRS study in infants
7. Mackert BM (Berlin)
   Combined DC-MEG and NIRS to study simultaneously neuronal and vascular brain functions

S25 (C2) (150 min) Use of botulinum toxin for neurological disorders

Chairpersons: Rogers J (Singapore), Kaji R (Tokushima)

1. Rogers J (Singapore)
   Beyond the neuromuscular junction and implication for clinical application
2. Mezaki T (Tsu)
   Dystonia
3. Altenmuller E (Hannover)
   Musician's cramp
4. Kaji R (Tokushima)
   Spasticity
5. Rosales RL (Manila)
   Spasticity in stroke and botulinum toxin therapy: Whom and when to inject?
6. Nezu A (Yokohama)
   Cerebral palsy and botulinum toxin
7. Bouhassira D (Boulogne-Billancourt)
   Pain and headache

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