(As of February 19, 2010)

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Lectures

Symposium (S1 - S25)

Symposium (S26 - S51)

Workshop

Joint Seminar

Symposium (S26 - S51)

S26 ( E2) (150 min) Sleep disorders

Chairpersons: Montplaisir J (Montreal), Hirata K (Utsunomiya)

1. Hirata K (Utsunomiya)
   Overview
2. Bassetti CL (Geneva)
   Sleep.wake disorders and focal brain damage
3. Dyken ME, Yamada T (Iowa City)
   The clinical diagnostic pitfalls of polysomnography
4. Inoue Y (Tokyo)
   Clinical application of PSG
5. Montplaisir J (Montreal)
   REM sleep behavior disorders
6. de Weerd AW (Hague)
   Periodic limb movement during sleep

S27 (F2) (150 min) Physiology of polyneuropathies

Chairpersons: Reisin R (Buenos Aires), de Carvalho MA (Lisbon)

1. Reisin R (Buenos Aires)
   Introduction
2. Goh K-J (Kuala Lumpur)
   Guillain-Barré syndrome: clinical and electrophysiological spectrum
3. Franssen H (Utrecht)
   Demyelinating neuropathies
4. Misawa S (Chiba)
   Diabetic neuropathy
5. Huang CC (Taipei)
   Toxic neuropathies
6. de Carvalho MA (Lisbon)
   Familial amyloid polyneuropathy
7. Lin CS (Sydney)
   Porphyric neuropathy: insane in the membrane

S28 (F2) (150 min) Face perception

Chairpersons: Puce A (Bloomington, Ind.), Kakigi R (Okazaki)

1. Puce A (Bloomington, Ind.)
   Overview
2. Kakigi R (Okazaki)
   EEG ⁄ MEG
3. Iidaka T (Nagoya)
   fMRI
4. Gunji A (Kodaira)
   Facial cognition in autistic children
5. Nakato E (Tokyo)
   Familiar vs. unfamiliar faces to infants studied by NIRS
6. Eifuku S (Toyama)
   Neural correlates of face recognition and memory in monkeys
7. Rossion B (Louvain)
   The neurophysiology of acquired prosopagnosia

S29 (A3) (120 min) Mismatch negativity (MMN)

Chairpersons: Naatanen R (Helsinki), Yabe H (Fukushima)

1. Naatanen R (Helsinki)
   Principle
2. Yabe H (Fukushima)
   Basic study
3. Escera C (Barcelona)
   Ultrafast mechanisms of auditory novelty detection in the human brain
4. Kirino E (Shizuoka)
   Simultaneous EEG-fMRI recording of MMN in schizophrenia
5. Michie PT (Callaghan)
   MMN in schizophrenia: relationship to functional status, generator sources and grey matter loss

S30 (B3) (120 min) High resolution EEG analysis

Chairpersons: Stam CJ (Amsterdam), Koga Y (Mitaka)

1. Koga Y (Mitaka)
   Overview
2. Pascual-Marqui RD (Zurich)
   Functional localization and cortical connectivity: discovering the parts and their interactions using exact LORETA
3. Stam CJ (Amsterdam)
   Analysis methods: new approaches to the characterization of functional brain networks
4. Babiloni C (Rome)
   Mechanisms of cortical neural synchronization in humans as revealed by advanced EEG techniques
5. Harmony T (Mexico City)
   Narrow frequency EEG source analysis in the first year of life

S31 (C3) (120 min) Somatosensory system

Chairpersons: Yamada T (Iowa City), Tinazzi M (Verona)

1. Sonoo M (Tokyo)
   Generator mechanism of SEP
2. Yamada T (Iowa City)
   Effect of sleep
3. Hoshiyama M (Nagoya)
   Two point discrimination
4. Valeriani M (Rome)
   Clinical use of SEP
5. Tinazzi M (Verona)
   Sensory functions in movement disorders

S32 (E3) (120 min) Functional recovery of stroke patients

Chairpersons: Cohen LG (Bethesda), Miyai I (Osaka)

1. Cohen LG (Bethesda)
   Cortical physiology and rehabilitation in stroke patients
2. Miyai I (Osaka)
   Neural mechanisms underlying functional recovery after stroke
3. Hummel FC (Hamburg)
   Mechanism of stroke recovery
4. Fujiwara T (Tokyo)
   Effect of hybrid assistive neuromuscular dynamic electrical stimulation (HANDS) for recovery after stroke

S33 (G3) (120 min) Psychophysiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders (AD ⁄ HD)

Chairpersons: Fallgatter AJ (Wurzburg), Yasuhara A (Hirakata)

1. Yasuhara A (Hirakata)
   Evaluation of attention in AD ⁄ HD by the continuous performance test
2. Yamashiro D, Goto Y, Kaga Y, Aihara M (Kofu)
   Psychophysiological evidences of poor inhibition in AD ⁄ HD
3. Tripp G (Okinawa)
   AD ⁄ HD and reward system
4. Fallgatter AJ (Wurzburg)
   ERP and NIRS in AD ⁄ HD

S34 (H3) (120 min) Neurophysiology of rehabilitation

Chairpersons: Robinson LR (Seattle), Kimura A (Izu)

1. Li LSW (Hong Kong)
   Current status of neurorehabilitation
2. Kimura A (Izu)
   Motor recovery from hemispheric stroke
3. Ikoma K (Sapporo)
   Use of TMS for rehabilitation
4. Takahashi H (Mitaka)
   Spasticity reduction by inhibitive orthosis
5. Robinson LR (Seattle)
   Carpal tunnel syndrome

S35 (A3) (150min) Fasciculation and motor neuron disease

Chairpersons: Fuglsang-Frederiksen A (Aarhus), Sonoo M (Tokyo)

1. Eisen A (Vancouver)
   Clinical aspect
2. de Carvalho MA (Lisbon)
   Physiology of ALS
3. Dengler R (Hannover)
   Electrophysiological diagnosis of ALS
4. Sonoo M (Tokyo)
   EMG in ALS
5. Kleine BU, Stegeman DF (Nijmegen)
   Mechanisms of fasciculation
6. Fawcett PRW (Newcastle upon Tyne)
   Macro EMG in neurogenic disorders
7. Fuglsang-Frederiksen A (Aarhus)
   Sensory nerve in ALS

S36 (B3) (150 min) Recent advance in magnetoencephalography

Chairpersons: Romani GL (Chieti), Nagamine T (Sapporo)

1. Romani GL (Chieti)
   Overview
2. Ahonen A (Helsinki)
   Techniques and analysis methods
3. Nagamine T (Sapporo)
   Correlation with invasive recording
4. Kaneoke Y (Okazaki)
   Motion perception
5. Hirata M (Osaka)
   Event-related desynchronization and synchronization
6. Okada Y (Albuquerque)
   Brain activities during development

S37 (C3) (150 min) Update of TMS

Chairpersons: Ziemann U (Frankfurt), Nakashima K (Yonago)

1. Nakashima K (Yonago)
   Introduction
2. Ziemann U (Frankfurt)
   Pharmacology and TMS
3. Huang Y-Z (Taipei)
   Theta burst stimulation
4. Magistris MR (Geneva)
   The triple stimulation technique
5. Ugawa Y (Fukushima)
   Quadripulse stimulation
6. Cincotta M (Florence)
   Mirror movement
7. Murase N (Tokushima)
   Treatment of focal hand dystonia

S38 (E3) (150 min) Mapping and monitoring for eloquent area during neurosurgery

Chairpersons: Sala F (Verona), Tamaki T (Wakayama)

1. Tamaki T (Wakayama)
   History of the development of intraoperative monitoring of neural tissue
2. Sala F (Verona)
   MEP monitoring and subcortical mapping in brain tumor surgery
3. Fukaya C (Tokyo)
   D-wave monitoring in brain tumor surgery
4. Szelenyi A (Frankfurt)
   MEP monitoring in vascular neurosurgery
5. Shinomiya K and Kawabata S (Tokyo)
   Multimodal intraoperative monitoring during spine surgery
6. Mikuni N (Kyoto)
   Integrated functional neuronavigation during neurosurgery

S39 (F3) (150 min) Physiological studies of language

Chairpersons: Salmelin R (Espoo), Sakai K (Tokyo)

1. Salmelin R (Espoo)
   Neurophysiology of language: the MEG approach
2. Sakai K (Tokyo)
   fMRI and MEG
3. Fujimaki N (Akashi)
   Linguistic brain functions and contextual effects measured with MEG and fMRI
4. Papanicolaou A (Houston)
   Presurgical language lateralization
5. Kamada K (Tokyo)
   Intraoperative monitoring
6. Usui K (Shizuoka)
   Basal temporal language area

S40 (A4) (120 min) Rapid eye movements and sleep: EEG and fMRI study

Chairpersons: Bodizs R (Budapest), Miyauchi S (Kobe)

1. Bodizs R (Budapest)
   Emergence of REM sleep features during wakefulness-sleep transition
2. Abe T（Tokyo） Gamma band EEG activities before and after REM
3. Ogawa K (Saitama)
   Event-related potential accompanying REM
4. Miyauchi S (Kobe)
   fMRI activation time-locked to REM during REM sleep
5. Bodis-Wollner I (New York)
   Perisaccadic modulation of brain activity: EEG and fMRI

S41 (D4) (120 min) Gait disturbance

Chairpersons: Lamontagne A (Montreal), Takakusaki K (Asahikawa)

1. Takakusaki K (Asahikawa)
   Basic physiology of locomotion
2. Marchand-Pauvert V (Paris)
   Spinal reflex in gait
3. Hanakawa T (Kodaira)
   Mechanism of gait control
4. Miyai I (Osaka)
   Functional NIRS study
5. Lamontagne A (Montreal)
   Post-stroke gait disturbance: innovative rehabilitation approaches

S42 (E4) (120 min) Digital EEG and EEG standards

Chairpersons: Nuwer MR (Los Angeles), Guerit J-M (Brussels)

1. Nuwer MR (Los Angeles)
   Digital EEG and EEG standards: overview
2. Nakamura M (Saga)
   Automatic EEG interpretation
3. Kobayashi K and Yoshinaga H (Okayama)
   Epilepsy in children
4. Guerit J-M (Brussels)
   EEG standards for ICU monitoring

S43 (F4) (120 min) Vestibular physiology and postural control

Chairpersons: Colebatch JG (Sydney), Murofushi T (Tokyo)

1. Murofushi T (Tokyo)
   Neurophysiology of vestibular function
2. Colebatch JG (Sydney)
   Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials
3. Kim Ji Soo (Seoul)
   Central mechanisms of vestibular function
4. Fujiwara K (Kanazawa)
   Postural control and EEG during platform perturbation

S44 (G4) (120 min) Channel disorders

Chairpersons: Lehmann-Horn F (Ulm), Arimura K (Kagoshima)

1. Kiernan M (Sydney)
   Methods of physiological studies
2. Kuwabara S (Chiba)
   Peripheral nerves
3. Maselli RA (Davis, Cal.)
   Neuromuscular junction
4. Arimura K (Kagoshima)
   Muscles
5. Lehmann-Horn F (Ulm)
   Myotonia

S45 (H4) (120 min) Physiological evaluation of myopathies

Chairpersons: Zalewska E (Warsaw), Imai T (Sapporo)

1. Zalewska E (Warsaw)
   Motor unit potentials
2. Imai T (Sapporo)
   Measurement of excitation-contraction coupling time of masseter in mandibular movement
3. Ciafaloni E (Rochester, N.Y.)
   Channelopathy
4. Jurkat-Rott K (Ulm)
   Periodic paralysis

S46 (A4) (150 min) Epilepsy

Chairpersons: Ebersole JS (Chicago), Chauvel P (Marseille)

1. Sakamoto AC (Ribeirao Preto)
   Diagnosis and treatment of epilepsies
2. Lee BI (Seoul)
   Imaging
3. Kwan P (Hong Kong)
   Drug treatment
4. Ebersole JS (Chicago)
   Source analysis of scalp EEG
5. Chauvel P (Marseille)
   Intracerebral EEG
6. Ikeda A (Kyoto)
   Broad band intracranial EEG
7. Inoue Y (Shizuoka)
   Post-operative outcome

S47 (B4) (150 min) Neuroimaging and electrophysiology

Chairpersons: Lauritzen M (Copenhagen), Fukuyama H (Kyoto)

1. Fukuyama H (Kyoto)
   Neurovascular coupling
2. Lauritzen M (Copenhagen)
   Neurometabolic coupling
3. Magistretti PJ (Lausanne)
   Role of neuron-glia metabolic coupling in functional brain imaging
4. Le Bihan D (Paris)
   Water, diffusion and membranes: What to expect for neuroimaging?
5. Nagata K (Akita)
   Stroke and dementia
6. Ushida T (Nagakute)
   Neuroimaging for pain

S48 (C4) (150 min) Functional and effective connectivity

Chairpersons: Stam CJ (Amsterdam), Honda M (Kodaira)

1. Honda M (Kodaira)
   Sensorimotor integration
2. Matsumoto R (Kyoto)
   Corticocortical evoked potentials
3. Stam CJ (Amsterdam)
   The breakdown of functional connectivity in neuropsychiatric disease
4. Ilmoniemi RJ (Helsinki)
   TMS and EEG
5. Mochizuki H (Fukushima)
   TMS and NIRS
6. Mima T (Kyoto)
   TMS and fMRI

S49 (D4) (150 min) Entrapment neuropathies

Chairpersons: Medici M (Montevideo), Tani T (Kochi)

1. Medici M (Montevideo)
   Overview
2. Tani T (Kochi)
   Experimental focal compression of the median nerve at the wrist
3. Wilder-Smith EP (Singapore)
   Carpal tunnel syndrome - diagnostic and pathophysiologic considerations
4. Veerendrakumar M (Bangalore)
   Ulnar nerve palsy
5. Campero M (Santiago)
   Sensory nerve conduction
6. Us O (Istanbul)
   Plantar and sural nerve conduction

S50 (E4) (150 min) Physiology of pain and itch

Chairpersons: Treede R-D (Mainz), Kakigi R (Okazaki)

1. Arendt-Nielsen L (Aalborg)
   Quantitative mechanism-based assessment of pain with clinical neurophysiology
2. Treede R-D (Mainz)
   Physiological study of pain
3. Kakigi R (Okazaki)
   New stimulation method for pain
4. Garcia-Larrea L (Lyon)
   Cortical mechanism of pain perception
5. Valeriani M (Rome)
   Generators of laser-evoked potentials
6. Schnitzler A (Dusseldorf)
   Pain processing and cortical oscillations
7. Mochizuki H (Mannheim)
   Itch perception

S51 (F4) (150 min) Basal ganglia circuitry

Chairpersons: Vaillancourt DE (Chicago), Brown P (London, UK)

1. Hashimoto T (Matsumoto)
   Deep brain recording from basal ganglia
2. Nambu A (Okazaki)
   Cortical inputs to the subthalamic nucleus
3. Fraix V (Grenoble)
   Findings in Parkinson's disease
4. Brown P (London, UK)
   Physiological significance of oscillations
5. Vaillancourt DE (Chicago)
   Long-term effects of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease
6. Sawamoto N (Kyoto)
   Cognitive functions

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