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Imaging the Brain: Neurons, Networks and Behavior
September 5-7, 2003
New York University
Center for Neural Science
SPEAKERS
Peter Basser, Richard Buxton, Mark D’Esposito,
David Van Essen, Amiram Grinvald, Russell Jacobs, Fumitaka Kimura, Kimberley
McAllister,
Eleanor Maguire, Randall McIntosh, Venkatesh Murthy, Marcus Raichle,
Mark Schnitzer, Daniel Silverman, Karel Svoboda, Leslie Ungerleider,
Wim Vanduffel,
Anthony Wagner, Brian Wandell.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
David Heeger (chair), Chiye Aoki, Wendy Suzuki, Souheil Inati, Liz Phelps,
and Nava Rubin.
Many of the most important achievements over the last decade in Neuroscience
have been dependent on the development of new empirical methods, driven
by interdisciplinary collaborations. Of particular significance has been
the development and application of techniques for imaging brain structure
and function.
The conference focused on how the use of brain imaging techniques is
leading to a deeper understanding of human behavior, perception, cognition,
and emotion in terms of the detailed biophysical, cellular, and molecular
mechanisms of brain function. The conference included a diverse group
of research presentations on the use of imaging to study the brain at scales
ranging from cortical systems to synapses. We had an opening address
by Marcus Raichle, followed by four sessions: Functional organization
of sensory systems, Fronto-temporal interactions in memory, Activity-dependent
functional connectivity, Technological innovations. Each session was
followed by a panel discussion/debate.
Schedule
The conference took place over the course of two full days at
New York University’s Washington Square Campus in Greenwich Village,
a neighborhood of New York City. It started with a Friday evening opening
lecture and
reception. The opening lecture was held in the Meyer Building, that
houses CNS along with the NYU Center for Brain Imaging. The sessions on
Saturday and Sunday took place in a beautifully renovated lecture hall
in the Law School.
[ Videos of the lectures and debates ]
| Friday, September 5 (evening): Opening address and reception |
| 7-8 |
Marcus Raichle (Washington University) |
| 8-10 |
Reception |
| Saturday, September 6 (morning): Functional Organization
of Sensory Systems |
| 9-9:45 |
Amiram Grinvald (Weizmann Institute)
Visualization of Cortical Dynamics
[ Abstract ] |
| 9:45-10:30 |
David Van Essen (Washington University)
Functional Organization of Primate Cerebral Cortex
[ Abstract ] |
| 10:30-11 |
Coffee break |
| 11-11:45 |
Brian Wandell (Stanford University)
Computational Neuroimaging: Cortical Color Responses in Human and Macaque
[ Abstract ] |
| 11:45-12:30 |
Leslie Ungerleider (NIMH)
Modulation of Visual Processing by Attention
[ Abstract ] |
| 12:30-1 |
Debate: Now that we can define all these brain areas, what the hell do they do?
Debate participants: David Van Essen, Brian
Wandell, Leslie Ungerleider
Discussion leader: Peter Lennie |
| Saturday, September 6 (afternoon): Fronto-temporal
interactions in memory |
| 2:30-3:15 |
Eleanor Maguire (University College London) |
| 3:15-4 |
Anthony Wagner (MIT)
Contributions of prefrontal and medial temporal lobe mechanisms to episodic memory
[ Abstract ] |
| 4-4:30 |
Coffee break |
| 4:30-5:15 |
Mark D’Esposito (UC Berkeley)
Differential contribution of the prefrontal cortex versus other cortical/subcortical areas in implementing executive control
[ Abstract ] |
| 5:15-6 |
Randall McIntosh (Rotman Institute, University of Toronto) |
| 6-6:30 |
Debate: How do the frontal and temporal lobes interact during the formation or retrieval of episodic memory?
Debate participants: Eleanor Maguire, Anthony
Wagner, Mark D'Esposito, Randall McIntosh
Discussion leader: Wendy Suzuki |
| Sunday, September 7 (morning): Activity-dependent
functional connectivity |
| 9-9:45 |
Karel Svoboda (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Imaging the structure and function of single synapses
[ Abstract ] |
| 9:45-10:30 |
Kimberley MacAllister (UC Davis) |
| 10:30-11 |
Coffee break |
| 11-11:45 |
Venkatesh Murthy (Harvard University)
Visualizing activity-dependent changes in synaptic connectivity
[ Abstract ] |
| 11:45-12:30 |
Fumitaka Kimura (Osaka University)
Cholinergic control of cortical circuits: nicotinic effects on thalamocortical transmission studied in mouse barrel system
[ Abstract ] |
| 12:30-1 |
Debate: Are neurons the unitary entity of brain networks?
Debate participants: Karel Svoboda, Kimberley McAllister, Venkatesh Murthy, Fumitaka Kimura
Discussion leader: Chiye Aoki |
| Sunday, September 7 (afternoon): Technological
innovations |
| 2:30-3 |
Daniel Silverman (UCLA) |
| 3-3:30 |
Mark Schnitzer (Lucent Technologies) |
| 3:30-4 |
Peter Basser (NICHD)
What you can and cannot see using diffusion tensor MRI tractography
[ Abstract ] |
| 4-4:30 |
Coffee break |
| 4:30-5 |
Richard Buxton (UC San Diego) |
| 5:-5:30 |
Wim Vanduffel (Mass General Hospital, NMR Center) |
| 5:30-6 |
Russell Jacobs (CalTech)
Looking Deeper into Development Applications of High resolution MRI in Developmental Biology
[ Abstract ] |
| 6-6:30 |
Debate: Do metabolically-based neuroimaging measurements (PET, BOLD, intrinsic optical imaging) tell us anything about the underlying spiking activity of neurons?
Debate participants: Marcus Raichle, Richard
Buxton, Amiram Grinvald
Discussion leader: J Anthony Movshon |
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View descriptions of previous NYU/CNS Symposia.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This conference was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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