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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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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This conference was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Imaging the Brain: Neurons, Networks and Behavior

September 5-7, 2003 New York University Center for Neural Science

September 5-7, 2003
New York University
Center for Neural Science