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CEREBRAL CORTEX: FUNCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
10-13 MAY 1995
An International Meeting to be held at the
Salle Moliere, 18 Quai de Bondy, 69005 Lyon
For Information contact : The Meeting Secretary
INSERM U371, 18 Avenue du Doyen Lepine, 69675 Bron Cedex, France.
Tel: 72 13 15 80, Fax: 72 13 15 99
List of Participants: K. ANGELIDES (Houston, USA),
H. BARLOW (Cambridge, UK), E. BATES (San Diego, USA),
E.G. JONES (Irvine, USA), C. BLAKEMORE (Oxford, UK),
J. BOLZ (Lyon, France), D. BOUSSAOUD (Lyon, France),
H. KENNEDY (Lyon, France), J. BULLIER (Lyon, France),
H. KILLACKEY (Irvine, USA), Y. BURNOD (Paris, France),
L. CHALUPA (Davis, USA), J. LUND (London, UK)
Y. CHINO (Houston, USA), P.G.H. CLARKE (Lausanne, Suisse),
A. COWEY (Oxford, UK), S. DE SCHONEN (Marseille, France),
S. DEHAENE (Paris, France), C. DEHAY (Lyon, France),
R. DOUGLAS (Oxford, UK), U. EYSEL (Bochum, Allemagne),
D. FERSTER (Evanston, USA), B. FINLAY (Ithaca, USA),
S. FLORENCE (Nashville, USA); Y. FREGNAC (Gif sur Yvette, France),
M. GAZZANIGA (Davis, USA) , C. GILBERT (New York, USA),
B. GULYAS (Stockholm, Suede), D.J. HEEGER (Stanford, USA),
K.P. HOFFMANN (Bochum, Allemagne), M. IMBERT (Toulouse, France),
G. INNOCENTI (Lausanne, Suisse), M. JEANNEROD (Lyon, France),
J.H. KAAS (Nashville, USA), L.C. KATZ (Durham, USA),
C. KOCH (Passadena, USA), L. MAFFEI (Pise, Italie),
K.A.C. MARTIN (Oxford, UK), J. MAUNSELL (Houston, USA),
M. MERZENICH (San Francisco, USA), H. NEVILLE (La Jolla, USA),
W. NEWSOME (Stanford, USA), D. O'LEARY (La Jolla, USA),
G. ORBAN (Leuven, Belgique), D. PRICE (Edinbourgh, UK),
P. RAKIC (New Haven, USA), C.R. REID (New York, USA),
R. RHOADES (Toledo, USA), W. SINGER (Frankfurt, Allemagne),
M.P. STRYKER (San Francisco, USA), M. SUR (Cambridge,USA),
R. TOOTELL (Charlestown, USA), G. TONONI (La Jolla, USA),
Y. TROTTER (Toulouse, France)
Organisers:J. BULLIER (Lyon, France),L. CHALUPA (Davis, USA),
C. DEHAY (Lyon, France), J. H.KAAS (Nashville, USA),
H. KENNEDY (Lyon, France), H. KILLACKEY (Irvine, USA),
K.A.C. MARTIN (Oxford, UK)
Scientific program
Wednesday may 10
Opening 10h00-10h10
Session 1 (10h10-18h30) Combined Theoritical and Experimental analysis
of Cortical Computation. K.A.C. MARTIN
- C.R. REID Synaptic Rules for the Afferent Connections to Visual Cortex
- D. FERSTER Assembly of Receptive Fields in Cat Visual Cortex
- M.P. STRYKER Neural Activity and The Development of Thalamic Inputs to Cortical Columns
- Y. FREGNAC Hidden Complexities in the Spatial Organization of Visual Cortical Receptive Fields.
(Lunch 12h30-14h30)
-U. EYSEL Excitatory and inhibitory lateral connections in cat visual cortex-
Structural details and functional specificity.
- D.J. HEEGER Selectivity and Gain Control of Area V1 Neurons
- C. KOCH Modeling the Canonical Microcircuit
(Break 16h15-16h45)
- R. DOUGLAS Computational Mechanisms Immanent in the Microcircuits of theNeocortex
- W. NEWSOME Deciding about Motion Activity of Parietal Lobe Neuronsduring a Direction Discrimination Task
- H. BARLOW Representation and Recognition in Neocortex.
(Ends 18h30)
Thursday may 11
Session 2 (9h00-12h00) Activity Dependent Mechanisms of
Cortical Development. L. CHALUPA
- L. MAFFEI Role of Electrical Activity and Neurotrophic Factor in Developmentof Visual Cortex
- W. SINGER Role of Correlated Activity in the Development of the Functional Architecture of the visual cortex.
(Break 10h15-10h45)
- C. BLAKEMORE Development and Plasticity of the Primate Visual Cortex
- M. SUR Visual Activity and Cortical Development
(Lunch 12h00-14h00)
Session 3 (14h00-16h20) Human Visual Cortex. G.A. ORBAN
- A. COWEY Extrastriate Visual Areas in the Human Brain
- B. GULYAS Functional and Receptor Architectural Mapping of the Human Visual Cortex
- G.A. ORBAN Task Dependency and Specialisation of Human Visual Cortex
- R. TOOTELL Functional MRI Studies of Color, Motion and Retinotopy in Human Visual cortex
(Break 16h20-16h50)
Session 4 (16h50-19h10) Mechanisms of Adult Plasticity In Sensory Systems. J. H. KAAS
- S. FLORENCE Reorganisation of the Somatosensory System in Primates
- C. GILBERT Spatial Interactions and Cortical Dynamics
- Y. CHINO The Functional Status of Reactivated Cortical Neurons
- M. MERZENICH Input variables and cortical network changes underlying learning induced plasticity.
(Ends 19h10)
Friday may 12
Session 5 (9h00-12h30) Nature and Nurture in Cortical Processing of Language. H. KENNEDY
- S. DEHAENE Cortical Areas for Speech Processing in Adults and Infants
- H. NEVILLE Effects of Sensory and Language Experience on Cerebral Organization ERP and Functional MRI Studies
(Break 10h30-11h00)
- E. BATES Brain Organization for Language in Children and Adults: Evidence from Lesion Studies
- M. GAZZANIGA On Neural circuits of Cognition
(Lunch 12h30-14h30)
Session 6 (14h30-18h30) Information Processing and Transfer in Visual Cortical Areas.J. BULLIER
- J. MAUNSELL Magnocellular and Parvocellular Interactions in ExtrastriateVisuel Cortex
- J. LUND Anatomical Foundations For Functional Gradients and Channel Interactions in Areas V1 and V2 of Macaque Visual Cortex
- G. TONONI Reconciling Functional Segregation and Integration in Cortical Functioning.
(Break 16h30-17h00)
- Y. TROTTER Neuronal Processing of Stereopsis in Area VI
- K.P. HOFFMANN Cortical and Subcortical Contributions to the Processing of Visuomotor Information
- D. BOUSSAOUD Visuo-motor Transformation in Monkey Frontal Cortex
(Ends 18h30)
Saturday may 13
Session 7 (9h00-12h30) Development of Thalamocortical Connections. H.P.KILLACKEY
- B. FINLAY The Sequence of Neocortical Innervation : Specification Events and Trophic Interactions
- J. BOLZ Interactions between Cortex and Thalamus during Development
- R. RHOADES Modulation of Specific Thalamocortical Development by Serotonin
(Break 10h45-11h15)
- D.M. O'LEARY Development and Specification of Thalamocortical Connections
- K. ANGELIDES Genetic Manipulation of Thalamocortical Co-Cultures to Study Molecular Details of Axonal Growth and Synaptogenesis
(Lunch 12h30-14h30)
Session 8 (14h30-18h00) Developmental Precission of Cortical Connections. H. KENNEDY
- D. PRICE How Precise are Early Ipsilateral Cortical Connections ?
- G. INNOCENTI Progressive Differentiation of Axonal Terminal Arbors through Exuberant and Selective Growth.
- C. DEHAY Development of Cortical Connections in Primates
(Break 16h30-17h00)
- E.G. JONES Precision of newly formed thalamo-cortical connections and divergence and convergence in adult cortex as a basis of representational plasticity
- L.C. KATZ Connecting Columns in Cortical Development : insights from Optical Recording and Photostimulation
- P. RAKIC
(Ends 18h30)
REGISTRATION FORM
Company:
Name:
Address:
Telephone: Fax:
Do you wish to present a poster ? (1) o Yes o No
Registration Fee.(Does not cover accomodation and meals) (2)
Deadline: 15 April 1995
o Student 800 FF
After 15 April 1200 FF
o Non Student 1400 FF
After 15 April 2000 FF
Make out the cheque to INSERM LYON and send to The Meeting Secretary
(1) A limited number of posters will be on display. Posters will
be selected according to quality and on a first-come first-serve basis.
So as to facilitate precirculation of abstracts of talks and posters
please submit abstracts before the 31 March to the Meeting Secretary
(address below). Send Abstracts on paper plus on Macinthosh or PC disk
(2) Accomodation must be arranged by registered participants, list
of Hotels as well as a central reservation service is included.
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For further information: The Meeting Secretary, INSERM U371
18 Avenue du Doyen Lepine 69675 Bron Cedex
Tel: 72 13 15 80 Fax: 72 13 15 99