Title

Spinal Cord Formation and Function

Abstract

This event explores how the spinal cord links sensation to action. Within this remarkable part of the nervous system, incoming sensory information is processed and filtered, and precise patterns of muscle activity are coordinated. The circuits that do this enable the full spectrum of behavior, from reacting to a painful insult to executing the complex movements necessary to play a musical instrument. Thus, understanding the spinal cord promises therapeutic interventions to repair or reorganize damaged sensorimotor circuits. This event brings together world-class researchers to present cutting-edge findings on the spinal cord in health, injury, and recovery.

Organizer

Dr. Yutaka Yoshida (Professor, OIST)
Dr. Hideyuki Okano (Professor, Keio University)
Dr. Aya Takeoka (Team Director, RIKEN)
Dr. Kazuhiko Seki (National Institute of Neuroscience)

Co-host

• Keio University
• RIKEN

Speakers

• Dr. Aya Takeoka (Team Director, RIKEN Center for Brain Science)

• Dr. Kazuhiko Seki (Director, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry)

• Dr. Hideyuki Okano (Professor, Keio University)

• Dr. Tadashi Isa (Director General, National Institute for Physiological Sciences / Specially Appointed Professor, Kyoto University)

• Dr. Yukio Nishimura (Project Leader, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science)

• Dr. Hiroshi Nishimaru (Professor, University of Toyama)

• Dr. Mitsunari Abe (Director, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry)

• Dr. Akinao Nose (Professor, The University of Tokyo)

• Dr. Terufumi Fujiwara (RIKEN Hakubi Team Leader, RIKEN Center for Brain Science)

• Dr. Shin-ichi Higashijima (Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology / ExCELLS)

• Dr. Takashi Sato (Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina)

Contact

Please email academic-partnerships@oist.jp if you have any questions.