How the Brain Moves the Eyes and the Head: Neural Mechanisms of Oculomotor and Vestibular Function

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Program - October 7

The following is the scheduled program of events for October 7th, a description of each event can be found at the bottom of the page. You may download a printable (.pdf) copy of the schedule of events for this day (October7.pdf) or the entire conference (Program.pdf).

Please note: A detailed schedule has not yet been finalized. When we have a final schedule, we will update this page with more information (including the downloadable .pdf schedules listed above). If you have questions or concerns, please contact a conference coordinator.

October 7

Hour
Event
Notes
7:00
Continental Breakfast
at the Ashland Springs Hotel
8:00
(7:30-8:30am)
9:00
Motor Units
a 30 minute Coffee Break
10:00
(9:00-10:40am)
will follow this session.
11:00
Cerebellar Control of Gaze I
12:00
Lunch (12:00-1:00pm)
1:00
Cerebellar Control of Gaze II
a 30 minute Coffee Break
2:00
(1:20-3:00pm)
will follow this session.
3:00
Coordination of
4:00
Head and Eye Movements
5:00
(3:30-5:10pm)
6:00
Conference Banquet
at the Ashland Armory
7:00
(7pm)
8:00
9:00

 

Continental Breakfast (7:30-8:30am)

Motor Units (9:00-10:40am):
Organizer: Mark Binder

There will be a coffee break directly following this session from 10:40-11:10am. The presentations for this session are listed below, starting times are given in parentheses:

  • (9:00am) Introduction M. Binder
  • (9:10am) Regional and Functional Segregation of Extraocular Motoneurons Jean Buttner-Ennever
  • (9:35am) Contribution of the Intrinsic Membrane Properties and Cholinergic Synaptic Inputs to Firing Properties in Rat Oculomotor Nucleus Motoneurons B. Torres
  • (10:00am) Modeling Recruitment of Ocular Motoneurons: Implications for Eye-Movement Control P. Dean
  • (10:25am) Discussion

Lunch (12:00-1:00pm)

Cerebellar Control of Gaze (Part I: 11:10-12:00pm, Part II: 1:20-3:00pm):
Organizer: Ulrich Büttner

There will be a coffee break directly following this session from 3:00-3:30pm. The presentations for this session are listed below, starting times are given in parentheses:

  • (11:10am) Cerebellar Climbing and Mossy Fibers: Distinct Contributions to Regulation of Purkinje Cell Simple Spikes. N. Barmack
  • (11:35am) Saccade Adaptation: Implications for Cerebellar Function. D. Zee
  • (1:20pm) Complex Spikes: Rarely Appeared, but Instructive. R. Soetedjo
  • (1:45pm) Changes in Simple Spike P-cell Activity in the Oculomotor Vermis During Saccade Adaptation. Yoshiko Kojima (Click for Abstract)
  • (2:10pm) Cerebellar Saccade Slowing Depends on a Signal that Crosses the Vermis Midline. R. Robinson
  • (2:35pm) Different Functions of Saccade Related Fastigial Nucleus Neurons. Ulrich Büttner

Coordination of Head and Eye Movements (3:30-5:10pm):
Organizer: Jim Phillips

The presentations for this session are listed below, starting times are given in parentheses:

  • (3:30pm) Coordination of Eye and Head Movement Following Loss of Modulated Vestibular Input From the Semicircular Canals. J.O. Phillips (Click for Abstract)
  • (3:50pm) The Caudal Fastigial Nucleus and the Control of Gaze Orientation : Lessons from Perturbation Experiments in the Cat and Monkey. L.  Goffart (Click for Abstract)
  • (4:10pm) Long-Lead Burst Neuron Activity during Coordinated Eye-Head Movements.  E.G. Freedman (Click for Abstract)
  • (4:30pm) Coordination of Vestibular Afferent and Corollary Discharge (Eye Position) Signals During Translation. S.D. Newlands (Click for Abstract)
  • (4:50pm) Integration and Adaptation Across Oculomotor and Sensory Spatial Representations.  G.D. Paige (Click for Abstract)

Conference Banquet (7pm)