Brain Science Training Program
Schedule (Date & time are subject to change, please confirm the website periodically for updates.)
| Date | Title | Lecturer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. Cellular architecture and function | |||
| October 2, 2018 | 1 | Course Overview | Andrea Benucci |
| The development and meaning of dendrite arbor shape | Adrian Moore | ||
| October 9, 2018 | 2 | Neurogenesis and neural differentiation | Toshihiko Hosoya |
| October 16, 2018 | 3 | Synapses | Yukiko Goda |
| October 23, 2018 | 4 | Brain Development: Intrinsic and Extrinsic factors | Tomomi Shimogori |
| II. Systems | |||
| October 30, 2018 | 5 | Vision - low level visual processing | Andrea Benucci |
| November 13, 2018 | 6 | Vision - high level visual processing | Manabu Tanifuji |
| November 20, 2018 | 7 | Neural dynamics | Keiichi Kitajo |
| November 27, 2018 | 8 | Theoretical Models | Taro Toyoizumi |
| December 4, 2018 | 9 | Cerebellum | Thomas Launey |
| December 11, 2018 | 10 | Olfaction | Yoshihiro Yoshihara |
| December 18, 2018 | 11 | Cognition and executive function | Keiji Tanaka |
| January 8, 2019 | 12 | Somatosensory | Masanori Murayama |
| January 15, 2019 | 13 | Student Presentation Workshop | |
| III. Technology | |||
| January 22, 2019 | 14 | TBA | Thomas McHugh |
| January 29, 2019 | 15 | Statistics for neuroscience | Hideaki Shimazaki (Kyoto Univ./Honda) |
| February 12, 2019 | 16 | Midterm exam (coverage:lec# 1-12 lectures) | |
| IV. Learning and Memory | |||
| February 19, 2019 | 17 | Learning and memory | Thomas McHugh |
| March 5, 2019 | 18 | Computations for social decision-making | Hiroyuki Nakahara |
| March 12, 2019 | 19 | Drosophila | Hokto Kazama |
| March 19, 2019 | 20 | Neuronal Oscillations | Shigeyoshi Fujisawa |
| V. Emotion and Social Behaviors | |||
| April 9, 2019 | 21 | Language Development | Reiko Mazuka |
| April 16, 2019 | 22 | Parent and infant relationship | Kumi Kuroda |
| April 23, 2019 | 23 | Emotion | Joshua Johansen |
| May 7, 2019 | 24 | Social Behavior | Hitoshi Okamoto |
| May 14, 2019 | 25 | Student Presentation | |
| VI. Diseases | |||
| May 21, 2019 | 26 | Prion | Motomasa Tanaka |
| 27 | Mood disorder | Tadafumi Kato | |
| June 4, 2019 | 28 | Alzheimer's disease | Takaomi Saido |
| 29 | Schizophrenia | Takeo Yoshikawa | |
| June 11, 2019 | 30 | Autism | Toru Takumi |
| June 18, 2019 | 31 | Final exam (covegrage: lec# 17-30) | |
| June 25, 2019 | 32 | Course Review / Graduation Ceremony | Andrea Benucci |