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Neuronal Apocalypse
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The brain of man being torn apart by the
environment it has created Drawing by S.
Carcassonne (Copied without permission) From
Neuronal Man by Jean-Pierre Changeux
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Welcome

• The center of excellence for motor research
• funded by the Israeli Science foundation.

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• Ofra Spira
• Since 1992 in the ISF (coordinator of programs in
  Medical and life sciences)
• Since 2000 - ISF director.
• PhD in medical sciences, Twenty six years of
  scientific work in the medical school of the
  Hebrew University.
• Studied history arts, engaged in dance and
  Folklore, active in voluntary missions, in
  particular Diaspora- Israel rations

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The center for motor research

• Moshe Abeles
• Hagai Bergman
• Haim Sompolinsky
• Naftali Tishby
• Eilon Vaadia

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The Workshop
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Thursday, December 18, 2003 Thursday, December 18, 2003 Thursday, December 18, 2003
Session I Movement Control Neural Representations and Mechanisms-I Movement Control Neural Representations and Mechanisms-I
1000 - 1100 Moshe Abeles Brain activity associated with binding along time and in parallel
1100 - 1200 Yifat Prut Transforming descending command to motor action Activity of spinal interneurons in primates performing voluntary movements
1200 - 1230 Coffee break Coffee break
1230 - 1330 Michale Fee Vocal control in the songbird Neural mechanisms of sequence generation
1330 - 1500 Light lunch on site Light lunch on site
Session II Learning in motor systems Learning in motor systems
1500 - 1600 Sebastian Seung Of songs and synapses The neural basis of avian vocal learning
1600 - 1700 Eilon Vaadia Learning induced improvement of internal representations in motor cortex
1700 - 1730 Coffee break Coffee break
1730 - 1830 Dan Lee Learning algorithms for artificial sensorimotor systems
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Friday Dec-19-2003 Friday Dec-19-2003 Friday Dec-19-2003
Session III Complex movements Complex movements
0930 -1030 Tamar Flash On trajectory formation in complex movements
1030 - 1130 Naftali Tishby Coding and segmentation of complex movements and their neuronal representation
1130 - 1200 Brunch on-site
1200 1300 Haim Sompolinsky How the brain generates movement
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Sunday Dec-21-2003 Sunday Dec-21-2003 Sunday Dec-21-2003
Session IV Movement Control Neural Representations and Mechanisms-II Movement Control Neural Representations and Mechanisms-II
0930 - 1030 Hagai Bergmann Spike synchronization in the cortex-basal ganglia network of Parkinsonian primates reflects global dynamics of the local field potentials
1030 - 1130 Amir Karniel Feedback, adaptation, learning or evolution How does the brain coordinate and time movements?
1130 - 1300 Light lunch on-site
1300 - 1400 Ad Aertsen Inference of arm movements from spikes and local field potentials in monkey motor cortex
1400-1500 Andrew Schwartz Useful signals from motor cortex
1500 - 1600 Discussion, Concluding Remarks, Farewell. Discussion, Concluding Remarks, Farewell.
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