Conference Program
 
OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM BIOLOGY

June 26 - July 1, 2005
Bates College
Lewiston, ME

Chairs:
John D. Porter & Lawrence E. Mays

Vice Chairs:
Neeraj Gandhi & Jennifer M. Groh


SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmPULLING TOGETHER THE DISPARATE PARTS OF EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS
7:30 pm - 7:35 pmDiscussion Leader: David L. Sparks (Baylor College of Medicine)
Introduction
7:35 pm - 8:05 pmStephen Lisberger (University of California at San Francisco)
"From variable sensory codes to precise actions"
8:05 pm - 8:35 pmDavid Zee (Johns Hopkins University)
"Saccade oscillations: from the patient to the inhibitory burst neuron"
8:35 pm - 9:05 pmJoseph L. Demer (University of California at Los Angeles)
"Kinematic properties of the actuators of eye movements"
9:05 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
9:30 pm - 11:00 pmOpening Reception
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmINTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE
9:00 am - 9:05 am Discussion Leader: John D. Porter (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Introduction
9:05 am - 9:35 am Linda McLoon (University of Minnesota)
"Unique cell biology of adult extraocular muscles"
9:35 am - 10:05 am Jean Buttner-Ennever (Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Germany)
"Sensory control of extraocular eye muscles"
10:05 am Group Photograph / Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am Mary Snyder Shall (Virginia Commonwealth University)
"Extraocular motor units: current data and new ideas"
11:00 am - 11:30 am Henry J. Kaminski (Case Western Reserve University)
"What does myasthenia gravis tell us about extraocular muscle"
11:30 am - 11:45 am Short talk: Scott A. Croes (University of Nevada at Reno)
"The Chicken as a Model System for Extraocular Muscle Development: Effects of Trophic Factors and Botulinum Neurotoxin"
11:45 am - 12:00 pm Short talk: Isabelle Billig (University of Pittsburgh)
"Vestibulo-cerebellar zones controlling the horizontal eye muscles in the rat using pseudorabies virus"
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSACCADE-VERGENCE INTERACTION
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm Discussion Leader: David S. Zee (Johns Hopkins University)
Introduction
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm Claudio Busettini (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
"Metrics of saccade-vergence interactions"
7:55 pm - 8:15 pm Michael King (University of Michigan)
"Monocular eye movement control during saccades, smooth pursuit and the VOR"
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm R. John Leigh (Case Western Reserve University)
"Insights into saccade-vergence interactions from unusual or abnormal responses"
8:35 pm - 8:55 pm Kathleen Cullen (McGill University, Canada)
"Premotor control of the dynamic interactions between the vergence and saccadic eye movements"
8:55 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmINTEGRATION OF OCULOMOTOR SUBSUBSTEMS
9:00 am - 9:05 amDiscussion Leader: Kathleen Cullen (McGill University, Canada)
Introduction
9:05 am - 9:35 am J. Douglas Crawford (York University, Canada)
"Reference frames for head-free gaze shifts evoked during cortical and collicular stimulation"
9:35 am - 10:05 am Edward G. Freedman (University of Rochester)
"Component coupling during oblique gaze shifts"
10:05 am - 10:35 am Dora E. Angelaki (Washington University)
"Reaching the end of the line: 3D kinematics at and beyond the motoneurons"
10:35 amBreak
11:00 am - 11:30 am Neeraj Gandhi (University of Pittsburgh)
"Coordination of eye and head movements evoked by stimulation of the paramedian pontine reticular formation"
11:30 am - 11:45 amShort talk: Miriam Spering (University of Giessen, Germany)
"Effects of moving distractors on smooth pursuit eye movements"
11:45 am - 12:00 pm Short talk: Yuriko Sugiuchi (Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan)
"Neural Circuit from "Fixation zone" and "Saccades zone" of the Superior Colliculus to Inhibitory Burst Neurons"
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmMECHANISMS OF SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION
7:30 pm - 7:35 pmDiscussion Leader: Neeraj Gandhi (University of Pittsburgh)
Introduction
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm William C. Hall (Duke University)
"Studying the superior colliculus in vitro"
7:55 pm - 8:15 pm Edward L. Keller (Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute)
"Target selection signals in sensorimotor tasks with variable cognitive loads"
8:15 pm - 8:35 pmJohn Van Opstal (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
"Evidence that the superior colliculus acts as a nonlinear vectorial pulse generator"
8:35 pm - 8:55 pm Raymon M. Glantz (Rice University)
"Oculomotor control by polarized light in crayfish: behavior and neural mechanisms"
8:55 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCOORDINATE TRANSFORMATIONS FOR ACTION
9:00 am - 9:05 am Discussion Leader: Paul Glimcher (New York University)
Introduction
9:05 am - 9:35 am Carol L. Colby (University of Pittsburgh)
"Corollary discharge and spatial updating: when the brain is split, is space still unified?"
9:35 am - 10:05 am Jennifer M. Groh (Dartmouth College)
"Reference frames of visual and auditory signals in the primate intraparietal sulcus"
10:05 am - 10:35 am Terry Stanford (Wake Forest University)
"Thalamic contributions to visuomotor control"
10:35 am Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am Luis Populin (University of Wisconsin)
"Effects of target modality on primate orienting"
11:30 am - 11:45 amShort talk: Elizabeth A. Whitchurch (University of Oregon)
"Combined Audio and Visual Stimuli Facilitate Head Saccades in the Barn Owl"
11:45 am - 12:00 pm Short talk: Gary D. Paige (University of Rochester)
"Sensory-Oculomotor Integration in Sound Localization"
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pmFree Time
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmKEYNOTE - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
7:30 pm - 7:35 pmDiscussion Leader: Lawrence E. Mays (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Introduction
7:35 pm - 8:05 pm John Maunsell (Baylor College of Medicine)
"A perspective on the oculomotor system"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pmDiscussion and Introduction
8:15 pm - 9:15 pm Keynote Address: David L. Sparks (Baylor College of Medicine)
"Comments on the history, current status, and future directions of oculomotor research"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmDECIDING [WHERE TO LOOK][TO ACT]
9:00 am - 9:05 am Discussion Leader: Jennifer M. Groh (Dartmouth College)
Introduction
9:05 am - 9:35 amPaul W. Glimcher (New York University)
"Visuo-saccadic decision making and the eye movement control system"
9:35 am - 10:05 am Richard J. Krauzlis (Salk Institute)
"Coordinating pursuit and saccades"
10:05 am - 10:35 am Michelle Basso (University of Wisconsin)
"Memory, movement and Parkinson's disease"
10:35 am Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am Paul Gamlin (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
"Functional MRI studies of visual and oculumotor systems in alert rhesus monkeys"
11:30 am - 11:45 am Short talk: Choongkil Lee (Seoul National University, South Korea)
"Saccadic effects on meridional anisotropy"
11:45 am - 12:00 pm Short talk: Susana Martinez-Conde (Barrow Neurological Institute)
"The role of microsaccades in visibility during fixation"
12:00 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pmFree Time
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmNEW APPROACHES/PERSPECTIVES ON OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS
7:30 pm - 7:35 pmDiscussion Leader: R. John Leigh (Case Western Reserve University)
Introduction
7:35 pm - 7:55 pmMax Tischfield (Harvard University)
"Genetics of human complex strabismus"
7:55 pm - 8:15 pm John S. Stahl (Case Western Reserve University)
"Exploring ocular motor systems with calcium channelopathy mutants"
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm Michael Mustari (Emory University)
"Development of visual-oculomotor behavior"
8:35 pm - 8:55 pmMichele Rucci (Boston University) & D. Max Snodderly (Medical College of Georgia)
"Influence of fixational eye movements on early visual processing: Insights from neurophysiology and modeling"
8:55 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart

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