Roots of Neurodiversity

Programme

Plasticity & perception
Tommaso Pizzorusso - Scuola Normale Superiore
Takao Hensch - BCH/IRCN
Paola Binda - University of Pisa
Kenichi Ohki - UTokyo IRCN
Davide Bottari - IMT Lucca

Interoception & computation
Paola Tognini - Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna
Yukie Nagai - UTokyo IRCN
Eleonora Russo - Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna

Novel etiologies & treatment
Kazuo Emoto - UTokyo IRCN
Laura Baroncelli - CNR
Takamitsu Watanabe - UTokyo IRCN

Poster session

Plasticity & perception – M. Fagiolini

9:00-9:30
Tommaso Pizzorusso (Scuola Normale)
Brain wide approaches to neuroplasticity and behavior

9:30-10:05
Takao Hensch (BCH / IRCN)
Unlocking critical periods

10:05-10:30
MOU signing / photo

coffee break

10:30-11:00
Paola Binda (U Pisa)
Plasticity of the adult visual brain: studies in humans

11:30-12:00
Kenichi Ohki (UTokyo IRCN)
Development of cortical-cortical connections in the visual system

12:00-13:30

Davide Bottari (IMT Lucca)
Experience-dependent plasticity in typical and atypical developmental trajectories

12:00-13:30
Lunch

Poster session

Interoception & computation – T. Pizzorusso

13:30-14:00

Paola Tognini (S Sant’ Anna)
Mechanisms underlying the effects of nutritional challenges on brain function and behavior

14:00-14:30

Yukie Nagai (UTokyo IRCN)
Exploring Neurodiverse Minds through Embodied Predictive Processing

14:30-15:00

Eleonora Russo (S Sant’ Anna)
Uncovering Hidden Regularities: Unsupervised Approaches to the Discovery of Neuronal Latent States and Dynamics

15:00-15:20

coffee break

Novel etiologies & treatment – T. Hensch

15:20-15:50

Kazuo Emoto (UTokyo IRCN)
Presynaptic Ube3a eliminates developing synapses

15:50-16:20

Laura Baroncelli (Inst Neurosci CNR)
Creatine Transporter Deficiency: Navigating the Path to Effective Therapy

16:20-16:50

Takamitsu Watanabe (UTokyo IRCN)
Diversity of brain dynamics

16:50-17:00

closing remarks