National Rehabilitation Center
for Persons with Disabilities (NRCD)
Namiki 4-1, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8555, Japan

# 10 minutes walk from Shin-tokorozawa station (Seibu Shinjuku Line)
# 8 minutes taxi from Tokorozawa station (Seibu Ikebukuro & Seibu Shinjuku Line)

March 10

Opening remarks

13:30－13:40

Dr Tsutomu Iwaya (President, NRCD)

Dr Motoi Suwa (Dean, Research Institute of NRCD)

Keynote lecture

(Chaired by Dr Yasoichi Nakajima; Dean, College of NRCD)

13:40－14:40

Dr Leonardo G. Cohen(NIH, NINDS (USA))

“Brain-computer interfaces in stroke rehabilitation”

Session I: Brain-Machine Interface / Brain-Computer Interface

14:40－15:20

Dr Kenji Kansaku (Research Institute of NRCD)

“BMI/BCI for persons with disabilities”

15:20－16:00

Dr Yasuharu Koike (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

“Muscle interface for rehabilitation”

16:00－16:15

BREAK

Session II: Neurorehabilitation

16:15－16:55

Dr Toru Ogata (Research Institute of NRCD)

“Molecular and electrophysiological approaches for functional recovery in patients with injured spinal cord”

16:55－17:35

Dr Tatsuya Mima (Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine)

“Improvement of spastic hemiparesis using rTMS combined with motor training”

17:35－18:10

7 minutes presentations from young investigators

March 11

Session III: Augmenting Cognition

09:00－09:50 (Special Lecture)

Dr Yves Rossetti (INSERM/ Lyon Medical School (France))

“Visuo-motor plasticity and the rehabilitation of unilateral neglect”

09:50－10:40 (Special Lecture)

Dr Shigeru Kitazawa (Juntendo University School of Medicine)

“Toward a cure based on a better understanding of autism”

10:40－10:55

BREAK

10:55－11:35

Dr Katsumi Watanabe (The University of Tokyo)

“Implicit behavioral contagion”

11:35－12:10

7 minutes presentations from young investigators

Closing remark

12:10－12:20

Dr Fumio Eto (Dean, Training Center of NRCD)