On September 22- 24, 2012, the International Symposium on Cerebellar Basic and Clinical Research and the 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on the Cerebellum was successfully held in Zhejiang University School of Medicine. It is sponsored by Zhejiang University School of medicine, International Society for Research on the Cerebellum (SRC) and the Chinese Sports Medicine Society of the Chinese Neuroscience Society. Academic directors were Prof. Jean Mariani (Pierre and Marie Curie University, France) and Prof. Shen Ying (Zhejiang University Institute of Neuroscience). Honorary chair was Prof. Shu-Min Duan, who is currently the president of the Chinese Neuroscience Society，the dean of Zhejiang University School of Medicine and the director of Zhejiang University Institute of Neuroscience. The chairman was Prof. Jean Mariani (Pierre and Marie Curie University, France). Secretary were Prof. Ying Shen (Zhejiang University Institute of Neuroscience) and Prof. Jian-Jun Wang (Nanjing University, China).

Venue: 205 Conference Room, Zong He Building, School of Medicine

8:20-8:35 Welcoming remarks
Shumin Duan, President of Society for Neuroscience in China, Dean of Zhejiang University School of Medicine.
Jean Mariani, Chair, University of Pierre and Marie Curie, President of Society for Research on Cerebellum.

<Symposium 1> Cerebellar Development and Regeneration

8:35-9:00:Noriyuki Koibuchi, Gunma University (Japan). The role of thyroid hormone on functional organization in the cerebellum.
9:00-9:25:Izumi Sugihara, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Japan).Peri- and postnatal development of cerebellar compartments.
9:25-9:50:Rachel M. Sherrard, University Pierre et Marie Curie (France). How to build and rebuild a synapse in the cerebellum: formation and reformation of climbing fibre-Purkinje cell connectivity.

<Symposium 2> Synaptic Plasticity of Cerebellum
9:50-10:15:Christian Hansel, Chicago University (USA). Intrinsic plasticity in cerebellar Purkinje cells.

10:15-10:35 Coffee Break

<Symposium 2> Synaptic Plasticity of Cerebellum (cont.)

10:35-11:00:Sang Jeong Kim, Seoul National University (Korea). TRPC channel underlies cerebellar long-term depression.
11:00-11:25:Wing Ho Yung, Chinese University of Hong Kong (China). Effects of BDNF on ionic plasticity of GABA transmission in the cerebellum: the role of KCC2.
11:25-11:50:Ying-Shing Chan, University of Hong Kong (China). Neural plasticity during development of the vestibular system.
11:50-12:15:Ying Shen, Zhejiang University (China). cPLA2α/arachidonic acid mediates parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synaptic LTP.

Venue: Stairs next to 205 Conference Room, Zong He Building
12:15-12:30 Conference Picturing.

Venue: Mai-Xiang Restaurant (School of Medicine)
12:30-13:15 Lunch.
12:30-13:00 Roelandse Martijn, Springer SBM, Status of Cerebellum journal and introduction of Handbook of Cerebellum.

<Symposium 3> Cerebellar functional analysis

13:15-13:40: Ho Yin Edwin Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong (China),Nucleolar stress in spinocerebellar ataxias.
13:40-14:05: Timothy Ebner, University of Minnesota (USA),Purkinje cell simple spike discharge both predicts and responds to motor errors.
14:05-14:30: Donna Gruol, Scripps Institute (USA). Neuroimmune regulation of neurophysiology in the cerebellum.
14:30-14:55: Jing-Ning Zhu, Nanjing University (China). Hypothalamic modulation on cerebellar and vestibular motor control.
14:55-15:20: Michael X. Zhu, University of Texas Health Science Center (USA).Modulation of Purkinje cell firing in mouse cerebellum by p75-dependent Rac1 activation.

Venue: Hall of Conference Room
15:20-16:20:Poster Presentation. See below for poster titles and authors.

<Symposium 4> Research on cerebellum diseases models

16:20-16:45:Mario Manto, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium). The Diversity of Ideas on Cerebellar Involvement in Movement.
16:45-17:10:Hidehiro Mizusama, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Japan). SCA31: Clinical features and Pathogenesis.
17:10-17:35:Yuchio Yanagawa, Gunma University (Japan). Transgenic approaches to the study of cerebellar GABAergic neurons.
17:35-18:00:Bei-Sha Tang , Xiangya Hospital/Central South University (China). The role of transglutaminases in spinocerebellar ataxia: genetics and pathology.
18:00-18:15:Wen Wang, Fourth Military Medical University (China). Memory traces for short- and long-term cerebellar motor learning.

18:15-18:20: Ying Shen, Closing Remarks / End of meeting.
19:00: Reception Dinner (Yuan Zheng Restaurant in Yuan Zheng Hotel).Maso-Ito Award Presentation

Poster Listed In Alphabetic

P-1 Yi-Ling Cai. Temporal change in NMDA receptor signaling and GABAA receptor expression in rat caudal vestibular nucleus during motion sickness habituation. Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.

P-2 Chun-Ping Chu, Yan-Hua Bing, De-Lai Qiu. Synaptic responses of molecular layer interneurons in response to tactile face stimulation in mouse cerebellar crus II in vivo. Yanbian University, Jilin, China.

P-3 R. Lee, J. Huang, Z. Zhang, R. Huang, M. Tsai, C. Yen, C. Huang. On Purkinje cell spike train and cortical tone. University of Missouri-Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

P-4 Hao Chen, Jian-feng Sui, Bo Hu. Prefrontal control of cerebellar motor learning. Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.

P-5 Hyun-wook Kim, Ji-Eun Na, Seunghak Oh, Sang Hoon Lee and Im Joo Rhyu. Investigation of multiple synaptic bouton characterized in cerebellum between acrobatic training model and neurodegenerative model. Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

P-6 Yuqing Li, Fumiaki Yokoi, Mai Dang, Lin Zhang. Cerebellar dysfunction and pathophysiology of dystonia. University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.

P-7 Karen Bailey, Ashraf U. Mannan, Hassan Marzban. Cerebellar defects in a spontaneous mutant mouse model of rhombencephalosynapsis. University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada.

P-8 Pegah Afsharinezhad, Jiming Kong, Hassan Marzban. Patterned Purkinje cells degeneration in superoxide dismutase 1 transgenic mice. University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada.

P-9 Yu-Ping Peng, Bei-Bei Cao, Jian-Hua Lu, Yi-Hua Qiu. Modulation of immune function by the cerebellum. Nantong University School of Medicine, Nantong, China.

P-10 De-Juan Wang, Dong Yang, Li-Da Su, Ya-jun Xie, Lin Zhou, Cheng-Long Sun, Yin Wang, Xin-Xin Wang, Liang Zhou, Ying Shen. Cytosolic phospholipase A2 alpha/arachidonic acid signaling mediates depolarization-induced suppression of excitation in the cerebellum. Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

P-11 Zhen Wang, Ya-Nan Wang, Ya-Dan Xue. PICK1–ICA69 complex regulates membrane expression of P2Y6 receptors and phagocytosis of cerebellar microglias. Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

P-12 Ni Shi, Xiaoping Liang, Ping Chen, Ying Wang. Identification of F-actin binding proteins in postnatal rat cerebellum. Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.

P-13 Li-Da Su

P-14 Ming Xu, Toshiharu Iwasaki, Noriaki Shimokawa, Noriyuki Koibuchi. Abnormal cerebellar neurotrophin expression in autism patients and LPS-treated rat model. Gunma University, Gunma, Japan.

P-15 Zhilai Yang, Jin-Hui Wang. Frequency- and time-dependent infidelity of spike propagation is function of axonal VGSC inactivation in cerebellar Purkinje cells. Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

P-16 Lei Yu, Qian-Xing Zhuang, Jun Zhang, Ye-Cheng He, Jing-Ning Zhu, Jian-Jun Wang. Orexin selectively excites cerebellar nuclear projection neurons and promotes motor behaviors. Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.

P-17 Xiao-Yang Zhang, Qian-Xing Zhuang, Jing-Ning Zhu, Jian-Jun Wang. Orexin regulates excitability and sensitivity of the medial vestibular nucleus neurons via nonselective cation channels and Na+/Ca2+ exchangers. Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.

P-18 Ya-Jun Xie, Na Zou, Liang Zhou. Roles of leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1 (Lgi1) protein in cerebellar development. Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.