Inter-areal Coupling of Human Brain Function: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Inter-areal Functional Coupling, Kyoto, Japan 16-17 December 2000(v. 1226 International Congress S.)

With the recent advance of modern technologies applicable for non-invasive investigation of human brain functions, 'localization' or 'specialization' of various functions in the cerebral cortices as well as in the subcortical structures has been elucidated in normal subjects, especially in the last 10 years. These technologies include analysis of electroencephalogram (EEG) and magnetoencephalogram (MEG), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), blood flow activation studies using positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (PET), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The findings from these non-invasive investigations, in association with information obtained from clinical observation of patients with localized cerebral lesions (lesion studies), have greatly contributed to the understanding of higher human brain functions. Activation studies, however, often demonstrate multiple areas, not only cerebral cortices but also including subcortical structures, being activated almost at the same time. Therefore, it has become increasingly important to elucidate the functional relationship among different areas, and eventually the neuronal network or circuitry including the information about the direction of circuit flow.

Table of Contents:
Section 1: Multidisciplinary approach. A functional brain system for face processing revealed by event-related potentials and functional MRI (G. McCarthy, S. Huettel). Multimodality brain imaging (M. Hallett). Multidisciplinary study on the hypersonic effect (T. Oohashi, E. Nishina, M. Honda). Section 2: Stimulation studies. Connections to motor cortex from other areas of the brain studied with transcranial magnetic stimulation (J.C. Rothwell). Deep brain stimulation and epilepsy (H. O. Luders). Connection between bilateral hand motor areas in humans (T.Ugawa et al.). Section 3: Cortical oscillation and coherence. Cortical coupling in sleep and paroxysmal oscillations (M. Steriade). Brain rhythms and reactivity of the human motor cortex (R. Hari). Sensorimotor binding in the human brain (C. Gerloff). Cortical-muscular coherence (T. Mima, S. Ohara, T. Nagamine). Oscillations in the monkey cortex (A. Mikami et al.). Section 4: Neural networks in pathological conditions. Cerebral networks in sensorimotor stroke (R.J. Seitz, U. Knorr, N.P. Azari). Neural networks in retrieval of stored information: in the case of proper name (A. Yamadori et al.). Dementia and neurotransmission (H. Fukuyama, H. Saji). The cortico-cortical circuitry of the cross-modal plasticity in the blind (N. Sadato, Y. Yonekura). Closing remarks. Index of authors. Keyword index.