ICCN'07
&
SICPB'07

ICCN'07 Mini-Symposium MS-1 on

Models of Mental Processes and Disorders

http://www.iccn2007.org/

Shanghai, China, November 17-21, 2007

Mini-Symposium Chairs:

Hans Liljenström
Biometry and Engineering, SLU
and
Agora for Biosystems
Sweden
hans.liljenstrom [at] bt.slu.se

James Wright
Auckland University
New Zealand

jj.w [at] xtra.co.nz

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Scope

The human brain is considered the most complex system in the universe, and to reach a better understanding of brain function and dysfunction, the collaboration of people interested in trans-disciplinary research, from neuroscience, psychiatry, neurology, physics, mathematics, computer science is essential. Despite this need, there are very few occasions and events that bring scientists from various backgrounds together to discuss their research and share their findings with each other. Usually experimentalists and theoreticians "bypass" each other and miss very important opportunities to benefit from each other’s research and ideas. The prominent features of the meeting are approaching the brain as a complex system and providing an opportunity to bring scientists with different approaches together.

The aim of this mini-symposium is to investigate to what extent mathematical and biophysical modeling can be helpful in neuroscience and psychiatry. For this purpose theorists and practitioners are invited to present modelling efforts and discuss these in the light of psychiatric and neurobiological data.

Topics may cover many areas in neurosciences, neuropsychiatry and closely related fields, and behavioral, statistical and mathematical models may be proposed and discussed, to reach a better understanding of brain function. Topics can include models related to schizophrenia, depresssion, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases; effects of neuromodulators, neurogenesis and pruning; neuroinformatics, biomolecular regulation; stochastic resonance and synchronization, role of oscillatory and chaotic neurodynamics; non-linear dynamics applied to neuroscience and psychiatry, EEG and brain imaging analysis.

The key areas of interest are

· Modelling concepts for experimentalists

· Mathematical models of brain function

· Statistical models of brain function

· Behavioural models of brain function

· Models of learning and memory

· Modelling neuropsychiatric disorders

· Modelling addiction

· Modelling drug action in the brain

· Models of sleep patterns and sleep disorders

· Models derived from the electrical activity of the brain (EEGs and ERPs)

· Computational approaches to brain dynamics

· Neurodynamic models of brain in psychiatry

· Integrating network, cellular and molecular levels of modelling

· Stochastic processes in brain function

· Fractals and chaos in neural systems

· Computer-brain interphases

Paper submission

Perspective authors are encouraged to contact the organizers with their contribution proposals before the submission deadline.

All papers should be formatted according to Springer's LCNS formatting standards explained on the ICCN07 submission page as follows:

http://www.iccn2007.org/Paper_Submission.html

MS-1 mini-symposium papers should be submitted using ICCN07 Online Submission System with selection of a special session MS-1 option using a  session button at:

http://202.202.66.119/econfpal/iccn/author/

after user registration.

Important dates

Paper Submission Deadline:	June 30, 2007
Decision Notification:	July 31, 2007
Final Version Submission / Advanced Registration:	August 31, 2007

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