2012 Program - Society for the Neural Control of Movement

About NCM
The Society for the Neural Control of Movement
(NCM) is an international community of
scientists, clinician-investigators and students all
engaged in research whose common goal is to
understand how the brain controls movement.
NCM was conceived in 1990 by Barry Peterson.
With an initial leadership team that also included
Peter Strick and Marjorie Anderson, NCM was
formally established to bring together scientists
seeking to understand the neural mechanisms
that guide meaningful activities of daily life,
primarily through the brain’s control of the eyes,
head, trunk, and limbs. Early members
consisted largely of systems neurophysiologists,
behavioral, computational and theoretical
neurobiologists, and clinician-investigators
interested in disorders of motor function.
From the outset the goal of NCM was to provide
a useful gathering of investigators in an informal
and casual setting to present and discuss where
we are in a diverse and complex field, where we
should be going and how we might best
proceed as a community with multiple
perspectives and approaches. The meeting was
to be unique in style, such that sessions were
formulated and proposed by small groups of
members themselves and geared to inform the
larger attending community through focused
presentations integrated into themes. Sessions
would change in content with each yearly
meeting.
The inaugural NCM Conference took place in
April, 1991 on Marcos Island, Florida, with
roughly 140 attendees. The success of the initial
years promoted longevity and expansion of
NCM and its conference, both in attendance
(now over 300, with membership over 400) and
the breadth of scientific content. Sessions cover
all levels of inquiry--from perception to genetic
expression, and from whole organism to
intracellular function, while also including
computational and theoretical approaches. This
highly regarded conference continues to meet
in desirable, family-friendly locations in late
April or early May every year.
Program Contents
1 About NCM
2 Letter from the President
2 NCM Leadership
3 Board Service
3 Membership Information
4 General Conference Information
5 Hotel Floor Plan
5 Special Meetings & Events
6-7 Conference Excursions
9 NCM History
9 Future Meetings
10-11 Satellite Meeting Program
12-15 Annual Conference Schedule
16-30 Abstracts
32-33 Poster Sessions by Author
34-46 Poster Sessions – Authors, Titles
and Affiliations
40 Scholarship Winners
47 NCM Sponsors and Exhibitors
Poster Session Floor Plans
Inside back cover
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