Research Programme on Neuroscience. International Research Programme on Neuroscience

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1 Reearch Programme on Neurocience International Reearch Programme on Neurocience

2 Reearch Programme on Neurocience NEURO in brief The Reearch Programme on Neurocience (NEURO) i a four-year programme between Finland, Canada and China providing funding for cutting-edge neurocience reearch in the participating countrie. The programme involve 16 Finnih, four Finnih-Chinee and three Finnih-Canadian reearch project. It provide imultaneou, coordinated funding for the project during The programme i alo aimed at trengthening collaboration with neurocience reearch programme and doctoral programme in other countrie. NEURO i funded by the Academy of Finland, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Intitute of Neurocience, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA) of the Canadian Intitute of Health Reearch. NEUROSCIENCE ADVANCING FAST O nly a few decade ago, neurocience hardly exited a an independent dicipline. Today, there are hundred of training programme in neurocience, which i one of the mot exciting area of modern cience. Without doubt, the role of neurocience i contantly increaing in variou field of ociety. Neurocientit have made tartling dicoverie that have tranformed our undertanding of the healthy brain and helped to treat diorder affecting million of people. Moreover, breaking it conventional boundarie, neurocience ha an increaing influence on the development of new intelligent technologie. CHALLENGES OF THE NEURO PROGRAMME Neurocience reearch i multidiciplinary and broad-baed by nature, combining, for example, biomedical reearch, information technology, philoophy and pychology. A key challenge i to link different area of the reearch to each other and to work toward a ynthei between thee. The Reearch Programme on Neurocience eek to achieve thi goal by bringing fragmented reearch environment together, promoting the introduction of new method and upporting veratile reearcher The NEURO programme conit of the following core theme: Molecular and Cellular Neurocience, Nervou Sytem Development, Platicity and Repair, Sytem and Cognitive Neurocience, Dieae of the Nervou Sytem, Neuroinformatic and Neurotechnology, and Ethical, Philoophical and Socio-Cultural Apect Related to Neurocience.

3 The human brain hold about 100 billion nerve cell. They form a network in which each cell i interlinked to hundred, or maybe even thouand of other nerve cell. The human brain i the mot complex cell-biological ytem known. No wonder the brain ha alway intrigued reearcher. Neurological dieae cot ociety approximately ten time a much a cancer. Jut a the environment, the nervou ytem i platic and flexible. training. The goal i to create high-level, cro-border project, where topical iue within neurocience can be approached with genuine multidiciplinarity. NEURO aim to produce new knowledge on, for example, memory, learning, ocial interaction, anxiety a well a neurological dieae and their treatment. The objective of the NEURO programme are: WHO: Global Burden of Dieae (GBD) 2002 Dieae Adjuted Life Year (DALY) to promote high-quality, multi- and interdiciplinary reearch in neurocience in the participating countrie, to etablih more effective networking and collaboration between reearcher in Canada, China and Finland, to enhance the application of advanced technologie in neurocience, to promote reearcher training, and to accelerate the exchange of new cientific knowledge among cientit and between cientit and other interet group. Death rate Neuropychiatric dieae Neuropychiatric dieae Finland 29% 10.00% Photo: Tapio Heino reearch group, futureimagebank.com Canada 32% 8.00% Layout: Sole Lätti China 18% 1.00% Yliopitopaino, Helinki 2006

4 Modulation of Pain and Working Memory Following Navigated Trancranial Magnetic Stimulation of Segregated Corticotriatal Fiber Tract in Human Antti Pertovaara, Profeor, Univerity of Helinki New Method for Meauring Cortical Dopaminergic Regulation: Toward Neuroinformatic of Synaptic Neurotranmiion in Human Juha Rinne, Profeor, Univerity of Turku CONSORTIA Bringing the Natural Auditory Environment into the Laboratory Paavo Alku, Profeor, Helinki Univerity of Technology Patrick May, Academy Reearch Fellow, Univerity of Helinki Hannu Tiitinen, Academy Reearch Fellow, Univerity of Helinki PROJECTS FUNDED INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS Social Brain in Interaction Riitta Hari, Profeor, Helinki Univerity of Technology The Development of the Social Brain: An affective view Jari Hietanen, Profeor, Univerity of Tampere Mechanim of Light Adaptation in Photoreceptor Cell: Phototranduction Protein and Ion Trafficking between the Functional Compartment of Rod Ari Kokelainen, Profeor, Helinki Univerity of Technology Development and Functioning of Very Low Birth Weight Infant from Infancy to School Age (PIPARI) Liia Lehtonen, Docent, Turku Univerity Hopital Human Embryonic Stem Cell in Animal Model of Neurodegenerative Dieae: The Role of Inflammation Outi Hovatta, Profeor, Univerity of Tampere Jari Koitinaho, Profeor, Univerity of Kuopio Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, Academy Profeor, Univerity of Kuopio Extratriate Viual Proceing: Integration of Computational, Pychophyical and Imaging Approache Aapo Hyvärinen, Docent, Univerity of Helinki Jui Saarinen, Univerity Lecturer, Univerity of Helinki Simo Vanni, Reearcher, Helinki Univerity of Technology The Neurobiology of Dylexia and Reading Ability Juha Kere, Profeor, Univerity of Helinki Eero Catrén, Profeor, Univerity of Helinki Perttu Lindberg, Academy Reearch Fellow, Helinki Univerity Central Hopital Neuronal Effector for Pim Kinae Päivi Kokinen, Docent, Univerity of Turku Eleanor Coffey, PhD, Åbo Akademi Univerity

5 The Role of Actin-binding Protein MIM and ABBA1 in the Development of the Central Nervou Sytem Pekka Lappalainen, Profeor, Univerity of Helinki Marjo Salminen, Academy Reearch Fellow, Univerity of Helinki Unraveling the Dieae Mechanim in Progreive Myoclonu Epilepy, EPM1 Anna-Elina Lehejoki, Profeor, Univerity of Helinki Reetta Kälviäinen, MD, PhD, Kuopio Univerity Hopital Neurophiloophy of Concioune Antti Revonuo, Profeor, Univerity of Turku Harry Scheinin, Profeor, Univerity of Turku Novel Neurotrophic Factor for Mammal and Invertebrate Mart Saarma, Profeor, Univerity of Helinki Tapio Heino, Docent, Univerity of Helinki The Neurocognitive Bai of Learning and It Change at Different Stage of Development Eliabet Service, Docent, Univerity of Helinki Matti Laine, Profeor, Åbo Akademi Univerity Riitta Salmelin, Profeor, Helinki Univerity of Technology INTERNATIONAL JOINT PROJECTS Functional Diociation between Memory and Attention in Prefrontal Cortex of People and Monkey Synnöve Carlon, Academy Reearch Fellow, Univerity of Helinki Yuanye Ma, Profeor, Kunming Intitute of Zoology, Chinee Academy of Science Structure and Biology of GDNF Signalling Sytem Adrian Goldman, Profeor, Univerity of Helinki Jiawei Zhou, Profeor, Intitute of Biochemitry and Cell Biology, Chinee Academy of Science Development of Molecular Mechanim Underlying Neuron-atrocyte Control of Cerebral Blood Flow Kai Kaila, Academy Profeor, Univerity of Helinki Brian A. McVicar, Profeor, Univerity of Britih Columbia Early Detection of Neurodegenerative and Pychiatric Dieae Baed on fmri Analyi of Spontaneou Brain Activity Vea Kiviniemi, MD, PhD, Oulu Univerity Hopital Zang Yu-Feng, Profeor, Intitute of Automation, Chinee Academy of Science Neurobiology and Genetic of Anxiety Ea Korpi, Profeor, Univerity of Helinki Iiri Hovatta, PhD, National Public Health Intitute Wang Jinhui, Profeor, Intitute of Biophyic, Chinee Academy of Science Integration of Growth Factor Signal Regulating Cellular Differentiation in Embryonic Midbrain-hindbrain Region Juha Partanen, Academy Reearch Fellow, Univerity of Helinki Timothy Hughe, Profeor, Univerity of Toronto Inflammatory Mechanim in Neuronal Injury Heikki Rauvala, Profeor, Univerity of Helinki Sirpa Jalkanen, Academy Profeor, Univerity of Turku Marko Salmi, Reearcher, National Public Health Intitute Paul Kube, Profeor, Univerity of Calgary

6 Further information Mika Tirronen, Programme Manager Tiina Tembe, Project Secretary Academy of Finland, tel Dr LU Rongkai Director of Diviion / NSFC [email protected] Atrid Eberhart, Aitant Director INMHA/CIHR; [email protected] Programme web page: Other funding agencie: The Canadian Intitute of Health Reearch (CIHR) i the major federal agency reponible for funding health reearch in Canada. The Intitute of Neurocience, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA) i one of the 13 intitute of CIHR. INMHA upport reearch on the functioning and diorder of the brain, the pinal cord, the enory and motor ytem and the mind. ( National Science Foundation of China The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) wa founded in February 1986 with the approval of the State Council. It i an intitution for the management of the National Natural Science Fund, aimed at promoting and financing baic reearch and ome applied reearch in China. Ever ince it etablihment, NSFC ha continuouly treed the importance of international cooperation and exchange. ( Vilhonvuorenkatu 6 POB 99, FI Helinki, Finland Tel Fax [email protected]