Dear Colleagues and Friends,

On behalf of the organizing committee, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the International Symposium “Oral Neuroscience 2024” in Osaka at Graduate School of Dentistry in Suita campus of Osaka University on March 22nd (Saturday), 2025.
In dental medicine, elucidating the mechanisms of oral functions and their abnormalities is an extremely important research field. The investigation of diverse oral functions encompasses a wide range of research topics, along with a variety of approaches and techniques. As such, an interdisciplinary effort that integrates and provides a broad perspective on these aspects is crucial. This symposium began in 2014 has since been primarily organized by departments within the Faculty of Dentistry related to the field of Oral Neuroscience, including Oral Physiology, Pharmacology, Neuroanatomy, Dental Anesthesiology, and Oral Surgery. In particular, it has served as a platform for young researchers, such as graduate students, and mid-career researchers who have started independent studies, to present their research in English and engage in scientific communication with senior and internationally renowned researchers. We believe that the scientific communication fostered through this symposium not only encourages further research by young researchers but also contributes to the advancement of studies in this field.
We are preparing to have active discussion form various perspectives comprised of plenary lecture, mini review and short talks. As a plenary lecture, we invite Professor Han-Sung Jung, Department of Oral Biology, Yonsei University College of Dentistry and will have a great talk about his novel neuroscience research topics.
We look forward to seeing you at “Oral Neuroscience 2024 in Osaka” in the coming March.

Sincerely yours

Chair
Takafumi Kato, DDS, PhD
Organizing Committee of “Oral Neuroscience 2024 in Osaka”
Dept. of Oral Physiology, Osaka Univ. Grad. Sch. Of Dentistry

Organizing Committee
Susumu Tanaka
Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Osaka Univ. Grad. Sch. Of Dentistry
Chiho Kudo
Dept. of Dental Anesthesiology, Osaka Univ. Grad. Sch. Of Dentistry
Kazuhiro Takuma
Dept. of Pharmacology, Osaka Univ. Grad. Sch. Of Dentistry
Shinsuke Ohba
Dept. of Tissue and Developmental Biology, Osaka Univ. Grad. Sch. Of Dentistry
Takahiro Furuta
Dept. of Systematic Anatomy and Neurobiology, Osaka Univ. Grad. Sch. Of Dentistry