Faculty Spotlight

Reuters features research by Richard Lipton, M.D., and his colleagues that finds a "longevity gene" prevents memory decline and Alzheimer's disease. The study, published in JAMA, found there was a 70 percent reduction in the risk of Alzheimer's in people with two copies of the favorable variant of the "longevity gene" compared to those with the more common variant.

Translational Neuroscience Seminar

Wednesday, Dec. 2nd

Dr. Min Zhou
Ordway Research Institute
Seminar: "Does 'K+ spatial buffering' occur in the brain? New insights from study of astrocyte two-pore domain K+ channels and electrical coupling"
Host: Dr. Eliana Scemes
Time: 12:30pm
Dr. Zhou's website

NEUROLOGY NEWS

Peripheral Neuropathies in Clinical Practice

Doctors Steven Herskovitz, Stephen N. Scelsa and Herbert H. Schaumburg have writen a new book published Jan 2010.

Stimulating Brain Activities Delay Onset of Memory Decline

Doctors Verghese and Hall had their lastest study published in Neurology, which found that cognitive activities can delay the occurrence of dementia.

Neurology Events

"Genetics of Neuromuscular Disease"
Grand Rounds February 4 th

Kenneth H Fischbeck, M.D.
Chief of Neurogenetics
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

"Ion Channels in Periodic Paralysis and Other Diseases"
Grand Rounds February 11th

Stephen C Cannon M.D., Ph.D.
Linda and Mitch Hart Distinguished Chair in Neurology
UT Southwestern