"What Happens to the Brain During Alzheimer's Disease?"

This coming Aunday, April 12th, Vanessa Fitsanakis returns with a talk on Alzheimer's Disease. She writes:

"Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease inthe US. It is primarily associated with aging, which is problematic since people routinely live into their 80's. AD is also difficult on family members because they must watch their loved one slowly lose their memory, and their ability to make appropriate decisions. All of these functional losses can be linked to specific brain regions that deteriorate during disease progression. The goal of this presentation is to familiarize the audience with the neuroanatomy associated with AD, and to provide a better understanding of what happens during this devastating disease."

Please feel free to bring anyone you know who could benefit from this presentation.

Vanessa is the "Dr Edward W Burke, Jr, Professor in Natural Sciences," Associate Professor and Chair Department of Biology at King University, Bristol, TN. She is a "local" who earned her BS at Milligan, MSc at Edinburgh, and Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Vanderbilt. Vanessa's current research in neurotoxicology is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences