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July 26, 2016

Cruzando fronteras: Más allá de las investigaciones Euro-céntricas en la enfermedad de Parkinson

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Un proyecto genético internacional, dirigido por UW, tiene como meta el prevenir el aumento de las disparidades en el acceso, en un futuro, a la prevención y tratamiento de la enfermedad de Parkinson en la población Latina.

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Categories: Science Updates, En Español

July 15, 2016

UW Elder Friendly Futures - A Teaser

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Learn about our work at this unique conference on healthy aging, dementia, and community transformation. September 15 - 16

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Categories: Science Updates, Care & Treatment

July 11, 2016

Evidence of a Brain Injury-Parkinson’s Link Strengthens

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Dr. Paul Crane gives perspective on the big news that TBI raises risk of Parkinson disease--not Alzheimer disease, as commonly assumed.

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Categories: Science Updates, News

June 21, 2016

Dispatch from NeuroFutures2016: Dr. Anne Churchland

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At the Allen Brain Institute, a former UW post doc, now leading neuroscientist, talked about using optogenetics to probe decision-making in the brain.

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May 13, 2016

Tackling the Science of Brain Injury and Dementia Risk

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A neuropathologist gives his perspective on new findings about the long-term consequences of head trauma in the general aging population and football players.

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Categories: Science Updates, News

May 02, 2016

Gaming the Memory System

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Researchers in the Buffalo Lab use videogames to figure out how the primate brain forms memories—and find clues to interventions for Alzheimer disease along the way.

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April 19, 2016

Highlights of Alzheimer’s Discovery Conference 2016

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Talks by UW experts addressed frontotemporal dementia, the unique needs of LGBTQ baby boomers, and the need for clinical trial participation.

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Categories: Science Updates, Care & Treatment , News

April 18, 2016

Defying Parkinson’s, One Mile at a Time

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For people living with Parkinson's, the annual APDA Optimism Walk gets them up and moving in a community of support. A Report from Ship Canal Trail.

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April 06, 2016

The Value of Friendship for Living Well with Dementia

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An anthropologist explains why the popular American notion of ‘successful aging’ sets friendships up to fail after a memory loss diagnosis, and how we can all push back

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Categories: Science Updates, Dementia-Friendly Community

February 20, 2016

“The Dark Energy of the Brain,” with Dr. Marcus Raichle

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Neuroscientist Marcus Raichle visited to talk about the brain's innate organization of electrical patterns sustaining mental life, during sleep or multi-tasking, daydreaming or anesthesia.

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