Neurology, Neuropsychology, and Neurobiology of Aging

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS
1	Introduction: The Aging Brain, Corkin Lecture
2	Imaging the Aging and Demented Brain
3	Working Memory in Aging and Alzheimer’s
4	Recollection and Familiarity in Healthy Aging
5	Emotional Memory in Aging and Age-related Disease
6	Midterm Exam (1 Hour) Implicit Memory
7	Alzheimer’s Disease: Natural History, Genetics, and Pathophysiology  (Guest Lecture: Michael C. Irizarry, M. D., Alzheimer Disease Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital)
8	Alzheimer’s Disease: Early Molecular Biology, Genetics, Animal Models
9	Alzheimer’s Disease (cont.)
10	Alzheimer’s Disease: ß-amyloid and LTP, Distribution of AD Target Tissues, Tauopathies
11	Parkinson’s Disease/Huntington’s Disease: Molecular, Genetic Mechanisms, Memory
12	Parkinson’s Disease/Huntington’s Disease: Molecular, Genetic Mechanisms, Memory (cont.)
	Final Exam