Tik-Talks: Neural mechanisms of dementia

Session time: Tuesday, March 19, 3:30-5 pm ET (in parallel to two other sessions, see program)

Location: Viger room (8th floor)

Moderator: Shady Rahayel

Presentations:

  • Genetic manipulation of neuronal lactate dehydrogenase A expression results in age- and sex-dependent effects on cognition / Robert Cumming, Ariel K. Frame, Robert Bartha
  • In vitro aging increases proNGF transport and neurodegeneration via p75NTR while decreasing proNGF transport via TrkA / Erika Kropf, Chengbiao Wu, Margaret Fahnestock
  • From dreams to neurodegeneration: Understanding the brain mechanisms leading to dementia with Lewy bodies / Shady Rahayel
  • Brain atrophy and white matter hyperintensities in frontotemporal dementia variants and their impact on cognition / Amelie Metz, Yashar Zeighami, Simon Ducharme, Sylvia Villeneuve, Mahsa Dadar
  • Education is neuroprotective against hippocampal-related memory decline in people at risk of Alzheimer’s disease / Annalise LaPlume, Samira Mellah, Natasha Rajah, Sylvie Belleville
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