OLLI101597 - Memory in Health and Disease [Online via Zoom]
Course Description
Memory in Health and Disease
Instructor: Jay Pomerantz
Day of Week: Wednesday
Dates: October 2 – November 20 (8 sessions)
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom
Understanding memory and developing treatments for those with memory problems are two connected issues in contemporary neuroscience. Even in those without memory problems, new facts, ideas, suggestions and even just recalling the event information often modify our memories. While previous therapies have modestly improved memory and cognition, none has altered the fundamental biology of Alzheimer’s disease. Now, we have clinical trial results from monoclonal antibodies that appear to do just that by removing abnormal proteins from the brain. These results suggest that other promising avenues of research—intervening at earlier stages of disease, targeting multiple disease mechanisms, and developing biomarker-based risk stratifications—could lead to increasingly better treatments for brain degeneration and dementia. In addition, there is plenty of credible science supporting approaches to improving our memories—even as we age.
Maximum: 200
Instructor Bio: Jay Pomerantz, MD, Yale University School of Medicine. Following an internship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, he served on the medical staff of the U.S. Peace Corps. He then completed a residency in psychiatry at Mass Mental Health Center in Boston. After that, he practiced outpatient psychiatry while continuing the clinical faculty of Harvard Medical School. He retired in 2015.
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