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The Inconstant Brain: Imaging Reveals Surprising Dynamic Change in Structure across the Lifespan

Start Date:	1/21/2009
End Date:	1/21/2009
Event Time:	5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Title:	The Inconstant Brain: Imaging Reveals Surprising Dynamic Change in Structure across the Lifespan
Location:	Basic Science Bldg.
Room Name:	Garren Auditorium
Event Category:	Lectures/Seminars -Health Sciences
Sponsor:	SIRA
Open to Public:	YES
Admission Cost:	Free
Contact Name:	UCSD Stein Institute for Research on Aging
Contact Phone:	(858) 543-6299 Ext.
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Description:	Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reveals dynamic change in brain tissue throughout life, suggesting that the brain adapts in response to disease, drugs, even life experience – with wide-ranging implications about how and why individuals differ in personality, temperament and cognition. Who: Terry L. Jernigan, professor, UC San Diego Department of Cognitive Sciences When: Wednesday, January 21, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Where: Garren Auditorium, UC San Diego Basic Sciences Building, La Jolla Event contact: UCSD Stein Institute for Research on Aging, (858) 534-6299

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