When
Where
Announcing:
Kristen Kennedy, Ph.D.
UT Dallas
Co-Sponsored by BIO5 & Psychology
In place of regularly scheduled Wednesday CNS Seminar
Title: Imaging of the Aging Brain
Abstract:
This talk will discuss the major sources of heterogeneity in aging across individuals. Of the myriad genetic, health, and lifestyle factors that influence aging of the brain and cognition, health of the cerebrovascular system is among the most salient, the most common, and fortunately the most amenable to treatment. Vascular risk also appears to act often in synergistic associations with other key risk factors for suboptimal cognitive and brain aging, namely inflammation, beta-amyloid deposition, APOEe4 genotype and other AD-related risk factors. Dr. Kennedy will summarize research conducted by her lab and close collaborators over the years examining these modifying effects on the brain’s structure and function, and their impact on cognitive aging.
Bio:
Dr. Kennedy studies the Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging, and her research focuses on disentangling normal from pathological aging of the brain and cognition (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease). Her research uses neuroimaging approaches such as MRI and PET to investigate age-related differences and longitudinal changes in brain gray matter and white matter structure and function using task-based fMRI. Additionally, Dr. Kennedy’s work examines the environmental, genetic, and health and lifestyle modifiers of brain aging. Her research has been continuously federally funded by the National Institute on Aging since 2010. She has published over 100 scientific peer-reviewed papers that have been cited over 13,000 times. Dr. Kennedy has many years of service as a journal editor and currently serves as Senior Editor at Imaging Neuroscience.
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