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Past Seminars



Spring 2008    
5/1/08 Kara Federmeier, PhD, University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana PARLO: A framework for language comprehension (PDF Flyer)
4/24/08 Douglas Feinstein, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago Neuroprotective and Anti-Amyloidogenic Actions of Noradrenaline (PDF Flyer)
4/17/08 Orly Lazarov, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago Modulation of brain plasticity in Alzheimer’s disease (PDF Flyer)
4/10/08 Changiz Geula, PhD, Northwestern University Amyloid, Microglia and Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease: Why Have Anti-Inflammatory Trials Failed?
4/3/08 Steven Franconeri, PhD, Northwestern University The magical number 4 in visual attention (PDF Flyer)
3/27/08 Geoffrey Murphy, PhD, University of Michigan The Role of L-Type Calcuim Channels in Memory and Cognitive Aging (PDF Flyer)
3/20/08 Renee Beard, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago Subjective Experiences, Symbolic Interactions, and the Social Processes of Life With Alzheimer’s (PDF Flyer)
3/13/08 J. David Sweatt, PhD, University of Alabama, Birmingham Mechanisms of Aging and Dementia Training Program: Epigenetic Mechanisms in Memory Formation (PDF Flyer)
2/28/08 Gopal Thinakaran, PhD, University of Chicago The cell biology of Alzheimer’s disease beta amyloid production (PDF Flyer)
2/14/08 Peter Penzes, PhD, Northwestern University Molecular mechanisms of synaptic structural plasticity and pathology (PDF Flyer)
2/7/08 Gordon Shepherd, PhD, Northwestern University Laser Stimulation Strategies for Imaging Local Circuit Pathology in Mouse Motor/Frontal Cortex (PDF Flyer)
1/31/08 John Disterhoft, PhD, Northwestern University Report on the NIA/McKnight Foundation Cognitive Aging Summit (PDF Flyer)
1/24/08 Eileen Bigio, MD & Beth Borosh, PhD, Northwestern University Eighty-one Year Old Female with a Ten Year History of Frontotemporal Dementia (PDF Flyer)
1/17/08 Sultan Darvesh, PhD, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Neurochemistry of butyrylcholinesterase in health and in Alzheimer's disease (PDF Flyer)
Fall 2007    
12/13/07 Roberto Galvez, PhD, Northwestern University Neocortex: A Site of Storage for Associative Memories (PDF Flyer)
12/6/07 Pauline Maki, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago Hormone Therapy and The Early Postmenopausal Period: Immediate and Long-term Effects on Brain Function and Memory (PDF Flyer)
11/29/07 William D. Rhoades, DO, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital The new Exelon Patch and Other Alzheimer's Treatments (PDF Flyer)
11/8/07 Andrea Skoglund, MSW & Jennifer Medina, BS, Northwestern University Beyond the Diagnosis: A Panel Presentation of Individuals Living with Early Stage Memory Loss (PDF Flyer)
11/1/07 Thomas Bozza, PhD, Northwestern University Genetic Analysis of the Olfactory Sensory Projection: A Map of What? (PDF Flyer)
10/25/07 Eileen Bigio, MD, Northwestern University Clinicopathologic Conference (PDF Flyer)
10/18/07 Jane Wu, PhD, Northwestern University Pre-mRNA Splicing & Neurodegeneration
10/11/07 Gail Johnson, PhD, University of Rochester The Posttranslational Processing Tau in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer Disease (PDF Flyer)
10/4/07 Mitra Hartmann, PhD, Northwestern University Studying Biomechanics to Gain Insight into Sensory Perception (PDF Flyer)
9/27/07 Chuang-Kuo Wu, MD, Northwestern University Fas death signaling and phosphorylated tau in Alzheimer's Disease (PDF Flyer)
9/20/07 Mark Wainwright, PhD, Northwestern University Role of Apolipoprotein E Genotype in Cerebral Palsy: Lessons from Alzheimer's Disease (PDF Flyer)
9/13/07 Pavel Osten, PhD, Northwestern University Application of viral vectors to study and treat Alzheimer's disease
Spring 2007    
6/7/07 Jack de la Torre, MD, PhD, Case Western Reserve University The Heart-Brain Axis in Alzheimer's Disease: An Old Pathway to a New Mind Shift(PDF Flyer)
6/1/07 Alzheimer Day - Keynote Speaker, Rudolph Tanzi, PhD "Alzheimer's Disease: From Genes to Therapies" (Download PDF Flyer)
5/24/07 Carol Barnes, PhD, University of Arizona Mechanisms of Aging & Dementia Training Program: "Memory Deficits in Normal Aging: Neurobiological Correlates" (Download PDF Flyer)
5/17/07 Tom Meuser, PhD, Washington University Medical Fitness to Drive in Aging & Dementia: Assessment, Retirement & State Reporting (PDF Flyer)
5/10/07 Scott Brady, PhD, University of Illinois Chicago Life in the Fast Lane: Neurodegeneration and Regulation of Fast Axonal Transport (PDF Flyer)
5/3/07 Jelena Radulovic, PhD, Northwestern University Molecular Mechanisms of Fear Extinction (PDF Flyer)
4/26/07 John Disterhoft, PhD, Northwestern University Hippocampal Neuron Changes During Learning and Aging: Relevance for Understanding Learning Deficits in Alzheimer's Disease (PDF Flyer)
4/19/07 Changiz Geula, PhD, Northwestern University Selective Neuronal Vulnerability in Neurodegenerative Disorders: Lessons from the Basal Forebrain Cholinergic System (PDF Flyer)
4/12/07 Karen Duff, PhD, Columbia University Phosphorylation as a Pathogenic mechanism in amyloidogenesis and tauopathy (PDF Flyer)
4/5/07 Marcia Grabowecky, PhD, Northwestern University Investigating Normal, Disordered and Enhanced Visual Attention with a New Attention Battery (PDF Flyer)
3/29/07 Alissa Wicklund, PhD, Northwestern University Where did I put my keys? Activities of Daily Living, Functional Ability, and Competency in Dementia
3/22/07 Greg Thatcher, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago Alzheimer’s Disease and Nitric Oxide Mimetics: NO - The Answer Can’t Be That Simple (PDF Flyer)
3/15/07 Grace E. Stutzmann, PhD, Rosalind Franklin University / The Chicago Medical School Calcium Dysregulation in Neurons and the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease (PDF Flyer)
3/8/07 Dominic M. Walsh, PhD, Harvard University An Amyloidocentric View of Alzheimer’s Disease A-beta: Oligomerization, Degradation and Amyloid-Like Peptides (PDF Flyer)
3/1/07 Joan Chiao, PhD, Northwestern University Visualizing cultural influences on neural systems of emotion (PDF Flyer)
2/22/07 Eileen Bigio, MD, Darren Gitelman, MD, Northwestern University 41 year old woman with an 8 year history of frontotemporal dementia (PDF Flyer)
2/15/07 Patricia Lopresti, MD, Northwestern University Tau in Oligodendrocytes or a Tale of Health and Disease (PDF Flyer)
2/8/07 Javier Sanchez, PhD, Northwestern University Beta-amyloid Depression of Presynaptic Transmission via Neuronal alpha7 Nicotinic Receptors (PDF Flyer)
2/1/07 Mark Jung-Beeman, PhD, Northwestern University This is Your (Creative) Brain on Happiness: Mood Modulation of Insight in Problem Solving - Brain and Behavioral Evidence (PDF Flyer)
1/25/07 Richard Miller, PhD, Northwestern University Cytokine Regulation of Neurogenesis in the Embryonic and Adult Dentate Gyrus
1/18/07 Mary Jo LaDu, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago ApoE and A-Beta: Where next? (PDF Flyer)
1/11/07 Aryeh Routtenberg, PhD, Northwestern University Etiological Origins of AD: Synaptic Burden or The Cost of Adult Memory? (PDF Flyer)
Fall 2006    
12/14/06 Dan A. Nicholson, PhD, Northwestern University AMPA receptors, aging, and Alzheimer's disease in hippocampal synapses (PDF Flyer)
12/7/06 Tobias Egner, PhD, Northwestern University Cognitive control of selective attention (PDF Flyer)
11/30/06 Li-Huei Tsai, PhD, MIT Recovery of Lost Memories in a Mouse Model of Severe Neurodegeneration (PDF Flyer)
11/16/06 Teepu Siddique, MD, Northwestern University A System Biology Approach to Neurodegeneration in ALS
11/9/06 Deborah Reed, MD, Northwestern University Understanding and Treating Behavioral Disturbances in Dementia (PDF Flyer)
11/2/06 Innovations in Dementia Innovations in Dementia Treatment & Care
10/26/06 Nancy Johnson, PhD, Eileen Bigio, MD, Northwestern University Clinicopathologic Correlation:  80-year-old Woman Presenting with Gait Instability and Double Vision, Eventual Cognitive Dysfunction (PDF Flyer)
10/19/06 Phyllis Mitzen, MSW, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group Changes in Illinois Long Term Care Public Policy: What Clinicians & Researchers Need to Know (PDF Flyer)
10/12/06 Eve van Cauter, PhD, University of Chicago Good Sleep & Good Health (PDF Flyer)
10/5/06 Paul Reber, PhD, Northwestern University Examining the roles of the medial temporal lobe and basal gangalia in memory with fMRI (PDF Flyer)
9/28/06 Jim Mastrianni, MD, University of Chicago Studies on a Common Polymorphism on Prion Protein: It’s Role in Prion Propagation and Possible Association with Other Diseases (PDF Flyer)
9/21/06 Tanya Simuni, MD, Northwestern University Lewy Body Dementia - A Clinical Overview (PDF Flyer)
9/14/06 Sarah Rice, PhD, Northwestern University The Timing of Tau Toxicity
Spring 2006    
5/12/06 Bruce Miller, PhD, University of California San Francico Alzheimer’s Day
5/4/06 Masuo Ohno, PhD, Northwestern University Functional Consequences of BACE1 Deletion in Alzheimer's Mouse Models
(Download PDF Flyer)
4/27/06 Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco Primary Progressive Aphasia: Clinical and Theoretical Implications
(Download PDF Flyer)
4/20/06 Puneet Opal, MD, PhD, Northwestern University Understanding the Molecular Basis of Spinocerebellar Ataxia
(Download PDF Flyer)
4/13/06 Cynthia Thompson, PhD, Northwestern University Word Class Processing and Production in Neurological Patients
(Download PDF Flyer)
4/6/06 Tali Bitan, PhD, Northwestern University Developmental changes in effective connectivity during language tasks, in fMRI
(Download PDF Flyer)
3/30/06 Marco Catani, MD, Center for Neuroimaging Sciences King’s College London Keeping Track of Language Pathways in the Human Brain
(Download PDF Flyer)
3/23/06 James Surmeier, PhD, Northwestern University Physiology of Parkinson’s Disease
(Download PDF Flyer)
3/16/06 Chih-Hung Chang, PhD, Northwestern University Clinical Infometrics: AD Patient Care and Caregiver Health via Measurement-to-Management Approach
(Download PDF Flyer)
3/9/06 D. Martin Watterson, PhD, Northwestern University Addressing the innovation crisis in CNS and cancer therapeutic development: de novo discovery for AD as a case study
(Download PDF Flyer)
3/2/06 Jeffrey Binder, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee FMRI Studies of Semantic Processing
(Download PDF Flyer)
2/23/06 Robert Vassar, PhD, Northwestern University The role of BACE1 and intraneuronal Ab in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis
(Download PDF Flyer)
2/17/06 Special Event (Regular Thursday Seminar is Cancelled) Dementia & Aging Training Grant Day
(Download PDF Flyer)
2/9/06 Robert Berry, PhD, Professor, Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University Amyloid, Apoptosis and Alzheimer’s
(Download PDF Flyer)
2/2/06 Jane Plailly, PhD, Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience Northwestern University Human olfactory memory: Functional neuroanatomy of odor discrimination and familiarity judgments
(Download PDF Flyer)
1/26/06 Eileen Bigio, MD, Nancy Johnson, PhD, Tanya Simuni, MD, Northwestern University Clinicopathologic Correlation 64 year old woman with the clinical diagnosis of CBGD 45 year old man with the clinical diagnosis of FTD
(Download PDF Flyer)
1/19/06 Sam Fazio, PhD, Alzheimer’s Association, National Office The Persistence of Self in Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease: Visual Self-Recognition and Language Usage
(Download PDF Flyer)
1/12/06 Benjamin Seltzer, MD, Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry Tulane University Medical School Drug Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease
(Download PDF Flyer)
Fall 2005    
12/15/05 Richard Morimoto, PhD, Northwestern University Protein Misfolding: A Basis for Diseases of Aging and Neurodegeneration
12/8/05 Leyla Toledo-Morrell, PhD, Director, Graduate Program in Neuroscience Rush University Medical Center MRI derived anatomical predictors of risk of Alzheimer's disease
(Download PDF Flyer)
12/1/05 Bryce Mander, Graduate Student, Northwestern University Institute of Neuroscience The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Cognition
(Download PDF Flyer)
11/10/05 Siri Sonty, PhD, Northwestern University Primary Progressive Aphasia: PPA and the Language Network (Download PDF Flyer)
11/3/05 Town Hall Meeting (Download PDF Flyer)
10/27/05 Matt Reynolds, MD, PhD Student, Department of Cell & Molecular Biology Nitration and Oxidation of the Tau Protein by Peroxynitrite: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease (Download PDF Flyer)
10/20/05 Sandra Weintraub, PhD, Professor-Dept of Psychiatry & Doctoral Students: Sarah Banks, Jennifer Medina, & Emily Rogalski, Cognitive Neurology & Alzheimer’s Disease Center FTD & PPA at NU: Neurobiology, Behavior and Patient Care (Download PDF Flyer)
10/13/05 Conchetta Forchetti, MD, PhD, Northwestern University New Advances in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease (Download PDF Flyer)
10/6/05 Ken Paller, PhD, Northwestern University Investigating declarative and nondeclarative memory by isolating neural markers of distinct memory functions
9/29/05 Eileen Bigio, MD, Northwestern University Clinico-pathologic Conference
9/22/05 Raul Mena, MD, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City Modeling Stages of Abnormal Tau Protein Processing in Alzheimer’s Disease
9/15/05 Brent Kelly, PhD Candidate, Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience Beta amyloid-induced synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease: a possible role for dynamin 1
9/8/05 Linda Van Eldik, PhD Professor, Department of Cell & Molecular Biology New Strategies for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease:Glia as a Therapeutic Target
Spring 2005    
5/5/05 Kia Nobre, PhD
Probing the flexibility of attentional orienting in the human brain
4/28/05 Elliot Mufson, PhD
Professor, Neurological Sciences, The Alla V. and Solomon Jesmer Chair in Aging
Division of Neuroscience
Rush University, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
Proneurtrophin Alterations During the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
4/21/05 Eileen Bigio, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Director, Northwestern ADC Neuropathology Core
Northwestern University
X-Ray, Fluorescence Spectroscopy In Situ Quantitation of Metals/Elements in Alzheimer's Disease
4/14/05 Angela L. Guillozet-Bongaarts, PhD
Cell and Molecular Biology
Northwestern University
Phosphorylation, Cleavage, and Maturation: Unravelling the Neurofibrillary Tangle
4/07/05 James Moyer, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychology
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Behavioral and Cellular Analyses of Brain Aging
3/31/05 Sanford Finkel, MD
Council for Jewish Elderly
Pushing Back the Boundaries: The Future of Behavioral
Healthcare For Patients With Dementia
3/24/05 John M. Lee, MD, PhD
Helen M. and Raymond M. Galvin Professor of Pathology
Chairman, Department of Pathology
Professor of Pathology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
Loyola University Medical Center
Effects of low molecular weight glycosaminoglycans on amyloid-β induced neuropathology
3/17/05 Jaime Grutzendler, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Northwestern University
Studying the Dynamics of Neurodegeneration in the Living Mouse: Novel
Approaches
3/10/05 Peter Penzes, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
Northwestern University
Mechanisms of synaptic structural plasticity in health and disease
3/03/05 Tim Rogers, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University Of Wisconsin
Some reasons for believing in a unitary semantic system in the anterior temporal lobes
2/24/05 Carmen Westerberg, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine

New Perspectives on Declarative Memory in Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment
2/17/05

Eileen Bigio, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Director, Northwestern ADC Neuropathology Core
Northwestern University

Emily Trittschuh
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Psychiatry and the Cognitive Neurology & Alzheimer's Disease Center
Northwestern University

 

Clinicopathologic Correlation: 90 year-old man with history of Alzheimer's disease
2/10/05 CANCELLED
 
2/03/05 William Greenough, PhD
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Experience & the Aging Brain
1/27/05 Alice Wyrwicz, PhD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology,
Neurobiology & Physiology
Northwestern University
Brain Microstructure in APP Transgenic Mice
1/20/05 Dan Kuhn, MSW, LCSW
Mather Institute on Aging
Powerful Tools for Caregivers: An intervention to promote self-care by family caregivers
1/13/05 Susan Benloucif, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Northwestern University
Sleep and circadian rhythms in older adults and the effects of exercise and light
Fall 2004    
9/16/04

W. Sue T. Griffin, PhD
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences

The Role of the Cytokine Cycle in Alzheimer Pathogenesis
9/23/04

Robert Struble, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry & Pathology
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Estrogen, glia and apoE. A System Underlying Neuronal Plasticity
9/30/04

Joseph Shega, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Section of Geriatrics
University of Chicago

Challenges to providing palliative care for persons with dementia at the end of life
10/07/04

Kevin LaBar, PhD
Assistant Professor
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Duke University

Neural Mechanisms of Emotional Memory
10/14/04

Best Practices Poster Day &
Town Hall Meeting

Julie Dunn, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
New England Research Institutes

Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Feinberg Pavilion, 3rd Floor Conference Center
251 E. Huron

Maintaining Cognitive Health: Things Your Mother Might Have Told You
10/21/04

Eileen Bigio, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Division of Neuropathology
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine

The Pathology of Neurodegenerative Disorders
10/28/04

Cancelled

11/04/04

Jay A. Gottfried, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine

Anatomy of a Smell: fMRI Studies of Human Olfactor Cortex
11/11/04

Aryeh Routtenberg, PhD
Professor, Psychology, Neurobiology and Physiology
Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience

Neural Plasticity in Health and
Disease: The Growth of a Heteroclitic Idea
11/18/04

M.-Marsel Mesulam, MD
Professor, Neurology and Psychiatry
Director, Cognitive Neurology & Alzheimer's Disease Center
Northwestern University

Cholinergic Update in Alzheimer's Disease
11/25/04 No Seminar - Thanksgiving Day
 
12/02/04


Denise Park, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology
Professor, Beckman Institute
Director of the Roybal Center
University of Illiniois - Champaign/Urbana

Images of the Aging Mind
12/09/04
Norman L. Foster, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Research Professor, Institute of Gerontology
University of Michigan

Studying Phenotypic Variations in
FTD and AD with FDG-PET
12/16/04
Nigel Cairns, PhD, MRCpath
Research Associate Professor
Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Immunology
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Frontotemporal Dementia or Motor Neuron Disease: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Spring 2004    
1/15/04 Michael Mega, MD, PhD
UCLA School of Medicine
The Functional Neuroanatomy of Cholinesterase Inhibitor Therapy in AD: An FDG-PET Inquiry
1/22/04 James A. Mastrianni, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Committees of Microbiology and Neurobiology; Co-Director, Center for Comprehensive Care and Research on Memory Disorders
The University of Chicago
Unraveling the Mechanism of Prion Transmission
1/29/04 Sarah Cole, PhD
Northwestern University
The Effect of Statins on APP Processing
2/5/04 A. Vania Apkarian, PhD
Associate Professor, Physiology
Northwestern University
Pain Hurts the Brain
2/12/04 Arthur F. Kramer, PhD
Professor, Dept of Psychology
Faculty Leader, Beckman Institute Human Perception and Performance Group
University of Illinois – Champaign/Urbana
Healthy Body, Healthy Mind? The Relationship Among Fitness, Cognition, Brain Structure, and Function
2/19/04 Pascale N. Lacor, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
New Molecular Basis for Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Disease
2/26/04 Eileen Bigio, MD
Tatyana Simuni, MD
Northwestern University
CPC: 86 Year Old Man with Atypical Parkinsonismn
3/4/04 Darren Gitelman, MD
Northwestern University
Functional Neuroimaging of Aging
3/11/04 Sanford Finkel, MD
Senior Vice President - Medical Affairs
Council for Jewish Elderly
Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care Offices: A Challenge to Professionals and Society
3/18/04 J. Neil Henderson, PhD
Associate Professor and Vice Chair
L. Carson Henderson, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Research
Health Promotion Sciences
University of Oklahoma
"Unique Genetic and Cultural Factors in Dementia in American Indian Elders"
3/25/04 Maria Caserta, MD, PhD
Director, Adult Residency Program
Assoc.Director, Center for Comprehensive Care and Research on Memory Disorders
Department of Psychiatry
University of Chicago
Early Loss of Hippocampal NAA in MCI: Who is Right?
4/1/04 Eileen Bigio, MD
Nancy Johnson, PhD

Northwestern University
Clinicopathologic Correlation: 61year old woman with FTD
4/8/04 William Rodman Shankle, MS, MD
Associate Adjunct Professor, Cognitive Science
UC Irvine
Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias: Treatment Strategies
4/15/04 Robert Schrauf, PhD
Northwestern University
Development of A Test of Premorbid Intelligence for Spanish Speaking Elderly
4/22/04 Dr. Giancarlo Pepeu, MD
Professor of Pharmacology
University of Florence - Italy
Neuroinflammation: Investigations into Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis
4/29/04 Gayle E. Woloschak, PhD
Professor, Department of Radiology
Northwestern University
Neurologic Disfunction in the Wasted Mouse
Fall 2003    
9/25/03 John Disterhoft, PhD
Northwestern University
"Ongoing Studies of Mechanisms of Learning in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease”
10/02/03 Tony Buchanan, PhD
Dept of Neurology
Div of Cognitive Neuroscience
University of Iowa College of Medicine
“Neurobiology of Emotional Memory”
10/09/03 Willam Klein, PhD
Northwestern University
“The Role of ADDLs in Alzheimer’s Disease Progression and Treatment”
10/16/03 Scott Counts, PhD
Dept of Neurological Sciences
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center
“Cholinergic Basal Forebrain Neurotrophic Abnormalities in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease”
10/23/03 Madelyn Iris, PhD
Northwestern University
Results of a Family Caregiver Needs Assessment in Suburban Cook County: Service Planning and Policy Implications
10/30/03 Scott Weissman, MS, CGC
Center for Medical Genetics, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Genetic Testing for Alzheimer's Disease
11/6/03 Jay Gottfried, MD, PhD
Functional Imaging Lab
Wellcome Dept of Imaging Neurosience
London, UK
The Scented Brain: fMRI Studies of Olfactory Processing and Learning
11/13/03 Rosemary Gemperle, Director
Coalition for Limited English Speaking Elderly
Darby Morhardt, MSW
Research Assistant Professor
Director, Education and Outreach
CNADC, Northwestern University
Suru Lin, MD/MPH Student
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Results from an Ongoing Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Project; Outreach & Education in Five Limited English-Proficiency Communities
11/20/03 Catherine Woolley, PhD
Northwestern University
Estrogen and Synapses in the Hippocampus
12/4/03 Mark Jung-Beeman, PhD
Northwestern University
Insight in the Brain: fMRI and EEG Reveal Neural Activity When People Solve Verbal Problems with Insight
12/11/03 Gopal Thinakaran, PhD
Dept of Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology
University of Chicago
Insights into Gamma-Secretase Processing of Amyloid Precursor Protein in Lipid Rafts
12/18/03 Eileen Bigio, MD
Tanya Simuni, MD
Northwestern University
Clinicopathologic Correlation: 70 year old man with a 7 yr. history of memory problems and 3 siblings with dementia
Spring 2003  
01/09/03 Rachelle Doody, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
An Update on the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
01/16/03 Sangram Sisodia, PhD
University of Chicago
Molecular Analysis of Presenilin Function
01/23/03 William Rhoades, DO
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Treatment Options & Success in Alzheimer's Disease
01/30/03 David A. Bennett, MD
Rush University
Pathologic Mechanisms Linking Risk Factors to the Clinical Expression of Alzheimer's Disease
02/06/03 Robert J. Zatorre, PhD
McGill University
Structure & Function of the Human Auditory Cortex: Speech & Music
02/13/03 Eileen Bigio, MD &
Gabriel Leger, MD

CNADC
Clinicopathological Correlation: 65 year-old with a 5 year history of cognitive & behavioral difficulties
02/20/03 Neal J. Cohen, PhD
University of Illinois, C-U
Hippocampus, Amnesia, Eye Movements, & Conscious vs Not-So-Conscious Memory
02/27/03 Mary Jo LaDu, PhD
NU, WCAS Neurobiology & Phys
Amyloid-ß1-42 Conformation Effects Neurotoxicity and Glial Inflammation
03/06/03 Steven Small, MD, PhD
NU, Cognitive Neuroscience
On the Role of Context in Shaping Neural Processing During Language Comprehension
03/13/03 Benjamin Wolozin, MD, PhD
Loyola University Medical Center
Cholesterol & Alzheimer’s Disease
03/20/03 Lester I. Binder, PhD
NU, Cell & Mollecular Biology
The How & Why of Neurofibrillary Tangle Formation in Alzheimer’s Disease
03/27/03 Numa Gottardi-Littell, MD
NU, Pathology
The Endocytotic pathway is required for increased Aß42 Secretion during apoptosis
04/03/03 John Sweeney, PhD Sensorimotor & Cognitive Deficits in Austism
04/10/03 Tatyana Simuni, MD Parkinson’s Disease Management Update
04/17/03 Eileen Bigio, MD &
Carly Kuczen, PhD

NU, CNADC
CPC- 65 y-o woman with the clinical diagnosis of PPA/FTD and a 74 y-o woman with the clinical diagnosis of CBGD
04/24/03 Paul E. Gold, PhD
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Role of Glucose in age-related changes in memory in rodents and humans
5/1/03 Brenda Hanna-Pladdy, PhD Neural Mechanisms Subserving The What, When & How of Cognition in Action
05/08/03 Perry Edelman, PhD
Mather Lifeways
Measuring quality of life of people with Alzheimer’s disease in assisted living facilities, special care units and adult day programs
05/22/03 Leonard Poon, PhD
University of Georgia
Differentiation of Early AD from Depression
Fall 2002  
9/12/02 Jan Reban, MD
South Bohemia University
The Beginning of Dementia Care in the Czech Republic
9/19/03 Cornelia Beck, PhD, RN
Univ of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Behavioral Approaches in Dementia Care
9/26/02 David Geldmacher, MD
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Visual Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease
10/3/02 Andy Calder, PhD Functional Specialization for Distinct Emotions: Evidence from Pathology, Functional Imaging, and Psychopharmacological Intervention
10/10/02

M.-Marsel Mesulam, MD
CNADC

Primary Progressive Aphasia
10/17/02

Eileen Bigio, MD
CNADC - Pathology

Neuronal Ubiquinated Intranuclear Inclusions in the Striatum in Familial Frontotemporal Dementia with Motor Neuron Disease Type Inclusions Associated with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
10/24/02 David Mitchell, PhD
Loyola University
Memories in Aging and Alzheimer's: True Losses and False Gains
10/31/02

Gabriel Leger, MD
CNADC

Cholesterol, Homocysteine, and Alzheimer's Disease
11/7/02 Jennifer Stevens, PhD
Northwestern University
A Top-Down Approach to Stroke Rehabilitation: Towards functional recovery of a paretic limb through cognitive motor practice
11/14/02 Carol Farran, RN, DNSc, FAAN
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's
Family Caregivers: A Critical Resource in Today's Changing Healthcare World
11/21/02

Phyllis Zee, MD
Northwestern University

Sleep and Circadian Timing in Aging
12/5/02 James Booth
Northwestern University
Development and Disorders of Selective Attention & Response Inhibition
12/12/02 Robert Vassar, PhD
Northwestern University
The B-Secretase Enzyme, BACE1 (b-Secretase): As a Prime Drug Target for Alzheimer's Disease
12/19/02 Eileen Bigio, MD
Nancy Johnson, PhD

Northwestern University
Clinicopathological Correlation: 63 year-old man with a 5 year history of Pick Disease
Spring 2002    
1/10/02 Madelyn Iris, PhD
Rebecca Berman, PhD
Northwestern University
Pathways to Alzheimer’s Disease:  Identifying Factors that Promote or Inhibit Early Detection
1/17/02 A Discussion by Sandra Weintraub, PhD, Darren R. Gitelman, MD and Adnan Arseven, MD – All NU
Diagnosis of Dementia:  How accurate can we be?
1/24/02 Linda Emanuel, MD, PhD
Northwestern University
Seeking Progress in End-of-Life Care
1/31/02 Siri Sonty
Northwestern University
Language network changes in aging and dementia – studies with anatomical and functional neuroimaging
2/7/02 Nina Krauss, PhD
Northwestern University
Auditory pathway encoding deficits in children with learning problems
2/14/02 William L. Klein, PhD
Northwestern University
Do ADDLs cause neural dysfunction and degeneration Alzheimer’s disease?  What we know.  What we think
2/21/02 Philip Holzman, PhD The New Phrenology: Neuroscience and the Problem of Schizophrenia
2/28/02 Adriana Ferreira, MD, PhD Tau is Essential for Beta-amyloid Induced Neurotoxicity
3/7/02 Paul Reber, PhD Using fMRI to Examine Encoding into Long-term Memory: Initial Explorations with Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and MCI
3/14/02 Bernardino Ghetti, MD, Pedro Piccardo, MD, Gabriel Leger, MD Clinicopathological Conference
3/21/02 Eileen Bigio, MD, Serpil Demirci, MD Clinicopathological Conference
3/28/02 Eliott Mufson, PhD Cholinotrophic Systems Altered in the Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Insight from the Clergy
4/4/02 John Disterhoft, PhD Effects of Temporal Lobe Amnesia, Aging and Awareness on Human Eyeblink Conditioning
4/11/02 Eileen Bigio, MD, Serpil Demirci, MD Clinicopathological Conference
4/18/02 M. Marsel Mesulam, MD A Short Story of Butyrylcholinesterase: Lessons from Transgenic Mice and Implications for Alzheimer's Disease
4/25/02 Fran Hankin Alzheimer's Disease Policy & Service Issues: A National & Local Perspective
5/2/02 Alain Dagher, MD Investigating Dopamine Function in Humans with Positron Emission Tomography
5/10/02 AD DAY - Dennis Dickson  
Fall 2001    
9/20/01 Nancy Johnson, PhD
Northwestern University
Effects of Aricept on Cognitive Functioning in Down Syndrome
9/27/01 Eileen Bigio, MD
Northwestern University
Frontotemporal Degeneration with Pick-like and Unique Compound Inclusions
10/4/01 Dana Small, PhD
Northwestern University
Visual Spatial Expectancy Studied with fMRI
10/11/01 Deborah Reed, MD
Northwestern University
Aspects of Depression in Late Life
10/18/01 Darren R. Gitelman, MD Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
10/25/01 A Discussion by: Lester Binder, PhD,  Mary Jo LaDu, PhD (ENH Research Institute, Evanston, IL) , Linda Van Eldik, PhD, and Robert Vassar, PhD   (All Northwestern University besides LaDu Alternate Hypotheses of Disease Mechanisms in AD
11/1/01 Ron Petersen, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
What’s Wrong with MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment)?
11/8/01 Best Practices Poster Session  
11/29/01 Mark Alberts, MD
Northwestern University
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
12/6/01 Alvaro Pascual Leone, PhD
Harvard University
 
12/13/01 Eileen Bigio, MD, Servil Demirci, MD, UN
Northwestern University
Clinicopathological Conference
12/20/01 Angie Guillozet
Northwestern University
Plaques, Tingles, & Memory in Aging & MCI
Spring 2001   Download PDF Archive
1/11/01 Mary Jo LaDu, PhD
ENH Research Institute
ApoE attenuates A-β induced astrocyte mediated inflammation
1/18/01 Robert Schrauf, PhD
Northwestern University
Cognitive aging and bilingual memory
1/25/01 Bruce Quinn, MD, PhD
Northwestern University
Clinicopathological Conference - Atypical Dementia
2/1/01 A. Vania Apkarian, PhD
Northwestern University
Cortical pathophysiology of chronic pain
2/8/01 Lester Binder, PhD
Northwestern University
Tau Conformation and Amyloid Plaque Evolution
2/15/01 Marilyn Jones-Gotman, PhD
Montreal Neurological Institute
Memory and temporal lobes: Lessons from patients with focal epilepsy
2/22/01 Ladislav Volicer, MD
VA-MA
End of life care in Alzheimer's disease and related demetia
3/1/01 Ken Paller, PhD
Northwestern University
The principle of cross-cortical consolidation of episodic memories
3/8/01 Mark Mattson, PhD
NIA-Johns Hopkins University
Telomerase and folic acid: Guardians of neuronal genome
3/15/01 Dennis Selkoe, PhD
Harvard Medical School-BWH
Presenilins, Notch and the genesis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease
3/22/01 John Disterhoft, PhD
Northwestern University
Alterations in learning and neuronal physiology in aging - Relevance to Alzheimer's disease
3/29/01 Sanford Finkel, MD
Northwestern University
Older people and testamentary capacity: How important is cognitive impairment?
4/5/01 Fred J. Helmstetter, PhD Functional Neuroanatomy of Fear Conditioning in Humans
4/12/01 Bruce Quinn, MD, PhD
Northwestern University
Clinical Pathological Conference
4/19/01 Nancy Johnson, PhD
Northwestern University
Down Syndrome
4/25/01 Walter A. Kukull, Phd The National Alzheimer Coordinating Center: Collaborative Research and Database Too.
5/3/01 Douglas L. Feinstein, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
A role for the Locus Ceruleus in regulating cortical inflammatory responses to b-amyloid
5/11/01 AD DAY  
Spring 2000   Download PDF Archive
4/6/00 Satoru Suzuki, PhD Visual After Effects, Coding of Image Features, and Selective Attention
4/27/00 Bruce Quinn, MD, PhD, Sandra Weintraub, PhD Clinical-Pathological Presentation
3/30/00 Steven Younkin, PhD, MD, Mayo Clinic- Jacksonville Plasma Ab in Typical Late Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
3/23/00 Grant Krafft, PhD Soluble Toxic Amyloid Oligomers and their Neuronal Activity
3/16/00 Nancy Johnson, PhD Memory Disorders Research Core
3/9/00 Ron Petersen, MD, PhD Mild Cognitive Impairment
3/2/2006 James Houk, PhD Distributed Modular Networks for Controlling Movement and Cognition
2/24/00 Mary Jo LaDu, PhD, ENH Research Institute Apolipoprotein E:  The Role of a Lipid Binding Protein in Alzheimer’s Disease
2/17/00 Dorothy Seman, RN, MS, NHA, Alzheimer’s Family Care Center Human Ecology of Alzheimer’s Disease
2/10/00 Lester Binder, PhD, NU Tau Conformation, Tau Polymerization, & Tauopathies
2/7/00 Jeffrey Nye, MD, PhD Presenilins and the Notch Signaling Pathway:  Development Meets Degeneration
2/3/00 Paul J. Reber, PhD, NU The Category Fluency Effect:  Nondeclarative Memory in Visual Category Learning
1/27/00 Toshio Narahashi, PhD, NU Neuroreceptors and Ion Channels as Targets of Cognitive Enhancers
1/13/00 Brian Knutson, PhD, National Research Council Where does affect dwell?:  Forays into the brain
1/6/00 Steven Romero, PhD, Section of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke Learning and Memory in Developmental Dyscalculia
Fall 2000    
12/14/00 Martin R. Farlow, MD Therapy of Alzheimer's Disease
12/7/00 Dana Small, PhD Human Gustation as a Model for Limbic and Sensory Interactions
11/30/00 Joseph Rogers, PhD, Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, Arizona Glial Mechanisms in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis
11/16/00 Sandra Weintraub, PhD, NU Primary Progressive Aphasia
10/26/00 M.-Marsel Mesulam, MD, NU Themes and Variations on Alzheimer’s Neuropathology:  Plaques, Tangles, Hippocampus and Neuroplasticity
10/12/00 Moderated by Darby Morhardt, MSW, NU Individuals with Dementia and Their Families - A Panel Presentation
Spring 1999    
4/29/99 Don Stuss, PhD, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Center Frontal Lobe Dementia
4/22/99 Kevin LaBar, PhD, NU Discussion Forum – Emotional Information Processing in Aging in Alzheimer’s Disease
4/15/99 Trey Sunderland, MD, National Institute of Mental Health
4/8/99 Phyllis Zee, MD, PhD, NU
3/25/99 Bernardino Ghetti, MD, Indiana University Dementia and Tau Mutation
3/18/99 Clinical/Pathological Case Presentation
3/11/99 Eugene Johnson, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis Critical Event in Neuronal Apoptosis
2/25/99 Gulustu Kaptanoglu, MD, NU Discussion Forum
2/18/99 John Morris, MD, Washington University, St. Louis Is Mild Cognitive Impairment Simply Incipient Alzheimer’s Disease
2/11/99 Tanya Petrova, PhD, NU Discussion Forum
1/28/99 Michael Rezak, MD, PhD, Evanston/Glenbrook Hospital New Treatments in Parkinson’s Disease
1/21/99 Lester Binder, PhD, NU
1/14/99 Bruce Quinn, MD, PhD, Darren Gitelman, MD, NU Clinical/Pathological Case Presentation
Fall 1999    
12/16/99 Leyla de Toledo-Morell, PhD
12/9/99 Sandra Weintraub, PhD, NU Discussion
12/2/99 James Booth, PhD, NU
11/18/99 Rudolph Tanzi, PhD
11/11/99 Bruce Quinn, MD, NU CPC
11/4/99 Ken Paller, PhD, NU
10/21/99 Phillip B. Gorelick, MD, MPH
10/14/99 Lester Binder, PhD, NU Discussion
10/7/99 Darren R. Gitelman, MD, NU
9/30/99 James Mastrianni, MD, PhD
9/23/99 Linda Van Eldik, PhD, NU
9/16/99 M.-Marsel Mesulam, MD, NU Update in Diagnosis and Clinical Aspects of AD
9/9/99 Cynthia Thompson, PhD, NU
Spring 1997    
1/9/97 Darren R. Gitelman, MD, NU (Part 1 of 2) Current Topics in Alzheimer's Disease
1/16/97 Part 2 of 2 from The Journal Club Diagnostic Tests in Alzheimer's Disease
1/23/97 Brian Chicoine, MD, Lutheran General Hospital Decline in Function in Adults with Down Syndrome
Fall 1996    
12/19/96 Linda Van Eldik, PhD, NU Glial Activation: A Potential Link to Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathology
12/12/96 John Disterhoft, PhD, NU Correlative Memory Deficits, AB Elevation, and Amyloid Plaques in Transgenic Mice
12/5/96 James A. Mastrianni, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco Prion Disease: What the X-Files Didn't Tell You
11/14/96 Ezio Giacobini, MD, PhD, Souther Illinois University and Institutions Universitaires de Geratrie de Geneve Advantages and Limits of Cholinergix Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease
10/24/96 Huntington Potter, PhD, Harvard Medical School Beyond Beta Protein: New Steps in the Pathogenic Pathway to Alzheimer's Disease
10/17/96 Sanford Finkel, MD, NU Current Developments in Diagnosing and Treating Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Depression
10/10/96 Dr. Caserta MD, PhD RAGE and Amyloid-B Peptide Neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's Disease
Spring 1996    
1/18/96 G. Stebbins, PhD and C. Goetz, MD, Rush-St. Lukes Presbyterian Medical Center Cognitive Effects of Basal Ganglia Dysfunction
2/15/96 Joel Meyer, MD, NU Diagnostic Imaging In Dimentia
3/21/96 Donald Jurivich, DO, NU Neuronal Responses To Stress
4/18/96 Christopher Randolph, PhD, NU The Neuropsychological Assessment of Dimentia
5/17/96 Second Annual Alzheimer's Day Keynote Speaker: Dennis Selkoe, MD, Havard Medical School "Amyloid B~Protein: Connecting Genetics to Therapeutics in Familial Alzheimer's Disease"
Fall 1995    
11/9/95 Grant A. Krafft, PhD, NU Amyloid B Indicted In Connection With Alzheimer's Disease: Prosecutors Reveal New Evidence
12/21/95 Lester I. Binder, PhD, NU Tau Proteins: Unraveling The Neurofibrullary Tangle
Spring 1995    
4/20/95 M-Marsel Mesulam, MD, NU Alzheimer's Disease: Introduction and Overview
5/19/95 First Annual Alzheimer's Day Keynote Speaker: Zaven Khachaturian, PhD, National Institutes on Aging
6/15/95 Maria Caserta MD, PhD, NU and Phil Iannaccone MD, PhD, NU Animal Models in Alzheimer's Disease
6/20/95 Darby Morhardt, LCSW, NU and June Ninneman, LCSW, NU Famly Issues In Alzheimer's Disease