NINDS Workshop: The Role of the Vasuclar System in Neurological Diseases of the Aging Brain

June 12, 2008

8:00 am     Orientation/Welcome                        Creighton Phelps, Taylor Harden, Walter Koroshetz

Neurovascular Compromise and Diseases of the Aging Brain

8:20 am     Epidemiology                                    David Bennett

8:40 am     Imaging                                            Charlie DeCarli

9:00 am     Genetics                                           Lindsay Farrer

9:20 am     Pathology                                         Harry Vinters

9:40 am     Discussion Period I                           Jack de la Torre

10:15am    Break (15 minutes)

Vascular Mechanisms Contributing to Neurologic Functional Decline and Disease in Aging

2:15 pm     Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis           Peter Camerliet

2:35 pm     Functional decline in motor systems- gait, balance and falling     Caterina Rosano

2:55 pm     Parkinson's Disease                          Julie Schneider

3:15 pm     Break (15 minutes)

3:30 pm     Age - Associated Depression              Hochang Benjamin Lee

3:50 pm     Age - Associated Cognitive Decline     Marilyn Albert

4:10 pm     Alzheimer's                                       Lon White

4:30 pm     Discussion Period III                         Ann McKee

5:15 pm     Adjourn Day I