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Cerebrovascular changes, including small vessel disease (SVD), contribute to more than 80 percent of all autopsy-confirmed cases of dementia and are the most common pathology to co-occur with Alzheimer’s disease. Enlarged perivascular spaces (PVS), a form of SVD, have long been considered a benign neuroimaging feature in older adults. Now, a landmark study published in Neurology has found that PVS may have important associations with cognitive performance, particularly information processing speed and executive function.

The Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center would like to announce our June lecturer in our VMAC Guest Lecture Series, Dr. Robert Beelman. Dr. Beelman is a Professor Emeritus of Food Science and Director at the Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health at The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Beelman's presentation will be on "Can Micronutrients in Mushrooms Mitigate Chronic Neurodegenerative Diseases?"

The Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center is pleased to announce Dr. Roxana Carare's talk on “Failure in the clearance of proteins from the brain: New therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s and neurodegenerative diseases” on May 21, 2019. The talk will be held at MRB-III 1220 from 4pm-5pm.  

The Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center would like to announce the postdoctoral fellowship candidate presentation by Dr. Derek Archer.