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DESCRIPTION:Free\, Hybrid Event ↗\n\nIt’s All About Your Connections: R
 ethinking Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Through Brain Networks — Front
 iers of BrainHealth Lecture\n\nFriday\, March 27 @ 12:00 p.m. Central\n\nG
 agan Wig\, PhD – Associate Professor\, Center for Vital Longevity & Depa
 rtment of Psychology\, UT Dallas\n\nOur ability to think\, remember\, and 
 make decisions depends on how different parts of the brain communicate wit
 h one another. In this talk\, Dr. Wig describes how his lab uses network s
 cience to examine how these connections change across the adult lifespan\,
  showing that alterations in brain network organization can predict future
  Alzheimer’s disease dementia beyond traditional biomarkers. His lab's w
 ork further demonstrates that life experiences matter: environmental expos
 ures and cumulative stress shape trajectories of network decline\, influen
 cing vulnerability and resilience in brain aging. This talk also highlight
 s development of non-human animal models of brain network aging\, which ar
 e enabling researchers to identify causal biological mechanisms underlying
  large-scale network changes across species.\n\nThis research offers a new
  way of understanding healthy and pathological aging\, shifting the focus 
 from isolated brain regions to the brain’s rich set of connections\, and
  advancing the development of a new generation of precision biomarkers gro
 unded in large-scale brain network function.\n\nFrontiers of BrainHealth i
 s a hybrid speaker series. By registering for the season\, you get a link 
 to virtual talks as well as recordings. If you are interested in attending
  any talks in person\, you can confirm in-person attendance when we send a
  reminder email a few days prior to each talk.
GEO:32.824832;-96.847785
LOCATION:Center for BrainHealth\, Al G. Hill\, Jr. Ellipse (inside the Brai
 n Performance Institute building\, the second building when you enter thro
 ugh the gate) \, Al G. Hill\, Jr. Ellipse
SUMMARY:It’s All About Your Connections: Rethinking Aging and Alzheimer
 ’s Disease Through Brain Networks — Frontiers of BrainHealth Lecture
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 tions-rethinking-aging-and-alzheimers-disease-through-brain-networks-front
 iers-of-brainhealth-lecture
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