| 292 | Wednesday, April 2, 2003 |
|
| 3:00 PM-5:00 PM | Convention Center:113B |
| Research Consortium |
| CAAD Symposium - 14th Annual Symposium on Research on Aging: Aging, Hormones and Cognition |
| Recent research at the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA) suggests that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal women tends to delay the onset of Alzheimer's Disease and offers some protection against declining cognitive function. Women on HRT performed better on verbal and visual memory tasks and experienced increased blood flow for the hippocampus and other brain structures associated with memory. Drs. Susan Resnick and Sheri Berenbaum are investigating the relationship of hormonal modulation on early changes in brain structure and function that may enable the prediction of declines in memory and cognition in older adults. Dr. Resnick has examined age and sex differences in brain volume and cerebral blood flow of older men and women at BLSA, while Dr. Berenbaum, a developmental psychologist, has studied the influence of hormones on sex differences during prenatal life which is thought to influence cognition and social behaviors throughout life. At this year's symposium the two researchers will discuss the impact of sex hormones on cognition at both ends of the human life span with implications for predicting the status of cognitive function in older adults.
Prior to her presentation, Dr. Resnick will be honored with the Herbert A. deVries Award for Distinguished Research in Aging. Other CAAD Awards, The Rosabel Koss Service Award and the Ray Ciszek Award, will also be presented. |
Keyword(s): research
|
| Presider: J. Thomas Jable, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ |
|
Speakers: |
|