Hot Topics Forum

Tuesday, April 24
5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m

Members of the AAN Science Committee and AAN Scientific Program Subcommittee will note important and interesting abstracts presented at subspecialty meetings leading up to the Annual Meeting that are not on the program but should be heard by a wide audience at the Annual Meeting.

Karen Duff, PhD
Columbia University, New York, NY
Title: Transynaptic Propagation of Tau Pathology: Neuroanatomical Considerations, Mechanistic Insight, and Clinical Implications

Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Title: Sex Differences in the Bioenergentic Aging of the Brain: Current Status, Emerging Insights and Implications for Alzheimer's Disease

Jason Stein, PhD
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Title: Searching for Genetic Influences on Brain Structure

Maria Lehtinen, MD, PhD
Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Title: The Cerebrospinal Fluid Provides Instructive Cues for the Developing Brain