[BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture TODAY - REMINDER - Drug therapy for Huntington's Disease: Targeting corticostriatal Transmission

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE.  Jennifer 

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From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms.
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:11 AM
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Subject: Killam Lecture TODAY

Killam Lecture

Speaker:  Anton Reiner, PhD
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
University of Tennessee Health Science Centre Memphis, TN  USA

Title:  Drug Therapy for Huntington's Disease:  Targeting Corticostriatal Transmission

Date:  TODAY

Time:  4pm

Place:  de Grandpre Communications Centre
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TODAY'S  Killam Lecturer is Anton J. Reiner.

Professor Reiner is a world authority on anatomy of the basal ganglia and motor system. 
Dr. Reiner has publisihed important work on the organization of glutamatergic corticostriatal and thalamostriatal systems in mammals. He also studies how cortical, thalamic and striatal neurons degenerate in Huntington's disease using animal models. 

Not only is Dr. Reiner an excellent mammalian anatomist, but also has a strong interest in comparative brain anatomy. He has published important work in avian and reptilian brain.

Dr. Reiner's talk will focus on dysfunction of the corticostriatal system in Huntington's disease, and novel pharmacological strategies for rescuing the system from the degenerative process.

Please join us at the MNI for what promises to be a most interesting seminar of relevance to a broad audience.

Best wishes,

Abbas

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Abbas F. Sadikot,MD,PhD,FRCS(c)
Neurosurgeon
Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute Professor Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
McGill University