ACT Dementia Network Special Presentation on Regeneration & Degeneration of the Brain' with special guest speaker Dr Michael Valenzuela.
Dr Michael Valenzuela is a Research Fellow at the School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales and Leader of the Regenerative Neuroscience Group at UNSW. His current research is aimed at understanding the competing forces of neuroplasticity and degeneration in the human brain, and includes studies of adult stem cells, animal models, neuroimaging, clinical trials and epidemiology. In 2006, he was awarded the prestigious Eureka Prize for Medical Research for his research on the relationship between dementia and complex mental activity.
During his presentation Dr Valenzuela will talk about his current research which is aimed at further understanding the competing forces of neuroplasticity and degeneration in the human brain and how these can either lead to, or help prevent dementia.