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PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release: 25 June 2012
Neurological Foundation of New Zealand
2012 ANNUAL APPEAL PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
THE NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION PRESENTS FREE PUBLIC LECTURE
Post-Stroke Protection & Repair: Moving Forward in the 21st Century
2012 ANNUAL APPEAL PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
THE NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION PRESENTS FREE PUBLIC LECTURE
Post-Stroke Protection & Repair: Moving Forward in the 21st Century
EXCLUSIVE PUBLIC LECTURE, NO BOOKINGS REQUIRED
Presented by neuroscientist Dr Andrew Clarkson
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Anatomy, University of Otago
2011 Neurological Foundation Repatriation Fellow
Injuries to the brain or spinal cord from stroke, trauma or neurodegenerative disease result in the loss of limb function with limited potential for recovery. Currently, there is no effective drug treatment to promote recovery from stroke and the main treatment used following a stroke is physical therapy. Patients embark on a long, hard process in order to regain some normal limb function. Scientists have recently discovered novel pathways in the brain associated with recovery after injury. Dr Andrew Clarkson will explain this exciting discovery and discuss the mechanisms of sprouting new connections in the brain and the unmasking of silent brain cells that aid in functional recovery.
FREE
WEDNESDAY 4 JULY 2012 NO BOOKINGS REQUIRED
10.30AM TO 12NOON
BALLROOM, NAPIER WAR MEMORIAL CONFERENCE CENTRE
48 MARINE PARADE, NAPIER
www.neurological.org.nz/news-events/events
WEDNESDAY 4 JULY 2012 NO BOOKINGS REQUIRED
10.30AM TO 12NOON
BALLROOM, NAPIER WAR MEMORIAL CONFERENCE CENTRE
48 MARINE PARADE, NAPIER
www.neurological.org.nz/news-events/events
This FREE lecture is part of the Neurological Foundation’s 2012 Annual Appeal Public Lecture Series. The Annual Appeal campaign, sponsored by MITRE 10, runs from Sunday 1 July through to Saturday 7 July. Look out for the appeal envelope in your letterbox, daily newspaper or at MITRE 10 and MITRE 10 MEGA stores nationwide.
July 2012 marks an outstanding 21-year association between the Neurological Foundation and MITRE 10. Since 1991, MITRE 10 has contributed over $1 million to the production of our Appeal. Without this sponsorship, the Foundation could simply not facilitate the campaign.
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