Oxford May Music Festival 2012
Date: 2 – 7 May
Venue: Oxford, various
The Oxford May Music Festival takes place in the historic centre of the city of Oxford. The Festival begins in the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building and after two days moves to its usual home, the Holywell Music Room. The festival brings together some of the finest musicians performing in the UK today and many leading lecturers in their fields
The Ageing Brain
3 May 5.30pm - Jacqueline du Pré Building
Professor Paul Bolam, Dept. of Pharmacology and Associate Director, MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit, University of Oxford
Like any organ or part of our body, the brain ages! This manifests itself in those annoying little things like “I’ve known her for fifteen years and her name has completely slipped my mind” or the difficulty we can experience when leaping quickly from one idea to another. Structural changes in our brain probably underlie these experiences. This is healthy, normal, ageing and of course, if we use our brain, keep active and eat properly, we can minimise these effects. However, there are many disorders of the brain where the strongest risk factor is age.
Paul Bolam will talk about the ageing brain, healthy ageing and age-related neurological disorders, in particular, Parkinson’s disease and strategies for its treatment that are available now and new strategies that hopefully, will give benefit in the future.
For more information visit: http://www.oxfordmaymusic.co.uk/Oxford_May_Music_Festival/Thurs_lecture.html