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3rd Leonard Berg Symposium Neurobiology of the Aging Nervous System: Models, Manipulations & Alzheimer's Disease September 21-22, 2001 Chase Park Plaza Hotel St. Louis, Missouri Presented by: Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Washington University Center for Aging Supported, in part, by an unrestricted educational grant from Janssen Pharmaceutica The Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) at Washington University in St. Louis is hosting the 3rd Leonard Berg Symposium - Neurobiology of the Aging Nervous System: Models, Manipulations & Alzheimer's Disease - September 21st - 22nd, 2001, at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel. The Symposium, first held in 1997, honors Leonard Berg, M.D., professor emeritus of neurology and founder and former director of the ADRC. In 1979, Dr. Berg began a multidisciplinary Memory and Aging Project at the University, serving as director of the project until 1992. In 1985, he was awarded a grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to establish the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. The NIA has continuously supported the Center. Among his noted accomplishments is the Clinical Dementia Rating system, which he developed to distinguish among different cognitive-functional stages of Alzheimer's disease and normal aging. A world class faculty will showcase some of the best research on the aging nervous system across models and paradigms. Sessions include: § Aging in Model Organisms: Rodent to Human § Experimental Manipulation of the Aging Process § Aging, Alzheimer's Disease and Therapeutics The event will serve as a catalyst for scientific communication and cross-fertilization in this growing and diverse field. For program, registration and travel information, go to http://www.adrc.wustl.edu/adrc/Berg2001a.html. Or contact me for more information: Tom Meuser, Ph.D. Director of Education & Rural Outreach Research Assistant Professor Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Washington University 4488 Forest Park Ave., Suite 130 St. Louis, MO 63108 (314) 286-2882 / 2881 Pager: (314) 490-4574 Fax: (314) 286-2763 [log in to unmask] www.adrc.wustl.edu/adrc/ www.neuro.wustl.edu/people/meuser.html