Autism spectrum disorders are severe neurodevelopmental disorders affecting young children that are usually detected in the first years of life. Autism is now recognized as one of the most common developmental disorders — likely to affect about 10,000 youth under age 18 in Oregon. Meanwhile, epidemiological studies have shown increasing rates of autism in most countries. On Tuesday, April 2, as part of the OHSU Brain Awareness Season lecture series, I will speak about my … Read More
Oregonians becoming “brain aware” — that is the goal of the OHSU Brain Institute’s Brain Awareness Season Lecture Series. Everyone wonders or worries about their brain. There is so much to learn and understand. And brain science — neuroscience — transforms society, from parenting to prisons, from autism discoveries to Alzheimer’s prevention and from creating new policies to improving current medical practices. The 2013 Brain Awareness Lecture series — which begins Feb. 25 and runs … Read More
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Posted by: Todd Murphy in Brain Awareness Lecture Series
On: Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Tags: Alzheimer's disease, autism, Brain Awareness Season Lecture Series, Deep Brain Stimulation surgery, healthy aging, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, neuroscience, Parkinson's disease, Richard Hodes
