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Mini Medical School (MMS)
2008 - Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
128 registrants; 90 attendees; 27 counties
University of Florida Health Science Center
PDF File with Links to Neuroscience Web Sites
Neuroscience was the theme of the 2008 Mini Medical School. The University of Florida has numerous research and clinical faculty working together in this area which is radically changing our understanding of disease progression and treatment. Many volunteered their time to assist with Mini Medical School as we welcomed one of our largest groups of participants.
Dr. Jeffrey Kleim opened the day with a presentation about neural plasticity. Drawing on his research, Dr. Kleim addressed how neural plasticity naturally occurs and ways to encourage the brain to be even more flexible and recover after injury. Following lunch, Dr. Dennis Steindler highlighted work supporting the use of stem cells to develop personalized therapeutic treatments for disease, particularly neurological disorders. The day concluded with a look at addiction by Dr. William Greene who presented research related to addiction in adolescents and its implications for further behavioral and health problems.
Twenty faculty members opened their laboratories for the participants to have the rare opportunity of seeing research in action. The participants also had the chance to exchange teaching lessons that have proven successful in their classrooms.
This years 128 registrants represented the counties of: Alachua, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, Clay, Collier, Columbia, Duval, Lake, Lee, Leon, Manatee, Marion, Nassau, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Polk, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, Union, Volusia and Washington.
This event is coordinated each year by the UF Center for Precollegiate Education and Training with sponsorship from the UF Medical Guild.
Materials participants received:
Pamphlets of brain and neuron information
The University of Florida Explore Magazine
Newly published BSCS curriculum Drug Abuse: Addiction and the Adolescent Brain
CD-ROM containing multiple websites and curriculum materials about neuroscience
CD-ROM of Best Practices used by their peers
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