MIT’s Graybiel To Present 14th Annual Lecture in Brain Sciences

Ann Graybiel, PhD., Massachusett’s Institute of Technology.  Walter A. Rosenblith Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT.

"Our habitual lives:how the brain makes and breaks habits.”

 Wed, May 14, 2008   4:00 – 5:00 pm 

University of Minnesota Medical School, Mayo Memorial Auditorium
425 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Note: The Lecture in Brain Sciences will be preceded by the presentation of the  Brain Sciences Student Awards from 3:45 – 4:00 pm.

     Dr. Graybiel studies the neurophysiology of the basal ganglia, a brain region that is implicated in the control of movement and cognition, as well as in our ability to learn habits. Disorders in this region have been implicated in Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, and in neuropsychiatric disorders such as Tourette's syndrome, obsessive- compulsive disorder, depression, and also addiction.

     Dr. Graybiel joined the MIT faculty in 1973 and in 1994 was named Walter A. Rosenblith Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. In 2001, she was appointed Investigator at the McGovern Institute. She received her Ph.D. in 1971 from MIT. Graybiel is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Graybiel was named a recipient of the 2001 National Medal of Science, the nation's highest science and technology honor.

     In 2004, she received the Woman Leader of Parkinson’s Science award from the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, and in 2006, was named the Harold S. Diamond Professor by the National Parkinson Foundation in recognition of her contributions to the understanding and treatment of Parkinson’s Disease.

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