Cortical plasticity mini-symposium

Hi, everyone -- just want to alert you to talks by two luminaries in the field of cortical plasticity, a topic that seems to be cropping up repeatedly in the course. Both talks are on April 4 in the McKnight center down the hill. Both are members of the National Academy and have done some seminal work in neuroscience. I suggest we knock off a little early on the 4th to go to these talks. The detailed announcement follows.

The Mini-Symposium, entitled "Lifelong Brain Plasticity and Learning" will be held on Tuesday, April 4, 2006, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm in the DeWeese Auditorium, LG-101A. Dr. Jon Kass will speak on "The Reorganization of Sensory and Motor Cortex after Nerve and Spinal Cord Injury: When a Little Means a Lot", and the title of Dr. Michael Merzenich's talk is "Brain Plasticity: Acquisition, Loss, Rejuvenation".