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SUMMARY:BMI Seminar // Healthy Aging and the motor system: from mechanisms
  to interventions
DTSTART:20170208T121500
DTEND:20170208T131500
DTSTAMP:20260427T220012Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Friedhelm Hummel\n\nDefitech Chair of Clinical Neuroengineerin
 g\n\nBrain Mind Institute and Centre of Neuroprosthetics (CNP)\, SV\n\nSwi
 ss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)\, Campus Biotech\, Geneva\n\nand
 \n\nSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Valais (EPFL Valais)\n\nCampus S
 UVA\, Clinique Romande de Réadaptation\, Sion\nIn the past decades\, huma
 n life expectation has increased significantly. Current trends in the demo
 graphics of developed countries show a rapid growth of the older segment o
 f the workforce. Workers >50 years old will represent the largest growing 
 labor force segment in the next decade. The integration of subjects into m
 odern societies relies increasingly on their ability to acquire constantly
  new skills to master current technologies\, such as computers or cell pho
 nes. Advancing age is paralleled by a reduction of the ability to acquire 
 novel skills\, impacting on independence and integration into social and p
 rofessional life. Potential underlying mechanisms are altered neuronal pla
 sticity due to age-related changes in synaptic function and neurotransmiss
 ion\, beyond others. First evidence has been provided that non-invasive br
 ain stimulation might improve impaired cognitive functions\, such as motor
  learning\, in aged subjects. The underlying mechanisms of these improveme
 nts are not completely understood\, but crucial for further development of
  efficient interventional strategies to retain best cognitive functioning 
 in older adults.\nIn the present talk\, age-related changes in neuronal pl
 asticity and age-related reorganization on a systems neuroscience level an
 d its impact on (motor) learning will be discussed. Furthermore first proo
 f-of-principles of novel interventional strategies to enhance cognitive fu
 nctions in aged\, based on non-invasive brain stimulation\, will be introd
 uced.\n 
LOCATION:SV 1717 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SV%201717
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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