The University of Texas at Dallas - Center for BrainHealth

3rd Quarter 2009


Brain Matters Newsletter


Citizens Help BrainHealth Burnish the Status of Dallas

The caricature of Dallas, Texas – home of egomaniacal tycoons in pointy-toed boots; tumbleweeds gallivanting down wide sagebrush-lined streets; oil wells pumping rhythmically as far as the eye could see – was always inaccurate. It is even more so now.

Group Thinks Ahead to Crusade for BrainHealth

As knowledge of the human brain explodes, we know that what was once science fiction is fiction no more. We have learned more about the brain in the last five years – how it can repair and rewire itself, how it behaves during sleep, how it can valiantly resist decline from age – than in all previous years combined.

Prioritizing the BrainHealth of America’s Soldiers

It takes years to turn civilians into battle-ready soldiers. The Center for BrainHealth stands ready with research designed to minimize the time it takes to successfully reintegrate veterans back into civilian life. Today’s military personnel must be both physically and psychologically prepared to face split-second battlefield challenges, where quick decisions mean the difference between life and death.

Strokes of Inspiration

A stroke strikes. Suddenly. And out of the blue, life veers down a sometimes shadowy, unexplored road. Jane Troyer knows this.

BrainHealth Research

Current research projects at the Center for BrainHealth include:

  1. The Brain’s White Matter and Alzheimer’s Disease
  2. BrainHealth Physical: Assessing Above the Neck
  3. Memories of Summer Camp
  4. Memory and Aging: How Intimately Linked?

Friends of BrainHealth Award

“Getting from the bench to the bedside” is how Mary Jo Maciejewski, Ph.D., describes translational research, scientific inquiries designed to immediately convert into effective treatments for patients in need. Translational is at the heart of all her research, making her adjustment to BrainHealth seamless since it is already an established and respected component of Center methodology.

Center Goings-On

* Staff of United States Congressman Pete Sessions Retreats at BrainHealth
* Community Relations Summer Interns Brighten Center

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* Center for BrainHealth Wins Architectural Design Awards
* Calendar of Events