E.J. Vinke will defend her PhD dissertation on Friday 3 February 2023, entitled: ’The Aging Brain: A tale as old as time‘.
- Promotor
- Promotor
- Date
- Friday 3 Feb 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
- Type
- PhD defence
- Space
- Senate Hall
- Building
- Erasmus Building
- Location
- Campus Woudestein
Summary:
The aging process is biologically complex and there is a large variation in the effects of aging on the human body between as well as within individuals. Similarly, the aging brain is known for its large intra- and inter-individual variability in functioning and structural changes that occur with advancing age. In a nutshell, the brain shrinks with advancing age as a result of brain atrophy and age-related changes in cognition vary considerable across cognitive domains and across individuals. An important challenge in brain aging research in particular is the overlap in changes in brain structure and function in aging and neurodegenerative disease, such as Alzheimer’s disease. Though challenging, this overlap also underlines the importance of understanding brain aging to ultimately improve our understanding of neurodegenerative disease. Therefore, the aim of this thesis was to quantify brain aging trajectories and brain aging patterns. These trajectories were used to investigate the association between risk factors and brain aging. Furthermore I assessed how brain aging can inform disease assessment and prediction
- More information
The public defence will begin exactly at 13.00 hrs. The doors will be closed once the public defence starts, latecomers may be able to watch on the screen outside. There is no possibility of entrance during the first part of the ceremony. Due to the solemn nature of the ceremony, we recommend that you do not take children under the age of 6 to the first part of the ceremony.
A live stream link has been provided to the candidate.
