Denison: Aging and cognitive vulnerability: The role of microglia

Psychology and neuroscience expert Steven Maier presents two lectures at Denison University. The first lecture, titled "Stress, resilience and the prefrontal cortex," will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5. The second lecture titled, "Aging and cognitive vulnerability: The role of microglia," will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Friday Nov. 6. 

Both lectures are sponsored by the Denison University Department of Psychology's Kantor Lecture Series and will take place at the lecture hall of the Burton D. Morgan Center (150 Ridge Road). The lectures are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jill Uland at 740-587-6338 or visit Denison.edu. 

Maier is a Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His research falls into two broad areas. One centers on interactions between the brain and the immune system, with study of both how the brain regulates immune processes and how products of immune cells signal the brain. The second area centers on an exploration of the variables that modulate the impact of stressors on brain chemistry and the neurochemical mechanisms by which stressors alter behavior, mood, and the organism's reactions to drugs of abuse.