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Dartmouth Community Medical School Reprises Brain and Neurosciences Program

HANOVER, NH - "What's On Your Mind?" a reprise of Dartmouth Community Medical School's popular 2002 series, opens Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m. in Kellogg Auditorium at the Dartmouth Medical School campus in Hanover.

The eight-week course explores the neurosciences-the next frontier of medicine, repeating the program that sold out this spring. It also begins Wednesday, Sept. 18 in Manchester at the Derryfield School.

The first session focuses on the brain-that remarkable three-pound universe inside our heads. "The incredible tools that scientists now have available are providing extraordinary insights into how the brain works. In this series we will take a remarkable journey into the very essence of who we are as humans and as individuals," said Dr. Donald St. Germain, director of Dartmouth Community Medical School.

DCMS was initiated in 1998 to open the doors of the medical school and share the excitement of medicine and research with the public.

You are welcome to cover the series. Please call to schedule interviews, "live" shots and/or photo opportunities for opening night or any subsequent sessions.

WHAT: Dartmouth Community Medical School, Fall Course, "What's On Your Mind? The miraculous 3-pound universe inside your head-the next frontier of medicine."
WHERE: Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, Kellogg Auditorium
WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 17, 7 - 9 p.m.
PROGRAM: "Your Brain: An Owner's Manual." Speakers: Rand S. Swenson, MD, PhD, and Andrew J. Saykin, PhD.

Dartmouth Community Medical School Sept. 17 - Nov. 5, 2002

Eight Weekly Sessions, 7 - 9 p.m.

Kellogg Auditorium, Dartmouth Medical School Hanover, New Hampshire

Session 1: Tuesday, September 17
* YOUR BRAIN: AN OWNER'S MANUAL
An overview of neurons, glia, other "gray matter" - and how they process information.

Session 2: Tuesday, September 24
* BRAINS HAVE "ATTACKS," TOO!
The current science and speculation on strokes, coma, and death.

Session 3: Tuesday, October 1
* SLEEP, DREAMS, AND STRESS
The relationship between our sleeping and waking states.

Session 4: Tuesday, October 8
* WHEN THE BRAIN GOES HAYWIRE
Epilepsy, seizures, headaches, migraines, and more.

Session 5: Tuesday, October 15
* THE SENSE-ATIONAL BRAIN
A close look at vision and the relationship between sensation and pain.

Session 6: Tuesday, October 22
* GET SMART!
How we learn and remember (including the mysteries of the adolescent brain).

Session 7: Tuesday, October 29
* THE AGING BRAIN
Understanding and treating Alzheimer's and other dysfunctions.

Session 8: Tuesday, November 5
* THE BRAIN INFLAMED
Brain inflammations and infections, from multiple sclerosis to mad cow disease.

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