/unews/person/suzanne-corkin en /unews/article/corkin-give-milner-series-address <div class="field field-name-field-op-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="rnews:creator schema:creator"><div class="view view-openpublish-related-content view-id-openpublish_related_content view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-a0cddb5b7e3222dc65d1ba0da63b06e3"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="views-label views-label-title">by</span> <span class="field-content"><a href="/unews/profile/trevor-kenney">Trevor Kenney</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 9, 2011</span> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="rnews:articlebody schema:articleBody"> <p>Dr. Suzanne Corkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, appears at the Lethbridge Public Library Monday, May 9, 7 p.m., as the guest speaker for the Brenda Milner Lecture Series.<br> <br> Corkin, a professor of neuroscience at MIT, is best known for her work with the famous amnesic patient H.M. who suffered from an unusual condition as a result of brain surgery to treat his epilepsy: He was unable to form new long-term memories. Her presentation is titled Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease.<br> <br> Her research focuses on the multiple memory systems in the brain and involves human patients with neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.<br> <br> In addition to age-related illnesses, Dr. Corkin also studies the processes of healthy aging in relation to the brain. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field-group-format group_related_topics field-group-div group-related-topics block-title-body speed-fast effect-none"><h2><span>Related Topics</span></h2><div class="field field-name-opencalais-facility-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Facility:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/facility/lethbridge-public-library" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Lethbridge Public Library</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/facility/massachusetts-institute-technology" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-industryterm-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">IndustryTerm:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/industry-term/memory-systems" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">memory systems</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-medicalconditio-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">MedicalCondition:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/medical-condition/alzheimers-disease" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alzheimer&#039;s disease</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/medical-condition/epilepsy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">epilepsy</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/medical-condition/parkinsons-disease" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Parkinson&#039;s Disease</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/medical-condition/neuro-degenerative-diseases" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">neuro-degenerative diseases</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/medical-condition/mild-cognitive-impairment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Mild Cognitive Impairment</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-medicaltreatmen-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">MedicalTreatment:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/medical-treatment/brain-surgery" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">brain surgery</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-organization-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Organization:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/massachusetts-institute-technology" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-person-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Person:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/person/suzanne-corkin" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Suzanne Corkin</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-position-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Position:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/position/speaker-brenda-milner-lecture-series" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">speaker for the Brenda Milner Lecture Series</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/position/professor-neuroscience" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">professor of neuroscience</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-provinceorstate-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ProvinceOrState:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/province-or-state/massachusetts" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Massachusetts</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-technology-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Technology:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/technology/neuroscience" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Neuroscience</a></div></div></div></div><span property="rnews:name schema:name" content="Corkin to give Milner Series address" class="rdf-meta"></span> Mon, 09 May 2011 22:28:56 +0000 trevor.kenney 3978 at /unews