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UT Tyler Researchers to Present at International Neuroscience Conference

November 2, 2016

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The University of Texas at Tyler will present at the 2016 Society for Neuroscience International Conference Nov. 12 – 16 in San Diego, Dr. Yong Tai Wang, College of Nursing and Health Sciences dean, announced.

Three UT Tyler students and an assistant professor from the Department of Health and Kinesiology's Laboratory of Brain Aging submitted research abstracts to the conference, and all have been accepted to present their research in early Alzheimer's disease.

"This is UT Tyler's debut at the SFN annual meeting, a prestigious international scientific society," said lab director Dr. Benjamin Tseng, who has been researching the disease and related disorders for eight years. "More than 29,000 researchers and scientists around the world attended last year. We're very excited and honored to have this opportunity to represent UT Tyler this year."

UT Tyler presenters with research titles are:
• "Executive Function under Dual­Task Conditions Forecasts Cognitive Declines in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment," by graduate psychology graduate student Avery Clark of Mystic, Conn., first author; graduate kinesiology student Colby Craddock of Tyler, co-author; and Tseng, corresponding and senior author.
• "Educational Level Preserves Cognitive Integrity in Older Adults but Not in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment," by junior psychology student Rey West of Waxahachie, first author; Craddock, co-author; and Tseng, corresponding and senior author.
• "Arterial Stiffness Predicts White Matter Burden in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment," by Tseng, first and corresponding author.

For additional information about the conference, visit sfn.org/annual-meeting/neuroscience-2016.

The UT Tyler Laboratory of Brain Aging cultivates interdisciplinary student research and currently collaborates with the psychology, biology, nursing and pharmacology departments, several local hospitals and clinics as well as UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

For more information, contact Tseng, 903.566.7042 or btseng@uttyler.edu.

One of the 14 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of almost 10,000 high-ability students. UT Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.