PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release: 2 October 2012
The Neurological Foundation Announces 40th Anniversary Public Event Programme
The Brain Matters – progress through research
Tuesday 30 October through to Wednesday 7 November 2012
Four FREE public events: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL: register at www.brainmatters.co.nz
To mark the Neurological Foundation’s 40th anniversary of funding neurological research, four FREE public events will be
held from Tuesday 30 October through to Wednesday 7 November.
Each event format is a panel discussion featuring many of New Zealand’s leading neurological researchers and clinicians.
The Foundation is thrilled to announce that broadcaster Kevin Milne (pictured right) will chair all four panels.
Why do some people recover better than others after a stroke? How is new technology making an impact on neurological
research? Do our genes predispose us to brain diseases like Alzheimer’s? Can the injured brain improve its function?
What are these buzz words ‘proteins’ and ‘stem cells’?
Join the Neurological Foundation as our panels review the remarkable progress of neurological research in New Zealand
and discuss the innovative and promising work being carried out today. A public Q segment will feature after the panel’s discussion.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL.
For further information, or phone 0508 BRAINS (0508 272 467).
The Neurological Foundation is the primary non-government sponsor of neurological research and its funding has
facilitated many of New Zealand’s top neuroscientists’ pioneering breakthroughs. Without the ongoing support of
individual New Zealanders the Foundation could not commit to progressing research to the high level that it does.
Ninety-eight per cent of funding comes from donations and bequests.
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