The Fourth Annual Rome Foundation — AGA Institute
Lectureship at Digestive Disease Week 2011
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Agenda
The Role of Neurogenesis
in the Brain
with Tarique Perera, MD
Columbia University
in the Brain
with Tarique Perera, MD
Columbia University
The Role of Neurognesis in the Enteric Nervous System and its implications for
Functional GI and Motility disorders
with Michael D. Gershon, MD
Columbia University
with Michael D. Gershon, MD
Columbia University
May 8, 2011
Chicago, IL
The Rome Foundation and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) were pleased to host their 4th annual lectureship at Digestive Diseases Week (DDW). The lectureship was designed to address broad aspects of health care that are relevant to digestive diseases and the functional GI disorders.
Learning Objectives:
- To discuss the suppression of neurogenesis in the hippocampus in depression and the potential restoration with antidepressants
- To review neurogenesis of enteric nerves and their role in gut function
- To explain the relevance of neurogenesis in the central and enteric nervous systems to functional GI and motility disorders
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