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Psychiatry/Neuroscience

CME

The Weathering Hypothesis of Aging: Part III

This month, Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D. discusses
CME credit is no longer available for this conference.

Course Authors

Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D.

Dr. McEwen reports no commercial conflict of interest.

Estimated course time: 1 hour(s).

Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Montefiore Medical Center designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center and InterMDnet. Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Montefiore Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 
Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:

  • Discuss how the region of the brain called the hippocampus is plastic and capable of being remodeled by hormones and experience in the adult

  • Describe processes by which stress can remodel neuron number and dendritic branching in the hippocampus

  • Explain the regulation of synapse formation by estrogens in the female hippocampus.

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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