Community Corner

Brain Donation: From Knowledge will Come a Cure

We invite you to come to an Evening of Awareness and Exploration hosted by the NH Chapter of the American Parkinson’s Disease Association.

Featuring guest speaker Tameka Moore, Assistant Director for Tissue Processing at the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center.

Join us for dinner and a special presentation about the HBTRC. Understand
what types of tissues are being collected. Learn who can become a donor and how the tissue is used for research and exploration.

The dinner will conclude with a raffle for several health focused services and items donated in kind by those in the community who support a healthy lifestyle.

Where: Brookside Congregational Church, 2013 Elm Street, Manchester NH
Doors open at 5:00 pm. Dinner and presentation will begin at 5:30pm.

Cost: $20 per person –proceeds will go towards the NH APDA’s establishment
for a local respite grant. (Cash and checks accepted)

RSVP by 4/21/14 to Jessalynn Lakowicz at 603-724-5568 or email
Jessalynn.lakowicz@healthsouth.com

About the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center
The Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center, or "The Brainbank," was established at McLean Hospital as a centralized, federally funded resource for the collection and distribution of human brain specimens for research. It is one of only three such centers in the country and the only designated acquisition center.

The tissue gathered by the Brainbank provides a critical resource for scientists worldwide in their investigations into the functioning of the nervous system and the evolution of many psychiatric diseases. Over the past decade research has shown that the study of human brain tissue is essential to increasing our understanding of how the nervous system functions.

About the NH chapter of the APDA
The New Hampshire Chapter of the APDA was formed to reach out to families who have been touched by Parkinson's disease and to provide them with resources, support and timely information. Our goal is establish a respite grant for caregivers within NH, caring for those who have been affected by Parkinson's disease and to support the national APDA with funding for research.


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