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TODAY! Physiology Seminar on Hyperaldosteronemia by DR. MASAYO KOIDE, Pharmacology, University of Vermont

The Department of Physiology and this week's host, Dr. Jonathan H. Jaggar, Maury Bronstein Professor, Physiology, are pleased to welcome DR. MASAYO KOIDE, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology from the University of Vermont.

Dr. Koide will present her seminar titled

"HYPERALDOSTERONEMIA: a hidden risk factor for cerebral small vessel diseases?"

TODAY, SEPTEMBER 18!
 from 3:30 - 5:00 pm in the
Cancer Research Building Auditorium
Refreshments will be provided.

SUMMARY
Precise control of cerebral blood flow (CBF) is crucial to maintain brain health and cognitive function. We have previously reported that capillaries, the smallest vessels in the brain, play a key role in CBF regulation, such as functional hyperemia. Functional hyperemia is the process underlying moment-to-moment adjustments in local blood flow required to deliver adequate amounts of oxygen and nutrients to match the ever-changing neuronal activity within the brain. Early deficits in functional hyperemia are hallmarks of cerebral small vessel diseases, a significant contributor to dementia. This talk will explore our ongoing project examining the impact of aldosterone, a hormone that controls blood pressure, on cerebral small vessel function, CBF regulation, and cognition.

SHORT BIO

Dr. Masayo Koide is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Vermont. She started her research career in Shizuoka, Japan, a city near Mount Fuji, with a project about subarachnoid hemorrhage, most common type of hemorrhagic stroke in the brain. After earning her PhD, she came to the United States as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Vermont to carry on her stroke research. Since then, she has continued studying cerebral vasculature and exploring how cerebral blood flow is regulated in health and disease at the University of Vermont.

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