More information and online registration for these courses and others are available on the UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education Web site.
| Course Title | Dates | City, State |
| 5th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementia | Sept. 6-8, 2006 | San Francisco, Calif. |
| Pain Management and End-of-Life Care | Nov. 16-17, 2006 | San Francisco, Calif. |
| Neuro and Musculoskeletal Imaging | Jan. 14-19, 2007 | Kamuela, Hawaii |
| 40th Annual Recent Advances in Neurology | Feb. 14-16, 2007 | San Francisco, Calif. |
Parkinson's Disease Expert Wins Grant
Dr. Robert L. Nussbaum, professor of medicine and chief of medical genetics at UCSF Medical Center, received one of seven grants from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to develop mammalian models of Parkinson's disease.
Mechanism Identified for Promising Drug
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center identified a mechanism by which minocycline, a medication being studied for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, protects brain and nerve cells from damage.
