Brain Awareness Week

[Monique]

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research.

Every March, BAW unites the efforts of partner organizations worldwide in a celebration of the brain for people of all ages. Activities are limited only by the organizers’ imaginations and include open days at neuroscience labs; exhibitions about the brain; lectures on brain-related topics; social media campaigns; displays at libraries and community centers; classroom workshops; and more.

The human brain consists of billions of cells that use electrical signals to communicate and build new neural connections.

Being the seat of your emotions and thinking, central nervous system, the brain also controls the body's movements, and consumes 20% of the body's energy.

Learn more-

How the human brain works

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Mark your calendars for future BAW campaign dates:

March 14-20, 2016

[Monique Volunteer]

Brain Trivia

It is made up of 100 billion nerve cells in comparison to the same as the number of trees in the Amazon Rainforest. Each cell is connected to around 10,000 other cells. The total number of connections in your brain is about the same as the number of leaves in the Rainforest which is about 1000 trillion.

Staying Sharp forums are dynamic discussions by an expert panel followed by a Q&A session with the audience, covering how the brain changes as we age, memory loss, brain diseases and disorders, and maintaining cognitive function.

Staying Sharp Successful Aging and the Brain

We all know people who seem to blossom after 50, or stay sharp into old age. What can we learn from them? Find out what steps you can take to improve your brain fitness, regardless of your age.

Tips For Staying Sharp: Increase Mental and Physical Activity.

At Staying Sharp Kansas City on June 13, 2015, Jeffrey Burns, MD, MS, one of the panelists from the University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Center emphasized the importance of increased mental and physical activity in order to help the brain Stay Sharp!

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