Neurological Foundation Brain Matters: Orewa

We’d love for you to join us at our Brain Matters Orewa Event!

Throughout the year we’re taking our researchers on the road to bring awareness to the many different areas and conditions of the brain, and how research is currently being conducted on understanding the brain better

ABOUT THE SPEAKER & TOPIC

Taylor Stevenson is a third year PhD student studying
Parkinson’s disease at the Centre for Brain Research
at the University of Auckland. Taylor is a recipient
of the Gillespie Postgraduate Scholarship from the
Neurological Foundation.

Taylor is investigating the cell types in the human brain that
are not neurons and how they are affected in Parkinson’s
disease. This research focuses on non-neuronal cell types
in the human brain, particularly those involved in the
blood vessel network. His experiments investigate how
non-neuronal cells cope with the pathological protein in
Parkinson’s disease and specialises in early detection of
Parkinson’s disease in the olfactory bulb, one of the first
areas of the brain to be affected in cases of Parkinson’s
disease.

Parkinson’s disease is the second most common
neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease
and affects approximately 11,000 people in New Zealand,
however the number of people affected by this condition
continues to grow year on year.

EVENT DETAILS

This event will be held in the Conference Centre at the Orewa Arts & Events Centre.

The doors for registration and seating will open at 6.00 pm. There will be a mix and mingle period after the event with the speaker where refreshments and food will be served.

Onsite parking is available.