Arterial stiffness and cognitive impairment: what is the link?
Bio: Hélène Girouard, PhD, FAHA
Full professor, Department of pharmacology and physiology, Faculty of medicine, Université de Montréal
Co-Director of the Groupe de Recherche Universitaire sur le medicament (GRUM), Director of cerebrovascular pharmacology lab at the Research Center of the Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM)
The research interests of Dr Girouard are the study of the mechanisms underlying cerebrovascular regulation in health and diseases especially in the context of hypertension and neurodenegerative diseases. The main objective of her research is to find therapeutical targets to protect the brain from vascular diseases. To reach this objective, she is using various techniques from molecular biology to brain imaging in mice and humans.
Learning objectives:
To understand what is arterial stiffness
To understand the consequences of arterial stiffness on blood flow
To understand the impact of large arteries stiffness on brain functions
To understand the sexual dimorphism in cerebrovascular vulnerability to arterial stiffness