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Sharyn L. Rossi, Email: srossi@brightfocus.org

SR and PS equally contributed to writing the original draft of the report, with additions and edits by DEB, and further edits by GB, ADP, and TEG. GB, ADP, TEG and DEB co-organized and ran the meeting, as well as had formal speaking and moderating roles at the virtual event. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Molecular Neurodegeneration is the official journal of BrightFocus Foundation. GB is one of the Editors-in-Chief of MN. BrightFocus Foundation organized and was the sole financial sponsor of the Common Features of Neurodegenerative Disease: Exploring the Brain-Eye Connection and Beyond, which was a Pre-Symposium of the 15th International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases that took place on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.

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Thank you to the donors of BrightFocus Foundation for helping to fund the Common Features of Neurodegenerative Diseases: Exploring the Eye-Brain Connection and Beyond meeting, which may lead to innovative discoveries and solutions towards preventions, treatments and cures for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, glaucoma, and macular degeneration.

Keywords:

  • Science & Technology
  • Life Sciences & Biomedicine
  • Neurosciences
  • Neurosciences & Neurology
  • Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias
  • glaucoma
  • age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
  • neurodegeneration
  • cellular senescence
  • senolytics
  • retinal ganglion cells (RGC)
  • astrocytes
  • microglia
  • inflammation
  • longevity
  • geroscience
  • comorbid
  • biomarker
  • resilience
  • resistance
  • cognitive reserve
  • brain reserve
  • compensation

Common features of neurodegenerative disease: exploring the brain-eye connection and beyond (Part 1): the 2021 pre-symposium of the 15th international conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

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MOLECULAR NEURODEGENERATION

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Volume 17, Number 1

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, Pages 68-68

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Article | Final Publisher PDF

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BrightFocus Foundation sponsored the third iteration of the “Common Features of Neurodegenerative Disease: Exploring the Brain-Eye Connection and Beyond” pre-conference symposium that preceded the 15th International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases (AD/PD 2021). Part 1 of the meeting report was previously published in Molecular Neurodegeneration. This completes the description of the meeting with Part 2.

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