Molecules and Madness with Sara Manning Peskin

Not too long ago actor Bruce Willis was in the news. He is suffering from aphasia. Generally this is a loss of language due to some kind of injury to the brain. But there are many different types of aphasia. For example, in wernicke’s aphasia people can produce language but have an impairment in understanding words spoken to them. The types of injuries that cause aphasias  can be strok, traumatic injury to the brain, infection, tumors, and of course proteins that attack the brain. This week's guest Dr. Sara Manning Peskin, neurologist and author of A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the hijacked brain knows all about how proteins, big and small, can wreak havoc on an otherwise beautiful mind.

You can keep up with Sara here: 

https://saramanningpeskin.com

And check out an article written by Schneider Williams about Lewy Body Disease :The terrorist inside my husband's brain

 

If you want to know more about LBD or support research head to the Lewy Body Dementia Fund

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