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Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
Creative Minds, Younger Brains: Engaging in music, dance, painting, or even (some) gaming is linked to delayed brain aging.
Article: doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-6….
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Biophysical modeling, graph theory, and Neurosynth analyses reveal plasticity-driven efficiency in regions most vulnerable to aging. Out Today in @NatureComms, congrats @carlosmig_12 and colls! @CreativeAgeIntl @j_artshealthlab @CreativeBrainWk
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
Time is running out to double your impact in honor of #WorldAlzheimersDay! 🌎
Your support can go 2X as far to help advance research and provide care and support to the millions impacted by this disease. This means:
✨ $25 can become ➡️ $50 ✨
✨ $60 can become ➡️ $120 ✨
✨ $120 can become ➡️ $240 ✨
Make a gift today: bit.ly/4pDc2iY
#ENDALZ #TogetherWeCan
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
Do you want to improve brain health in Africa? Then find out more about the @ABHNetwork.
Set up in 2018 by @GBHI_Fellows, with support from the Atlantic Institute, the Africa Brain Health Network aims to bring together voices interested in brain health.
africabrainhealth.com/
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
🌍 The African Brain Health Network (@ABHNetwork) relaunches today!
This article by Mohammed-Anwar Sadat Adam (@adammsadat @AFSEE_LSE) shares why it matters: building connections for #BrainHealth equity, grounded in Ubuntu and Sankofa.
Read the article: ow.ly/zLQV50WLUvR
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
🌍 Formed by @GBHI_Fellows with support from the Atlantic Institute, the @ABHNetwork shares Africa’s brain health story through local voices and experiences.
Join us Aug. 26 for a public event for talks and a performance by @jazzmankabs1.
🔗 ow.ly/xt1C50WGARn
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
🎉🚨 Extended Application Deadline! Now July 16, 2025!
If you want to learn about the brain💻🧠in the amazing Noordhoek, Cape Town🇿🇦, apply.
What to Do Next: Finalise and submit applications before the deadline: imbizo.africa/apply/
Please spread the news. Don’t miss out!
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
🚨 1 WEEK LEFT to apply! Don't miss this chance to boost your skills through hands-on training designed for #neuroscience researchers in Africa!
Apply by 15 May: ibro.org/training-opportunit…
#IBROinAfrica #DataScience
@Deleyele @ElfarrashSara @ElKadmiri5 @aduyilemi @rpbiney
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
🔔A&D Translational Research & Clinical Interventions- CALL FOR PAPERS🔔
Submit to Practice of Inclusion Science: Advancing Rigor & Reproducibility in Alzheimer's and Dementia Research
Editors: Lisa Barnes (@beyoung40), Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, & Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi
#TRCI
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
The #AAICNeuro hybrid conference with 12 global hubs features @GBHI_Fellows led programs in:
🇪🇸 Spain @NeusFalgas
🇧🇷 Brazil @crisaguzzoli
🇨🇱 Chile @AgustinMIbanez & Francesca Farina
🇰🇪 Kenya @MomohChi & Wambui Karanja
🇳🇬 Nigeria Rufus Akinyemi
Sign up👉bit.ly/4hFTwlB
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
🧠✨Are you a mid-career neuroscientist (5+ years post-PhD) from an underrepresented group working on the causal mechanisms of brain diseases? Apply today for the ALBA-Roche Research Prize for Excellence in Neuroscience! Please help us spread the word and share this with your network, especially those who may have left X.
🔎loom.ly/_EvQvm4
🗓️20 January 2025
@Roche
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
Take the opportunity at #SfN24 to #network with IBRO leadership & committee members and learn more about their work! They will be waiting for you at booth #1725! 😀
🔗 ibro.org/ibro-sfn-2024/
@TheBaleLab @DiGiovanni_Gius @JQIpLab @JLLanciego @srikipedia @raghupathirames
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
This year's @UN International Day of Older Persons isn't only about care and support.
In Geneva, leaders are gathering to ensure we follow-up on the recommendations made by the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing to address gaps in how we protect older people's rights: undocs.org/Home/Mobile?Final…
To get the latest updates on this area of work, follow us on our digital channels: linktr.ee/undecadeageing
#UNIDOP2024 #OlderPersonsDay
ALT A photo of a conference room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland where an event commemorating the UN International Day of Older Persons is taking place. The room is packed with attendees.
ALT A photo of the panel of experts and Member State representatives who are speaking at the UN International Day of Older Persons commemorations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
The Understanding #AlzheimersDisease Webinar was well attended and the discussion quite robuts.
Thank you @ABHNetwork for the partnership.
We are grateful to all the planners, speakers and attendees.
@talkhealth9ja @nsccofficial @donlaz4u @GBHI_Fellows @atlanticfellows
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
Shape the Future: Calling 2025–2026 Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health gbhi.org/news-publications/s….
@GBHI_Fellows @atlanticfellows @SSABHIAfrica @ABHNetwork
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
Today IBRO reinforces its commitment to #diversity, #equity & #inclusion in #neuroscience by supporting Indigenous communities in 🧠 sciences & beyond.
Stay tuned today for news on an @network_alba event we’re supporting on this topic!
#indigenouspeoplesday
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
🧠 Excited for our next session! Learn to turn evidence into policy through advocacy. Join experts Prof Mayowa Owolabi, @jtjordan and @SamMountney to drive global action on neurological diseases 🌐. Don't miss out!
🗓️26th April - 2pm (GMT) 👇
zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0…
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
From @CreativeBrainWk 24 on the @ABHNetwork with the @atlanticfellows,on art & our vision. (Starting at 15:40) Along with presentaions from Anusha Yasoda-Mohan, Dominic Campbell, Rachel Hoare, @EimMcGlinchey ,Mei Lin Yap youtu.be/g4RBJla0Yx4?si=OUQN…
#brainhealth
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
The #DeansGrandRounds Free Members’ Webinar: Addressing the Dementia Care Gap – Leveraging Primary Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries is taking place today at 4pm.
There is still time to register your place!
Register here: bit.ly/DGR-Dementia-Care-Gap
Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN) retweeted
A plural approach for brain health ensures equity and includes knowledge from different knowledge systems. My thought...
youtu.be/JVxNGLp1vzQ?si=4vbs…
@ABHNetwork @atlanticfellows
@GBHI_Fellows
#mentalhealth #artforhealth #culturalcapital #BrainAwarenessWeek
