{"589275":{"#nid":"589275","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Protective Effects of Exercise on Blinding Retinal Diseases","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMachelle T. Pardue, PhD\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDepartment of Biomedical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech \/ Emory University\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbstract:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nExercise has known rehabilitative and protective effects on muscular, cardiovascular and central nervous systems. In this presentation, I will present data showing that voluntary or involuntary, treadmill exercise also has protective effects on retinal neurons in several different retinal diseases, including photoreceptor degenerations and diabetic retinopathy. A potential role for brain derived neurotrophic factor will be explored.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMachelle T. Pardue, PhD\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDepartment of Biomedical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech \/ Emory University\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbstract:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nExercise has known rehabilitative and protective effects on muscular, cardiovascular and central nervous systems. In this presentation, I will present data showing that voluntary or involuntary, treadmill exercise also has protective effects on retinal neurons in several different retinal diseases, including photoreceptor degenerations and diabetic retinopathy. A potential role for brain derived neurotrophic factor will be explored.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Physiology Brown Bag Seminar"}],"uid":"27964","created_gmt":"2017-03-24 19:16:49","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:12:16","author":"Jasmine Martin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-04-19T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2017-04-19T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-04-19T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-04-19 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-04-19 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-04-19 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173856","name":"Machelle T. Pardue"},{"id":"173857","name":"T. Richard Nichols"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}