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Small Animal Internal Medicine

Aging of the Nervous System: Another Year Older

Friday, June 16, 2023
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET
Location: PCC 107AB
CE: 1.5
Capturing for On Demand One Health

Lecture 1: Dr Margaret Gruen Sensory Decline and Cognition in Dogs  There is a growing volume of information on cognition and mobility age-related changes in dogs, but there is less information on sensory decline. This lecture will describe assessment and quantification of vision, hearing and olfaction in elderly companion dogs. The relationship between changes in these senses and cognition will be presented. 


Lecture 2: Dr Natalia Zidan – The Relationship Between Changes Brain Morphology on MRI and Cognitive Changes in Dogs With age the brain undergoes neuronal loss and subsequent atrophy of both grey and white matter. In this session, these changes will be quantified using morphometry and diffusion tensor imaging in elderly companion dogs that have undergone cognitive testing.


Lecture 3: Dr Natasha Olby – The Microbiome and Aging in Dogs.This session will provide an overview of the relationship between the gut, oral and nasal microbiome and aging of the nervous system. Longitudinal data on the oral and gut microbiome in elderly companion dogs will be presented, compared with cognition and discussed.

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will understand the changes that occur with age, and how sensory decline is associated with changes in cognitive functioning.
  • Participants will be able to explain which parts of the canine brain undergo change with age, and how to use diffusion tensor imaging to quantify these changes.
  • Participants will learn the mechanisms by which the microbiome can affect neurological function in dogs.