Thursday, March 21, 2013

High School Students Learn about Field of Neurology

Dr. Dean Naritoku, chair of neurology at USA, gives students at the Alabama School of Math and Science a tour of the neuroscience wing at the USA Medical Center.
Dr. Naritoku shows the students how to test reflexes with a reflex hammer.
Students at the Alabama School of Math and Science in Mobile recently visited the University of South Alabama Medical Center as part of Brain Awareness Week.
 
The national event, which takes place every year in March, focuses on increasing public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research.

While there, the high school students were given information about careers in neuroscience, as well as brief lectures on epilepsy and Parkinson’s Disease.