John A. Kennard, B.S.

Email: john.kennard@temple.edu

Bio:  John is in his third year of graduate studies.  He received his B.S. in Psychology with a concentration in Neuroscience from Denison University.  He currently works with Dr. Woodruff-Pak and his research interests include Alzheimer’s disease, aging, and neural plasticity in response to physical exercise. 

Representative presentations and/or publications: 

Woodruff-Pak, D.S., Foy, M.R., Akopian, G.G., Lee, K.H., Zach, J., Nguyen, K.P.T., Comalli, D.M., Kennard, J.A., Agelan, A., & Thompson, R.F. (in press). Differential effects and rates of normal aging in cerebellum and hippocampus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 

Kennard, J.A., & Woodruff-Pak, D.S. (submitted). The effects of low impact forced exercise on motor learning and spatial memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.

Kennard, J.A., & Woodruff-Pak, D.S. (2009). A revised low impact forced exercise paradigm improves spatial memory. Published abstract and poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL.