Year 4, 2011-12
Module leaders
Dr Steve Gentleman
Professor Jackie de Belleroche
Neuroscience and mental health
Monday 14 November - Friday 16 December 2011

Module 2: Neurological and psychiatric disorders of the central nervous system - timetable [Word]

Background reading for ICA essay: The role of inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease:
Contribution of inflammatory processes to Alzheimer’s disease: molecular mechanisms - Sastre et al (2006) International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience 24, 167-176
NSAIDS: how do they work and their prospects as therapeutics in Alzheimer’s disease - Sastre and Gentleman 2010 Frontiers in Aging Research 2, 1-6
Further guidance for ICA essay [Word]
ICA essay submission: Log in to Year 4: Neuroscience & Mental Health BSc Blackboard course to submit your essay. Submission deadline: Friday 16 December at 3 pm.

Powerpoint presentations, unless otherwise indicated:

There will be a Feedback session on Tuesday 13 December at 11 am following on immediately after the Neuropathology practical ICA feedback.
Mon 14 Nov Stroke unit + part 2 - Dr Paul Bentley
Stroke: epidemiology, risk factors and genetics - Dr Pankaj Sharma
Tues 15 Nov Stroke: pathogenic mechanisms and neuroprotection [pdf] - Professor Jackie de Belleroche
Thurs 17 Nov CNS trauma - Professor Steve Gentleman
Fri 18 Nov Facets of Parkinson’s disease - Dr Ronald Pearce
Parkinson’s disease: neuropathology - Professor Steve Gentleman
Mon 21 Nov Imaging Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases [pdf] - Professor David Brooks
CNS trauma: imaging [pdf]- Dr David Sharp
Tues 22 Nov

Parkinsonism (Parkinson’s Disease) and Deep brain stimulation - Dr Peter Bain
Parkinson’s Disease: biochemistry and experimental models - Dr David Dexter
Wed 23 Nov Parkinson’s plus syndromes - Professor Steve Gentleman
Thurs 24 Nov Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neurone disease [pdf] - Professor Jackie de Belleroche
Fri 25 Nov Dementia: differential diagnosis - Dr Ronald Pearce
Huntington's disease [pdf] - Professor Paola Piccini
Mon 28 Nov Alzheimer’s disease: molecular neuropathology - Professor Steve Gentleman
Molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer‘s disease - Dr Magdalena Sastre
Animal models of Alzheimer‘s disease - Dr Magdalena Sastre
Thurs 1 Dec Fronto-temporal lobar dementias (FTLD) - Professor Steve Gentleman
Stroke: recovery and rehabilitation - Professor Richard Wise
Mon 5 Dec Clinical features of multiple sclerosis [pdf] - Dr Paolo Muraro
Pathology of multiple sclerosis [pdf] - Professor Richard Reynolds
Tues 6 Dec Multiple sclerosis immunology [pdf] - Dr Paolo Muraro
Neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis [pdf] - Professor Richard Reynolds
Wed 7 Dec Prion diseases - Professor Steve Gentleman
Thurs 8 Dec Multiple sclerosis: treatment strategies [pdf] - Dr Paolo Muraro
Tues 13 Dec 11 am: Feedback session following on immediately after the Neuropathology practical - Feedback questionnaire [Word] - Professor Jackie de Belleroche

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