? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : MED-4-NSclin2

In this course we aim to cover several disorders of the brain from a pool of Parkinson's disease, CreutzfeldJacob Disease, multiple sclerosis, brain tumours, dementias and cognitive decline in ageing. For each of the topics, information will be given on clinical features of the disease, biochemical events of the disease, neuropathology coupled with neuroimaging. The course will consist of a series of lectures which will highlight the evolving techniques used to make clinical assessments of the patients and tailor medical/surgical treatment. This course will provide a fully integrated approach to understanding neurological disorders using basic science and clinically based information.

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Permission of the Curriculum Approval Officer. Students should normally have registered for two first semester courses in the Neuroscience Programme

? Special Arrangements for Entry : Directors of Studies must contact the Programme Secretary or Programme Organiser for Honours Neuroscience before registering a student for this course. Priority is given to Honours Neuroscience students.

Home subject area

BSc Honours (Medicine), (Medicine, Schedule R)

Other subject areas

Neuroscience, (School of Biological Sciences, Schedule K)

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 45 minutes per week for 11 weeks

Increased understanding of biological processes.
Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later.

No exams.

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Anne Aitken
Tel : (0131 6)50 3520
Email : Anne.Aitken@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Prof Gordon Arbuthnott
Tel : (0131 6)50 6177
Email : G.Arbuthnott@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.mvm.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.mvm.ed.ac.uk/