Postgraduate Course: Stress, Hormones and Cognitive Ageing (GMED11031)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Clinical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course will give an introduction to the effect of stress and hormones on cognitive ageing. It will introduce the topic and provide an overview of the area and describe the role of glucocorticoids on cognitive ageing.
Course description	WEEK 1 Neuroendocrine aspects of ageing overview WEEK 2 Normal and abnormal brain responses to stress WEEK 3 Neuroendocrine allostasis and cognitive ageing WEEK 4 Glucocorticoids and cognitive ageing WEEK 5 Neuroendocrine therapeutic targets and cognitive ageing WEEK 6 Future research directions in neuroendocrine aspects of cognitive ageing

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities
Assessment (Further Info)	Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
Additional Information (Assessment)	Weekly online assessments based on 2 journal articles (100%)
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
Learning objectives. &· Understand the fundamentals of the neuroendocrine 'window' on the brain and its function &· appreciate the normal function of the brain's responses to stress &· consider the allostasis hypothesis of brain ageing &· study the role of glucocorticoids in cognitive ageing &· examine novel approaches to therapy based on neuroendocrinology