Undergraduate Course: Neural Development, Injury and Regeneration (NEBM10026)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Neuroscience (Biomedical Sciences) | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | This course encompasses a variety of topics focussing on development, degeneration and repair of the nervous system. Topics include: 
 
Neuro-and gliogenesis in the nervous system 
Animal models of human neurodegenerative diseases  
The relationship between glial development and axon survival 
Postnatal neurodevelopmental disorders: A synaptic plasticity problem? 
Stem cells in the adult nervous system 
Control of cell death 
 
Students will receive reading material to prepare them for each lecture allowing full participation of the class in discussions. A presentation and an essay question will form the course assessment.  
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Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Block 3 (Sem 2), Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
 
	
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| Central | Seminar | Class times are 9.30-11.30 | 1-6 |  09:00 - 12:00 |  |  |  |  |  | Central | Seminar | Class times are 9.30-11.30 | 1-6 |  |  |  |  09:00 - 12:00 |  |  
| First Class | 
First class information not currently available |  
| No Exam Information | 
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
Increased understanding of biological processes. 
Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later. 
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Assessment Information 
| 100% In course assessment comprising a presentation and an essay. |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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| Keywords | NEURONeuDevInjRep | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof Richard Ribchester 
Tel: (0131 6)50 3256 
Email: rrr@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Ms Tina Harvey 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5059 
Email: Tina.Harvey@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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