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
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Weekly online assessments based on 2 journal articles (100%) |
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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
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Alasdair Maclullich
Tel: (0131) 242 6764
Email: a.maclullich@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Dr Beverly Roberts
Tel: (0131 6)50 3368
Email: beverly.roberts@ed.ac.uk |
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