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MSc in Clinical Neuroscience - Autumn Term 2013

This is not the current timetable.

Please note, in this page links to past handouts and references are being provided as a back-up only to the 2014/2015 timetable

Monday lectures will be held in the Wolfson Lecture Theatre (WLT) unless otherwise stated.

Wednesday lectures will be held in the Gilliatt Lecture Theatre (GLT) unless otherwise stated.

N.B. No recording of lectures on mobile phones is permitted

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Induction Week

Monday 23rd September

     
9.00 - 10.00 Completion of enrolment process
Lecture Theatre, Basement, 33 Queen Square
 
10.00 - 10.15
Welcome - Prof Duncan, Clinical Director, NHNN Lecture Theatre, Basement, 33 Queen Square  
10.15 - 11.00
Welcome and Introduction by Education Unit including Virtual Tour of Queen Square Lecture Theatre, Basement, 33 Queen Square  
11.00 - 11.30
Coffee break
Foyer, 33 Queen Square
 
11.30 - 11.45
Welcome - PhD Representatives
Lecture Theatre, Basement, 33 Queen Square  
11.45 - 12.00
Welcome - Library Staff
Lecture Theatre, Basement, 33 Queen Square  
12.00 - 12.15
Welcome - Computing Unit
Lecture Theatre, Basement, 33 Queen Square  
12.15 - 12.30
Welcome - Security Officer
Lecture Theatre, Basement, 33 Queen Square  
12.30 - 13.30
Lunch Break
Foyer, 33 Queen Square  
13.30 - 15.00
Interactive Session with Course Directors/Education Unit: "Learning and teaching in the UK" Lecture Theatre, Basement, 33 Queen Square  

Tuesday 24th September

     
14.00 - 14.30
Visit to Queen Square Library (A-L)
First Floor, 23 Queen Square
 
14.30 - 15.00
Visit to Queen Square Library (M-Z)
First Floor, 23 Queen Square  
15.15 - 15.45
Tour of Queen Square
Please meet in Cluster Room, Ground Floor, 7 Queen Square, and then split into 2 groups  
16.00 - 17.15
‘Getting your bearings’ - Dr Selai, Ms Warr Schori & Prof Matthew Walker, Course Director Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, NHNN
 

Wednesday 25th September

     
8.30 - 10.30
Important guidelines for getting your MSc - Dr Selai
Gilliatt Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, IoN
 

Thursday 26th September

     
ALL DAY
Students are encouraged to complete personal administrative arrangements (i.e. bank accounts/police registration/accommodation) during this period.    
16.30 - 17.30
Induction for new Masters/Diploma students, followed by a student social, on the main campus. Lower Refectory in the Wilkins Building at central UCL  

Friday 27th September

     
9.45
FREE Walking tour entitled ‘Dead Famous’ about the lives, illnesses and deaths of (in)famous Bloomsbury residents, led by Dr Richard Barnett, Wellcome Trust Public Engagement Fellow and author of Medical London. The walk will last approximately 2 ½ hours and take in the sights of London on foot; an excellent introduction to the city.
Please meet outside 7 Queen Square  

Module 1: Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms of Disease

Convenors: Dr Patrick Lewis, Dr Adrian Isaacs, Dr Helene Plun-Favreau

Week 1

Monday 30th September

     
09.00 - 9.30
Introductory lecture for Module One: “Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms of Disease” Convenors  
9.30 - 10.30
The cell biology of the neuron (BS) Patrick Lewis

Handout

References

10.30 - 11.45
Cells of the nervous system 1 (BS) Jennifer Pocock  Handout
References
11.45 - 12.00
Break
   
12.00 - 13.15
Cells of the nervous system 2 (BS) Jennifer Pocock 

Handout

References

13.15 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
Clinico-pathological Conference (CPC)    

Tuesday 1st October

     
11.00 - 13.00
Library Search Skills sessions
B29, Foster Court  
13.00 - 14.00
Neuro-ophthalmology case demonstration WLT  

Wednesday 2nd October

     
8.30 - 9.30
Research Training/Critical appraisal Dr C Selai - 33LT  
10.00 - 11.15
General principles of neurotransmission & neuropharmacology  (BS) Jennifer Pocock - 33LT

Handout

References

11.15 - 11.30
Break
   
11.30 - 12.45
Uptake & release of neurotransmitters (BS) Jennifer Pocock - 33LT

Handout

References

(12.00 - 13.00)
Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC)
GLT  
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
Classification and histology of brain tumours (BS) Sebastian Brandner - 33LT Handout
15.00 - 16.00
Pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disease (BS) Sebastian Brandner - 33LT Handout

Thursday 3rd October

     
14.15 - 16.15
Gowers Grand Round
WLT  

Week 2

Monday 7th October

     
9.00 - 10.00
Non-ionotropic receptors (BS) Yamina Bakiri

Handout

References

10.00 - 11.00
Pathology of dementias Tammaryn Lashley Handout
References
11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
11.15 - 12.15
spare slot    
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
CPC WLT  
15.00 - 16.00
Ionotropic receptors (BS) Dimitri Kullmann
Handout
References
16.00 - 17.00
Synaptic plasticity (BS) Kirill Volynski Handout
References

Tuesday 8th October

     
10.30 - 11.30
Axon regeneration in the damaged CNS (BS) James Fawcett - WLT
Handout
References
13.00 - 14.00
Critchley Round WLT  

Wednesday 9th October

     
8.30 - 9.30
Research Training/Critical appraisal  Dr C Selai
 
9.30 - 10.30
Introduction to medical genetics (BS) Patrick Lewis

Handout

References

10.30 - 10.45
Break
   
10.45 - 11.45
iPS cells (BS) Selina Wray
Handout
12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC)    
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
spare slot
   
15.00 - 16.00
Mouse models of neurodegenerative disease Elizabeth Fisher
Handout
References
17.30
Institute of Neurology Annual Address. "World Class Universities - Predicting their Future"; Prof Michael Arthur, UCL Provost
Basement Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square  

Thursday 10th October

     
10.00 - 11.00
Brain anatomy (C) Paul Johns - 33 LT
 
11.30 - 13.00 Brain Anatomy Workshop 1st Group (13 students) Paul Johns - 33 Queen Square Foyer  
13.00 - 13.45
Lunch
   
13.45 - 15.15

Brain Anatomy Workshop

2nd Group (13 students)

Paul Johns - 33 Queen Square Foyer  
15.30 - 17.00

Brain Anatomy Workshop

3rd Group (14 students)

Paul Johns - 33 Queen Square Foyer  
(14.15 - 16.15)
Gowers Grand Round
WLT  

Week 3

Monday 14th October

     
9.00 - 10.00
Stem cells and neural repair (BS) Jack Price
Handout
10.00 - 11.15
Nitric Oxide: function and misfunction (BS) Jennifer Pocock
Handout
References
11.15 - 11.30
Break
   
11.30 - 12.45
Calcium: function and misfunction (BS) Jennifer Pocock 

Handout

References

13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
CPC
   
15.00 - 16.00
Cellular mechanisms of neuroprotection (BS) Ashley Pringle

CANCELLED

Rescheduled on

on 28th October

Tuesday 15th October

     
13.00 - 14.00
Critchley Round WLT  

Wednesday 16th October

     
9.30 - 10.30
Research Training/Critical appraisal Dr C Selai - GLT
 
10.30 - 10.45
Break
   
10.45 - 11.45
Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurological disease (BS) Helene Plun-Favreau - GLT

Handout

References

12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC) GLT
 
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
Brain energy metabolism (BS) Iain Hargreaves - GLT
Handout
15.00 - 16.00
RNA mediated mechanisms of neurodegeneration (BS) Adrian Isaacs - GLT
Handout
References

Thursday 17th October

     
9.00 - 11.00
EndNote session (Group 1)
G11, Bedford Way  
11.00 - 13.00
EndNote session (Group 2) G11, Bedford Way  
14.15 - 16.15
Gowers Grand Round
WLT  

Friday 18th October

     
9.15 - 10.15
Neurogenetics Lecture/Masterclass Patrick Lewis - WLT Handout
References
10.15 - 11.15
Principles of neurogenetics (C/BS) Jose Bras - WLT Handout
References
11.15 - 11.30
Break
   
11.30 - 12.30
Genetics of neurological disease (C/BS) Nick Wood - WLT Handout
15.00 - 16.00
Neuronal death (BS) Miguel Martins - WLT Handout
References

Week 4

Monday 21st October

     
9.00 - 10.00
spare slot
   
10.00 - 11.00
spare slot
   
11.00 - 11.30
Feedback Q&A from Module One lectures Helene Plun-Favreau and Rina Bandopadhyay - Wolfson LT  
11.30 - 12.15
spare slot
   
12.15 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
CPC
   
15.00 - 16.00
spare slot    

Tuesday 22nd October

     
9.00 - 11.00
Statistics Workshop (Group 1) Dr Khadija Rantell - Cluster Room
 
13.00 - 15.00
Statistics Workshop (Group 2) Dr Khadija Rantell - Cluster Room
 
(13.00 - 14.00)
Critchley Round
WLT
 

Module 2: Epilepsy, Pain, Tumours & Infections of the CNS

Wednesday 23rd October

     
8.30 - 9.30
Research Training/Critical appraisal Dr C Selai
 
9.30 - 10.00
Introductory talk: Epilepsy, Pain, Tumours & Infections of the CNS Convenors
 
10.00 - 11.45
Channelopathies of the CNS (BS) followed by 30/45 mins ppt presentation advice Stephanie Schorge
Handout
11.45 - 12.00
Break
   
12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry case conference - NCC    
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
Clinical management of pain in neurological diseases (C) Paul Nandi
Handout
References
15.00 - 16.00
spare slot
   

Thursday 24th October

     
10.00 - 11.00
Epilepsy: surgery (C) John Duncan - WLT
Handout
References
14.15 - 16.15
Gowers Grand Round WLT  

Week 5

Monday 28th October

   
9.00 - 10.00
Mechanisms of epilepsy (C/BS) Matthew Walker CANCELLED
Rescheduled on
14th November
10.00 - 11.00
Mechanisms of actions of anti-epileptic drugs (C/BS) Matthew Walker CANCELLED
Rescheduled on
14th November
11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
11.15 - 12.15
Interactive session: ‘Applying for a PhD’ Dr Selai and Ms Warr

CANCELLED
Rescheduled on

29th October

12.15 - 13.15
spare slot
   
13.15 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
CPC
   
15.00 - 16.00
Cellular mechanisms of neuroprotection Dr Pringle

CANCELLED
To be rescheduled

Handout

Tuesday 29th October

     
10.30 - 12.00
Refresher Induction course: Q&A session Basement Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square  
13.00 - 14.00
Critchley Round WLT  
15.00 - 16.00
Diagnosis and treatment of migraine (C) Paul Shanahan - WLT
Handout

Wednesday 30th October

     
8.30 - 9.30
Research Training/Critical appraisal Dr C Selai - GLT  
9.30 - 10.30
Epilepsy: EEG (C/BS) Beate Diehl Handout
References
10.30 -10.45
Break
   
10.45 - 11.45
EEG imaging (BS) Louis Lemieux Handout
12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychatry case conference (NCC)   CANCELLED
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
Epilepsy: neuropsychiatry (C) Jacqueline Foong  Handout
References
15.00 -16.00
Non-epileptic seizures (C) Gary Price  

Thursday 31st October

     
10.00 - 11.00
Epilepsy: prognosis and mortality (C) Ley Sander - WLT
Handout
14.00 -15.00
Neurobiology of migraine (C/BS) Manjit Matharu -
GLT
 
15.00 - 16.00
Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (C/BS) Manjit Matharu -
GLT
 
(14.15 - 16.15)
Gowers Grand Round WLT  

Week 6

Monday 4th November

     
9.00 - 10.00
Epilepsy: neuropathology (C/BS) Maria Thom

Handout

Handout (2)
References

References (2)

10.00 - 11.00
Sleep and narcolepsy (C/BS) Sofia Eriksson Handout
References
11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
11.15 - 12.15
HIV infection and parasitic infections of the CNS (C/BS) Hadi Manji References
12.15 - 13.15
Mechanisms of nociception (C/BS) Dr James Cox

CANCELLED

Rescheduled on

15th November

13.15 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
CPC
   
15.00 - 16.00
Molecular pathology of brain tumours (BS) Sebastian Brandner  
16.00 - 17.00
Viral (excluding HIV) and bacterial infections of the CNS (C) Nick Davies Handout
References

Tuesday 5th November

     
9.00 - 11.00
Statistics Workshop (Group 1) Dr Khadija Rantell/Dr Zoe Fox - Cluster Room, Ground Floor, 7 Queen Square  
13.00 - 15.00
Statistics Workshop (Group 2) Dr Khadija Rantell/Dr Zoe Fox - Cluster Room, Ground Floor, 7 Queen Square  
13.00 - 14.00
Neuro-ophthalmology case demonstration
WLT  
15.00 - 16.00
Low grade glioma (C) Jeremy Rees - WLT
Handout
References
16.00 -17.00
Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (C) Jeremy Rees - WLT

Handout

Handout
References

Wednesday 6th November

     
8.30 - 9.30
Research Training/Critical appraisal
Dr C Selai
CANCELLED
9.30 - 10.30
spare slot
   
10.30 -10.45
Break
   
10.45 - 11.45
spare slot
   
12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC)    
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
spare slot
   
15.00 - 16.00
Trigeminal neuralgias (C/BS) Prof Joanna Zakrzewska Handout (1)
Handout (2)
References

Thursday 7th November

     
14.15 - 15.15
Gowers Grand Round
WLT  

Friday 8th November

     
10.00 - 12.00
MODULE ONE Exam: on-line (15 credits)

Public Cluster Room 113,

1-19 Torrington Place

 

Week 7

Monday 11th November

     
9.00 - 12.00
EEG Workshop
Prof M Walker/Ms C Scott
 
12.00 - 13.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
CPC
   
15.00 - 16.00
Genetics of epilepsy (C/BS) Sanjay Sisodiya References
16.00 - 17.00
Epilepsy and MRI/PET (C/BS) Matthias Koepp Handout

Tuesday 12th November

     
9.00 - 11.00
Statistics Workshop (Group 1) Dr Khadija Rantell - Cluster Room, Ground Floor, 7 Queen Square  
13.00 - 15.00
Statistics Workshop (Group 2) Dr Khadija Rantell - Cluster Room, Ground Floor, 7 Queen Square

CANCELLED
Rescheduled on

19th November

(13.00 - 14.00)
Critchley Round
WLT
 

Module 3: Peripheral Nerve, Muscle and Special Senses

Convenor: Henry Houlden

Wednesday 13th November

     
9.45 - 10.45
Research Training/Critical appraisal session
Dr Selai - WLT  
10.45 - 11.00
Introductory talk: Peripheral Nerve, Muscle & Special Senses Convenors - WLT
Handout
11.00 - 12.00
Biophysics of the action potential (BS) Laura Mantoan - WLT
Handout
References
12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC) GLT  
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
Peripheral afferent neurons (C/BS) Martin Koltzenburg - WLT
Handout
15.00 - 16.00
Electrodiagnosis of peripheral nerve and muscle (C/BS) Martin Koltzenburg - WLT Handout
16.00 - 17.00
Movement Disorders Video Session Dr Manju Kurian and Prof Tom Warner - Seminar Room, 4th Floor, FIL, 12 Queen Square  

Thursday 14th November

     
9.00 - 10.00
Mechanisms of epilepsy (C/BS) Matthew Walker Handout
10.00 - 11.00
Mechanisms of actions of anti-epileptic drugs (C/BS) Matthew Walker Handout
14.15 - 16.15
Gowers Grand Round
WLT  

Friday 15th November

     
11.30 - 12.30
Mechanisms of nociception Dr Abdella Habib - WLT

Handout

References

16.00 - 17.00 What is epilepsy? Definitions and epidemiology (C) (Module 2)
Prof Simon Shorvon - WLT Handout

Week 8

Monday 18th November

     
9.00 - 10.00
Neuropathy: hereditary (C/BS) Mary Reilly References
10.00 - 11.00
Neuropathy: inflammatory (C/BS) Mike Lunn Handout
11.00 - 11.45
Break
   
11.15 - 12.15
spare slot
   
12.15 - 13.15
spare slot
   
13.15 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
CPC
   

Tuesday 19th November

     
10.30 - 11.30
Myopathy (C) Jasper Morrow - WLT
Handout
References
11.30 - 11.45
Break
   
11.45 - 12.45
Dystrophies (C/BS) Adnan Manzur - WLT
CANCELLED
To be rescheduled
13.00 -14.00
Critchley Round
WLT  
13.30 - 15.30
Statistics Workshop (Group 2) Dr Khadija Rantell - Cluster Room, Ground Floor, 7 Queen Square  

Wednesday 20th November

     
9.30 - 10.30
Metabolic disorders of childhood, affecting nerve and muscle (C) Shamima Rahman -WLT
Handout
References
10.30 - 11.30
Research Training/Critical appraisal session  Dr Selai -WLT  
11.30 - 11.45
Break
   
12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC)
GLT CANCELLED
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
Channelopathies: muscle (C/BS) Roope Mannikko -WLT Handout (1) (2)
References

Thursday 21st November

     
14.15 - 16.15
Gowers Grand Round
WLT  

Week 9

Monday 25th November

     
9.00 - 10.00
spare slot
   
10.00 - 11.00
spare slot
   
11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
11.15 - 12.15
An eye-opener on eye movements (C) Hena Ahmed  
12.15 - 13.15
Higher auditory function (C) Sukhbinder Kumar Handout
References
13.15 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
CPC
   
15.00 - 16.00
Myasthenia gravis (C) Nicholas Hirsch Handout
References
16.00 - 17.00
Physiology of human auditory cortex (C) Jason Warren  

Tuesday 26th November

     
13.00 - 14.00
Critchley Round
GLT  

Wednesday 27th November

     
8.30 - 9.30
Research Training/Critical appraisal session: Special Senses Dr Selai - GLT  
9.30 - 10.30
Introduction to clinical disorders of hearing (C) Rosalyn Davies  
10.30 - 10.45
Break
   
10.45 - 11.45
Evaluation of central auditory function (C) Doris-Eva Bamiou Handout
References
12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC) GLT  
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
Neurological disorders of the pupil and eye (C) James Acheson

Handout

References

15.00 - 16.00
Hereditary sensory neuropathy Dr Laura Matilde Handout

Thursday 28th November

     
14.15 - 16.15
Gowers Grand Round
WLT  

Week 10

Monday 2nd December

     
9.00 - 10.00
Diseases of orbit and retina (C) Fion Bremner Handout
10.00 - 11.00
spare slot
   
11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
11.15 - 12.15
spare slot
   
12.15 - 13.15
spare slot
   
13.15 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
CPC
   
15.00 - 16.00
spare slot
   

Tuesday 3rd December

     
13.00 - 14.00
Neuro-ophthalmology case demonstration
WLT  

Wednesday 4th December

     
8.30 - 9.30
Research Training/Critical appraisal session
Dr Selai - GLT  
9.30 - 10.30
spare slot
   
10.30 - 10.45
Break
   
10.45 - 11.45
spare slot
   
12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC)
GLT CANCELLED
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
Disorders of the optic nerve and visual pathways (C) Gordon Plant  
15.00 - 16.00
Visual cortex (C) Gordon Plant  

Thursday 5th December

     
14.15 - 16.15
Gowers Grand Round
WLT  

Week 11

Monday 9th December

     
9.00 - 10.00
spare slot
   
10.00 - 11.00
spare slot
   
11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
11.15 - 12.15
spare slot
   
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
CPC
   
15.00 - 16.00
spare slot    

Tuesday 10th December

     
9.00 - 17.00
Research Presentations 33 Lecture Theatre
 
(13.00 - 14.00)
Critchley Round
WLT  

Wednesday 11th December

     
9.30 - 10.30
Brainstem, cerebellar balance & eye movement disorders (C) Adolfo Bronstein - WLT
Handout
References
10.30 - 11.30
Research Training/Critical appraisal session
Dr Selai - WLT  
11.30 - 11.45
Break
   
12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC)
GLT CANCELLED
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
spare slot
   

Thursday 12th December

     
9.00 - 17.00
Research Presentations Dr Selai - 33 LT
 
(15.15 - 17.00)
Gowers Grand Round Christmas Quiz
WLT