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MSc in Clinical Neuroscience - Spring Term 2013

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Module 4: Motor Systems, Control and Disease Convenors: Dr Mark Edwards, Dr Jalesh Paniker

WEEK 12

Mon 7th Jan

     
09.00 - 10.00
Introductory Lecture for Module 4: Motor Systems, Control and Disease
Module Convenors
 
10.00 - 11.00
Neurology of Bladder Control Clare Fowler Handout
11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
11.15 - 12.15
Neurology of Sexual Function Clare Fowler Handout
13.15 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
Motor Control Theories
James Kilner
References
15.00 - 16.00
Cortical Control of the Hand
Marco Davare

Handout

References

Tues 8th Jan

     
14.00 - 15.00 
Introduction to the Motor System
John Rothwell

Handout

References

15.00 - 16.00
Use of TMS for Assessment of Motor Function
John Rothwell

Handout

References

Wed 9th Jan

     
11.00 - 12.00
Functional Organisation of the Basal Ganglia
Paul Bolam
Handout
12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry Case Conference
   
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
Basal Ganglia: Pathophysiology
Mark Edwards

Handout

References

15.00 - 16.00
Cerebellar Structure, Function and Control
Joern Diedrichsen

Handout

References

Fri 11th Jan

     
10.00 - 12.00
Workshop: TMS (ALL)
John Rothwell,
Dept, 3rd Flr, 33QS
 

WEEK 13

Mon 14th Jan

     
09.00 - 10.00
Human Standing and Walking
Brian Day, Gilliatt Lecture Theatre

Handout
Handout

References

13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
15.00 - 16.00
Pathogenesis of Parkinson's Disease
Christos Proukakis
Handout

Tues 15th Jan

     
9.30 - 11.30
Research Training Session
(2 groups)
Dr Caroline Selai,
FSR
 

Wed 16th Jan

     
09.00 - 10.00
Vertigo
Adolfo Bronstein
Handout
10.00 - 11.00
The Neuropathological Basis of Movement Disorders
Janice Holton

Handout

References

12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry Case Conference - CANCELLED
  CANCELLED
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   

WEEK 14

Mon 21st Jan

     
10.00 - 11.00
Masterclass: A-typical Parkinsonism Niall Quinn
Handout
11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
11.15 - 12.15
Tics and Tourettes
Mark Edwards

Handout

References

12.15 -
Masterclass on Hyperkinetics to include Dystonia, Myoclonus, Tremor   Mark Edwards Handout

Tues 22nd Jan

     
09.00 - 10.00
Genetics of Movement Disorders - TO BE RESCHEDULED
Kailash Bhatia, Gilliatt Lecture Theatre
CANCELLED
10.00 - 11.00
Autonomic Function
Chris Mathias, Gilliatt Lecture Theatre

Handout

References

11.00 - 12.00
Masterclass: Parkinson's Disease
Tom Foltynie, Gilliatt Lecture Theatre  
13.50 - 17.00
Workshop: Autonomic Disorders (Clin. Neuroscience Only)
K Bleasdale Barr,
Dept, QM Wing
 

Wed 23rd Jan

     
09.00 - 10.00
Clinical Session 1
Niall Quinn
 
10.00 - 11.00
Huntington's Disease
Ed Wild
References
12.00 - 13.00 
Neuropsychiatry Case Conference - CANCELLED
  CANCELLED
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
15.00 - 16.00
Spastic Paraplegia
Tom Warner
References

WEEK 15

Mon 28th Jan

     
09.00 - 10.00
Motor Neurone Disease Katie Sidle  
10.00 - 11.00
Neuropathology/Mechanisms of MND Bernadett Kalmar Handout
11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
11.15 - 12.15
Neurophysiology of Respiration
Peter Kirkwood

Handouts

References

12.15 - 13.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
Imaging Movement Disorders 
Paola Piccini Handout
15.00 - 16.00
Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Diseases of the CNS
Mike Lunn
Handout
References

Tues 29th Jan

     
15.00 - 17.00
Research Training Sessions
(2 groups)
Dr Caroline Selai,
FSR
 

Wed 30th Jan

     
09.00 - 10.00
Clinical Session 2
Niall Quinn
 
10.00 - 11.00
Masterclass: MS - Diagnosis and Treatment of MS
C Dalton / A Trip

Handout

References

12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry Case Conference
   
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   

WEEK 16

Mon 4th Feb

     
09.00 - 10.00
Cerebellar Disorders
Nick Wood
Handout
11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
12.15 - 13.00
Lunch
   
13.00 - 14.00
Neurology of Respiration
Robin Howard
 
14.00 - 15.00
Clinico-Pathological Conference (CPC)
   
15.00 - 16.00 Mechanisms of Underlying Loss of Function in Neuroinflammatory Demyelinating Disease
Ken Smith
Handout

Tues 5th Feb

     
15.00 - 17.00
Research Training Session
(2 groups)
Dr Caroline Selai,
FSR
 

Wed 6th Feb

     
09.00 - 10.00
Clinical Session 3
Niall Quinn
References
11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
12.00 -13.00
Neuropsychiatry Case Conference 
   
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   

Thurs 7th Feb

     
11.00 - 12.00
Remyelination Mechanisms in Demyelinating Disease - TO BE RESCHEDULED Mark Kotter
CANCELLED

Module 5: Higher Functions of the Brain Convenors: Dr Nick Ward, Dr Alex Leff

WEEK 17

Mon 11th Feb

     
09.15 - 10.15
Introduction to Neuropsychology
Diana Caine

Handout

References

10.15 - 11.15
Early Visual Processing
Stewart Shipp

Handout

References

11.15 - 11.30
Break
   
11.30 - 12.30
Spatial Coding in the Hippocampus
Neil Burgess
Handout
12.30 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
CPC
   
15.00 - 16.00
Emotion, Motivation and Decision Making
Tom Fitzgerald

Handout

References

Tues 12th Feb

     
15.00 - 17.00
Research Training Session
(2 groups)
Dr Caroline Selai,
FSR
 

Wed 13th Feb

     
09.00 - 10.00
Motor Recovery
Nick Ward

Handout

References

10.00 - 11.00
The Inattentive Brain Richard Sylvester

Handout

References

11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry Case Conference
   
13.00 - 14.00 
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00 Visual Memory and Saccade Selection in the Healthy and Lesioned Brain Paul Bays
Handout
15.00 - 16.00
Genetics of Movement Disorders
Prof Bhatia
 

Thurs 14th Feb

     
10.00 - 11.00
Executive Functions
Paul Burgess, WLT
Handout

WEEK 18

Mon 18th Feb

     
10.00 - 12.00
MODULE 4: WRITTEN EXAM (ALL) (15 Credits)
Gilliatt Lecture Theatre; FSR; SR7
 

Tues 19th Feb

     
15.00 - 17.00
Research Training Session
(2 groups)
Dr Caroline Selai,
FSR
 

Wed 20th Feb

     
11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry Case Conference - CANCELLED
  CANCELLED
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
15.00 - 16.00
Neural Pathways Supporting Language Recovery
Rachel Holland

Handout

References

WEEK 19

Mon 25th Feb

     
09.00 - 10.00
Masterclass: How do we investigate consciousness?
Geraint Rees
References
10.00 - 11.00
Masterclass: Limbic System
Michael Trimble
Handout
11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
11.15 - 12.15
Neurological Rehabilitation
Diane Playford
Handout
12.15 - 13.00
Lunch
   
13.00 - 14.00
Coma, Diagnosis and Management
Robin Howard
References
14.00 - 15.00
CPC
   
15.00 - 16.00
Imaging the Normal Brain: MRI
Nickolaus Weiskopf
Handout

Tue 26th Feb

     
13.30 - 17.00
Visit to Stanmore
   

Wed 27th Feb

     
10.00 - 11.00
Psychiatry of Movement Disorders
Eileen Joyce
References
11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry Case Conference
   
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
13.00 - 15.00
Workshop: MRI/fMRI
GROUP 1: 8 people (First come, first served)
Nickolaus Weiskopf,
FIL, 12 QS
 
15.00 - 17.00
Workshop: MRI/fMRI
GROUP 2: 8 people (First come, first served)
Nickolaus Weiskopf,
FIL, 12 QS
 

Fri 1st Mar

     
10.00 - 11.00
Workshop: Single Unit Recording/Motor Control
Gilliatt Lecture Theatre

Handout

Handout

WEEK 20

Mon 4th Mar

     
09.00 - 10.15
Masterclass: Stroke
Martin Brown
 
11.15 - 11.30
Break
   
11.30 - 12.30
Head Injury: Trauma
Laurence Watkins
Handout
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
CPC - CANCELLED
  CANCELLED
15.00 - 16.00
What TMS Can Teach Us about Cognitive Aspects of Motor Control
Sven Bestmann
 

Tues 5th Mar

     
15.00 - 17.00
Research Training Session
(2 groups)
Dr Caroline Selai,
FSR
 

Wed 6th Mar

     
09.00 - 12.00
Workshop: Quantitative MRI
Dan Tozer
Handout
12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry Case Conference CANCELLED   CANCELLED
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
Language and Language Abnormalities
Alex Leff
Handout

Thur 7th Mar

     
16.15 - 17.45
Surgery for Movement Disorders (also includes MSc ANI students)
Ludvic Zrinzo, Gilliatt Lecture Theatre
References

WEEK 21

Mon 11th Mar

     
09.00 - 10.00
Masterclass: Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Martin Rossor
 
10.00 - 11.00
Dementia Pathology
Tamas Revesz

Handout

References

11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
11.15 - 12.15
Prions and Neurodegeneration 
Simon Mead
 
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
CPC
   
15.00 - 16.00
Auto-Immune Related Cognitive Disorders
Jonathan Schott
Handout

Tues 12th Mar

     
15.00 - 17.00
Research Training Session
(2 groups)
Dr Caroline Selai,
FSR
 

Wed 13th Mar

     
09.00 - 10.00
Motor Learning in Cerebellum and Neocortex
Joern Diedrichsen
Handout
10.00 - 11.00
Frontal Lobar Degeneration
Nick Fox

Handout

References

11.00 - 11.15
Break
   
12.00 - 13.00
Neuropsychiatry Case Conference
   
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
   
14.00 - 15.00
Organic Psychosis
Gary Price
 
15.00 - 16.00
Vascular Dementia
David Werring

Handout

References

16.00 - 17.00
Non-organic Neurological Syndromes
Eileen Joyce
Handout
Handout

Fri 15th Mar

     
  Queen Square Symposium
33 LT
 

WEEK 22

Mon 18th Mar

     
14.00 - 15.00
CPC
   

Tues 19th Mar

     
15.00 - 17.00
Research Training Session
Dr Caroline Selai,
FSR
 

Fri 22nd Mar

     
10.00 - 11.00
Research Methods and Statistics - Statistics Exam
SR7 & Cluster Room
 

WEEK 23

Tues 26th Mar

     
15.00 - 17.00
Research Training Session - CANCELLED
Dr Caroline Selai,
FSR
CANCELLED