MSc in Clinical Neuroscience - Spring Term 2014 | UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology - UCL

Unless otherwise stated, all MSc Clinical Neuroscience & Clinical Neurology lectures will take place in the Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

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Module 4

WEEK 12

Monday 6th January
9.00 - 10.00	Introductory lecture: ‘Motor Systems, Control and Disease'	Convenors
10.00 - 11.00	Neurology of bladder control (BS)	Jalesh Panicker	Handout
11.00 - 11.15	Break
11.15 - 12.15	Neurology of sexual function (BS)	Jalesh Panicker	Handout
12.15 - 13.15	Motor control theories (BS)	James Kilner	Handout
13.15 - 14.00	Lunch
14.00 - 15.00	CPC	WLT
15.00 - 16.00	Cortical control of the hand (BS)	Marco Davare	Handout References
Tuesday 7th January
14.00 - 15.00	Introduction to the motor system (BS)	John Rothwell - WLT	Handout
15.00 - 16.00	Use of TMS for assessment of motor function (BS)	John Rothwell - WLT
Wednesday 8th January
8.30 - 9.30	Research Training/Critical appraisal	Dr C Selai - GLT
9.30 - 10.30	Functional organisation of the basal ganglia (BS)	Paul Bolam - WLT	Handout References
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	Cerebellar structure, function and control (BS)	Joern Diedrichsen - WLT (for Yeo)	Handout Handout (2) References References (2)
15.00 - 16.00	Basal ganglia: pathophysiology (C/BS)	Mark Edwards - WLT	References
Friday 10th January
10.00 - 12.00	Workshop: TMS – (ALL students: 4 groups in Dept, 3rd floor, 33QS)	John Rothwell

WEEK 13

Monday 13th January
9.00 - 10.00	Sensory control of action (BS)	Brian Day	Handout Handout (2) References
12.00 - 13.00	spare slot
13.00 - 14.00	lunch
14.00 - 15.00	CPC
15.00 - 16.00	Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease (C/BS)	Christos Proukakis	Handout References
Tuesday 14th January
13.00 - 15.00	Workshop on Experimental Neurophysiology	Dr Panagiotis Kassavetis and colleagues - TMS Labs, 3rd Floor, 33 Queen Square
Wednesday 15th January		All lectures in GLT
8.30 - 9.30	Research Training/Critical appraisal	Dr C Selai - WLT
9.30 - 10.30	Vertigo (C)	Adolfo Bronstein	Handout
10.30 - 10.45	break
10.45 - 11.45	The neuropathological basis of movement disorders (BS)	Janice Holton	Handout
12.00 - 13.00	Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC)
13.00 - 14.00	lunch
14.00 - 15.00	spare slot

WEEK 14

Monday 20th January
9.00 - 10.00	Masterclass Parkinson’s Disease (C)	Tom Foltynie	Handout
10.00 - 11.00	Masterclass on a-typical Parkinsonism (C)	Niall Quinn	Handout References
11.00 - 11.15	break
Rescheduled - see Mon 3rd February	Tics and Tourettes (C)	Mark Edwards
12.15 - 13.15	spare slot
13.15 - 14.00	lunch
14.00 - 15.00	CPC
Tuesday 21st January
9.00 - 10.00	Genetics of movement disorders (C)	Kailash Bhatia 33LT	Handout available in print at the Education Unit
10.00 - 11.00	Autonomic function	Chris Mathias 33LT	References
13.00 - 17.00	Workshop: Autonomic Disorders	K Bleasdale Barr - Autonomic department, Queen Mary Wing, NHNN
Wednesday 22nd January		All lectures in GLT
8.30 - 9.30	Research Training/Critical appraisal	Dr C Selai - WLT
9.30 - 10.30	Clinical session 1	Quinn
10.30 - 10.45	break
10.45 - 11.45	Huntington’s disease (C)	Ed Wild	References
12.00 - 13.00	Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC)
13.00 - 14.00	lunch
14.00 - 15.00	spare slot
15.00 - 16.00	Spastic paraplegia (C)	Tom Warner	Handout References

WEEK 15

Monday 27th January
9.00 - 10.00	Motor Neurone Disease (C)	Katie Sidle	Handout References
10.00 - 11.00	Neuropathology/mechanisms of MND (C/BS)	Bernadett Kalmar	Handout References
11.00 - 11.15	break
11.15 - 12.15	Neurophysiology of respiration (BS)	Steve Kennerley	This lecture did not take place
12.15 - 13.15	spare slot
13.15 - 14.00	lunch
14.00 - 15.00	CPC
15.00 - 16.00	Autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases of the CNS (C)	Mike Lunn	Handout References
Tuesday 28th January
14.00 - 15.00	Imaging movement disorders (BS)	Paolo Piccini - Basement Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square
Wednesday 29th January		All lectures in GLT
8.30 - 9.30	Research Training/Critical appraisal	Dr C Selai
9.30 - 10.30	Clinical session 2	Quinn
10.30 - 10.45	break
12.00 - 13.00	Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC)	CANCELLED
14.00 - 15.30	Masterclass on MS to include ‘Diagnosis and treatment of MS’	Anand Trip	Handout (1) Handout (2)
Thursday 30th January
	Refresher Orientation – ALL students	WLT
Friday 31st January
10.00 - 16.30	Workshop: Single Unite Recording/Motor Control (24 students only in each session)	Prof Lemon	THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Morning session
11.05 - 11.40	Group 1 (12 students) to Prof Lab	Sobell Dept, 5th floor, QSH
	Group 2 (12 students) to Dr Kennerley	Sobell Dept, 5th floor, QSH
11.45 - 12.20	Groups as above swop over
Afternoon session
14.00 - 15.00	Introductory talk with Prof Lemon and Dr Steve Kennerley	GLT
15.05 - 15.40	Group 3 (12 students) to Prof Lab	Sobell Dept, 5th floor, QSH
	Group 4 (12 students) to Dr Kennerley	Sobell Dept, 5th floor, QSH
15.45 - 16.20	Groups as above swop over

WEEK 16

Monday 3rd February
9.00 - 10.00	Cerebellar disorders (C)	Nick Wood	Handout (1) (2) References
10.00 - 11.00	Masterclass on Hyperkinetics to include Dystonia, Myoclonus, Tremor (C)	Mark Edwards	Handout References
11.00 - 11.15	break
11.15 - 12.15	Tics and Tourettes (C)	Mark Edwards	References
12.15 - 13.00	lunch
13.00 - 14.00	Neurology of respiration (C/BS)	Robin Howard	References
14.00 - 15.00	CPC
15.00 - 16.00	Mechanisms underlying loss of function in neuroinflammatory demyelinating disease (BS)	Ken Smith	Handout References
Tuesday 4th February
9.00 - 17.00	Clinical Neuroscience Presentation	33 LT
Wednesday 5th February		All lectures in GLT
8.30 - 9.30	Research Training/Critical appraisal	Dr C Selai
9.30 - 10.30	Clinical session 3	Quinn	CANCELLED Rescheduled for 19th February
10.30 - 10.45	break
10.45 - 11.45	Remyelination mechanisms in demyelinating disease (BS)	Mark Kotter	CANCELLED
12.00 - 13.00	Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC)		CANCELLED
13.00 - 14.00	lunch
14.00 - 15.00	spare slot
15.00 - 16.00	spare slot
Thursday 6th February
9.00 - 17.00	Clinical Neuroscience Presentation	33 LT

WEEK 17

Module 5

Monday 10th February
9.15 - 10.15	Introduction to neuropsychology (C/BS)	Diana Caine	Handout References
10.15 - 11.15	Early visual processing (C/BS)	Stewart Shipp	Handout References
11.15 - 11.30	break
11.30 - 12.30	Spatial coding in the hippocampus (C/BS)	Dr James Bisby	Handout References
12.30 - 14.00	lunch
14.00 - 15.00	CPC
15.00 - 16.00	Emotion, motivation and decision making (C/BS)	Tom Fitzgerald	References
Wednesday 12th February		All lectures in GLT
8.30 - 9.30	Research Training/Critical appraisal	Dr C Selai
9.30 - 10.30	The inattentive brain (C/BS)	Richard Sylvester	Handout References
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	Magnetoencephalography (BS)	Holly Rossiter	Handout References
15.00 - 16.00	Executive functions (C/BS)	Paul Burgess	Handout

WEEK 18

Monday 17th February
	Revision
Tuesday 18th February
	Visit to STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL SPINAL INJURIES UNIT (Dip/MSc Clinical only)
Wednesday 19th February		All lectures in GLT
8.30 - 9.30	Research Training/Critical appraisal	Dr C Selai
9.30 - 10.30	Clinical session 3	Prof Quinn
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	What TMS can teach us about cognitive aspects of motor control (BS)	Sven Bestmann	References
15.00 - 16.00	Predicting language outcomes and recovery after stroke using MRI (C/BS)	Tom Hope	Handout References
16.00 - 17.00	Stroke Masterclass	Martin Brown
Friday 21st February
10.00 - 12.00	MODULE FOUR: written on-line EXAM	Public Cluster Room 113, 1-19 Torrington Place

WEEK 19

Monday 24th February
9.00 - 10.00	spare slot
10.00 - 11.00	spare slot
11.00 - 11.15	break
12.15 - 13.00	lunch
13.00 - 14.00	Coma, diagnosis and management (C)	Robin Howard	References
14.00 - 15.00	CPC
15.00 - 16.00	Imaging the normal brain: MRI (BS)	Nickolaus Weiskopf	Handout Abstract References
Tuesday 25th February
9.00 - 10.00	Head injury: trauma (C)	Laurence Watkins - Lecture Theatre in the Basement of 33 Queen Sq
13.30 - 17.00	Visit to Stanmore - Spinal Cord Injury Centre	Meet at 12 noon, outside 7 Queen Square
Wednesday 26th February		All lectures in GLT
8.30 - 9.30	Research Training/Critical appraisal	Dr C Selai
9.30 - 10.30	Prions and neurodegeneration (C/BS)	Simon Mead	References
10.30 - 10.45	break
10.45 - 11.45	Psychiatry of movement disorders (C/BS)	Eileen Joyce	Handout References
12.00 - 13.00	Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC)
13.00 - 14.00	lunch
13.00 - 17.00	Workshop – MRI/fMRI – Weiskopf (All) – in FIL, 12 Queen Sq: 16 students	Nickolaus Weiskopf	POSTPONED
13.00 - 15.00	Group 1: 8 people (first come, first served)
15.00 - 17.00	Group 2: 8 people (first come, first served)
Thursday 27th February
16.00 - 17.00	Neurological rehabilitation	Diane Playford - Wolfson LT

WEEK 20

Monday 3rd March
9.00 - 10.00	spare slot
10.00 - 11.00	Limbic system	Michael Trimble	Handout
11.00 - 11.15	break
11.15 - 12.15	Motor recovery (C)	Dr Nick Ward
12.15 - 13.15	How do we investigate consciousness (C/BS) – Masterclass	Geraint Rees	References
13.15 - 14.00	lunch
14.00 - 15.00	CPC
15.00 - 16.00	Decision making	Steve Kennerley	References
Wednesday 5th March
8.30 - 9.30	Research Training/Critical appraisal	Dr C Selai - GLT
9.45 - 12.00	Workshop – Quantitative MRI	Becky Samson - WLT	Handout
12.00 -13.00	Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC)	GLT
13.00 - 14.00	lunch
14.00 - 15.00	Language and language abnormalities (C/BS)	Alex Leff - WLT	Handout References
15.00 - 16.00	Developing adolescent brain	Lisa Knoll - WLT	References
16.30 -	Surgery for movement disorders (combined with ANI )	Ludvic Zrinzo - WLT

WEEK 21

Monday 10th March
9.00 - 10.00	Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies (C)	Jonathan Rohrer	Handout References
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	‘Auto-immune related cognitive disorders (C)	Jonathan Schott	Handout References
Wednesday 12th March		All lectures in GLT
8.30 - 9.30	Research Training/Critical appraisal	Dr C Selai
9.30 - 10.30	Motor learning in cerebellum and neocortex (BS)	Joern Diedrichsen	Handout References
10.30 - 10.45	break
10.45 - 11.45	Frontal lobar degeneration (C/BS)	Nick Fox	References
12.00 - 13.00	Neuropsychiatry case conference (NCC)		CANCELLED
13.00 - 14.00	lunch
14.00 - 15.00	Bayesian theories of psychosis (C/BS)	Rick Adams	References
15.00 - 16.00	Vascular dementia (C)	David Werring	References
16.00 - 17.00	Non-organic neurological syndromes (C)	Eileen Joyce	Handout References

WEEK 22

Monday 17th March
	*Keep free for Revision*
13.00 - 14.00	lunch
14.00 - 15.00	CPC - GLT
Wednesday 19th March
	*Keep Free for Revision*
Friday 21st March
10.00 - 12.00	Research Methods & Statistics	GLT or Cluster Room

Monday 28th April
11.00 - 12.00	Feedback session	WLT

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Friday 30th May

Queen Square Symposium

33 LT

MSc in Clinical Neuroscience - Spring Term 2014

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Module 4

WEEK 12

Monday 6th January

Tuesday 7th January

Wednesday 8th January

Friday 10th January

WEEK 13

Monday 13th January

Tuesday 14th January

Wednesday 15th January

WEEK 14

Monday 20th January

Tuesday 21st January

Wednesday 22nd January

WEEK 15

Monday 27th January

Tuesday 28th January

Wednesday 29th January

Thursday 30th January

Friday 31st January

Morning session

Afternoon session

WEEK 16

Monday 3rd February

Tuesday 4th February

Wednesday 5th February

Thursday 6th February

WEEK 17

Module 5

Monday 10th February

Wednesday 12th February

WEEK 18

Monday 17th February

Tuesday 18th February

Wednesday 19th February

Friday 21st February

WEEK 19

Monday 24th February

Tuesday 25th February

Wednesday 26th February

Thursday 27th February

WEEK 20

Monday 3rd March

Wednesday 5th March

WEEK 21

Monday 10th March

Wednesday 12th March

WEEK 22

Monday 17th March

Wednesday 19th March

Friday 21st March

Monday 28th April

Friday 30th May