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MSc & Diploma in Clinical Neurology - Autumn Term 2013

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

THIS TIMETABLE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE - PLEASE CHECK DAILY FOR UPDATES.

QUICK LINKS: INDUCTION WEEK WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 WEEK 7 WEEK 8 WEEK 9 WEEK 10 WEEK 11


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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

      
9.30 - 10.00
 Tour of Queen Square
 Cluster Room, Ground Floor, 7 Queen Square
  
10.00 - 10.30
 Visit to Queen Square Library
 First Floor, 23 Queen Square  
10.45 - 12.00
 ‘Getting your bearings’ - Dr Selai and Ms Warr Schori & Prof Simon Shorvon 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 with CS 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

      
11.00 - 13.00
 Library Search Skills session
G11, Bedford Way  

Friday 4th October

      
11.00 - 13.00
 Library EndNote session G11, Bedford Way  

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 Clinical session
 		Dr Pirada Witoonpanich - GLT  
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  
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

Rescheduled

on Monday 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 disfunction 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 Hargreave - GLT Handout
15.00 - 16.00 RNA mediated mechanisms of neurodegeneration (BS) Adrian Isaacs - GLT Handout
References

Thursday 17th October

      
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 & 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

      
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
16.00 - 18.00 Taking a neurological history (C) Dr M O'Brien  

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
16.00 - 18.00 Examination of the cranial nerves, with two plastic skulls and model (C) Dr M O'Brien - WLT  

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 Neuropsychiatry 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  
16.00 - 18.00 Examination – motor, sensory and cerebellar systems, with model Dr M O’Brien  

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  

Friday 1st November

      
  Visit to the Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy (NSE) to include: ‘Medical treatment and neuropharmacology of epilepsy’(BS) Philip Patsalos  

Week 6

Monday 4th November

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

Handout (1)

Handout (2)
References (2)

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

      
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
16.00 -18.00 Management of women with epilepsy Dr M O’Brien - WLT References

Thursday 7th November

      
14.15 - 15.15 Gowers Grand Round WLT  

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

      
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 (1)
15.00 - 16.00 Electrodiagnosis of peripheral nerve and muscle (C/BS) Martin Koltzenburg - WLT Handout (2)
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 Matthew Walker
 Handout
10.00 - 11.00
 Mechanisms of actions of anti-epileptic drugs Matthew Walker
 Handout
14.15 - 16.15 Gowers Grand Round WLT
  

Friday 15th November

      
9.50 - 11.20
 Clinical Session

Dr Salman Haider

7 Queen Square, Seminar Room

  
11.30 - 12.30
 Mechanisms of nociception Abdella Habib - WLT

Handout

References
16.00 - 17.00 What is epilepsy? Definitions and epidemiology (C) Prof Simon Shorvon - WLT Handout
17.00 - 18.00
 Clinical session (1) Prof Simon Shorvon - WLT  

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  
15.00 - 16.30
 Case Presentation  Dr Alex Leff - WLT CANCELLED
Rescheduled on
3rd December

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  
15.00 - 16.30
 Case Presentation session  Dr Atbin Djamshidian -
WLT 		 

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  

Friday 29th November

      
16.00 - 18.00
 Clinical session 2  Prof Shorvon – WLT  

Week 10

Monday 2nd December

      
9.00 - 10.00
Diseases of orbit and retina (C) 		Fion Bremner Handout
10.30 - 12.00 Case Presentation Dr Mark Edwards - WLT   
12.15 - 13.00
spare slot 		   
13.00 - 14.00 Teaching session with Dr Selai - SR7  
14.00 - 15.00 CPC    
15.00 - 16.00
spare slot 		   

Tuesday 3rd December

      
13.00 - 14.00 Neuro-ophthalmology case demonstration WLT  
15.00 - 16.30
 Case Presentation
 Dr Alex Leff - 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  
16.00 - 18.00
Mononeuropathies (C) 		Dr M O’Brien - WLT  

Thursday 5th December

      
14.15 - 16.15
Gowers Grand Round 		WLT  

Friday 6th December

      
14.30 - 16.00
 Clinical session
 Dr Haider - 7 Queen Square, Seminar Room  
17.00 - 18.00
 Clinical session 3 Prof Shorvon – 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 - 16.30 Case Presentation session Dr Jalesh Panicker

CANCELLED
Rescheduled on

13th December

Tuesday 10th December

      
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

      
15.15 - 17.00
Gowers Grand Round Christmas Quiz
WLT 		 

Friday 13th December

      
14.00 - 15.30
 Case Presentation
 Dr Jalesh Panicker - WLT