Neurobiology of Disease

 


 
 
  Overview Sessions

2008

March 31 - Introduction to the neurobiology of disease
Westbrook

April 4 - Investigating neurodegenerative diseases
Quinn

April 11 - Molecular basis of memory loss in Alzheimer's disease
Hsaio Ashe (Visiting faculty)

April 16 - Is brain-derived neurotrophic factor depletion the cause of HD?
Westbrook/Luikart

April 18 - Histone deacetylase inhibitors
Goodman/Hogarth

April 21 - Mechanisms of traumatic brain injury
Povlishock (Visiting faculty)

April 28 - Regeneration and repair after spinal cord injury
Steward (Visiting faculty)

May 2 - Trauma: should we go for prevention or cure?
Neuwelt

May 5 - The spectrum of stroke and brain ischemia
Simon

May 7 - Hormones and ischemia
Hurn

May 12 - Neuroprotection and preconditioning
Stenzel-Poore

May 19 - Clinical disorders of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ)
Cupler

May 28 - Autonomic neurotransmission in the heart
Habecker

May 30 - Insights into function from dysfunction: congenital myasthenia
Brehm

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2007

April 02 - Introduction to Neurobiology of Disease
Westbrook

April 04 - Bench-to-Bedside and Bedside-to-Bench
Bourdette/Vandenbark

April 09 - The neurobiology and genetics of epilepsy
Westbrook

April 11 - Channelopathies
Smith

April 16 - Epilepsy genes
Noebels

April 18 - Journal Club
Westbrook

April 23 - Adaptive plasticity, basic aspects of addiction
Williams

April 30 - Debate/Journal Club
Crabbe/Williams

May 07 - The basics of Parkinson's disease
Nutt

May 14 - Genes and Parkinson's Disease
Dawson

May 21 - Oligodendrocytes and myelin repair
Miller

May 23 - Demyelinating disease: problems and approaches
Bourdette

May 29 - Axonal injury
Forte
Location: MRB 735

May 30 - The immunology of demyelinating disease and the EAE model
Vandenbark

June 04 - Presentations/Exam
Starring the entire cast

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2006

April 10 - Mechanisms of cell death in Parkinson's disease
Gary Westbrook, M.D.

April 17 - Adaptive plasticity, basic aspects of addiction
John Williams, Ph.D.
Greg Mark, Ph.D.

April 24 - Regeneration and repair
Gary Westbrook, M.D.

May 1 - Huntington's Disease
Penny Hogarth, M.D.

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