7. DEGENERATIVE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: FROM CLINIC TO BENCH

Aim
This is a 1-week course and will be organized every other year. The course aims to provide up-to-date in-depth information on different neurodegenerative diseases. This field is advancing rapidly; causal genes have been identified, animal models have been developed and novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies are applied. The course will cover clinical aspects, genetics, diagnostics, molecular mechanisms, cellular and animal models and therapeutics.

Contents
Topics: Dementia (Alzheimer and vascular dementia), motor diseases (Parkinson, Huntington), white matter disease (MS, vanishing white matter), peripheral neuropathies

Difference between PhD- and master-course
Not applicable.

Duration of the course / ECTS
40 hrs / 1,4 ECTS

Format
Lectures and neuropathology practical

Maximum number of participants
n.a. (i.e. there is a maximum number of participants in the neuropathology practical)

Organizers
Dr. E.M. Hol (NIN)
Dr. W. Scheper (AMC)

Year / dates next course
7-11 May 2012

Program of course
See downloadable file

Registration through
Els Borghols (els.borghols@cncr.vu.nl)