UCM - Ageing and The Brain: The Impact of Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Ageing and The Brain: The Impact of Neurodegenerative Diseases at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 5 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Go to Website  |
Credential | Certificate |
Ageing and The Brain: The Impact of Neurodegenerative Diseases at FutureLearn Highlights
- Duration 5 weeks
- Weekly study 5 hours
- 100% online Learn at your own pace
Ageing and The Brain: The Impact of Neurodegenerative Diseases at FutureLearn Course details
- There is a distinct difference between normal brain ageing and a brain affected by a neurodegenerative disease. This course will show you how patients diagnosed with brain and neurological disorders are affected and consider the impact of neurodegenerative disorders on our society.
- Led by experts in neuroscience at the Complutense University of Madrid, you'll explore the several specific neuropathological events that occur due to different brain disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and multiple sclerosis.
- You'll consider the available treatments currently available for these diseases and learn about new lines of research that are ongoing to combat neurodegenerative disorders.
- As well as exploring the pathology of common brain disorders, you'll also develop your knowledge of how normal ageing impacts the brain as you learn what cognitive reserve is and how lifestyle influences brain health.
Ageing and The Brain: The Impact of Neurodegenerative Diseases at FutureLearn Curriculum
Basic concepts about aging and diseases
Welcome to the course
Neurodegenerative disorders as a new challange
Normal aging
Pathological aging
Next-week proposed activity
Summary and review
How is the nervous system organized?
Why is it necessary to study the organization of the nervous system?
Discovering my Nervous System
Which are the cells that compose the nervous system?
How do neurons communicate and transmit information?
Inside brain
Summary and assessment
Alzheimer´s disease
Introduction to week 3
Alzheimer's disease
Treatment and recent research
Summary and further information
Parkinson´s disease
Introduction to week 4
Parkinson's disease main concepts
Treatments and recent research
Summary and the opportunity to continue learning
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and multiple sclerosis
Introduction to week 5
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (treatments and recent research)
Multiple sclerosis
Multliple sclerosis (treatments and recent research)
Summary and assessment
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Student Forum
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