Module MZ4126-KP06

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

6

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Nutritional Medicine 2023, optional subject, neuroscience
• Master Molecular Life Science 2023, optional subject, neuroscience

Classes and lectures:

• Clinical Neurobiology (lecture, 2 SWS)
• Clinical Neurobiology (seminar, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 60 hours in-classroom work
• 120 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

• Alzheimer's disease
• Infections of the CNS
• Neural stem cells and neurodegenerative disease
• Neural stem cells and tumor stem cells in brain tumors
• Neurobiology of cerebral ischemia
• Brain channelopathies: epilepsy and ataxia
• Neurogenetic disorders
• Neuroimmunology of multiplesclerosis
• Neurometabolic disorders
• Neuropathies
• Molecular basis of Parkinson disease and other movement disorders
• Schizophrenia

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Introduction to neuronal stem cells
• Introduction to various neuropathological diseases
• Understanding molecular mechanisms of neuropathological diseases

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. med. Markus Schwaninger

Teacher:

• Department of Neurosurgery
• Department of Neurology
• Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Prof. Dr. med. Markus Schwaninger
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Katja Lohmann
• PD Dr. Sc. Ana Westenberger
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Olaf Jöhren
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Enrico Leipold
• PD Dr. med. Harald Krenzlin
• Dr. Deepak Ailani

Literature:

• Purves D, Augustine G, Fitzpatrick D, Hall W, LaMantia A : Neuroscience Oxford University Press; 6. Edition (25. September 2018) - ISBN-10: 160535841X
• : Original publications and Reviews

Language:

• English, except in case of only German-speaking participants

Notes:

Last Updated:

01.10.2025