LSC-30063 - Module Specification School of Life Sciences Faculty of Natural Sciences
For academic year: 2020/21 Last Updated: 25 February 2021
LSC-30063 - Brain Disease
Coordinator: David N Furness Room: Hux171 Tel: +44 1782 7 33496
School Office: 01782 734414
Programme/Approved Electives for 2020/21
Available as a Free Standing Elective
Co-requisites
None
Prerequisites
None
Barred Combinations
Description for 2020/21
The lectures in this module will review the occurrence, cause, aetiology and neuropathology of a number of common neurodegenerative diseases and neurobiological conditions. The lecture material will be complemented by clinical and research presentations and problem based learning classes which will stress the clinical aspects of neurodegenerative disease. Skills aquired include use of literature and internet research methods, and evaluation of individual case histories relating to specific clinical conditions relevant to the lecture material. The module contributes to the programme as a whole by offering detailed learning on neurological conditions not available elsewhere in the programme, but building on student knowledge already acquired. This module will be of benefit to you by enhancing your knowledge base, offering you structured assistance in acquiring new knowledge and a flavour of diseases that you are highly likely to encounter and that could underpin future career aspirations. These diseases are socially and economically important, both personally and in the population as a whole.
To use knowledge of the symptoms and underlying causes of brain diseases and disorders to further understand the workings of the brain and central nervous system in health and disease.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Explain what is a stroke in relation to the brain¿s blood supply, and what are the typical neurological signs resulting from common or example strokes: 1,2Recognise the normal anatomy and operation of the brain¿s ventricular system and how blockages or infections can lead to hydrocephalous or meningitis: 1Explain the role of aberrant proteins in Parkinson¿s and Huntingdon¿s disease: 1,2Explain the significance of demyelination/remyelination and experience clinical presentations of MS including disease progression, diagnosis and treatment: 1,2Define cell death in neurodegenerative disease: 1Explain the concise neuropathology and aetiology of Alzheimer¿s disease: 1,2Describe partial and generalised seizures in epilepsy and their neurobiological basis: 1,2Review current understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying cerebral palsy, and developmental hypoxia in the mammalian brain: 1Explain the potential role of the basal ganglia in schizophrenia pathology, and symptomatic expression: 1,2
Study hours
17 hours lectures3 hours clinical/research presentations3 hours PBL tutroials (compulsory)2-hour examination30 hours in-course assessment (private study and writing)95 hours private study
School Rules
Biology students may not take this module with LSC-30003 Applied Insect Ecology.
Description of Module Assessment