300267 VO Biochemical basis of psychiatric and neurologic diseases (2012S)

ACHTUNG: VO findet wieder ab 24.5. statt, die krankheitsbedingten Ausfälle werden am 21. und 28.6. 2012 (gleiche Zeit) nachgeholt!
This one hour lecture (1-stg) will be held as a block of 7 lectures on selected Thursdays, 17.00-19.00, in the large seminar room (1st floor) at the Center for Brain Research, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, during the summer semester only.
The exact days when the lecture will be held as well as their tentative content can be found below. If you provide your e-mail address you will be notified on any changes in the lecture schedule.

1. Lecture: Central and peripheral nervous system, neurons,
axonal transport, targeting, synaptogenesis, glia cells,
nervous system tumors, demyelinating diseases. April 19, 2012

2. Lecture: Resting potential, action potential, voltage clamp,
patch clamp, structure and function of ion channels,
ion channel diseases, synaptic transmission,
epsp, ipsp, receptors, signal transduction. April 26, 2012

3. Lecture: electrical synapse, transmitters,
acetylcholine system, myasthenia gravis,
noradrenalin system, dopamin system,
plasticity of the nervous system, May 3, 2012

4. Lecture: Parkinson´s disease, Serotonin system,
depression, May 10, 2012

5. Lecture: GABA system, epilepsy,
anxiety. May 24, 2012

6. Lecture: Glutamate system, Huntington´s disease,
learning, memory, Alzheimer´s disease, May 31, 2012

7. Lecture: peptide systems,
pain, addiction, emotion, schizophrenia June 14, 2012

For information: call 40160-34050 (Prof. Sieghart),
or e-mail; Werner.Sieghart@meduniwien.ac.at
Examination: oral examination any time after the lecture series is completed.
please contact Prof. Sieghart for appointment