300267 VO Biochemical basis of psychiatric and neurologic diseases (2013S)

This one hour lecture (1-stg) will be held as a block of 7 lectures on selected Thursdays, 17.00-19.00
-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 - March 7, 2013

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. - March 14, 2013

3. Lecture: electrical synapse, transmitters,
acetylcholine system, myasthenia gravis,
noradrenalin system, dopamin system,
plasticity of the nervous system - April 25, 2013

4. Lecture: Parkinson´s disease, Serotonin system, depression -May 16, 2013

5. Lecture: GABA system, epilepsy, anxiety - May 23, 2013

6. Lecture: Glutamate system, Huntington´s disease, learning, memory, Alzheimer´s disease - June 6, 2013

7. Lecture:peptide systems, pain, addiction, emotion, schizophrenia - June 20, 2013

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