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310125 VO Biochemistry of neuropsychiatric diseases (2006S)
Biochemical basis of psychiatric and neurologic diseases
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Ort: Zentrum f. Hirnforschung, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Wien
Termin: siehe zu Beginn des Semesters auf der Studentenseite des Instituts: http://www.univie.ac.at/gem/
Termin: siehe zu Beginn des Semesters auf der Studentenseite des Instituts: http://www.univie.ac.at/gem/
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Last modified: Fr 31.08.2018 08:57
This one hour lecture (1-stg) will be held as a block of 7 lectures on selected Thursdays, 17h-19h, at the Brain Research Institute, 1st floor, large seminar room, during the summer semester only. The exact days when the lecture will be held will be announced at the homepage of the Brain Research Institute.
1. Lecture: Central and peripheral nervous system, neurons, axonal transport, targeting, synaptogenesis, glia cells, nervous system tumors, demyelinating diseases.
2. Lecture: Resting potential, action potential, voltage clamp, patch clamp, structure and function of ion channels, ion channel diseases.
3. Lecture: Transmitters, mechanism of synaptic transmission, epsp, ipsp, receptors, signal transduction, electrical synapse.
4. Lecture: Acetylcholine system, myasthenia gravis, noradrenalin system, dopamin system, plasticity of the nervous system, Parkinson's disease.
5. Lecture: Serotonin system, depression, GABA system, epilepsy, anxiety.
6. Lecture: Glutamate system, Huntington's disease, learning, memory
7. Lecture: Alzheimer's disease, peptide systems, pain, addiction, schizophrenia