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SYLLABI FOR DOCTORAL COURSES
| Swedish title | Neural reglering av inflammation och metabolism |
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| English title | Neural Regulation of Inflammation and Metabolism |
| Course number | 5533 |
| Credits | 1.5 |
| Responsible KI department | Institutionen för medicin, Solna |
| Specific entry requirements | |
| Grading | Passed /Not passed |
| Established by | The Committee for Doctoral Education |
| Established | 2021-09-16 |
| Purpose of the course | The purpose of this course is to give doctoral students and post-docs insights into the neuro-immune crosstalk, particularly in the regulation of inflammation and metabolism, and how engineering, neuroscience, immunology and clinical medicine can come together to find new ways to treat disease. |
| Intended learning outcomes | At the end of the course, the course participants will be able to: 1) Define prototypical neural circuits that regulate inflammation and metabolism, in particular in the pathogenesis of and recovery from autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases and infection, 2) Identify the components of the ""inflammatory reflex"" and discuss neural regulatory mechanisms for cytokine release, 3) Contrast advantages and drawbacks with major neural based treatment approaches for inflammatory and metabolic diseases, 4) Define bioelectronic medicine and explain its potential role in clinical medicine summarize challenges in engineering and medicine for development of bioelectronic medicine technology. |
| Contents of the course | Neural control of organ systems will be discussed in molecular, cellular and clinical perspectives. Special attention will be given to the mechanisms that detect and regulate inflammation and metabolism. The neurophysiology of nerve stimulation and other treatments that involve interfacing with the nervous system will be reviewed. Progress in neural interfacing and device development within the emerging field will be discussed. |
| Teaching and learning activities | Lectures, a student project group and a student presentation. |
| Compulsory elements | Lectures, project group participation, active participation in presentation and passing the examination is compulsory for ""PASS"". Limited absence from lectures can be compensated for after individual discussion with the course organizers. |
| Examination | Project presentation and written examination. |
| Literature and other teaching material | Presentation slides will be provided by selected lecturers at the time of the course.
Selected journal articles will also be chosen and provided, based on the newest breakthroughs within the field. |
Course responsible |
Peder Olofsson Institutionen för medicin, Solna Peder.Olofsson@ki.se |
| Contact person |
Laura Tarnawski Institutionen för medicin, Solna laura.tarnawski@ki.se |
