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Title Nervous System Injury and Repair
Course number 5595
Programme Neurovetenskap
Language English
Credits 1.5
Date 2023-05-08 -- 2023-05-12
Responsible KI department Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap
Specific entry requirements Basic Neuroscience or corresponding knowledge.
Purpose of the course The purpose of the course is for participants to gain knowledge concerning various injury types to various parts of the nervous system, the pathobiology, regenerative and non-regenerative features, species differences, treatment strategies, as well as clinical features and biomarkers.
Intended learning outcomes The student should be able to:
1) Describe various injuries to the nervous system and its consequences to the neuronal networks and circuits
2) Understand and give examples of the cellular and molecular pathobiological mechanisms that are initiated after an injury to either the central or peripheral nervous system.
3) Describe some distinct features of regeneration vs no regeneration in various situations and species.
4) Give examples of how to study injury and repair of the nerve system, including changes in neuronal networks and pathobiology.
5) Give example of repair/treatment strategies and diagnostic methods, as well as discuss some of the difficulties treating the CNS and potential hurdles in translation of treatments.
Contents of the course The course will cover topics related to the consequences following injury to the nervous system, including the secondary injury, post-injury phases, and potential outcomes. This includes cellular and molecular events such as inflammation, reactive gliosis, CNS scarring (glial/fibrotic scarring), demyelination/remyelination, neuronal network reformation, and more. Moreover, we will cover how these events can be studied and what experimental models are used. We will discuss and give examples of the possibilities for diagnostics and the reparative potential of different treatment strategies. Students will be assigned group-assignemnts that focus on an injury to a part of the nervous system and/or species.


Teaching and learning activities The course runs daytime for one week full-time with a mix of lectures by invited scientists, group assignments, as well as individual studies. Participants will prepare and give oral presentations. Active participation that allows interaction between the PhD-students will be promoted.
Compulsory elements In order to achieve the learning outcomes all participants are expected to be present the whole week. The group assignments, the oral presentations by the students and the following general discussion between all participants are compulsory. Students that are absent from these parts will have to individually submit a written presentation of the subject according to the instructions of the course organizer.
Examination The examination part includes: the group assignments, short formative examination questions at the end of some of the days during the course week, the oral presentations by the students and the following general discussions between all participants. All students are individually assessed.
Literature and other teaching material Recommended scientific articles and hand-outs will be made available well in advance of the start of the course.
Number of students 8 - 20
Selection of students Selection will be based on 1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant’s doctoral project (according to written motivation), 2) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date).
More information The course is held from Mon-Fri between 9-17 and includes lectures, seminars, group discussions and self-studies during one week.
Additional course leader
Latest course evaluation Not available
Course responsible Jacob Kjell
Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap

jacob.kjell@ki.se
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