NS225 - Spring 2009
Neurobiology of Disease

Course Director: Steve Finkbeiner
E-mail: sfinkbeiner@gladstone.ucsf.edu

Prerequisite: NS201 or permission of the course director.

First Class: Monday, March 30, 2009
Classes are held Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6:00-8:30pm in Gladstone 107A/B, Mission Bay.
The Monday, May 25 class will be on Tuesday, May 26.
Attendance is expected (for those taking the course for credit).

Course Description:
This advanced course will provide an in-depth introduction to the mechanisms of some of the major neurological diseases that affect people. It will include lectures on aging, anxiety disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, autism, epilepsy, other episodic diseases of the nervous system (e.g., migraine, ataxias, etc…), Huntington’s disease and other triplet repeat disorders, sleep disorders, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and eye disorders.

Course Information Handout (PDF)

Course Materials:
Materials will be located at the right as they are added.

Class Schedule: