The Ageing Brain Overview

Topic 1 - Normal brain development 

1. To gain an initial appreciation of the relevance and importance of the ageing process and to understand the processes underlying

2. Early embryonic development 

3. Neural tube development 

4. Neural proliferation 

5. Migration and synaptogenesis 

6. Neurone death

Topic 2 - Biological theories of ageing 

1. Lifespan and ageing in animals and plants 

2. Biological theories of ageing – an overview 

3. Evolutionary theories of ageing 

4. Programmed ageing theories 

5. Stochastic ageing theories 

6. Sex, life, and death: ageing and reproduction 

7. Lifespan extension

Topic 3 - Normal and abnormal brain development 

1. What are the mechanisms that control neurogenesis? 

2. How does cell differentiation actually happen? 

3. Migration: how do cells know where to go? 

4. What happens after birth?

Topic 4 - Alzheimer's Disease 

1. An understanding of the risk factors for AD 

2. An understanding of the main characteristics of AD 

3. An understanding of the two key biomarkers 

4. An understanding of therapeutic…