In this course you will acquire insights in the gut-brain axis and the role of nutrition ad lifestyle factors on neurological processes in health and disease. Furthermore, you gained experience in grant writing and learned to critically judge and discuss lifestyle interventions in neuroscience.
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Scientific insight and interest in the multifaceted role of nutrition and lifestyle in brain function is rapidly increasing, and along societal and industrial interest. In this course will be discussed the role of lifestyle, particularly nutrition, on brain function, brain-related disorders, gut-brain-axis and frontline research in translational models and humans. The lectures will address topics like:
- Neuroanatomy
- Cerebrovasculature
- Blood brain barrier
- Brain Metabolism
- Signalling systems in eating behaviour
- Lifestyle and healthy cognitive aging, Gut-Brain axis
- Lifestyle (e.g. nutrition, exercise, obesity) and neurodegenerative diseases
- Neuroimaging techniques in lifestyle interventions
- Cognitive enhancement
- Inflammatory processes and brain function
- Experimental design in lifestyle interventions
Furthermore, a group assignment will be scheduled in this course in which you will design and write a research preproposal in a consortium. Furthermore, you will critically evaluate and discuss a research addressing lifestyle interventions in brain aging and disease. Your research preproposal accounts for 30% of the final grade.
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Human and/or animal physiology.
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The written exam accounts for 70% of the final grade and consists of open and closed questions on the lectured topics. The individual assignment will account for 30% of the final grade. Both individual grades need to be ≥5.5 to pass the course.
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