Good Brain, Bad Brain: Parkinson's Disease

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Good Brain, Bad Brain: Parkinson’s Disease
  1. What is the course about?
  2. Prerequisites & Facts
  3. Cost, Certificate & Degree
  4. Reviews & Experiences

What is the course about?

Good Brain, Bad Brain: Parkinson’s Disease
The course Good Brain, Bad Brain: Parkinson’s Disease is an online class provided by University of Birmingham through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Learn the fundamentals of Parkinson’s disease with this online course. What causes it and what we can do to treat it?

Course description
  • Understand Parkinson’s Disease
  • 3 weeks
  • This online course is aimed at anyone who wants to find out the fundamentals of Parkinson’s disease. We will look at how Parkinson’s disease affects people; what causes it; what we can do to try to ameliorate the symptoms of Parkinson’s; and what we don’t yet know about it.
  • Neurobiology of movement
  • Pathology of Parkinson’s disease
  • Symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
  • Treatments for Parkinson’s disease
  • Current research for Parkinson’s disease
  • Identify the key regions of the brain involved in movement control
  • Explain how disruption to basal ganglia function can lead to the signs and symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
  • Investigate the rationale behind current areas of research
  • Apply a knowledge of the pathology of Parkinson’s disease to explain how current therapies work
  • Explore some of the current areas of active research
  • The course is aimed at anyone who wants to find out the fundamentals of Parkinson’s disease.
  • You will need to have a basic knowledge of what the brain is made of, how these component cellular parts are organised and the principles of how these cells function normally. It will be suitable if you have taken the Good Brain, Bad Brain: Basics course or who studied neuroscience in the early years of an undergraduate degree.
  • University of Birmingham
  • The University of Birmingham is a public research university, consistently listed as a leading UK university and ranked among the top 100 in the world.
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Prerequisites & Facts

Good Brain, Bad Brain: Parkinson’s Disease

Course Topic

Personal Development, Personal Transformation

University, College, Institution

University of Birmingham

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

Good Brain, Bad Brain: Parkinson’s Disease

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / University of Birmingham you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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