This lecture provides an overview of depression (epidemiology and course of the disorder), clinical presentation, somatic co-morbidity, and treatment options.

How genetics can contribute to our understanding of psychiatric phenotypes.

The lecture focuses on rationale for employing neuroimaging methods for movement disorders

An overview of some of the essential concepts in neuropharmacology (e.g. receptor binding, agonism, antagonism), an introduction to pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, and an overview of the drug discovery process relative to diseases of the Central Nervous System.

Longitudinal Online Research and Imaging System (LORIS) is a web-based data and project management software for neuroimaging research studies. It is an open source framework for storing and processing behavioural, clinical, neuroimaging and genetic data. LORIS also makes it easy to manage large datasets acquired over time in a longitudinal study, or at different locations in a large multi-site study.

The INS Emerging Issues Task Force held a virtual panel discussion on the evolving role and increased adoption of digital applications to deliver mental health care. It was held as a session at the annual conference of the Italian Society for Neuroethics. Speakers were:

• Nicole Martinez Martin, Stanford University
• Cynthia Sieck, Ohio State University
• John Torous, Harvard Medical School
• Anthony Weiss, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Not long ago, scientists in physiotherapy would claim for the need of big data and large initiatives in the US have already allowed to collect large retrospective data on recovery after brain injury and are working to collect prospective data. In Europe, there is a large field of collaboration in the field of aphasia supported by the European cooperation in Science and Technology that is collecting data on language recovery throughout the world. This lecture discusses recent advances in sharing big data for neurorehabilitation.

A basic introduction to clinical presentation of schizophrenia, its etiology, and current treatment options.

The ionic basis of the action potential, including the Hodgkin Huxley model. 

Introduction to the course Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function.

The ionic basis of the action potential, including the Hodgkin Huxley model. 

Introduction to the course Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function.

The composition of the cell membrane.

Spatiotemporal dynamics of the membrane potential.

Action potential initiation and propagation.

Synaptic transmission and neurotransmitters

Neurotransmitter release in the presynaptic specialization.

Presynaptic short-term dynamics and plasticity.

Synaptic modulation through diffusing neurotransmitters.

Investigating the structure of synapses with electron microscopy.