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Dementia is the world’s most pressing healthcare challenge. In our final lecture we explore how large data sets can inform healthcare policy and how powerful statistics, computer modelling and…
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Centre for Open Learning Licence Type
All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh Language
English Date Created
March 4th, 2020
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Our third lecture focuses on the new ways we can look to treat brain disease before dementia. From drug trials to lifestyle interventions, fundamental laboratory science to studying large at-risk…
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Centre for Open Learning Licence Type
All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh Language
English Date Created
February 26th, 2020
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Our first lecture introduces the brain diseases which cause dementia. We explore the biology behind these diseases, how we can use the latest scientific techniques to study them and promising new…
Publisher
Centre for Open Learning Licence Type
All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh Language
English Date Created
May 2nd, 0020
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Treatments for Neurodegenerative DiseaseIn our third lecture, Prof. Craig Ritchie and Dr Tom Russ discusses prevention and non-pharmacological approaches to the treatment of dementia, as well as…
Publisher
Centre for Open Learning Licence Type
All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh Language
English Date Created
February 27th, 2019
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What is Neurodegenerative Disease? Part 2In our second lecture, Prof. Tara Spires-Jones, Prof Karen Ritchie and Prof Adam Waldman will discuss the biology of neurodegenerative disease and dementia,…
Publisher
Centre for Open Learning Licence Type
All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh Language
English Date Created
February 20th, 2019
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This video provides guidance on the administration of the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen (ECAS). The ECAS is a brief multidomain assessment originally designed for people with…
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All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh
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Senior Research Nurse Tracey Millar describes the Medical Research Council-funded brain bank, for people with MND in Scotland who wish to donate brain and spinal cord tissue after death.
Publisher
Rebecca Devon Licence Type
Creative Commons - Attribution No Derivatives Language
English
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In this video Javier describes his research in the processing of
biomedical time series to tackle clinical problems; particularly
understanding how the brain activity changes with ageing and…
Publisher
School of Engineering Licence Type
All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh Language
English Date Created
April 1st, 2014
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