Unravelling the Nervous System: Cerebral Disorders - Part 2

The course primarily deals with a number of academically and clinically important cerebral neurodegenerative disorders. It discusses the disorders in detail including the aetiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, diagnosis and management for each of them.

This course will help the learner make faster diagnosis and give correct advice to the patients and have a thorough knowledge of every disease.

• 1. Neurodegenerative Disorders - Dementia & Alzheimer’s Disease   FREE 46 min

  This module includes an introduction to Neurodegenerative Disorders along with discussions on the general clinical characteristics, pathological features and the clinical classification of neurodegenerative diseases. Then there will be a detailed discussion on 2 disorders – Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.

• 2. Neurodegenerative Disorders - Frontotemporal Dementia & Posterior Cortical Atrophy 44 min

  This module will continue the discussion on dementing disorders. This module talks about 2 neurodegenerative disorders - Frontotemporal Dementia & Posterior Cortical Atrophy. It will cover the epidemiology, aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, diagnosis and management for both disorders.

• 3. Neurodegenerative Disorders - Vascular Dementia 35 min

  In this module, the 2nd most common cause of dementia in the elderly, that is Vascular Dementia will be talked about in detail. The epidemiology, risk factors, aetiopathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, management, prevention and prognosis of Vascular Dementia are discussed.

• 4. Neurodegenerative Disorders - Dementia with Lewy Bodies 36 min

  This module will talk about another common dementing disorder – Dementia with Lewy Bodies, including the epidemiology, aetiopathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, management, and prognosis of Dementia with Lewy Bodies.

• 5. Neurodegenerative Disorders - Parkinson's Disease 58 min

  This module begins with an introduction to movement disorders followed by an elaborate discussion on Parkinsonism and Parkinson’s Disease – a very common hypokinetic movement disorder. It entails detailed discussion on the definitions, history, epidemiology, aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and management of this disease.

• 6. Neurodegenerative Disorders - Other Parkinsonian Syndromes Part 1 39 min

  This module starts the discussion on a number of Parkinsonian syndromes that also present with Parkinsonism together constituting – the Atypical Parkinsonism Disorders. The aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and management of 2 disorders - Multiple System Atrophy and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) are included.

• 7. Neurodegenerative Disorders - Other Parkinsonian Syndromes Part 2 36 min

  This module continues the discussion on the Parkinsonian Syndromes. It starts with Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD), another Atypical Parkinsonian disorder talking about its History, Epidemiology, Aetiopathogenesis, Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Management. Then Drug-induced Parkinsonism and Dopa-Responsive Dystonia have also been discussed.

• 8. Neurodegenerative Disorders - Tremor Disorders 46 min

  This module begins the discussion on Hyperkinetic movement disorders with the topic of Tremor Disorders. It starts with an introduction and classification of tremors. Then the features of various tremor syndromes are explained thoroughly with emphasis upon the clinical features, investigations, and management of each. In the end of this module the diagnosis and assessment of a case of Tremor is also discussed.

• 9. Neurodegenerative Disorders - Chorea, Athetosis & Ballism 44 min

  This module talks about 3 hyperkinetic movement disorders – Chorea, Athetosis & Ballism. It also entails detailed discussion on some important disorders presenting with chorea including Huntington’s Disease in detail, followed by the Huntington’s Disease-Like (HDL) Disorders , Hereditary Choreas and Acquired Choreas The aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of all these diseases are discussed.

• 10. Neurodegenerative Disorders - Dystonic Disorders 49 min

  This module deals with the Dystonic Disorders starting the discussion with an introduction to dystonia, it covers the epidemiology, aetiology, classification, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of dystonic disorders in detail. In the end, Dystonic storm is also discussed.

• 11. Neurodegenerative Disorders - Tics & Myoclonus 58 min

  This module talks about 2 hyperkinetic disorders - Tics & Myoclonus. Tics and Tourette’s syndrome are discussed simultaneously covering the epidemiology, history, aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and management for both of these. And then under the topic of myoclonus, its epidemiology, aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management is discussed in detail.

• 12. Neurodegenerative Disorders – Paroxysmal Dyskinesias & Drug-Induced Movement Disorders 46 min

  This module will talk about some more hyperkinetic disorders – Paroxysmal Dyskinesias & Drug-induced Movement Disorders. These topics are discussed in detail covering the epidemiology, aetiology, classification, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management for each disorder.

• 13. Neurodegenerative Disorders – Wilson’s Disease & NBIA 45 min

  This module deals with the disorders that can present with a combination of Parkinsonism and hyperkinetic movements – Wilson’s Disease & Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation (NBIA). It covers the epidemiology, aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, management and prognosis of Wilson’s Disease in detail. Then the various subtypes of NBIA, including the primary disorders of iron metabolism and the secondary causes of disturbed iron homeostasis within the brain are discussed.

• 14. Neurodegenerative Disorders – Motor Neuron Disease 43 min

  This module begins the discussion on another common neurodegenerative disorder – Motor Neuron Disease, including the epidemiology, aetiopathogenesis, pathology, clinical features, investigations, and management of MND in general. Then Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is discussed in detail covering its epidemiology, history, aetiology, pathology, clinical features, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and management as well.

• 15. Neurodegenerative Disorders – Other Motor Neuron Diseases 44 min

  This module continues the discussion on Motor Neuron Diseases in which Progressive Bulbar Palsy and its 2 forms - Kennedy’s Disease and Fazio-Londe Disease are discussed in detail. After that, Progressive Muscular Atrophy and it’s genetic form – Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Primary Lateral Sclerosis and then some other rare MNDs including Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, Adult Tay-Sachs Disease, Multifocal Motor Neuropathy with Conduction Block (MMCB), and Monomelic Amyotrophy are also included.

• 16. Neurodegenerative Disorders – Ataxic Disorders Part 1 51 min

  This module marks the beginning of the last topic under the neurodegenerative disorders – Ataxic Disorders or the disorders of cerebellum. It entails detailed discussion on the neuroanatomy, clinical presentation, classification, and epidemiology of Ataxias in general, followed by an elaborate exploration of the Acquired or secondary ataxias and the various Autosomal Recessive ataxias as well.

• 17. Neurodegenerative Disorders – Ataxic Disorders Part 2 49 min

  This last module continues the discussion on Ataxic disorders covering the various Autosomal dominant ataxias, X-linked cerebellar ataxias, and the sporadic ataxias in detail. In the end, the diagnosis and management of ataxias are also discussed briefly.

The course will begin with some very important Dementing disorders, that are those disorders presenting with dementia, including Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, and many more. These disorders will be discussed over a few modules. This will be followed by detailed modules on the Movement Disorders including both Hypokinetic and Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders. Motor Neuron Disease and Ataxic Disorders will then be discussed separately and in elaborate details.