TIME: 09:00 – 12:30
COURSE TITLE: BEHAVIOURAL NEUROLOGY I
CREDIT: 2 CREDITS
1-RECOMMENDED FOR: NEUROLOGY RESIDENTS AND SPECIALISTS, ACADEMICS
2-OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE:
To inform participants about approaches to neurodegenerative dementia and laboratory tests related to biomarkers and their clinical use.
3-WHAT WILL BE THE LEARNING OUTCOMES THAT THE PARTICIPANTS WILL ACQUIRE AT THE END OF THE COURSE?
They will acquire knowledge about clinical approach to Alzheimer's Disease and other neurodegenerative dementias, neuuropsychological tests and interpretation, practical use of liquid biomarkers, their validation, cutoff values, interpretation, imaging findings for diagnosis, criteria, genetic tests, diagnostic pathological findings and brain donation and latest literature data in this field.
4-PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPECTED TO: LISTEN, GET ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN DISCUSSIONS
5-COURSE PROGRAM
Course Title: Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Dementias
Moderators:
Görsev Yener (İzmir Ekonomi University Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Dpt.)
Oğuz Tanrıdağ (Üsküdar University Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Dpt.)
Speakers and Topics:
• Clinical Diagnosis Evaluation and Criteria of Dementia
Hüseyin Şahin
(Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Dpt.)
• Neuropsychoological Tests and Interpretation for the Diagnosis of Dementia
Öget Öktem Tanör
(İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Dpt. – Retired Faculty Member)
• Liquid Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Dementia
Ebru Nur Barçın
(Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Dpt.)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
• Imaging Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Dementia
Esen Saka Topçuoğlu
(Hacette University Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Dpt. – Retired Faculty Member)
• Genetic Tests and molecular Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Dementia
Ebru Erzurumluoğlu Gökalp
(Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Medical Genetics Dpt.)
• Pathological Diagnosis of Dementia and Brain Donation
Didem Öz
(Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Dpt.)