Module 5 – October 2024, 7 – 11, Neuropathic Pain & Grant Writing – Peripheral Nervous System Disorder

Module 5 – October 2024, 7 – 11
Neuropathic Pain & Grant Writing

Monday 7

Functional anatomy of nociceptive pathways	Catharina Faber Department of Neurology, School of Mental Health & Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre Maastricht, The Netherlands
Functional properties of sensory nerves	Jordi Serra King’s College Hospital London, United Kingdom
Synthetic K+ channels and their therapeutic potential in neuropathic pain	Anna Moroni Department of Biosciences, University of Milan Milan, Italy
Interactive session

Tuesday 8

Interactive session
Body recognition and augmented reality	Angelo Maravita Department of Phsycology, University of Milano-Bicocca Milan, Italy
Mindfulness and pain	Licia Grazzi IRCCS Foundation “Carlo Besta” Neurological Institute Milan, Italy
Pain-in-a dish	Sulayman Dib-Hajj Yale School of Medicine Boston, USA

Wednesday 9

Painful and painless neuropathies	David Bennett Clinical Neurology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom
Confocal corneal microscopy: applications in neurology	Rayaz Malik Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar & University of Manchester Quatar and United Kingdom

Thursday 10

Clinical and diagnostic features of autonomic nervous system	Roy Freeman Harvard Medical School Boston, USA
Treatments for neuropathic pain	Andrea Truini Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University Rome, Italy
Interactive session

Friday 11

Pain-related evoked potentials	Massimiliano Valeriani Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù Rome, Italy
Quantitative sensory testing	Grazia Devigili Parkinson and Movement Disorder Unit, Neurophysiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta Milan, Italy
Skin biopsy: applications in neurology	Claudia Sommer Neurology Clinic, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg Würzburg, Germany

Monday 14 to Tuesday 15

Grant writing course: how to present a successful proposal

Wednesday 16

Final exam

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