Programme

The programme still has to be completed but will include amongst others lectures on basic principles of neuroanatomy, MRI methodologies and pathologies. 
In addition, practical training including dissection of the human brain, site visits to the MRI and interactive seminars based on group work.

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Monday 8 May 2023
Chairman: Gunter Kenis

Location: Maastricht University, tba
10:00 - 10:30    Registration (coffee/tea)
                            Welcome and introduction into the course | Gunter Kenis
10:30 - 11.30    Neuroanatomy | Jörg Mey
11.30 - 12.30    Pitches of 12 participants: per person 5 min.
12:30 – 13:00    Lunch
13:00 – 14:00    Neuroanatomy | Jörg Mey
14:00 – 15:00    Pitches of 12 participants: per person 5 min.
15:00 – 15:30    Break
15:30 – 16.30    Developmental Neurology | Jeroen Vermeulen  
16.30 – 17.00     Introduction of the seminars and pre-discussion seminar preparation | Gunter Kenis

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Tuesday 9 May 2023
Chairman:

Location: Maastricht University, tba
08:30 – 10.30    MRI Essentials | Walter Backes
10:30 – 10:45   Break
10:45 – 11:45   Neuroimaging: normal (f) and pathological MRI brain correlates |Linda Jacobi
11:45 – 12:45   MRI – Histology: ranging from anatomy to pathology | Remco Santegoeds
12:45 – 13:30   Lunch
13:30 – 14:30   Cerebrovasculature | Julie Staals   
14:30 – 15.30   Neuropsychiatric disorders and deep brain stimulation | Albert Leentjens
15:30 – 16:00    Break
16.00 – 17.00    In vivo molecular neuroreceptor imaging | Matthias Bauwens
18:30                    Dinner at D’n Ingel, Maastricht

Chairman:

Location: Maastricht University, tba
09.00 – 10.00   Epilepsy | Govert Hoogland
10:00 – 11.00   Neuroglia | Bert Brône (UHasselt)
11:00 – 12.00   Preparation seminars on your own initiative
12:00 – 13:00   Recording electrophysiology in deep brain structures | Christian Herff
13:00 – 13:30    Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:30   From ex-vivo to in-vivo histology of human cortex with ultra-high field MRI |
                            Alard Roebroeck

Location:  Scannexus - Oxfordlaan 55
14:45 – 15:45    Demonstration scanner

16:00 – 17:00    Keynote lecture
 

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Thursday 11 May 2023
Chairman:

Location: Maastricht University, tba
09.30 – 10.30   Affective disorders: from neuroanatomy to psychopathology | Nicole Leibold
10.30 – 11.30    Introduction macroanatomy session - presentation film on Human Neuroanatomy
11.30 – 12.30    Lecture | tba

12:30 – 13:30    Lunch Break

Location: Maastricht University, tba
13:30 – 15:30    Parallel seminars
                                      (based on background information, assignment - preparation in advance)
                            Seminar 1: Cognitive function and neuroanatomy: a translational hurdle | tba
                            Seminar 2: Basal ganglia in controlling motor function: implications in
                            movement disorders and DBS  | Ali Jahanshahi
                            Seminar 3: Functional assessment of neuroanatomical organization associated with autonomic processing | Matthijs de Rijk
15:30 – 16:00    Break

Location: Maastricht University, tba
16:00 – 17:00    Plenary conclusion of the three seminars

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Friday 12 May 2023
Chairman:
MACROANATOMY - DISSECTIONING OF THE HUMAN BRAIN  
Instructors: Andreas Herrler, Jörg Mey, Aleksander Jankovski, Ali Jahanshahi 

Location: UNS 50, Room 2.142 (for discussions) and the dissection room 2.138A

08.00 – 14.30     Macroanatomy
12.30 – 13.15     Lunch Break
14.30– 15.00      Wrap up macroanatomy part
                             EVALUATION: questions from the participants and concluding remarks