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: Jörg Mey

Location: Maastricht University, UNS60 M0.12 
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, UNS40 A0.737 Diepenbeekzaal 
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 | Remco Santegoeds
11:45 – 12:45   MRI – Histology: ranging from anatomy to pathology |Linda Jacobi
12:45 – 13:30   Lunch (UNS40 C-1.548, Drielandenpunt)
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: Gunter Kenis

Location: Maastricht University, UNS40 A0.737 Diepenbeekzaal 
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 (UNS40 C-1.548, Drielandenpunt)
13:30 – 14:30   From ex-vivo to in-vivo histology of human cortex with ultra-high field MRI |
                            Alard Roebroeck

Group 1:
Location:  Scannexus - Oxfordlaan 55
14:45 – 16:00    Demonstration scanner
Group 2:
Location: MUMC+, D&A Hoofdgebouw 5.M2.001
14.45 – 15.15    Introduction into microscopy (Ali)
Location: MUMC+, 5.F2.150
15.15 – 16.00    MICROSCOPY

Group 2:
Location:  Scannexus - Oxfordlaan 55
16:15 – 17:30    Demonstration scanner
Group 1:
Location: MUMC+, D&A Hoofdgebouw 5.M2.001
16.15 – 16.45    Introduction into microscopy (Ali)
Location: MUMC+, 5.F2.150
16.45 – 17.30    MICROSCOPY

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Thursday 11 May 2023
Chairman: Ali Jahanshahi

Location: Maastricht University, UNS40 A0.737 Diepenbeekzaal 
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    Preparation seminars on your own initiative
12:30 – 13:30    Lunch (UNS40 C-1.548, Drielandenpunt)

Location: Maastricht University, UNS40 C0.531, C0.532 en C0.535 
13:30 – 15:30    Parallel seminars
                                      (based on background information, assignment - preparation in advance)
                            Seminar 1: Hippocampal stimulation to modulate memory in health and                                          disease | Vincent van de Ven (C0.535)
                            Seminar 2: Basal ganglia in controlling motor function: implications in
                            movement disorders and DBS  | Ali Jahanshahi (C0.531)
                            Seminar 3: Functional assessment of neuroanatomical organization                                                  associated with autonomic processing | Matthijs de Rijk (C0.532)
15:30 – 16:00    Break

Location: Maastricht University, UNS40 A0.737 Diepenbeekzaal 
16:00 – 17:00    Plenary conclusion of the three seminars

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

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

08.30 – 15.00     Macroanatomy
12.30 – 13.15     Lunch & 
                             EVALUATION: questions from the participants and concluding remarks
15.00 – 15.30    Wrap up macroanatomy part