Course detail

Welcome to Dementia

Program: Clinical Science, Laboratory and Translational Medicine

Description:

The increasing average age of the population is followed by a concomitant increase in patients with neurodegenerative disorders. Irrespective of the cause, the patient suffering from neurodegeneration typically acquires symptoms related to dementia (memory loss, cognitive decline, personality changes among others). Unfortunately, the causes of diseases with dementia are far from understood, and hence also possibilities of treatment. This course, focusing on dementia, will delineate the current understanding of pathogenic mechanisms leading to neurodegeneration with dementia. Topics will also include updates on preclinical and clinical research, a coverage of the clinical course of dementia incl. clinical, imaging, and biochemical diagnostics, an introduction to current and novel treatments, including how patients are living with dementia and their out-patient care taking.

Prerequisites:

Some understandings of the following topics are preferable, although not a prerequisite: brain imaging, clinical neuroscience, human brain anatomy, neurodegeneration, neuropsychiatry, pharmacology.

Literature/Requirements:

Literature will be circulated during the course.

Programme:

Day 1 Clinical manifestations of dementia

9.00-9.15: Introduction

9.15-10.00: Causes of dementia

10.15-12.00: Clinical progression - and how to live with dementia

12.00-13.00: Lunch

13.00-13.45: Psychiatric manifestations in dementia

14.00-14.45: Clinical and laboratory diagnostics in dementia

15.00-15.45: Pharmacological treatment of patients with dementia

Day 2 Research in dementia

8.30-9.15: The neuropathology of dementia

9.15-10.00: Neuroinflammation in neurodegeneration

10.30-11.15: Amyloid processing in Alzheimer's' disease

11.15-12.00: Cerebral amyloid angiopathy

12.00-13.00: Lunch

13.00-13.45: Antibody therapies in patients with Alzheimer's disease

14.00-14.45: Animal models of dementia

15.00-15.45: Antibody therapy in preclinical models of Alzheimer's disease

Organizer: Torben Moos, Ove Wiborg

Lecturers: Clinicians and researchers in dementia in Region Nordjylland alongside external experts

ECTS: 2

Date: 12, 13 March 2026

Place: TBA

City: Gistrup

Number of seats: 30

Deadline: 19 February 2026

Important information concerning PhD courses:

There is a no-show fee of DKK 3,000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before the start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start of the course.

We cannot ensure any seats before the deadline for enrolment, all participants will be informed after the deadline, approximately 3 weeks before the start of the course.

To attend courses at the Doctoral School in Medicine, Biomedical Science and Technology you must be enrolled as a PhD student.

For inquiries regarding registration, cancellation or waiting list, please contact the PhD administration at phdcourses@adm.aau.dk When contacting us please state the course title and course period. Thank you.