Having decided to do a course on nerves we also felt it was important to look at here they were coming from and where they were going - but we know this would be too much for the 3-day Know Your Nerves course. So we have prepared a separate 2 day Know Your Neuroanatomy, to wet your palate for the amazing study of neuroscience. Now, be aware, this is an endless subject that really, we still know relatively little about but what we do discover just gets more and more interesting.
So this course will give you a whistlestop tour of the functions that go on in different parts of the brain, how different sections are connected and how information travels between them.
We will also have a look at how the brain manages some of its functions - from movement, to chemical control of the body, to maintiaining homeostasis, to the stress and even emotional response.
What do we know about the all important little chemicals inside the brain called neurotransmitters and how they function?
So much of what we know has also come from what we learn when things go wrong so there will be tales and stories as well as hard core anatomical nomenclature!
We will spend some time on the second afternoon looking at real specimens in the dissection lab so we can really understand the gross structure of the system.
Where else can you get this unique mixture of (probably) new information, taught in an accessible manner and made relevant to you. Where else will you find this intensely practical, 3-d, hands on true understanding of our anatomical brilliance? Taught with reference to our work as CAM and health practitioners? With the opportunity to ask as many questions as you like?
This course will be presented by Caroline Barrow and demonstrators from Kings College University. Please note the course is not affiliated to the university in any other way.
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