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TheNeurosciencesIntheMunicipalityofBarcelos2ndedition

FebruaryMunicipalLibraryofBarcelosMarchBarcelosHighSchool2016LifeandHealthSciencesResearch

(ICVS),SchoolofHealthScience,UniversityofMinho

AllIwanttoknowabout“Braindisease”

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ActivityDuring 3 consecutive Saturdays researchers from the Neurosciencesfield will promote lectures in the Municipal Library of Barcelos andpracticalsessionsintheBarcelosHighSchool.For the year of 2015/2016 the topic of these sessionswill be “Braindisease”.

Program:1stsession

LectureDate:February20th2016Time:11am

TopicofthepresentationMutipleSclerosis

JoãoCerqueira,MD.Neurologist,ResearcheratICVS,SchoolofHealthScience,UniversityofMinho.

LaboratoryactivityDate:February24th2016Time:2pm

PracticalsessionHow to analyze the expression levels of inflammatory molecules inanimalswithMultipleSclerosis?

Fernanda Marques, Researcher at ICVS, School of Health Science,UniversityofMinho.2ndsession

LectureDate:February27th2016Time:11am

TopicofthepresentationAlzheimerdisease.

TiagoGilOliveira,MD.Neuroradiologist,ResearcheratICVS,SchoolofHealthScience,UniversityofMinho.

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LaboratoryactivityDate:March2nd2016Time:2pm

PracticalsessionHow to evaluate the pathology in animal models of Alzheimer'sdisease?

Fernanda Marques, Researcher at ICVS, School of Health Science,UniversityofMinho.3rdsession

LectureDate:March5th2016Time:11am

TopicofthepresentationMachadoJosephdisease

Patrícia Maciel, Associated Professor at School of Health Science,UniversityofMinho.

LaboratoryactivityDate:March9th2016Time:2pm

PracticalsessionPhenotypic and behavioral characterization of mutant C. elegansmodelsthatmimicsMachadoJosephdisease.

Andreia Castro, Researcher at ICVS, School of Health Science,UniversityofMinho.