Alain Prochiantz

Morphogenetic Processes

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03 Oct
12 Dec
Lectures
Mondays at 5:00 P.m.
 
 
 
 
15 Mar
16 Mar
Seminar
Two days symposium from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
 
 
 
 
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Neurological and psychiatric afflictions form a continuum, the possible manifestation of a great etiological heterogeneity. We will explore the avenues opened by many specialists who contend that developmental and evolutionary approaches, and both if we look at the evolution of development, may shed some light on the origin of these pathologies
 
 
 
 

Lectures

Neurological and Psychiatric Afflictions: a developmental perspective

Mondays at 5:00 p.m

First lecture: October 3

Last lecture: December 12

No lecture on October 31 and November 14

 

October 3
Principle organization of the course - Brain development

October 10
Evolution of the nervous system, evolution of the development of the nervous system

October 17
Are certain diseases specifically human? Animal model issue

October 24
Psychiatric and neurological afflictions, candidate genes

November 7
Man and chimpanzee. Similarities and differences

November 21
Man and chimpanzee. Ways toward understanding the etiology of pathologies

November 28
Psychiatric and neurological afflictions, the epigenetic hypothesis

December 5
Genome instability at the cross point of genetic and epigenetic hypotheses

December 12
Conclusions and perspectives

 
 
 
 

Seminar

Linked to the topics covered in the lectures

Tow days symposium

March, Thursday 15 and Friday 16. From 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

 
 
 
 
More information available in french
 
 
 
 
 

Inaugural lecture

Morphogenetic Processes

2007
 
 
 
 

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