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This module provides you with a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview and analysis of common dementia diseases and syndromes: their epidemiology, clinical and neuroanatomical signatures, clinical genetics and pathology, and algorithms for diagnosis and management. Sessions will be led by senior cognitive neurologists, psychiatrists and dementia scientists at the forefront of translational research in the target diseases. The core syllabus will comprise Alzheimer’s disease and its variant phenotypes, the progressive aphasias, frontotemporal dementia, Lewy body disease and syndromes of atypical parkinsonism, vascular cognitive impairment, acute and subacute encephalopathies, and dementias of younger life. You will gain a detailed theoretical and clinical understanding of the major neurodegenerative diseases as manifestations of underlying brain pathology and anatomical patterns of brain damage.

The module learning objectives are:

1. To describe detailed, practical knowledge of the key molecular pathological, clinical, laboratory and neuroimaging features of major dementias and related cognitive disorders.
2. To employ a scientifically informed approach to assessing the patient with cognitive impairment and demonstrate knowledge of diagnostic tools.
3. To evaluate current and potential treatments for dementia, including the evidence base, pitfalls and neurobiological rationale.
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