Addiction and neural ageing

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Addiction and neural ageing provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 15 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

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15 hours worth of material

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This free course, Addiction and neural ageing, takes its title from two topics that are of immense worldwide social, economic, ethical, and political importance. You will develop a Master's level ...

Syllabus

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Issues in brain and behaviour
- 1 Issues in brain and behaviour
- 1.1 Popular conceptions about addiction and neural ageing
- 2 Addiction
- 2 Addiction
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Specific issues in addiction
- 2.3 Central questions in addiction
- 3 Addiction: selected readings
- 3 Addiction: selected readings
- 3.1 Addiction article 1
- 3.1.1 Before reading this article:
- 3.1.2. After reading this article:
- 3.2 Addiction article 2
- 4 Neural ageing
- 4 Neural ageing
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Definitions of ageing
- 4.3 Genes and ageing
- 4.4 Mechanisms that affect ageing of cells
- 4.5 The ageing brain
- 4.6 Consequences of neural ageing
- 4.7 Ageing brains: hope for the future
- 5 Neural ageing: selected readings
- 5 Neural ageing: selected readings
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Neural ageing: article 1
- 5.2.1 Free radicals and ageing
- 5.2.2 Calorie restriction
- 5.2 Neural ageing: article 2
- 5.3.1 Before reading the article:
- 5.3.2 Conclusion after reading this article:
- 6 Levels of explanation: the key to understanding addiction and neural ageing
- 6 Levels of explanation: the key to understanding addiction and neural ageing
- 8 Websites for further information:
- 8 Websites for further information:
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements

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Language

English
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Date of Start
30th December, 2022
Level
Advanced
Price
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