The student should after the course be able to discuss and give examples of:

1. genetics, molecular mechanisms and cellular processes of neurodegeneration
2. how genetic dysfunctions help us understand the molecular mechanisms of disorders
3. mechanisms of protein turnover, degradation and aggregation in relation to neurodegenerative disorders
4. have achieved basic knowledge about epidemiology, symptoms, inheritance, pathology and current treatments (symptomatic or curative) of the most common neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease, frontotemporal dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and multiple sclerosis
5. In addition, the student should be able to discuss the relevance (pros and cons) of different disease models, i.e. give examples of how well different models can model the clinical picture as well as possible disease mechanisms