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HANDE OZDINLER, ESP Teacher

College: Northwestern University

Major: Neurology

Year of Graduation: Not available.

Brief Biographical Sketch:

Dr. Ozdinler is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine and she is interested in diseases that affect the neurons of the brain. She is revealing the mechanisms by which neurons show vulnerability and is developing ways to cure them.

Past Classes

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S546: Why do Some Neurons Die in the Brain in Splash 2020 Fall (Online) (Nov. 14, 2020)

We will discuss the idea of selective neuronal vulnerability. We will learn the cellular events that take place in neurons of our brain and why neurons become diseased in patients with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS, HSP/PLS and other neurodegenerative diseases