Synopsis

This unit looks at two topics that are of immense worldwide social, economic, ethical, and political importance ? ?addiction? and ?neural ageing?. You will develop a Master's level approach to the study of specific issues within these two important subject areas.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Learning outcomes
1.1 Popular conceptions about addiction and neural ageing
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Specific issues in addiction
2.3 Central questions in addiction
3.1 Addiction article 1
3.1.1 Before reading this article:
3.1.2. After reading this article:
3.2 Addiction article 2
4.1 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
5.1 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
7 Glossary
8 Websites for further information:
Next steps
References
Acknowledgements

 

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