FMED 820 FORENSIC NEUROPATHOLOGY
Forensic neuropathology is a subspecialty of forensic medicine that focuses on all aspects of neurologic diseases and injuries that are relevant in judicial cases. This course teaches students the mechanisms, morphology, and dating of various neurologic traumas, neurologic causes of sudden death, and the effects of drugs and toxins on the central nervous system. The principles, practices, and current developments in the field of forensic neuropathology are also discussed. The course is given by lectures with case discussion and laboratory brain and spinal cord examination.