Diabetes and the Nervous System

Section 1. CLINICAL IMPACT OF DIABETES ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 1. Epidemiology of polyneuropathy in diabetes and prediabetes 2. Clinical features of diabetic polyneuropathy 3. Focal and entrapment neuropathies 4. Diabetic radiculoplexus neuropathies 5. Painful diabetic neuropathy: clinical aspects 6. Diabetic autonomic neuropathy 7. Motor neuropathy 8. Diabetic neuropathy and foot ulceration 9. Glucose intolerance and neuropathy 10. Diabetic neuropathy in children 11. Cognitive disorders in diabetic patients 12. Stroke and diabetes mellitus 13. Neurological infections in diabetes mellitus 14. Recognition and management of psychosocial issues in diabetic neuropathy 15. Overview of diabetes management in patients with neurological disorders 16. Sexual dysfunction in diabetesSection 2. DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO DIABETIC NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS 17. Electrophysiological testing in diabetic neuropathy 18. Diabetic neuropathy and nerve structure 19. Epidermal innervation in diabetes 20. Clinical and diagnostic features of small fibre damage in diabetic polyneuropathy 21. CNS imaging in cerebrovascular and white matter disease 22. Therapy for diabetic neuropathy: an overview 23. Methodology for conduct of epidemiologic surveys and randomized controlled trials of diabetic polyneuropathy Section 3. FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES OF DIABETIC NEUROSCIENCE 24. Neuroscience of glucose homeostasis 25. Mechanisms of disease 1. Mitochondrial dysfunction in sensory neuropathy and other complications in diabetes 26. Mechanisms of diabetic neuron damage: molecular pathways 27. Mechanisms of diabetic neuropathy 3: Schwann cells 28. Mechanisms of disease: axon dysfunction 29. Mechanisms of disease: role of neurotrophins in diabetes and diabetic neuropathy 30. Experimental motor neuropathy in diabetes 31. Ischemic neuropathy 32. Diabetes and neurodegeneration in the brain 33. Neurological damage in hypoglycemia 34. Painful neuropathy-mechanisms 35. Insights into the pathogenesis

Dr. Douglas Zochodne is a Neurologist and Neuroscientist, Director of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, and Past Divisional Director of Neurology at the University of Alberta (UofA). Dr. Zochodne's career has included faculty positions at Queen's University, Canada, the University of Calgary and more recently the University of Alberta. Dr. Zochodne's roles have included Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, and President of the Peripheral Nerve Society. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and his book "Our Wired Nerves: The Human Nerve Connectome? was published in 2020. He has devoted his career toward understanding the biology and diseases of the peripheral nervous system.