Peripheral Nerves and Difficult to Diagnose Neurological Diseases

This program discusses peripheral nerve diseases, including the anatomy of the central and peripheral nervous systems by Dr. Maggie Waung. Peripheral nerves control sensory, motor and autonomic functions and can regenerate though very slowly. Dr. Michael Wilson discusses difficult to diagnose neurological disease cases using advances in genomic testing, metagenomics for neuroinfectious disease, cancer and autoantibody detection for inflammatory conditions. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37858]

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The mission of the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health is to nurture health and inspire well-being in all people. Our educational programming, formerly known as Osher Mini Medical School for the Public, has been reimagined as Osher WISE (Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone). This public education program offers courses on integrative health topics that are current and compelling, providing an opportunity for community members to become active, informed participants in their own health and well-being journey.