Week of the Brain ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** 20252024 2023 2022 2021 ****************************************************************************************** * 2025 ****************************************************************************************** The 26th annual Brain Week festival took place from 10 to 16 March 2025. As part of this e of Medicine organised a lecture on the limbic system or the so-called emotional brain. Pav Ph.D., from the Department of Neurosurgery of the Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové an Hospital Hradec Králové, gave a fascinating lecture that was listened to with great intere auditorium in the Na Hradě building. *========================================================================================= * Limbic system – the role of the "emotional" brain *========================================================================================= Dr Póczoš explained that the limbic system is the part of the brain associated with instin important for survival and maintenance of the species, reproduction, caring for offspring, complex system controls our anger, fears, joys, or has the ability to remember what we hav how we eventually dealt with it. "We are not built to watch YouTube from morning to night," said Dr Póczoš, a departure fro of life that is not wired into our brains. The neurosurgeon doctor also talked about the so-called reptilian brain, mentioning the ro sensations for humans and which sensations are important for other animals. He talked abou interconnected structures of the limbic system. Participants also learned which part of th best when we are resting, where emotions are regulated, and whether emotions are innate or Brain Awareness Week [ URL "https://dana.org/brain-awareness-week/"] is the global campaig public enthusiasm and support for brain science. Every March, participants host imaginativ in their communities that share the wonders of the brain, and the impact brain science has lives. Event organizers include colleges and universities, hospitals, medical research facilities groups, outreach organizations, professional associations, government agencies, corporatio In the Czech Republic, neuroscientist Professor Josef Syka from the Institute of Experimen the CAS founded the tradition of the festival in 1998. ****************************************************************************************** * 2024 ****************************************************************************************** As part of the Week of the Brain 2024 festival, which took place from 11 to 17 March 2024, of Medicine in Hradec Králové prepared two events for the public concerning the most compl human body. This year's 25th edition offered a theoretical lecture on memory, which partic workshop on brain jogging could practice the following day. *========================================================================================= * When memory doesn't work *========================================================================================= On Tuesday, 12 March 2024, in the seminar room in the Na Hradě building, there was a lectu Caisberger from the Department of Neurology of the Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové a Hospital Hradec Králové. The topic was memory disorders and what to do about them. In a completely full auditorium, the doctor explained the risk factors for Alzheimer's dis memory disorders, what to watch out for and what can be improved regarding memory at diffe life. It is advisable to study as much as possible at a young age, in middle age to watch and hypertension, and even at an older age it is important to take regular physical exerci smoking, for example. Certain vitamins have a positive effect, but sedentary lifestyles ar Dr. Caisberger explained how memory is examined and that memory and attention problems are things. Finally, the visitors could try to test their memory practically. *========================================================================================= * Brain jogging against forgetting *========================================================================================= A day later, on Wednesday 13 March 2024, the lecture was followed by a workshop by memory Gabriela Holečková from the Study and Research Library in Hradec Králové. Visitors were given practical advice on how to remember the common shopping list and the t medicines. Mgr. Holečková explained that pictures are easier to remember than words, it is as many senses as possible, because as she aptly noted: "What does not pass through the se enter the mind." Mrs. Holečková also pointed out that the problem is sometimes more with a concentration than with memory. Thank you to Dr. Filip Caisberger and Mgr. Gabriele Holečková for their time and willingne participants of the lecture and workshop for their attendance and active participation. We seeing you again in March 2025 at other events within the 26th Brain Week. ****************************************************************************************** * 2023 ****************************************************************************************** In 2023, the Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové joined the festival of the Czech Academ Week of the Brain. On Wednesday, 15 March 2023, it held a debate with experts on the topic deal with pain. It took place in the large hall of the Bio Central cinema. The invitation was accepted by Assoc. Prof. Zbyšek Pavelek from the Department of Neurology, Dr. Karel Ku Department of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Medicine and Prof. Přemysl Mladě Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové of At the beginning of the debate, the trio of experts presented their work and the scope of professional departments and how it relates to the topic of pain. Subsequently, together t many questions of about a hundred visitors. Among the questions, the topic of migraine dom to recognize it, how it arises, how to prevent it and how to control it with medicines ava pharmacy, but also with medicines of natural origin. The audience also asked about the use cannabis in the treatment of pain, the possibilities of treating chronic pain, how to reco psychosomatic origin, how to deal with drug addiction, what new discoveries have been made in the field of pain treatment or even how to treat so-called phantom pain. ****************************************************************************************** * 2022 ****************************************************************************************** As part of the Week of the Brain 2022 festival, which ran from 14 to 20 March 2022, the Fa in Hradec Králové prepared a talk and panel discussion for the public and an evening of bo staff and students. *========================================================================================= * Discussion about healthy sleep *========================================================================================= On Tuesday, 15 March 2022, a discussion about healthy sleep was held in the seminar room i Hradě. Dr. Vratislav Sedlák from the Centre for Sleep Disorders and biorhythms at the Univ Hradec Králové talked about, among other things, how much sleep is necessary for the regen physical and mental activity, how our sleep cycle works, how common sleep disorders are an treated, how changing work shifts affects us or how blue light affects our sleep. The doct questions from the audience, for example about the sleeping patterns of babies or eating f and its effect on sleep quality and overall recovery. *========================================================================================= * Panel discussion on the impact of diet on the brain *========================================================================================= On Wednesday, 16 March 2022, a panel discussion of five experts from the Faculty of Medici University Hospital HK took place in the large hall of the Bio Centrál cinema. The event w to eat and drink to keep our brains fit and was held both in person and online. Invited to the discussion were: Prof. Miroslav Kuba from the Department of Pathological Ph Dr. Tomáš Soukup the Department of Histology and Embryology, Dr. Julius Šimko from the Dep Neurology, Dr. Pavla Staňková from the Department of Physiology and Dr. Vojtěch Erbrt from of Psychiatry. Thanks to the large audience in the art cinema hall and online at the live YouTube, the discussion was really varied and continued after the main part. *========================================================================================= * Evening of board games *========================================================================================= On Thursday, 17 March 2022, the faculty has prepared a light-hearted programme in the form for students and staff of our Faculty and their enthusiastic friends. The fun evening of b attended by several professional gamers from the Poutník Board Game Club in Hradec Králové the participants to some new games and strategies from their wide gaming portfolio. ****************************************************************************************** * 2021 ****************************************************************************************** For epidemic reasons, Week of the Brain was conducted online in 2021. The Faculty of Medic Králové prepared a live broadcast for the public on the Faculty's YouTube channel on three *========================================================================================= * Acute ischemia - first aid and treatment options *========================================================================================= *========================================================================================= * External environmental factors as causes of mental illness *========================================================================================= *========================================================================================= * Diagnosis and treatment of brain tumours - Club Invisible *=========================================================================================