- How to Use This Course
- The 4 Neurochemical Priorities (never get lost!)
- The Road map
- How to Work Up a Real Patient
- The 10 Core Principles
- Review of Modules 1, 2 and 3 through analysis of SEVEN different real-life cases.
- Review of Functional/Optimal ranges from Module 1 and 2
- Schematic view of the Immune System
- Barriers
- Acute Phase Response
- Innate Immune System
- Adaptive Immune System: T cells, B cells and more
- Cytokines
- Immunoglobulins, Antibodies and Isotypes
- How the Immune System Works
- Challenges for the Immune System: Discrimination, Flexibility, Managing Infection, Memory
- Antibody Generation, T Cell Receptors
- Autoimmunity
- Lab testing: WBC and Differential, C-Reactive Protein/hs CRP, Vitamin D
- Microbiome/Microbiota
- Microbiota-Gut-Brain Concepts
- Microbiota-Gut-Brain-Immune Axis
- Short chain fatty acids and their clinical applications
- Dendritic Cells
- Induction of Treg cells
- Effects of Antibiotics
- Ectopic Colonization
- Intestinal Permeability Revisited: Tight Junctions
- Gut Barrier and Blood-Brain Barrier
- Feeding Microbiota and Protecting the Barrier
- Autoimmunity…the Deep Dive
- Pre-requisites
- Clinical Presentations
- Food Antigens and the Immune System
- Oral Tolerance
- Cross-reactivity
- Food Sensitivity Testing: the good news and bad news, and the really bad news
- Testing for clinically significant autoimmunity
- Clinical Immune System Challenge: the rules and how to interpret
- Predictive Antibody testing
- Survey of common antibody tests and what they mean clinically
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Celiac Disease
- Regulating the Immune System with Diet, Exercise and Supplementation
- The Anti-inflammatory Diet
- Anti-inflammatory/Immune Regulatory Supplementation
- Case Study – 60 year old woman with bone loss throughout her body
- Case Study – 55 year old woman Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Case Study – 20 year old man with brain fog, low motivation, low energy, lack of focus and low affect
- Case Study – 15 year old boy with muscle fatigue, joint pain, migraines, brain fog and balance deficits
- Case Study – 19 year old male with irritable bowel syndrome, ADD and Autism
- Case Study -10 year old girl with pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
- 25 hours of training with Dr. David Clark
- All Access to the digital recording of the class
- Any future updates to the course videos or other materials
- Re-attendance for life – Retake the class on-site, via Livestream or via online, self-paced learning as many times as you’d like for attendance hours.
- 25 Neurology Hours towards the ACFN (American College of Functional Neurology) & ACNB (American Chiropractic Neurology Board) with each module
- Access to the flipped classroom with lifetime updates
- 3 months of unlimited access to Medline upon completion of the module
