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Modul MZ5115-KP06

Neuroscience 1 (Neur1)

Duration:


1 Semester
Turnus of offer:


each winter semester
Credit points:


6
Course of studies, specific field and terms:
  • Master MLS 2018 (optional subject), neuroscience, 1st semester
  • Master MLS 2016 (optional subject), neuroscience, 1st semester
Classes and lectures:
  • Molecular Neuroscience 1 (lecture, 2 SWS)
  • Molecular Neuroscience 1 (seminar, 2 SWS)
Workload:
  • 120 Hours private studies
  • 60 Hours in-classroom work
Contents of teaching:
  • Micro- and macroscopic anatomy of the CNS
  • Electrical neuronal activity
  • Neuronal channel and transporters
  • Synaptic transmission
  • Neurotransmitters and their receptors
  • Intracellular signal transduction in neurons
  • Plasticity and memory formation
  • Circadian rhythms and sleep
  • The visual system
  • Development of the nervous system
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
  • The students can explain the basics of neurobiological function.
  • The students can explain the structure and development of the CNS.
  • They can explain neuronal activation and signal transmission.
  • They know examples for the neuronal basis of behavior and plasticity and can explain them.
Grading through:
  • written exam
Responsible for this module:
Teachers:
Literature:
  • Nicholls: From Neuron to Brain: A Cellular and Molecular Approach to the Function of the Nervous System - ISBN-10: 0878936092, 679 Seiten, Palgrave Macmillan; 5th edition (2012
  • Purves: Neuroscience - ISBN-10: 0878936955, 858 Seiten, Palgrave Macmillan; 5th edition. (2011)
  • Brady: Basic Neurochemistry: Principles of Molecular, Cellular, and Medical Neurobiology - ISBN-10: 0123749476, 1096 Seiten, Academic Press; 8th Edition (2011)
  • : Research and review articles
Language:
  • English, except in case of only German-speaking participants
Notes:

MZ5115

Letzte Änderung:
10.11.2020