Over deze cursus
Period (from – till):
Essentials of Neuroscience Online course: 4 November 2024 - 24 January 2025 (BMS_P1_A ).
Faculty
Ramakers, Adan, Burbach, Pasterkamp, Hol; UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Department of Translational Neuroscience.
Course description The aim of the course is to provide sufficient background in molecular and cellular neuroscience to understand mechanisms underlying psychiatiric and neurological diseases.
This online course gives you a unique opportunity to study the state of the art insights in Neurosciences, discover the research strengths of UMC Utrecht and experience our educational philosophy. Wherever you are, you can join our academic community of eager, young minds from behind your computer!
The course will consist of web lectures by renowned experts as well as articles, group assignments, individual assignments, peer feedback and feedback from teachers. During the course you will interact with other participants through assignments and discussions. The course will be moderated actively by professional moderators and teaching staff of the Brain Center Rudolf Magnus of UMC Utrecht.
Literature/study material used:
Parts of Neuroscience (Purves et al., Sinauer Ass.Inc., Sunderland, Massachusetts, 4e editie, 2004 (ISBN 978-0-87893-697-7)) and recent reviews and original articles.
Registration:
Essentials of Neuroscience Online course: You can register for this course via here on the Students' site. The maximum number of participants is 40.
Mandatory for students in own Master’s programme:
No
Optional for students in other GSLS Master’s programme:
Yes, except for NSCN students.
Prerequisite knowledge:
No special requirements.
Leerresultaten
At the end of the course the student:
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has knowledge of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying psychiatric (e.g. schizophrenia, addiction, autism and ADHD) and neurological diseases (e.g. epilepsy and Huntington”s disease);
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can formulate a research question and describe experiments to address this research question in the field of neuroscience;
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can present and defend a research question in front of peers;
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has an overview of research in the field of neuroscience at the UMC Utrecht.
Cursus inschrijving
Je wordt ingeschreven voor deze cursus door de administratie van de opleiding van de cursus.
Voorkennis
None
Bronnen
Aanvullende informatie
- Meer infoCursuspagina op de website van Utrecht University
- Neem contact op met een coordinator
- StudiepuntenECTS 3
- Niveaumaster
Aanbod
Startdatum
2 september 2024
- Einddatum8 november 2024
- Periode *Blok 1
- LocatieUtrecht
- VoertaalEngels
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