Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
Máster Universitario en Bioloxía Molecular, Celular e Xenética |
Subjects |
Neurobiology |
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Identifying Data | 2023/24 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Neurobiology | Code | 610441008 | |||||||||||
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Official Master's Degree | 2nd four-month period |
First | Optional | 3 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
1) Neuron Doctrine: historical introduction to modern neurobiology |
Reticular Theory Golgi’s technique and Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s studies Neuron Doctrine |
2) Neuron organization and signalling |
Basic structure of the neuron Types of neurons Electrical synapse Chemical synapse |
3) The changing brain | Early development of the nervous system Formation of neural circuits Modification of neural circuits and synaptic plasticity |
4) Anatomic organization of the nervous system | Anatomy of the central nervous system Anatomy of the peripheral nervous system Basic notions on comparative neuroanatomy |
5) Neural basis of sensory perception | Somatic sensory system Visual system Chemosensory system Auditory and vestibular system Pain. Visceral sensitive system. |
6) Neural control of motor activity and its coordination | General organization of the systems involved in motor control |
7) Complex encephalic functions | Learning and memory Emotions |
8) Techniques for the study of the encephalon | Transgenics. Optogenetics |
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