Course Overview

> Students will know how to:

- Understand the neurobiological and molecular correlates of
neurological disorders, especially in neurodegenerative diseases and
chronic pain.
- Understand preclinical research in the field of neurological
disorders.
- Integrate new data from the literature to the state of the art
picture of neurological disorders.
- Acquire capacity to build a personal view on relationships between
pathophysiological processes in neurons and clinical expression of
neurodegenerative diseases.
- Understand neuroanatomical and neurochemical basis of aggression.
- Understand psychological characteristics that is coupled to
antisocial behaviour.
- Couple the results of up to date molecular and quantitative genetic
research to antisocial aggression as a phenotype.
- Understand holistic diagnostics and treatment strategies in the
field of Neurological disorders.

Learning Achievement

Competence

Course prerequisites

> Applicants should have basic knowledge of:

- Cellular neurobiology, and

- Notions of physiology and neuroanatomy

Grading Philosophy

- Article presentation or course presentation (flipped classroom)
(40%).
- Final exam (60%).

Course schedule

> Program:

- General introduction to neurodegenerative diseases (prevalence,
common characteristics and causes potential risk and protective
factors).
- Detailed pathophysiologies of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer diseases.
- Current view on neuroprotective strategies developed in research
and clinic.
- General pathways of nociceptive transmission.
- Animal models used to study nociception and chronic pain.
- Physiological mechanisms of nociception in the periphery and in the
spinal cord.
- Pathological processes of pain sensitization.
- Therapeutic approaches.
- Presentation of antisocial aggressive behaviour.
- Details of the complex network of neuroanatomical, neurochemical,
genetic, physiological and psychological correlates of human
behaviours.
- Neurological and psychological aspects of
self-control/self-governance.
- Philosophical concept of free-will versus determinism.

Course type

> 153 hours: - 25 hours of lectures. - 8 hours of seminars. - 120 self-study hours. * Interactive activities on the Moodle platform include: quiz, wiki, chat, forum.

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Other information

Articles and reviews are available on Master Moodle platfrom.

- Selection of applications first through the EMN-Online website, then
through the Apoflux procedure. - Students must be autonomous and
prepared for online courses.



Language of instruction: English
Mode of delivery: E-learning: video conferences, recorded courses, flipped classroom, Moodle platform *

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