Essentials of Neuroscience

FaculteitFaculty of Medical Sciences

NiveauMaster

Studiejaar2026-2027

Beschrijving

Course goals

At the end of the course the student:

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);
can formulate a research question and describe experiments to address this research question in the field of neuroscience;
can present and defend a research question in front of peers;
has an overview of research in the field of neuroscience at the UMC Utrecht.

Content

Period (from – till):

Essentials of Neuroscience Face-to-Face course: 18 January - 29 January 2027 (BMS_P2_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 intense two weeks course is intended for non-neuroscience master students who want to get more background into neuroscience. The lectures during the course cover a broad range of neuroscience topics from gene to neurological disease and include neuro-anatomy, neurodevelopment, synaptic plasticity, neurogenetics and diseases. The lectures are given by experts from the UMC Utrecht Brain Center. During the afternoons the students will work in couples on an assignment on a neurological disease. This assignment will results in a scientific presentation of a research proposal on the disease, which will discuss all aspects covered in the lectures, ranging from clinical symptoms and treatment, to molecular and cellular mechanisms, to genetic studies and genes involved. These presentations will be held on the last Friday during a symposium.

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:
You can register for this course via Osiris Student using BMS_P2_A. More information about the registration procedure can be found here on the Students' site. The maximum number of participants is 26.
NOTE You cannot combine this course with the online version of this course.

Mandatory for students in own Master’s programme:
NA

Optional for students in other GSLS Master’s programme:
Yes, except for NSCN students.

Prerequisite knowledge:
No special requirements.

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