Elective Courses

Module 2

Offer 13 Optional Subjects for Academic and Research Specialization, totaling 51 ECTS. Each Subject is taught either in the 1st or 2nd Semester of the academic year, as indicated below. The Subjects have an annual or biennial periodicity.

Taught in the first semester

  • Neurobiological Bases of Addiction (3 ECTS)

  • Developmental Neuropsychology (3 ECTS)

  • Neurobiology of Pain (4 ECTS)

  • Dissemination of Neuroscience (3 ECTS) --- BLOG Window to the brain

  • Neurobiology of Mental Illnesses (3 ECTS)

  • Sexual Differentiation of the Brain and Behavior (3 ECTS)

  • Training Complements (2 ECTS)

Taught in the second semester

  • Molecular Basis of Neurodegeneration and Aging (6 ECTS)

  • Neurobiology of Sleep and its Disorders (6 ECTS)

  • Principles of Clinical Neuroscience (3 ECTS)

  • Neuroendocrinology and Psychobiological Bases of Intake (5 ECTS)

  • Neuroimmunology (5 ECTS)

  • Molecular and Cellular Basis of Hearing and Vision (5 ECTS)

Module 3:

Offer 4 Optional Subjects of a Methodological nature, which add up to a total of 18 ECTS. They are taught in the 1st or 2nd Semester of the academic year, as indicated below. The offer of each Subject has an annual or biennial periodicity.

  • Introduction to Stereological Techniques in Histology and Neurobiology (3 ECTS; 1st Semester)

  • Training for the Use of Laboratory Animals: Project Design, Carrying out Procedures and Euthanasia (6 ECTS; 1st Semester)

  • Methodology in the use of animal models for the study of genetic neurodegenerative diseases and diseases associated with aging (5 ECTS; 2nd Semester)

  • Recording and Analysis Techniques in Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (4 ECTS; 2nd Semester)


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