Master’s Thesis
The Master’s Thesis (TFM) consists in the writing and public defense of an original Neuroscience research study. It is recognized with 20 ECTS. A minimum of 35 mandatory (Module 1) + 25 elective (Modules 2 and 3) ECTS is required to enroll in the TFM.
In February of each year, the list of the available collaboration projects is offered by the Master’s Professors is published. Each student chooses one for the TFM, according to his or her scientific interests. The TFM is usually carried out under the direction of one of the Master’ Professors, in their corresponding institution, for 1 or 2 semesters.
About two months before the presentation and defense session of the TFMs, the draft of each work will be preliminarily evaluated by one or two anonymous reviewers, experts in the field, who will issue preliminary reports with the main objective of providing recommendations. for the improvement of the work and, where appropriate, the correction of errors. Each TFM is presented and defended in a public session before an Evaluation Commission made up of three Professors. These public sessions usually take place in March and September.
Guidelines and calendar for the completion of the TFM (September 2023)
Guidelines and calendar for the completion of the TFMTFM listing (2022-2023)
TFM listing (updated 17/4/2023)Office of External Practices Faculty of Medicine
Office of International Relations Faculty of Medicine
Panel of experts who have participated as reviewers of the Master Theses
Period 2022-2023Period 2020-2021
Period 2018-2019
Period 2016-2017
Period 2012-2015
Presentation and defence of the Master´s Thesis
Academic Year 2023-2024 Febrero 2024 Marzo 2024
Academic Year 2022-2023 Abril 2023 Septiembre 2023
Academic Year 2021-2022 Marzo 2022 Septiembre 2022
Academic Year 2020-2021 Marzo 2021 Septiembre 2021
Academic Year 2019-2020 Mayo 2019 Septiembre 2020
Academic Year 2018-2019 Marzo 2019 Septiembre 2019
Academic Year 2017-2018 Marzo 2018 Septiembre 2018
Academic Year 2016-2017 Marzo 2017 Septiembre 2017
Academic Year 2015-2016 Marzo 2016 Septiembre 2016
Academic Year 2014-2015 Marzo 2015 Septiembre 2015
Academic Year 2013-2014 Marzo 2014 Septiembre 2014
Academic Year 2012-2013 Marzo 2013 Septiembre 2013
Academic Year 2011-2012 Marzo 2012 Septiembre 2012
Suarez LM, Solis O, Sanz-Magro A, Alberquilla S, Moratalla R. Dopamine D1 Receptors Regulate Spines in Striatal Direct-Pathway and Indirect-Pathway Neurons. Mov Disord. 2020 Oct;35(10):1810-1821. doi: 10.1002/mds.28174. Epub 2020 Jul 9. PMID: 32643147.
Ortega-Cruz D*, Uceda-Heras A*, Iglesias JE, Zea-Sevilla MA, Strange B^, Rabano A^. A novel histological staging of hippocampal sclerosis that is evident in gray matter loss in vivo. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Jan 24. doi: 10.1002/alz.12942. PMID: 36691755. *^Equal contribution.
Jarabo P, de Pablo C, González-Blanco A, Casas-Tintó S. Circadian Gene cry Controls Tumorigenesis through Modulation of Myc Accumulation in Glioblastoma Cells. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Feb 12;23(4):2043. doi: 10.3390/ijms23042043. PMID: 35216153; PMCID: PMC8874709.
Francisco J. Fernández Acosta, Inma Luque-Molina, Rebeca Vecino, Eva Díaz-Guerra, Çagla Defterali, Jaime Pignatelli and Carlos Vicario. 2022. Morphological Diversity of Calretinin Interneurons Generated From Adult Mouse Olfactory Bulb Core Neural Stem Cells - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.932297)
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Emil Kind, Kit D Longden, Aljoscha Nern, Arthur Zhao, Gizem Sancer, Miriam A Flynn, Connor W Laughland, Bruck Gezahegn, Henrique DF Ludwig, Alex G Thomson, Tessa Obrusnik, Paula G Alarcón, Heather Dionne, Davi D Bock, Gerald M Rubin, Michael B Reiser, Mathias F Wernet. Dec 16, 2021. Synaptic targets of photoreceptors specialized to detect color and skylight polarization in Drosophila. ELife 2021;10:e71858 DOI: 10.7554/eLife, https://elifesciences.org/articles/71858
Barrio-Alonso E, Fontana B, Valero M, Frade JM. 2020. Pathological Aspects of Neuronal Hyperploidization in Alzheimer’s Disease Evidenced by Computer Simulation. Front. Genet. 11: 287 https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.00287
Fernández-Sanz P, Ruiz-Gabarre D, García-Escudero V. 2019. Modulating Effect of Diet on Alzheimer's Disease. Diseases. 7(1). pii: E12. doi: 10.3390/diseases7010012.
Celaya AM1, Sánchez-Pérez I, Bermúdez-Muñoz JM, Rodríguez-de la Rosa L, Pintado-Berninches L, Perona R, Murillo-Cuesta S, Varela-Nieto I. 2019. Deficit of mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 1 (DUSP1) accelerates progressive hearing loss. Elife. 2019 Apr 2;8. pii: e39159. doi: 10.7554/eLife.39159.
Vicente-Baz J, Lopez-Garcia JA, Rivera-Arconada I. 2019. Implication of Kv7 Channels in the Spinal Antinociceptive Actions of Celecoxib. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 370(3):472-479. doi: 10.1124/jpet.119.258053.
Carrera-Cañas C, Garzón M, de Andrés I. 2019. The Transition Between Slow-Wave Sleep and REM Sleep Constitutes an Independent Sleep Stage Organized by Cholinergic Mechanisms in the Rostrodorsal Pontine Tegmentum. Front. Neurosci. 13:748. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00748.
Jiménez-Sánchez L, Blesa J, Del Rey NL, Monje MHG, Obeso JA, Cavada C. Serotonergic innervation of the striatum in a nonhuman primate model of Parkinson's disease. Neuropharmacology. 2019 Oct 4:107806. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.107806.
Díaz-Guerra E, Rodríguez-Traver E, Moreno-Jiménez EP, de Rojas I, Rodríguez C, Orera M, Hernández I, Ruiz A, Vicario C. 2019 An integration-free iPS cell line, ICCSICi007-A, derived from a female Alzheimer’s disease patient with the APOE-ε4/ε4 alleles. Stem Cell Research :101588 (pp. 1-6). doi:10.1016/j.scr.2019.101588. PMID: 31698192.
Díaz-Guerra E, Oria-Muriel MA, Moreno-Jiménez EP, de Rojas I, Rodríguez C, Rodríguez-Traver E, Orera M, Hernández I, Ruiz A, Vicario C. 2019 Generation of an integration-free iPSC line, ICCSICi006-A, derived from a male Alzheimer’s disease patient carrying the PSEN1-G206D mutation. Stem Cell Research:101574 (pp. 1-6). doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2019.101574. PMID: 31627126.
Poch, C., Prieto, A., Hinojosa, J. A., & Campo, P. 2019 The impact of increasing similar interfering experiences on mnemonic discrimination: Electrophysiological evidence. Cogn Neurosci, 10(3), 129-138. doi: 10.1080/17588928.2019.1571484.
Ritter ML; Avila J; García-Escudero V; Hernández F; Pérez M. 2018 Frontotemporal Dementia-Associated N279K Tau Mutation Localizes at the Nuclear Compartment. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 12:202.
Lucas-Romero J, Rivera-Arconada I, Roza C, Lopez-Garcia JA. 2018. Origin and classification of spontaneous discharges in mouse superficial dorsal horn neurons. Sci Rep. 2018 Jun 27;8(1):9735. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27993-y.
Serrano MP, Herrero-Labrador R, Futch HS, Serrano J, Romero A, Fernandez AP, Samadi A, Unzeta M, Marco-Contelles J, Martinez-Murillo R. 2017 The proof-of-concept of ASS234: Peripherally administered ASS234 enters the central nervous system and reduces pathology in a male mouse model of Alzheimer disease. J Psychiatry Neurosci 42:59-69.
Camina E, Güell F. 2017. The Neuroanatomical, Neurophysiological and Psychological Basis of Memory: Current Models and Their Origins". Front Pharmacol. 2017 Jun 30;8:438. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00438.
Gómez-Gonzalo M, Martin-Fernandez M, Martínez-Murillo R, Mederos S, Hernández-Vivanco A, Jamison S, Fernandez AP, Serrano J, Calero P, Futch HS, Corpas R, Sanfeliu C, Perea G, Araque A. 2017 Glia 65(4):569-580. doi: 10.1002/glia.23112.
Santana E, Casas-Tintó S. 2017 Orb2 as modulator of Brat and their role at the neuromuscular junction J Neurogenet. 2017 Dec;31(4):181-188. doi: 10.1080/01677063.2017.1393539.
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Bernal L, Lopez-Garcia JA, Roza C. 2016. Spontaneous activity in C-fibers after partial damage to the saphenous nerve in mice: effects of retigabine. Eur J Pain 20(8):1335-45. doi: 10.1002/ejp.858.
Fernández Montoya J, Pérez M. 2015 Cathepsin D in a murine model of frontotemporal dementia with Parkinsonism-linked to chromosome 17. Journal of Alzheimer's disease 45 - 1, pp. 1 - 14 ISSN 1875-8908
Murillo-Cuesta S, Rodríguez-de la Rosa L, Contreras J, Celaya AM, Camarero G, Rivera T, Varela-Nieto I. Corrigendum: Transforming growth factor β1 inhibition protects from noise-induced hearing loss. Front Aging Neurosci. 2015 May 8;7:72. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00072. eCollection 2015.
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