Module 1: Medical Neuroscience Lecture 20 CP

This module teaches the theoretical foundation of neuroscience. Beginning with the anatomy of the brain and its normal physiological processes, it continues by investigating the consequences of malfunctioning and concludes with a look at neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Students will gain an overview over the discipline and know the basic mechanisms and processes of the CNS in health and disease. They will be able to read up on current litrature and to critically analyze current approaches in neuroscience reseach.

The module is divided into 3 Blocks of 6 weeks each, taking place before the actual semester begins:

Block A: Basic Neurobiology (September/October)

  • Neuroanatomy: Neuroanatomy, Microscopic Histology
  • Neuronal and Glial Cell Physiology: Systemic and Cellular Brain Metabolism; Cellular Neurophysiology, Cell Biology of Glia
  • Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity Synaptic Transmission: Biochemistry of Vesicle Release; Biosynthesis of Neurotransmitter
  • Neurobiology of Memory and Behavior: Synaptic Plasticity; Behavior and Memory; Thalamus
  • Neuronal Networks: Brain Rhythms and Syncronization; Networks: Cerebellum, Amygdala, Retina, Bilbus Olfactorius; Neurogenetics

Block B: Neuropathophysiology (March/April)

  • Vascular and Immune Responses/ Biorhythms: Vascular System, Anomalies, Measurement of Cerbral Blood Flow; Blood-Brain Barrier, Brain Metabolism; The
  • Immune Response in the CNS/PNS; Neuroendocrine Mechanisms; Sleep and Wakefulness, Circadian Rhythms
  • Developmental Disorders: Stem Cells: Lineage, Determination, Transplantation; Differentiation, Dedifferentiation, Brain Tumors; Axon Guidance, Layer
  • Formation, Corticogenesis; Synapse Development & Elimination; Neuron Death, Neuron growth & Neurotrophin
  • Damage and Regeneration: Brain Infection, Control of Inflammation; Regeneration in the PNS&CNS: Focus Axons; Aging & Neurodegenerative Mechanisms;
  • Metabolic Damage, Oxidative Stress, Free Radicals; Cerebrovascular Disorders, Stroke
  • Neurotransmission in Health and Disease: Channelopathies, Excitability Disorders; Drug Reward and Addiction (Dopamine, Ach); Synaptic Reorganization in the Damaged Mature Brain; Neuromuscular Disorders/ Motorneuron Diseases
  • Sensorimotor and Cognitive Disorders: Speech Disorders after Stroke

Block C: Clinical Neuroscience (September/October)

  • Perception Visual System: Auditory System; Somatosensory System, Pain; Taste, Olfaction
  • Movement: Skeletomotor System; Cerebellum; Basal Ganglia; Oculomotor System
  • Cognition: Learning and Memory; Attention, Executive Functions; Language; Decision Making
  • Neurological Disorders: Stroke; Epilepsy; Neuroinflammatory Diseases; Movement Disorders
  • Psychiatric Disorders: Dementia; Affective Disorders; Schizophrenia; Addiction

Block Descriptions

Find out more about the blocks — their aims and how they fit together — in short descriptions of the blocks.