Module MZ5116-KP06

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

6

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Molecular Life Science 2023, optional subject, neuroscience

Classes and lectures:

• Molecular Neuroscience (seminar, 2 SWS)
• Molecular Neuroscience (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 60 hours in-classroom work
• 120 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

• Micro- and macroscopic anatomy of the CNS
• Electrical activity of neurons
• Neuronal channel and transporters
• Synaptic transmission
• Neurotransmitters and their receptors
• Intracellular signal transduction in neurons
• Plasticity and memory formation
• Circadian rhythms and sleep
• The visual system
• Nervous system development

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• The students can explain the basics of neurobiological function.
• The students can explain the structure and development of the CNS.
• They can explain neuronal activation and signal transmission.
• They know examples for the neuronal basis of behavior and plasticity and can explain them.

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Henrik Oster

Teacher:

• Institut of Physiology
• Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Institute of Neurobiology
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Henrik Oster
• Prof. Dr. med. Cor de Wit
• Prof. Dr. med. Markus Schwaninger
• Dr. rer. nat. Violetta Pilorz

Literature:

• Nicholls : From Neuron to Brain: A Cellular and Molecular Approach to the Function of the Nervous System ISBN-10: 0878936092, 679 Seiten, Palgrave Macmillan; 5th edition (2012
• Purves : Neuroscience ISBN-10: 0878936955, 858 Seiten, Palgrave Macmillan; 5th edition. (2011)
• Brady : Basic Neurochemistry: Principles of Molecular, Cellular, and Medical Neurobiology ISBN-10: 0123749476, 1096 Seiten, Academic Press; 8th Edition (2011)
• : Research and review articles

Language:

• English, except in case of only German-speaking participants

Notes:

Last Updated:

01.10.2025