Module MZ4110-KP12

Duration

2 Semester

Turnus of offer

starts every winter semester

Credit points

12

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Biophysics 2023, advanced module, advanced curriculum
• Master Biophysics 2019, advanced module, advanced curriculum

Classes and lectures:

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

Workload:

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

Contents of teaching:

• Electrical activity of neurons
• Electrical activity of neurons
• Channels and transporters in neurons
• Synaptic transmission
• Neurotransmitters and their receptors
• Intracellular signaling in neurons
• Plasticity and memory
• Circadian rhythms and sleep
• The visual system
• Development of the nervous system
• Alzheimer's disease
• Infections of the CNS
• Neural stem cells and neurodegenerative disease
• Neural stem cells and tumor stem cells in brain tumors
• Neurobiology of cerebral ischemia
• Brain channelopathies: epilepsy and ataxia
• Neurogenetic disorders
• Neuroimmunology of multiplesclerosis
• Neurometabolic disorders
• Neuropathies
• Molecular basis of Parkinson disease and other movement disorders
• Schizophrenia

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Similar to moduls MZ4115 und MZ4125: Understanding basics of neuroscience
• Understanding the structure and development of the brain
• Understanding neuronal excitation and signal transmission
• Introduction to examples of behavior and plasticity
• Introduction to neuronal stem cells
• Introduction to various neuropathological diseases
• Understanding molecular mechanisms of neuropathological diseases

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Olaf Jöhren

Teacher:

• Department of Neurology
• Medical Clinic I
• Department of Neurosurgery
• Institut of Physiology
• Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Olaf Jöhren
• Prof. Dr. med. Cor de Wit
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Henrik Oster
• Prof. Dr. med. Markus Schwaninger
• PD Dr. rer. nat. Christina Zechel
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Katja Lohmann
• PD Dr. Sc. Ana Westenberger
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Enrico Leipold
• Dr. rer. nat. Markus Krohn
• 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 D, Augustine G, Fitzpatrick D, Hall W, LaMantia A : Neuroscience Oxford University Press; 6. Edition (25. September 2018) - ISBN-10: 160535841X
• Brady : Basic Neurochemistry: Principles of Molecular, Cellular, and Medical Neurobiology ISBN-10: 0123749476, 1096 Seiten, Academic Press; 8th Edition (2011)
• : Original publications and Reviews
• Purves : Neuroscience ISBN-10: 0878936955, Palgrave Macmillan; 5th edition. (2011)

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

01.10.2025