Checking date: 01/02/2024


Course: 2023/2024

Introduction to neurobiology
(19763)
Bachelor in Neuroscience (Plan: 517 - Estudio: 389)


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Type: Basic Core
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

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Branch of knowledge: ENG/Ciencias de la Salud



Skills and learning outcomes
Description of contents: programme
1. Introduction and General Concepts of Neurobiology. 2. Cellular and Histological Basis of the Nervous System (NS). 3. Nerve impulse. Synapses. Neurotransmitters. 4. Structure, anatomy and development of the NS. 5. Information input systems. Sensory and proprioceptive functions. 6. Motor functions. 7. Autonomic functions. 8. Neuroendocrine functions. 9. Regulatory and homeostatic functions (feeding, hydration, rhythmicity, sleep).
Learning activities and methodology
Classroom lectures. Face-to-face classes: reduced (workshops, seminars, case studies). Student individual work. Laboratory session. Final exam. Seminars and lectures supported by computer and audiovisual aids. Practical learning based on cases and problems, and exercise resolution. Individual and group or cooperative work with the option of oral or written presentation. Individual and group tutorials to resolve doubts and queries about the subject. Internships and directed laboratory activities.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 60
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.