Master
2024/2025
Neuroscience
Type:
Compulsory course (Cognitive Sciences and Technologies: From Neuron to Cognition)
Area of studies:
Psychology
Delivered by:
Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience
When:
1 year, 2, 3 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Титова Надежда Анатольевна,
Evgeny Blagoveshchensky,
Victoria Moiseeva,
Alexandra Morozova,
Anna Shestakova,
Некрасова Юлия Юрьевна
Master’s programme:
Cognitive Sciences and Technologies: From Neuron to Cognition
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
6
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Neuroscience is a field that aims to understand the anatomy and function of the nervous system that includes the brain. This course will focus on the anatomical properties of the nervous system. It will overview a history of neuroscience and cover basic language and concepts in this field. The course will also cover mechanisms including molecular and cellular that bring about motor, sensory, affective and cognitive action, and milestones in brain development.
Learning Objectives
- Overview a history of neuroscience
- Cellular and gross anatomy of the nervous system
- Function of neurotransmitters and role of animal studies
- Sensory and motor systems
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students will learn what is neuroscience and gain a historical perspective of this discipline
- Students will learn the fundamentals of the general anatomy of the nervous system
- Students will learn about cellular aspects of the nervous system
- Students will learn about neurotransmitters.
- Students will learn about the role of animal studies in our understanding of the nervous system
- Students will learn about the sensorimotor system
Course Contents
- Overview a history of neuroscience
- Cellular and gross anatomy of the nervous system
- Function of neurotransmitters and role of animal studies
- Sensory and motor systems
Assessment Elements
- Tests (5 in total) at the end of each topic0.1 points each.The test will be administered at the beginning of some lectures and seminars. Tests will be based on the previous lectures and seminars' materials. Test topics will be as follows. Neuroimaging methods, EEG, EEG preprocessing, Event-Related Potentials, Time-Frequency Representations.
- Final projecteach student will be given an EEG dataset that they will have to preprocess and compute the ERPs and the TFR. The final project should be done using Python and Jupiter Lab software.
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 3rd module0.5 * Final project + 0.5 * Tests (5 in total) at the end of each topic
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Biochemistry, , 2019
- Roland, J. L., Hacker, C. D., Snyder, A. Z., Shimony, J. S., Zempel, J. M., Limbrick, D. D., … Leuthardt, E. C. (2019). A comparison of resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging to invasive electrocortical stimulation for sensorimotor mapping in pediatric patients. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edssch&AN=edssch.oai%3aescholarship.org%2fark%3a%2f13030%2fqt73x6m834
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Gillett, G. (2018). From Aristotle to Cognitive Neuroscience. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Pivot. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1942690
- Rybakov, A. G. Anatomy of the central nervous system : учебное пособие / A. G. Rybakov, A. S. Kadyrov, A. A. Parshin. — Саранск : МГУ им. Н.П. Огарева, 2020. — 80 с. — ISBN 978-5-7103-4086-8. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/204743 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
- Trueta, C., & De-Miguel, F. F. (2012). Extrasynaptic exocytosis and its mechanisms: a source of molecules mediating volume transmission in the nervous system. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.13E3D59D
- Петушок, Н. Э. Основы биохимии = Basics of biochemistry : учебное пособие / Н. Э. Петушок , под редакцией В. В. Лелевича. — Гродно : ГрГМУ, 2021. — 400 с. — ISBN 978-985-595-326-6. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/237335 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.