Subject
Advances in Neuropsychopharmacology
General details of the subject
- Mode
- Face-to-face degree course
- Language
- Spanish
Teaching staff
Name | Institution | Category | Doctor | Teaching profile | Area | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FULLAONDO ELORDUI-ZAPATERIECHE, ASIER | University of the Basque Country | Profesorado Agregado | Doctor | Bilingual | Genetics | asier.fullaondo@ehu.eus |
Competencies
Name | Weight |
---|---|
Conocimiento actualizado de las áreas más activas de la Biología Molecular y la Biomedicina. | 20.0 % |
Experiencia de trabajo en un laboratorio de investigación en el área. | 20.0 % |
Capacidad para comenzar el trabajo experimental conducente al doctorado. | 20.0 % |
Capacidad para comprender y, a nivel básico, evaluar críticamente un artículo de investigación en las áreas objeto del Máster. | 20.0 % |
Capacidad para iniciar una tesis doctoral. | 20.0 % |
Study types
Type | Face-to-face hours | Non face-to-face hours | Total hours |
---|---|---|---|
Lecture-based | 50 | 75 | 125 |
Training activities
Name | Hours | Percentage of classroom teaching |
---|---|---|
Expositive classes | 98.0 | 39 % |
Group discussion | 11.0 | 1 % |
Individual work and/or group work | 5.0 | 0 % |
Text analysis | 11.0 | 1 % |
Assessment systems
Name | Minimum weighting | Maximum weighting |
---|---|---|
Assessment of written work by the Tribunal | 0.0 % | 10.0 % |
Attendance and participation | 0.0 % | 60.0 % |
Critical debate in the classroom | 0.0 % | 20.0 % |
Practical tasks | 0.0 % | 10.0 % |
Learning outcomes of the subject
Capacidad para comprender y, a nivel básico, evaluar críticamente un artículo de investigación en las áreas objeto del Máster.Capacidad para iniciar una tesis doctoral.
Ordinary call: orientations and renunciation
Class attendance is compulsory, and attendance of 80% or more is required to pass the course. Attendance and participation, questions, discussion of articles, 80% of the evaluation Written work (The teacher will indicate the central points of each session, so that the students develop a short work (5-10 pages) of a subject of the program, at their choice) 20%.Extraordinary call: orientations and renunciation
Taking a written test of the entire syllabus.This method of assessment could be changed if the guidelines of the health authorities so provide. The appropriate modifications would be announced in due course, with the necessary strategies and tools to guarantee the right of the student to be evaluated with equity and fairness.
Temary
Topic 1 Interneuronal communication molecules and their receptors.Topic 2 Neurotransmission in the CNS.
Topic 3 Transduction and Effector Systems
Topic 4 Animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders
Topic 5 Neurobiology of schizophrenia
Topic 6 Antipsychotic drugs
Topic 7 Managing the Schizophrenic Patient
Topic 8 Neurobiology of Depression
Topic 9 Antidepressant Drugs
Topic 10 Therapeutic management of the depressed patient
Topic 11 The perception of pain and temperature
Topic 12 Opioid analgesic drugs
Topic 13 Opiates: Tolerance and dependence
Topic 14 Neurobiological basis of anxiety
Topic 15 Anxiolytic drugs
Topic 16 Pharmacological Therapeutics of Anxiety Disorders
Topic 17 Dementias
Topic 18 Neurobiological Basis of Parkinson's Disease Theme 19 Anti-Parkinsonian Drugs
Topic 20 Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Topic 21 Neurobiology of addictive disorders
Topic 22 Drugs of abuse
Topic 23 Treatment of addictive processes
Topic 24 Neurobiology of Epilepsy
Topic 25 Anti-epileptic drugs
Topic 26 Therapeutic strategies in epileptic disorders
Bibliography
Compulsory materials
For each individual subject included in the program the student will be provided by the instructors with additional teaching aids (i.e Power Point presentations and other specialized references as reviews or research articles).Basic bibliography
Farmacología Humana. Ed: Flórez J., Masson S.A., 4ª Edición, 2003.Basic Neurochemistry. Molecular, Celular and Medical Aspects. Ed: Siegel GJ, et al. Elsevier, 7ª Edición, 2006.
Principios de Neurociencia. Ed: Kandel E. Mc Graw Hill, 4ª Edición, 2000.
Neurobiology of Mental Illness. Ed: Charney DS and Nestler E J. Oxford University Press. 2ª ed. 2004. Psychiatry. Ed: Rhoda K.H et al., Current Clinical Strategies medical book. 2006