The course consists of lectures that will be held with the aid of slide presentations and practical activities. Moreover, journal club talks will be organized. To prepare these talks, students will work in group and should present to the other students a recently published journal article on one of the topics covered during the lessons. This activity will help students improve their presentation skills and develop critical analysis of literature
Contents
Lectures (5.5 CFU, 44 hours) - Neurodegeneration: Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease (neurobiological bases, experimental models, and pharmacological treatment) - Pain (neurobiological bases, experimental models, and pharmacological treatment) - General anesthetics - Seizure-related disorders (neurobiological bases, experimental models, and pharmacological treatment) - Psychosis (neurobiological bases, experimental models, and pharmacological treatment) - Mood disorders (neurobiological bases, experimental models, and pharmacological treatment) -Anxiety disorders (neurobiological bases, experimental models and pharmacological treatment) - Compulsivity and impulsivity: obsessive-compulsive disorder and addiction
Practical activities (0,5 CFU, 6 hours of laboratory) Students will be trained to prepare two of the most used samples in brain studies, i.e. brain sections and synaptosome preparations. Specifically, students will learn how to prepare frozen brain section slides at the cryostat and how to prepare an enriched sample of synaptic particles (synaptosome). In the second experience, students will learn how to assess social behavior in rodents through viewing recordings of experiments previously conducted in the lab as well as the processing of experimental results and their presentation.
Course Language
English
More information
Contact information: tiziana.rubino@uninsubria.it The teacher receives students by appointment requested by email or before/after class (while teaching module is ongoing)
