| Learning goals:
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- To describe the anatomical and functional relations between major brain areas;
- To identify the cell types of the nervous system, describe the physical and functional interactions between them and explain their role in the nervous system;
- To outline characteristics of disorders of the nervous system and of behavior;
- To analyze animal models of nervous system disorders and select the best suited methodological approaches (behavioral, molecular, electrophysiological) for their study;
- To construct a research project for the study of a nervous system disorder.
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| Before starting the course students are expected to have basic knowledge in: |
- Brain anatomy and functional organization of the nervous system;
- Cellular components of the nervous system;
- Cellular communication - neurotransmitters and receptors.
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This course does not provide credentials for the exercise of medicine for those without appropriate training, recognition and registered at the "Ordem dos Médicos" or international equivalent institutions.
