Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience Corso di Dottorato in Neuroscienze

PhD Educational Courses

XLI cycle

The educational courses are held by PhD scientific board professors or by scientific experts in the filed.

* mandatory course

  • Science of laboratory animal*
    • A: Basic elements for animal experimentation – Hours of lecture: 6 (CFU 3)
    • B: use of aquatic organisms in scientific research – Hours of lecture: 6 (CFU 3)
  • Structural and physiological bases of behavior and neuropathological implications* – Hours of lecture: 8 (CFU 4)
  • The treatment of Parkinson’s disease: from the preclinical phase to advanced therapies – Hours of lecture: 8 (CFU 4)
  • Methods and applications of pharmacogenomics* – Hours of lecture: 6 (CFU 3)
  • Research methodology and data analysis* – Hours of lecture: 10 (CFU 5)
  • Neurotossicology  – Hours of lecture: 8 (CFU 4)
  • Basic and advanced techniques for the study of neuroscience* – Hours of lecture: 14 (CFU 7)
  • Movement Disorders: neuropathology and clinical correlates of Parkinson and Huntington diseases  – Hours of lecture: 14 (CFU 7)
  • Synaptic mechanisms and neurobiological basis of psychoactive drug actions* – Hours of lecture: 12 (CFU 6)
  • Translational Psychiatry: fill the gap from basic research to clinical applications – Hours of lecture: 6 (CFU 3)
  • Sex differences in neuroscience – Hours of lecture: 6 (CFU 3)
  • Cellular and molecular pharmacology – Hours of lecture: 8 (CFU 4)

 

Seminars

  • Public Speaking in research
  • Evidence-based medicine: How to read and interpret systematic reviews, meta-analyses and the grades of evidence according to the GRADE approach
  • The Interplay of Neuro-Infections and Neurodegenerative Diseases, joined seminars with the Doctoral Program in Neuroscience at Karolinska Institute
  • Sleep: from physiology to physiopathology, diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders

 

Other educational activities (multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary training): professor form the Academic staff

Highly recommended to the PhD student

  • Fundamental principles of ethics, gender equality and integrity – Hours of lecture: 20 (CFU 10)
  • Exploitation and dissemination of results, intellectual property and open access to data and research products – Hours of lecture: 6 (CFU 3)
  • Management of research and knowledge of european and international research systems – Hours of lecture: 20 (CFU 10)