Official Master's Degree in Neurosciences
Ideal student profile
Graduates in the fields of health or life sciences, or professionals with experience in these fields.
Knowledge
- Recognize the anatomical disposition of the nervous system, indicating its embryonic origin.
- Recognize the cellular structure of different neuronal types and glial cells.
- Identify the cellular, biochemical and functional substrate of the nervous system, both under normal and pathological conditions.
- To identify the impact of socioeconomic, environmental and cultural progress in society provided by research, innovation and technological development in the field of neurosciences.
- Identify the neurobiological basis of behavior, neurodegenerative processes, and neuroprotective and plasticity strategies of the nervous system.
- To identify the techniques that allow the study of the neurobiological substrate of behavior, neurodegenerative processes and neuroprotective and plasticity strategies of the nervous system.
- Identify the way in which casual or voluntary exposure to substances modifies the activity of the nervous system, seeing how it affects the field of neurosciences.
- Describe the information in the scientific literature in the field of neurosciences using the appropriate channels.
Skills
- To analyse the anatomical organisation of the nervous system and the cellular biology of the cell types that constitute it.
- Analyse the functioning of motor, sensory and autonomic systems, as well as integrative brain functions, using experimental techniques that allow their study.
- Apply the statisticians correctly to correctly interpret the experimental data obtained from the experimentation carried out on the nervous system.
- Use techniques that allow the study of the neurobiological substrate of behavior, neurodegenerative processes and neuroprotective and plasticity strategies of the nervous system.
- To analyse the basis of therapeutic treatments in pathologies of the nervous system.
- Develop scientific projects in the field of neurosciences.
- Distinguish between objectification, neurological entity and dignity of the person affected by diseases of the nervous system.
- Demonstrate responsibility in the management of information and knowledge of neuroscience.
- Perform the statistical analysis of the experimental data obtained, providing the necessary skills to communicate scientific results effectively.
Competences
- Interpret the anatomy of the nervous system and the histological preparations obtained from it.
- To explain, both to a specialized audience in neuroscience and to a lay audience, how the metabolism of the nervous system works, the processes of chemical transmission and the pharmacology based on receptors, transporters and enzymes of the metabolism of neurotransmitters or their transduction mechanisms.
- Design scientific projects in the field of neurosciences.
- Analyze the information in the scientific literature using the appropriate resources to pose and contextualize a research topic in the context of the central and peripheral nervous systems.
- Effectively communicate contexts and research results in neuroscience, using oral or written media in English.
- Integrate, within neuroscience, in multidisciplinary teams, and in diverse cultural and scientific environments, creating and maintaining a climate of open collaboration and teamwork.
- To act in the development of neuroscience projects with ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and duties, diversity and democratic values, in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals.
- To assess inequalities based on sex/gender that occur in the field of neurosciences.