ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 2 Expository Class: 26 Interactive Classroom: 13 Total: 41
Use languages Spanish (100%)
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Physiology
Areas: Physiology
Center Faculty of Biology
Call: First Semester
Teaching: Sin docencia (Extinguida)
Enrolment: No Matriculable
-To acquire a basic knowledge about the nervous system and how the transmission of signals takes place, taking into consideration the different levels of organization: cellular-molecular; synaptic; and behavioral circuits
Specific goals:
1. Basic knowledge of the constituents of the nervous system
2. Neuronal signals: how are they generated, how are they passed from one to another, and what they encode.
3. Neurotransmitter-receptor interactions.
4. Analysis and individual study of each neurotransmitter.
Theoretical (26h) Presential 100% compulsory
Expositives
1. Cellular components of nervous tissue (2h).
2. Information processing in dendrites: postsynaptic potentials and subthreshold currents.(4h).
3. Neuronal discharge patterns. Neuronal circuits and neuronal coding.(2h)
4. Ion channels: properties. Molecular biology of voltage-sensitive ion channels (5h).
5. Types of neuronal communication: electrical and chemical synaptic transmission. Chemical neurotransmission: stages. Neurotransmitter release: excitation-secretion coupling. Short-term synaptic plasticity (5h).
6. Neurotransmitter receptors. Neurotransmitter reuptake: transporters (3.5h).
7. Pharmacology and biochemistry of synaptic transmission.(4.5h).
Interactive seminar.(2h+2h). Presential and 100% compulsory
Questions and problems related to the topics of the program (e.g. selectivity, rectification, ion channel blocking).
Labs (9h) Presential and 100% compulsory
Laboratory/computer interactives.
Subthreshold currents. Synaptic function. Models of synapses and circuits. Tutorials: (2h)
Básic
Byrne, John H., Ruth Heidelberger, and M. Neal Waxham. From Molecules to Networks : an Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience / [editors], John H. Byrne, Ruth Heidelberger, M. Neal Waxham. 3rd ed. Amsterdam: Academic Press, 2014.
Kandel, Eric R. Principles of Neural Science / Edited by Eric R. Kandel ... [et Al.]. 5th/6th ed. New York: McGrawHill Medical, 2006/2021.
Complementary
Squire, Larry R. Fundamental Neuroscience / Edited by Larry R. Squire ... [et Al.]. 4th ed. Amsterdam ;: Elsevier, 2012.
Nestler, Eric J., Steven E. Hyman, and Robert C. Malenka. Molecular Neuropharmacology : a Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience / Eric J. Nestler, Steven E. Hyman, Robert C. Malenka. 2nd. ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, Medical Pub. Division, 2009.
Brady, Scott, George Siegel, and R. Wayne Albers. Basic Neurochemistry: Principles of Molecular, Cellular, and Medical Neurobiology. San Diego: Elsevier Science & Technology, 2011.
Basic/General
Those indicated in the memory of the degree of Biology
Specific
CE8 - To understand the principles of bioenergetics and biosignaling, and to know the main metabolic pathways and their regulation,
as well as the flow of genetic and biochemical information in living beings.
CE11 - To understand and integrate the functioning and regulation of the main physiological processes of living beings as well as their interaction with the biotic and biochemical environment.
interaction with the biotic and abiotic environment.
Transversals
CT1 - Ability to search, process, analyze and synthesize information from diverse sources.
CT2 - Capacity for reasoning, argumentation and critical thinking.
CT3 - Ability to work in groups and deal with problematic situations collectively.
CT4 - Ability to prepare and present an organized and comprehensible text.
CT5 - Ability to make a public presentation in a clear, concise and coherent manner.
CT6 - Ability to adequately reflect the sources of information used.
CT8 - Ability to solve problems through the integrated application of their knowledge, promoting initiative and creativity.
creativity
CT9 - Ability to organize and plan work.
CT10 - Ability to interpret experimental results
Teaching methodology
-Expository teaching (lectures): the teacher will expose and explain to the students the main contents of the subject, encouraging participation, debate and critical opinion of the students in the classroom (classroom and 100% compulsory).
- Interactive teaching: seminars consisting of written papers and their subsequent oral presentation by all students. In addition, there will be a debate on the contents covered in the subject (Attendance is 100% compulsory for its evaluation).
- Practical work. The analysis and resolution of practical cases/suppositions will be developed, as well as computer simulations (Compulsory attendance 100% for its evaluation).
-Mentoring: students may request individual tutorials (virtual-remote), according to the schedule planned for this task in this teaching program.
- Evaluation tests
Evaluation system
Lecture contents (70%): Knowledge evaluation tests-exam (7 points of the final grade).
Interactive contents (30%): Knowledge evaluation tests-exams. Elaboration and oral defense of works. Solving problems and cases (3 points of the final grade).
To pass the course it will be necessary to pass the evaluations corresponding to the lecture contents (3 points out of 7 minimum to add the interactive) and interactive (1.5 points out of 3 minimum to add to the lecture contents).
The evaluation system will be the same in first and second call, and repeaters.
The following competences will be evaluated in:
the exam: CT1 , CT2 , CT10 , CT8 ,
the seminar: CT1 , CT2 , CT4 , CT5 , CT6 , CT9 , CT10 , CE8
in the labs classes: CT2 , CT3 , CT10
active participation in the classroom: CT1 , CT2 , CE8, CE11
Study time and personal work
-4,5 ECTS , 25h/credit: 112.5 h
Theoretical teaching 26h;
Interactive teaching seminar 4h;
Interactive teaching laboratory/computer room 9h;
Mentoring 2h;
Examination 2,5h;
Personal work of the students Exp:54h; Int:15h
-Daily follow up onf the activities, readings and content summaries developed with the objective of concretizing the contents object of study in the program.
-Active participation in all the evaluable sections and keeping up to date the study of the subject.
- Follow-up of the information and materials provided to the students, with the desire to facilitate and know the different teaching scenarios and the necessary mechanisms for its correct development.
-Make use of the Virtual Campus of the subject for the development of the activities programmed by the teaching staff.
-Make use of the tutorial hours.
The students will have available in the virtual campus (Moodle) tools of contents used in lectures and seminars sessions, as well as educational resources for the study and complementary material. Tutorial classroom setup in MS-Teams.
Francisco Javier Martin Cora
- Department
- Physiology
- Area
- Physiology
- Phone
- 881812295
- franciscoj.martin.cora [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
Laura Porres Ventin
- Department
- Physiology
- Area
- Physiology
- laura.porres.ventin [at] usc.es
- Category
- USC Pre-doctoral Contract
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| MARTIN CORA, FRANCISCO JAVIER | Spanish |
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| MARTIN CORA, FRANCISCO JAVIER | Spanish |
| PORRES VENTIN, LAURA | Spanish |
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| MARTIN CORA, FRANCISCO JAVIER | Spanish |
| PORRES VENTIN, LAURA | Spanish |
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| MARTIN CORA, FRANCISCO JAVIER | Spanish |
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| MARTIN CORA, FRANCISCO JAVIER | Spanish |
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| MARTIN CORA, FRANCISCO JAVIER | Spanish |
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| MARTIN CORA, FRANCISCO JAVIER | Spanish |
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| MARTIN CORA, FRANCISCO JAVIER | Spanish |