Tutor: Olga Pagonopoulou, Professor of Physiology

Teaching hours: 13 (1/week)

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The course examines the neural and biological basis of higher brain functions such as learning and memory and presents new data and mechanisms. Modern treatment perspectives for common learning and memory disorders are examined. The mechanisms of development, organization and aging of the nervous system are studied. Special issues concerning differences in structure and function between the two hemispheres and between the two sexes are analyzed based on modern research. Classical and modern techniques as well as experimental models of laboratory animals for the study of neurotransmitter systems, functions and diseases are also presented.

EVALUATION: Written exams or presentation of an essay on Neuroscience issues.

OBJECTIVES: To give prospective young doctors the opportunity to get acquainted with the latest developments in specific issues of brain function. To approach medicine through the research of the physiological mechanisms of the functioning of the Nervous System at a more basic level, an approach needed for the interpretation of the etiology of diseases and the development of possible treatments.