Course in: NEUROSCIENCESIn agreement with the Foundation of the Italian Institute of Technology (Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia – IIT)

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Academic year 2023/2024
Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal-Infant Sciences
Università di Genova
EQF level: 8
39° cicle
Field of study: health and pharmacy natural sciences, mathematics, physics and statistics
Place of teaching
genova (GE), italy
Attendance methods
Full time
Languages in which the course is held
Italian, English
University formative credits
180
Cost
528
Scholarships
17 

Course contents

Curriculum - NEUROSCIENZE CLINICHE E SPERIMENTALI:
a) Neurology: multiple sclerosis and immuno-dependent CNS and PNS diseases, CNS degenerative diseases, epilepsy, sleep disorders, cerebrovascular diseases, extrapyramidal diseases and Parkinson disease;
b) Psychiatry: affectivity disorders; obsessive compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, manic-depressive psychosis;
c) Genetics of neurological disease;
d) Developmental neurology: epilepsy, childhood cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorder, extrapyramidal diseases, neuromuscular diseases;
e) Neuroimaging: conventional MR and molecular imaging studies of neurological and psychiatric disorders;
f) Neuropharmacology of dementias;
g) Neurophysiology and neurobiology: cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity, neuroscience-applied nanotechnologies;
h) Adult stem cell biology and applications to the treatment of neurological disease;
i) Neuro-oncology: role of cancer stem cells in the development of brain tumors and their pharmacological characterization.

Curriculum - NEUROSCIENZE E NEUROTECNOLOGIE:
1) Physiopathology of neuronal excitability and synaptic plasticity in murine and human models of neurological diseases.
Tutor: Fabio Benfenati
fabio.benfenati@iit.it
2) Role of GABAergic transmission in ageing.
Tutor: Laura Cancedda
laura.cancedda@iit.it
3) Optical dissection of brain circuits underlying sensory perception”
Tutor: Tommaso Fellin
tommaso.fellin@iit.it
4) Investigation of the molecular and circuit substrates of behavioral flexibility
Tutor: Raffaella Tonini
raffaella.tonini@iit.it
5) Hybrid synapses for vision (HyVis)
Tutor: Elisabetta Colombo

Curriculum - SCIENZE DELLE ATTIVITA' MOTORIE E SPORTIVE
The main research topics concern:
1) Motor performance, motor learning and sensorimotor integration, movement kinematics, postural analysis, morphological and functional imaging
2) Sport performance: methodological approach to sport performance, relationships between physiological parameters, training and physical performance; sports nutrition.
3) The optimisation, adaptation and validation of the application of the Finite Helical Axis (FHA) approach for the analysis of kinematic data registered by different technologies to capture motion data. (in collaboration with Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
4) The role of multimorbidity in musculoskeletal diseases, a multi-method design project (in collaboration with University of Lund)
FOR GRANT FUNDED WITHIN DM 118 – RICERCA PNRR
1 GRANT referent Prof. Angelo Schenone
RESEARCH PROJECT: Definition of clinical and experimental research protocols in the field of neurodegenerative diseases and application of instrumental methods for the identification of disease models and biomarkers.
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Teaching

Place of teaching
genova (GE), italy
University formative credits
180
Attendance methods
Full time
Languages in which the course is held
Italian, English

Admission requirements

Type of degree required
2nd Level Degree
Foreign language skills
English
Other educational requirements
those who have an equivalent foreign academic qualification

Admission

Available places
17
Admission
Admission selection
Cost
528 €
Scholarships
17
17 grants, annual grant € 16.500,00.

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