Functional Cognitive and Restorative Neurosciences in Normal and Dysfunctional Brain

Module program:
Main Topics:
· Conceptual basis of adaptation in the brain
· Neuronal and synaptic plasticity
· Plasticity in development, health and diseases
· Morphological and functional methods of brain imaging (MRI, PET) and EEG in normal and dysfunctional conditions
· Main neurodegenerative disorders
· Methods to tackle human brain functions and dysfunctions.

· Neural cells and neural circuits
· The tripartite synapse
· Brain areas involved in cognition: the anatomical perspective
· Neuronal development and differentiation MDL
· Neurogenesis in adult
· The excitatory and inhibitory synapse with concepts of molecular dynamics
· Synaptic plasticity,
· Structural plasticity
· Learning and memory
· Place cells and Grid cells, the principle of space perception
· Analysing learning and memory
· How to study learning and memory in humans MDL
· Neural basis of decision making
· The dysfunctional synapse: Synaptopathies
· Abnormal functional and structural plasticity in neurodevelopmental disorders EM
· Concepts of neurodegeneration
· Principles of BMI
· Principles of neuroenhancements
· Principles of brain reserach and addiction disorders
· Physical exercise and brain research.