2021-2022 / NEUR0430-1

Principles of neurobiology

Duration

20h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in biomedicine2 crédits 

Lecturer

Rachelle Franzen, Vincent Seutin

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Neuroanatomy and celular and molecular neurobiology
The course is sub-divided into 3 parts:
- Neuroanatomy (Franzen Rachelle)
- Cellular and molecular neurobiology (Lombard Arnaud):

  • Neurons
  • Astrocytes
  • Myelin and myelination
- Biology of ion channels (Seutin Vincent and / or Dominique Engel)

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

a t the end of this course, students will be able to:

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Biology and general Physiology courses in BAC1 and BAC2

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

10 x 2h lectures

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

face-to-face teaching

Recommended or required readings

Neuroanatomy  - Franzen
Slides will be made avalible on e-campus before the course
 
Neurobiology - Lombard
 
Ion channels - Engel

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )


Additional information:

Written exam
on site
 
Multiple choice questions
"open" questions"

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Dr Rachelle Franzen
Tél: 32 4 366 51 92 rfranzen@uliege.be
 
Dr Arnaud Lombard
alombard@uliege.be
 
Pr Vincent Seutin
Tél: 32 4 366 2525 V.Seutin@uliege.be