Neuroscience area	Topic	No. of Hours
Neuroanatomy	Neuroanatomy, Human brain dissection	4x2 h
Neuroanatomy	Peripheral nervous system, spinal cord, brainstem	4x2 h
Developmental Neuroscience	Neural induction, positional information in precursor cells, signaling axes and mechanisms in the developing neuroectoderm, signaling centers in the developing CNS, induction of motor neurons in the spinal cord, brain stem and Hox-code of positional information, compartment formation, cell fate determination through cell interactions, cell identity and combinatorial variation of transcription factors, neural crest and derivatives, cell migration and differentiation, axon growth and guidance, gene families underlying neural cell interactions, neuronal survival and neurotrophins, neuronal cell death and apoptosis, neural stem cells, CNS lesion and regeneration.	4x2 h
Developmental Neuroscience	Neurogenesis, Migration, structural and neurochem. differenciation in the cortex, Neurotrophine, Development of Topography/Eye dominance	4x2 h
Molecular Neuroscience	Excitable membranes	3x2 h
Molecular Neuroscience	Molecular/signal transduction	4x2 h
Molecular Neuroscience	Intracellular signalling mechanisms	2x2 h
Molecular Neuroscience	Synaptic plasticity/learning and memory	5x2 h
Systems Neuroscience	Circadian rhythms	1x2 h
Systems Neuroscience	Chemoreception in vertebrates and in insects Cell biology of olfactory and taste epithelium, Molecular and cellular mechanisms of signal transduction in olfaction and taste, Olfactory and taste pathways in the brain, Central coding mechanisms of smell and taste-learning and memory, Functional organization of chemosensory structures, Transduction mechanisms, Chemosensory processing pathways of the insect brain	4x2 h
Systems Neuroscience	Visual and acoustic systems	6x2 h
Systems Neuroscience	Sensomotorik	5x2 h
Systems Neuroscience	Somatosensory and plasticity	5x2 h
Cognitive Neuroscience	Cerebral Asymmetries of Cognition; Functional Architecture of the Prefrontal Cortex	5x2 h
Cognitive Neuroscience	Methods of Neuropsychology, Functional Brain Systems, Memory, Language, Executive Functions - Neuroanatomical Correlates, Deficits after Lesions	5x2 h
	Grand Total	162h

 

Students conduct their research work based out of their home laboaratory (supervised by their designated project leader). During the 36 month programme students are expected to additionally conduct research work in at least two other laboratories (hosted by other project leaders within NovoBrain). Complementary skills training is also an intrinsic part of the programme. Here students are offered courses in skills such as grant writing, personal and media presentation skills, conflict management, concept development, management of a research department etc....