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New Research Directions in Neuroscience

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2025-2026

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 12 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OBF-KII-T
  • 1 kredit
  • Biotechnology MSc
  • Optional modul
  • spring
Prerequisites:

OBA-110-E finished

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 100

Available as Campus course for . Campus-karok: ÁOK BTK GYTK KTK MK TTK

Topic

In addition to cardiovascular disease, brain disease imposes a significant burden on both the individual and society, and research into these is essential both for a better understanding of the processes and for seeking new pathways to healing. During the course, students will be introduced to the animal models used in the research (rodents, zebra finches), the latest results of research on our visual system, our largest information processing body, various aspects of learning and the interaction of metabolism and brain. The lectures, without being exhaustive, provide a glimpse into university research.

Lectures

  • 1.

    Advantages and disadvantages of animal models, especially post-traumatic stress disorder

    - Zelena Dóra Tímea
  • 2.

    Examining the role of plasma membrane in cell function

    - Barabás Klaudia
  • 3.

    The role of TRP ion channels in neurons.

    - Kecskés Miklós
  • 4.

    Role of TRP ion channels in the regulation of inflammatory processes.

    - Tóth István Balázs
  • 5.

    The neuropeptide PACAP and the HPG axis

    - Kovács Gergely
  • 6.

    Significance of the gastrointestinal microbiome in the organization of behavioral processes.

    - Mintál Kitti
  • 7.

    Forebrain glucose-monitoring neurons: Complex functional attributes in the regulation of homeostasis 

    - Hormay Edina Emőke
  • 8.

    The energetic background of behavior

    - Szabó Adrienn (Élettan)
  • 9.

    Alzheimer's disease and animal modeling possibilities

    - Farkas Szidónia
  • 10.

    Animal models of autism

    - Bakos Jan
  • 11.

    Oxygen: friend or foe? The role of hypoxia and hyperoxia in physiology and diseases.

    - Hencz Alexandra Júlia
  • 12.

    Examination of the maturation of the visual system using psychophysical and electrophysiological methods

    - Mikó-Baráth Eszter

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Hand-outs will be given.

Notes

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

During the semester students write a 3-5 page essay.

Mid-term exams

During the semester students write a 3-5 page essay.

Making up for missed classes

Make-up classes are possible if needed, students have to make appointments.

Exam topics/questions

Will be anounced during the semester.

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

Rólunk