Class Neurobiology

This UC emerges as an interface between molecular and cellular biology and cognitive neurosciences. The cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the neuronal synapse are introduced, as well as the neuroanatomical correlates associated with cognitive functioning, with emphasis on vision, perception, attention and visual recognition of objects.

1. Brief historical perspective of the study of the brain
2. Methods for exploring neuronal function
3. Communication between neurons: synapse (i)
4. Communication between neurons: synapse (ii)
5. Organization of the nervous system
6 Visual Perception: neural mechanisms
7. Object recognition: neural mechanisms
8. Selective attention: neural mechanisms
9. Cellular mechanisms and neuronal changes in some diseases of the nervous system

Methodology theoretical and practical with focus on neurobiology 

• Kandel, Eric R., James H. Schwartz, and Thomas M. Jessell. Principles of Neural Science. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division, 2000.
• Gazzaniga, M., Ivry, R. and Mangun, G. (2009) Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind. Norton Press, London.