DIPLÔME INTER-UNIVERSITAIRE NEUROSCIENCES

UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE

and

ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE

For the Dual Masters in Brain and Mind Sciences (UPMC-ENS-UCL)

Other partner institutes: Collège de France, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielle de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI), Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Pasteur

Training in neurobiology is offered during two semesters (S1 and S2). Integration in a research laboratory is included in the second semester. The laboratory research is followed by a written report and oral defense. Numerous high-quality laboratories, working in a wide range of subjects in neurobiology, are under contract with the UPMC and/or the ENS ; and this course can thus offer a situation particularly favorable to studies at the interfaces between disciplines, especially Cognitive Sciences. The system of modular credits (ECTS) favors mobility between French universities but also toward other European universities.

Most coursework takes place during the first semester (S1). The student chooses among courses ("UEs ") of 6 ECTS and 3 ECTS, for a total of 30 ECTS. The second semester's laboratory research is associated with 30 ECTS.

N.B. This list of available UEs is roughly divided into Cellular/Molecular Neurosciences and Cognitive Neurosciences but there is overlap between these divisions ; see individual course descriptions for more complete information:

Cell Biological & Molecular Neurosciences

Available S1

-ENS-

6ECTS

Physiology of the neuron (Physiologie du neurone)

From neuron to systems (Du neurone au système)

Integrative Neurosciences (Neurosciences Intégratives)

-UPMC-

6ECTS

Development of the nervous system (Développement du Système Nerveux)

Cellular Communications (Communications Cellulaires)

Normal and Pathological neurotransmission and signaling (Neurotransmission et Signalisation Normales et Pathologiques)

Neurodegenerative diseases and myelin pathology (Maladies Neurodégénératives et Pathologies de la Myéline)

Sensory and motor physiology and physiopathology (Physiologie et Physiopathologie Sensorielle et Motrice)

Neural networks: sensory processing and information representation (Réseaux Neuronaux: traitement et représentation de l’information)

3ECTS

Normal and pathological thalamo-cortical rhythms (Rythmes thalamo-corticaux normaux et pathologiques)

Hippocampus: from the cell to physiology and to human pathology (L'hippocampe "de la cellule à la physiologie et la pathologie humaine")

Cerebellum (Le cervelet: un système modèle en Neurosciences)

Biology of neuroendocrine systems (Biologie des systèmes neuroendocriniens)

Neurosciences of movement (Neurosciences du mouvement)

Molecular Neuropharmacology: structure-function of neurotransmitter receptors (Neuropharmacologie Moléculaire: structure-fonction des récepteurs au neuromédiateurs)

Synapse and Synaptogenesis (Synapse et Synaptogénèse)

Glial-neuronal interactions (Interactions dynamiques et métaboliques entre neurons et cellules gliales)

Neuropharmacology (Approaches pharmacologiques en neurosciences)

Memory and spatial navigation (Mémoire et navigation spatiale)

Available S2

-UPMC-

6ECTS

Principal experimental approaches in Neurosciences (Principales approches expérimentales utilisées dans le domaine des neurosciences)

Cellular and Molecular Bases of Neurobiology (Bases de neurobiologie cellulaire et moléculaire)

Neural Bases of Cognition, Emotions and Behavior (Base neurales des comportements)

Cognitives Neurosciences

Available S1

-ENS-

6ECTS

Methods in functional brain imaging (Méthodes d’imagerie fonctionnelle cérébrale)

Social Cognition (Cognition Sociale)

Visual perception (Perception Visuelle)

Auditory perception (Perception auditive)

Movement and attention (Mouvement et attention)

Action, decision and volition (Action, décision et volition)

-UPMC-

6ECTS

Computational Neurosciences (Neurosciences computationnelles)

The Social Brain (Cerveau Social)

Cerebral Bases of cognitive function and dysfunction. (Bases cérébrales des functions cognitives et leurs dysfonctionnements)

Normal and pathological behavior : methods of study and hypotheses (Le comportement normal et pathologique: methods d'études et hypothèses)