Advanced Neuroscience PhD Course

Event Notes:

Program Overview

• Monday: Motor circuits
• Tuesday: Motor control
• Wednesday: Sensorimotor control
• Thursday: Pain circuits
• Friday: Pain mechanisms

Topics Covered

Motor Circuit Neuroscience

• Fundamentals of motor circuit complexity across the nervous system
• Development and organization of spinal motor circuits
• Insights into basal ganglia function in motor control
• Diversity of brainstem circuits involved in movement regulation
• Mechanisms of learning and adaptation in motor circuits
• Treatment of Parkinson’s disease using deep brain stimulation
• Advanced methods for investigating brain circuit function

Pain Neuroscience

• Fundamentals of the peripheral and spinal nociceptive systems
• Fundamentals of the supra-spinal nociceptive system
• Mechanisms relevant for pain chronification
• Human experimental pain neuroscience
• Assessment of pain mechanisms in humans
• Neuromodulatory mechanisms for pain